Russian Vessels Leave Near Alaska After Coast Guard Arrival
A fleet of Russian fishing vessels withdrew from the mouth of Shelikof Strait about four hours after a U S Coast Guard cutter arrived near Kodiak Island Alaska The coast guard sighted three trawlers a factory ship and a salvage tug all with Russian markings about 20 miles west of Low Cape Complaints from American fishermen prompted the patrol The incident follows prior clashes in 1982 near the Triy Islands and a 1962 seizure case still pending in Alaskan courts
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Anchorage, Alaska
Coast Guard
Low Cape
Kodiak Island
Shelikof Strait
Alaskan
Triy Islands
Alaska Fish and Game Department
Major Life Insurance Firm Plans Las Vegas General Agency
A top life insurer with nine decades in business seeks a prominent local life underwriter to head a new Las Vegas General Agency. The company will make a substantial investment in the chosen GA and asks interested candidates to send resumes to Box 8248, Les Vegas SUN, with a phone call follow up in days.
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Las Vegas
Box 8248
Les Vegas Sun
Fight Cancer With A Checksup And A Check
Cancer fundraiser runs with a checkup drive and donations to support research. Local clinics offer free screenings and health tips as volunteers encourage residents to contribute. Organizers aim to boost awareness and funds for treatment access.
Las Vegas Diary From a Pacific Freighter Voyage
Dateline Las Vegas reports aboard the freighter Coolidge with nine passengers including Capt. Roy T. Bargeron. The piece notes a pleasant voyage, a sociable captain, and comments on maritime life and passenger curiosity about nautical terms.
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President Coolidge
Pacific Ocean
Los Angeles Harbor
Costa Rica
Guaemala
Coolidge
Roy T. Bargeron
George W. Reiber
Bethseda
James McFadden
Mendham
N. J
Harold Beach
Carmel
Six Million Dollar Spain Program Tops Cabinet Meeting
Madrid dispatch reports Generalissimo Franco held his final summer cabinet session aboard a yacht in La Coruna. Spain's $6 million development program, to start Jan 1, 1950, dominates talks as transport routes and regional prosperity unfold from Bilbao to San Sebastian.
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Spain
UPI
Madrid
la Coruna
Francisco Franco
Maria Cristina
San Sebastian
Pyrennees
Biarritz
France
San Coruna
Carlos Mendo
White Minister Sermon at Bahamont Negro Church
Rev. William Oliver III, a white minister, preached his first sermon at Plymouth United Church of Christ in Beaumont to about 75 people in an all black congregation. He urged racial tolerance and church action to address real world issues, warning against dry rot of mere pronouncements and urging awareness of ongoing racial change. He began in June as pastor of what was then Graham Congregational Church after moving from Dallas where he served as Associate Minister.
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Oliver
Graham Congregational Church
Beaumont
Dallas
First Community Church
Shipboard Watchers Describe Calm to Squalls at Sea
Passengers spend days eating, sitting, napping, and watching. Jim McFadden serves as Ship Watcher reporting tanker movements and freighters. George and Dorothy Reiber act as Squall Watchers noting suspicious activity and incoming heavy weather as rain arrives by noon.
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Jim McFadden
Jim
Panama Canal
George
Dorothy Reiber
Dorothy
Harbor Watchers and Names on a Voyaging Crew
Harold Beach the Work Watcher praises a sailor painting the lifeboat and lines on deck. Mickell Beach shows little interest while Liz Carey stands as the Island and Coast Watcher noting early fame spotting Liberty Island and Coney Island though mistaking Haiti for Jamaica.
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Harold Beach
Mickell” Beach
Liz” Carey
Statue of Liberty
Manhattan Island
Coney Island
Haiti
Jamaica
Ardeth Michener’s Troubling Watcher Tale
Ardeth Michener, known as the Flying Bird and Turtle Watcher, reports no sightings of birds or turtles. Capt. Bargeron later mentions spotting turtles off the starboard side about an hour earlier, a remark that worsens an awkward dinner doubt.
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Ardeth Michener
Ardeth
Capt. Bargeron
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