Plane Crashes at Sand Point Slows Naval Reserve Homeward
A Los Alamos Naval Air Station plane crashed at Sand Point in snow and ice. Lt. Cmdr. Larry Schottke and Lt. Cmdr. Joyce Kambestad controlled the craft as a wing stubs buckled and fire erupted. Twenty nine aboard, including 44 Naval Reserve passengers from Seattle, escaped with minor injuries after crews sprayed the flames and freed those strapped in.
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Naval Air
Cmdr
Larry Schottke
la Canada
Joyce Kambestad
Ojai
Los Alamitos Naval Air Station
Schottke
Eugene
Ore
Naval Reserve
Seattle
Los Alamitos
Naval Air Reserve Transport Squadron VR 772
Los Alami
Sand Point Naval Station
Man dies in boarding house fire in Los Angeles
A 72 year old man identified as Frank Shipley died Saturday in a boarding house fire in Los Angeles. The blaze caused about $25 000 damage and endangered four other residents, firefighters said.
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Los Angeles
Frank Shipley
El Toro F9F Jet Makes Emergency Landing in Colorado
An F9F Cougar jet on a training flight from El Toro Marine Base to Denver made an emergency landing at Grand Junction Walker Field. Pilot Capt. Charles F. Ritter was unhurt after tires shredded by braking friction. plane skidded 50 feet in snow beyond the runway. nose needle over fence. Ritter cited a partial control lock.
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el Toro Marine Base
Denver
Grand Junction
Colo
Charles F. Ritter
Walker Field
Ritter
Babyfaced Runaway Caught by Deputies
Thomas Sullivan known as Babyface, 17, escaped from the California Youth Authority facility in Whittier. Deputies captured him at 14582 Harbor Blvd near Santa Ana after a tip and a prior two escape attempts. He faces charges for 12 to 15 burglaries and similar card thefts and is held in the Orange County Jail.
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Thomas
Babyface) Sullivan
Whittier
Orange County Sheriff's Deputies
Sullivan
Harbor Blvd
Santa Ana
California Youth Au
Thority Institution
Robert L. Beevers
Melvin Stracner
Orange County
Teens Rescued After Fall on Tahquitz Peak
A Riverside pair, Lynne Powell 14 and Lance Reuther 17, were rescued Saturday night from a slope near Tahquitz Peak 8826 feet up after slipping on ice. Powell suffered cuts and bruises while Reuther had a fractured ankle and shock but both were reported in good condition by a search party.
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Idyllwild
Classified Ad Offer for Independent Help
An Independent classified ad offers to fill needs with a trained ad-taker available by dialing HE 2 5959. The brief note appears in the Press Telegram classified section inviting inquiries.
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Press
Money Tree Night Planned by Long Beach Mental Health Assn
The Long Beach Mental Health Association hosts its annual dinner at Lakewood Country Club with Margaret Whiting performing The Money Tree. The event features a currency donation tree to fund local mental health facility improvements and a talk by Superior Judge J Howard Ziemann on Mental Health Is Everybody's Business. Freddie Karger and Thalians entertainers will attend as celebrity guests. Reservations to Kay Fox at the City Health Department are requested by Wednesday.
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Margaret Whiting
Long Beach
Walter Desmond
Association
Miss Whiting
The
Thalians
Freddie Karger
J. Howard Ziemann
Los Angeles
Kay Fox
City Health Department
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Taillor
East Third St
Aaron Schultz
Judge Ziemann
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Los Angeles County Citizens Committee
Community Chest
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Anaheim
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