Sea Drunk May Have Killed Diver in Record Plunge
Miami report says scientists and observers speculated that intoxication or a malady dubbed the rapture of the deep may have ended 52 year old Hope Root’s Atlantic dive. The Coast Guard assumed the Ft Worth attorney drowned after plunging at least 490 feet into the Gulf Stream. Root’s mother said he simply wanted to go too deep.
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U. S. Coast Guard
Hope Root
Ft. Worth
Texas
Gulf Stream
J. ¥. Cousteau
Bat Root
Cynthia Hope Root
Kennecott conducts popularity survey in Silver City
The China Mines Division of Kennecott Copper Corp undertakes a public relations survey in Silver City New Mexico to gauge how popular the company is. A New York public relations firm handles the poll and says it is independent of the company though Kennecott hopes to profit from the results.
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N. M
Upillion
Kennecott Ini
China Mines Division
Press
Kennecott Copper Corp
Nas
Pany
New York
New Mexico
Western Big 3 Meet to Map Peace Course
The Western Big 3 summit in Bermuda includes U S officials and British leaders. Dulles Eden and Bidault meet with Eisenhower Churchill on hand as talk centers on European security and postwar plans.
Extra Police Patrol Docks in S. F. Row
Disruptions erupted on the San Francisco waterfront with two pickets arrested at the Aleutian pier. Tensions centered at Pier 39 amid an AFL cooks and stewards clash with NUMCS unionists while 20 police watched the scene ahead of the ship’s Hawaii sailing.
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San Francisco
Pier 39
AFL
Independent National Union of Merina
Honolulu
Harry Lundeberg
AFL Snailors Union of the Pacific
National Union of Marine Cooks and Stewards
NUMCS
Harry Bridges
Shorts
Hawaii
Aleutian
Pier 29
Embarcadero
Lundeberg
AFL Machine Cooks and Stewards Union
Bridges’ International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Missing woman triggers massive Southern California search
From Auction City in Norwalk, a woman vanished during a fair, triggering one of the region's largest searches though no clue was found. In California Louis Barr denied the crime as he awaited extradition while authorities test revolver found in his car. A fur store, 21 pairs of stockings and another revolver were recovered, and Barr's wife repudiated her claim that he admitted killing a man.
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Auction City
Norwalk
California
Louis
Barr
Rily
Los Angeles
Nolan Case Enters Ad Slaying Probe
Los Angeles police say ex convict Anthony Barr will be questioned about the disappearance of Stella Nolan as detectives pursue a possible link to the November 21 murder of insurance adjuster Andrew Kmiec in South Whittier. Barr was captured in a St. Louis post office and faces charges of receiving stolen property while Dolly Ann McCormick, with Kmiec, is being interviewed about possible sex motive, which officials say is not supported. Kmiec’s wife Geraldine Barr defends him, stating he was sterilized after their child’s birth. Stella Nolan vanished June 20, with Barr’s prior residence in Norwalk cited as a connection to the case.
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Los Angeles
Anthony Barr
Andrew Kmiec
Stella Darlene Nolan
Geraldine
Ernest Roll
Kmiec
Barr
Boechers
South Whittier
Ball
Rall
Miss McCormick
Fail
Kriéc
Kiniect
St. Louis
Nolin
Norwalk
Stella Marlene
Cond on Denies Communist Charge in UCAC Hearing
Rep Robert L Condon of California denies links to the Communist party amid testimony accusing him of attending a 1948 Oakland closed meeting. The congressman claims the event was a trade union affair held for Democratic candidates and criticizes the Un American Activities Committee for producing what he calls fantastic witnesses.
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House Un-American Activities Committee
Robert L. Condon
D-Calif
Condon
New Orleans
Trade Uniolk
Dem
Talkc Party
Nevada
Committee
Charles David Blodgett
Communist Party
Oakland
Congress
House
Atomic Energy Commission
Francisco Chronicle
Lon
Un-American Activities Committee
UN- American Activities Committee
Huk Rebel Officer with $25000 Reward Killed
Manila reports a Huk rebel officer with a $25,000 price on his head was killed Thursday night in the Candaba Swamp guerrilla hideout by an army patrol. Candaba Swamps lie near Clark Field north of Manila in the Philippines.
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U. A
Huk
Philippine Army
U. S. 13Th Air Force
Clark Field
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