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Newspaper

Independent

Location

Long Beach, California, United States of America

Date

Sep 16, 1957

Page

7

TWO MEN SLIP ON OREGON PEAK CLIMBERS DIE IN FALL

Portland climbers Don McKay and Dave Hitchcock perished on the rock face of St Peter's Dome near Multnomah Falls after oversleeping and starting late. They fell 250 feet and were found tied together. Tornadoes in Oklahoma killed two and injured many, including homes damaged in Wichita.

Multnomah Falls Theo Hen Sad Ensaens Pat Wichita Portland Ore Abo Falls Tex St. Peter's Dome Paca Gorge Hitchcock Sacred Heart Lloyd Joseph Quigley Van Frank’ Fassold McKay Quigley Konawa Bethel Haskel Campbell

Surgeons Fight to Save Gunman Amid Police Shootout

In Minneapolis a gunman James O Kasick 20 and his brothers Ronald 24 and Roger 26 were pursued by police after a weekend gun battle that left a hostage dead and a sheriff deputy wounded. James underwent emergency surgery at General Hospital after a running chase on a game farm 80 miles north.

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Church Chooses Two Pastors for Racial Balance

Chicago’s First Presbyterian Church, the city’s oldest Protestant church, will appoint two coequal ministers two ministers one white and one Negro due to rising Negro membership. Retiring pastor Dr Harold L Bowman 68 announced the change set for October 20. The new pastors are Rev Ulysses B Blakeley 46 of Philadelphia and Rev Charles T Leber Jr 25 of Detroit. The South Side church serves over 1000 members including about 100 Negro members.

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Ft. Sill Sgt. Charged in Baby Corrine Prather Death

Lawton Oklahoma a 21 year old Fort Sill Army sergeant Richard Prather Chariton Iowa was charged with murder after an autopsy showed four month old Corrine Prather died from a beating. Comanche County Attorney Warren Crane said Prather admitted beating the child with his fists and gave no reason. The infant died at Fort Sill Hospital Saturday night.

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