Drownings in Allegheny River Spillway Claim Four Lives
Four people died and four survivors endured a night of terror after a cabin cruiser overturned at an Allegheny River spillway fifteen miles northeast of Pittsburgh. Rivermen and rescue crews fought through seven hours of peril as a blimp seaplane and boats searched the floodwaters. Veteran lockmaster James Woffenden and skipper Hully Wright died in attempts to save others. two women and a man disappeared amid the chaos. The rescued included Woffenden and Wright’s crew members, with officials naming Mrs. William Fisher, 29, Mrs. Carol Kreig, 30, and William Lahey Jr. 2 as the deceased. The story continues on Page A-6.
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Wright
James Woffenden
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Hull
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Carol Kreig
William Lahey Jr
Wolfenden
Allegheny River
Pittsburgh
J. H. Montgomery
Kreig
Jack Kreig
Associated Press
Senator Cain Fails to Make His Protest
Washington June 12 AP The Senate defeated an effort to shelve the rent control bill 44 to 25 and moved toward final passage with many senators unsure of the final vote. Sen Cain Washington Republican, had prepared a speech but did not speak. Wherry Nebraska urged an immediate vote and Sen George Georgia opposed the measure as political. The test aimed to gauge support as the rent control law nears expiration June 30. Some who opposed shelving still planned to vote against final passage. Maybank of South Carolina warned the Banking Committee would act promptly if the bill returned. Cain urged shelving, saying backers failed to prove a nationwide housing emergency. Lucas Democratic Leader urged keeping federal controls in place only if justified.
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D-Ga
Banking Committee
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Hendrickson
N. J
Langer
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Millikin
Cole
Saltonstall
Mass
D.-Ga
Maybank
D.S. C
Lucas
Policeman Rescues by Bystander After Night Crash
Oakland June 12 A traffic officer Donald Nelson stopped a motorist with one headlight. While writing the ticket a second car side swiped him. Nelson was treated at a hospital for a sprained leg.
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Oakland
Donald Nelson
Nelson
Week end boat and air disasters claim sixteen lives
Weekend disasters across the United States include four killed near Long Beach as a fishing boat sank in the Catalina Channel, two boaters drowned near Pittsburgh after a cabin cruiser hit a dam, and a Cumberland River incident near Nashville left three survivors. Additional fatalities occurred on Lake Michigan near Chicago and in aviation crashes near Shawnee Oklahoma and Conway Texas, with 25 of 400 aboard the St. Lawrence cruise ship reported injured in a Quebec collision.
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Quebec
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Field Marshal Smuts’ Condition Critical
PRETURLA South Africa June 12 Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts was reported by doctors today to be very sick after a collapse on Saturday He first became ill May 28 during a nation wide celebration of his 80th birthday.
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South Africa
Jan. Christian Smuts
Polite Yeggs Leave Note After Cash Heist
In Elizabeth New Jersey on June 12 safecrackers robbed Universal Sportswear Co. of several hundred dollars. They left a handwritten message reading thanks a million on the mangled safe, suggesting a casual, courteous tone amid the crime.
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Safecrackers
Universal Sportswear , Co
Armed Milk Strike Paralyzes Pennsylvania Highways
Armed men forced trucks off highways and dumped milk as Pennsylvania police tighten a strike crackdown. Gov. Duff called the acts criminal and vowed to pursue perpetrators while peace talks stalled. Milk supplies fell sharply in Washington and Pittsburgh as AFL dairy workers entered a third idle day amid wage disputes.
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Morristown
Robert Medlin
American Enke Corp. Rayon
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National Guard
Lairy
Rickenbacker Says Flying Saucers Real in US Air Force
In Indianapolis on June 12 Captain Eddie Rickenbacker former World War I ace and head of Eastern Air Lines said he believes flying saucers are real. He noted too many good men have seen them and stated if they exist they belong to the United States Air Force. He added air officials have insisted they have no such equipment.
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Ind
Eddie Rickenbacker
Rickenbacker
Eastern Air Lines
United States Air Force
Freight Train Kills Anaheim Woman in Fullerton Crash
Miss Margaret Edens, 24, of Anaheim, died from injuries after a Santa Fe freight train struck her car at Commonwealth Ave crossing in Fullerton. Her companion Miss Wanda Turman, 23, escaped seconds before impact. Edens had lived in Anaheim 11 years and attended local schools. she served as queen of Anaheim Job’s Daughters Beth el in 1944 and is survived by her mother and grandmother. The funeral is planned at Backs Campbell and Kaulbars Mortuary with service by Rev. John K. Saville.
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Commonwealth Ave
Margaret Edens
Lemon St
Anaheim
Long Beach
Fullerton General Hospital
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W. Amerige Ave
Miss Turman
Los Angeles
Miss Edens
Job
Bethel
Catherine Edens
Gertrude Jes
Mail Horses Perish in Stable Blaze
Eighteen mail wagon horses were burned to death today in a fire that swept the rear of a livery stable in south Philadelphia.
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Mall
Philadelphia
Survivors recall ordeal of fishing boat Signal Hill tragedy
Nine men aboard the fishing boat Signal Hill faced a sudden foundering between Catalina Island and Long Beach as three giant waves toppled the vessel. Survivors describe a broken bilge pump, tangled lines, and a chaotic abandonment with four lives lost among the crew.
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A. G. LeBlanc
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Paramount
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Husky
E. Hill St
LeBlanc
Wall
Air Force
H. W. Symoninowski
Peabody St
Symoninowski
William Pelletier
Myrtle Ave
Pelle
James A. Roberts
Stanley Ave
Joseph A. Robinson
Two Sisters Drown in Reservoir
In Arcadia on June 12 two teenage sisters Aileen 17 and Alice 13 Young drowned after their frightened horses toppled them into a reservoir near Mt. Wilson. Edward Dean Patterson 16 of El Monte was with them. he and Alice attempted rescue after Aileen was thrown. Rescuers recovered the bodies.
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Mt. Wilson
Aileen
Alice Young
Noahs H. Young
el Monte
Edward Dean Patterson
Patterson
Alice
News High Lights OFF THE SOLETYPE
A compact listing of page references across sections such as Beach Combing Bridge and Editorial plus briefs on obituaries sports theaters and weather. Includes page tags A-2 A-4 A-12 A-16 B-8 B-10 and A-7 18 19 for navigation.
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Norwalk Husband Kills Wife Then Self Injures in Flight
In Norwalk a 21 year old woman, Marian Zelphia Smith, was killed by her husband Lea Smith at 14312 Elaine Ave after a family quarrel. He was wounded and arrested after leaping through a window. deputies say he fired six shots and stabbed himself five times. Two children, Marie Lucille and Larry Allen, were present.
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Marian Zelphia Smith
Elaine Ave
Harry Powers
James Ly Gregg
Lea Smith
Los Angeles General Hospital
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Powers
Gregg
Lindale St
Carl William Mosley
Eastbrook Ave
Downey
Mra. Smith
Imon le Roy Ried
Marbel St
Weather across the United States mostly fair
Skies were generally clear over most of the nation with showers reported early along the Missouri River Valley southward to the Texas panhandle and in the Northern Rockies.
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Missouri River Valley
Texas Panhandle
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