Five Strangers From L. B. Meet Air Death Together
Five residents of Long Beach died in the United Air Lines crash on a Saturday flight from International Airport. Among the victims was 11 year old Fred Staecker who endured a rough year with a ruptured operation and a broken leg but kept cheerful in illness and school. His father Hans H. Staecker Jr. described the hardship and Fred’s eagerness to fly east to visit his grandfather.
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Deadliest air disasters history include 128 Grand Canyon crash
The Grand Canyon crash killed 128 aboard a Trans World Airlines Super Constellation and a United Airlines DC held 58 passengers, ranking as the worst in commercial airline history. Earlier in 1953 a U.S. Globemaster death toll reached 129 servicemen near Tokyo.
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Sister bids farewell as plane victim heads to Detroit family reunion
Dee Kovack 38, a Procter and Gamble packer from Long Beach, planned a Detroit family reunion vacation with sister Millie. The flight ended in tragedy, as news recalls prior air crashes and safety concerns from recent years, noting several fatal incidents and routes from Red Lodge to Washington and beyond.
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Twin midair crash kills 64 aboard Constellation and DC-7
Helicopters reach rugged Painted Desert crash sites as crews search for bodies from the Constellation and DC-7. Officials say both planes vanished after reporting altitude changes and were found on remote southeastern canyon buttes. Rescue leaders describe the event as a one-in-a-million crash.
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Eisenhower signs 21 bills amid grand canyon crash notes
President Eisenhower signed 21 bills as aides reported cost concerns over extra projects, while his Gettysburg weekend marked by wife Mamie anniversary. Details include Navy and Army allocations and safety findings from the Constellation and TWA crash scenes near the Grand Canyon.
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Five Die in Gasoline Blast at Texas House Fire
In Gonzales Texas a house fire killed five people after gasoline thought to be water was thrown on a hot stove to extinguish flames. Victims named include Mrs John Gevere and her son Martin two, David Ramos two, Virginia Ramos twelve, and Alberto Ramos two.
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Long Beach Engineer Dies on Firm Trip Days After Renting Flat
Mechanical engineer Donald K. MacBain, 52, moved into Fashion Park Apartments 11 days before his fatal flight from Los Angeles to Kansas City with Fluor Corp colleague Dr. James J. Jang. The pair died aboard the TWA Super-Constellation, with no close relatives known in Long Beach. MacBain’s past includes two overseas assignments and twin daughters in San Francisco. The obituary notes he was quiet, scholarly, and well regarded by his employer.
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The Best Advice I Ever Had
Laurence Critchell recounts the advice Dont fight the problem, get on with the solution. The July Reader s Digest promises 42 articles of lasting interest and condensed books to save readers time at their newsstand.
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