Storm Rescue Drives British Seas to Sudden Peril
Seven sailors faced great peril as the forward section of the sinking World Concord drifted miles away. Coast Guards, Royal Navy aircraft, helicopters, and tugs aided the crew, while other ships battled mountainous seas and a heavy floodfront across England and the North Sea.
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Enterprise
Concord
Associated Press
Edily Gilmore
Gilmore
Hike Bridge
U. S. Air Force
Ramsgate
Eng
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Goodwin Sands
England
Midlands
North Sea
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Terschelling
Dirkenagers Shipping Agency
Amsterdam
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Fishguard
Wales
Harwich
Grantoss
Britni
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Scotland
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Vera
English Channel
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Vigo
Newhaven
A. Datel
Britain
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Cherbourg
France
New York
Ties
Geean Rock
West England
Arilaln
Walle
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Seaford
Christchurch
Cornwall
Dense Fog Grips Southland and Birth in Car
Dense fog and smog blanketed the Southland as Mrs. Crockett gave birth to a second girl in a car before reaching the hospital. Mother and baby reported well. Atty Gen Edmund G Brown faces a petition from Pasadena residents urging enforcement of anti-pollution laws while he tours South America. Local cities are urged to curb trash burning during the smog episode.
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Crockett
S Poond
Atty
Edmund G. Brown
Southland
Pasadena
Eisenhower Plays Golf At Augusta On Thanksgiving Weekend
At Augusta National President Eisenhower enjoys a quiet Thanksgiving weekend retreat. He plays a full 18 holes each day and mingles with reporters and photographers at the clubhouse while maintaining his usual morning office stint. Weather holds, with blue skies and chilly temperatures.
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Augusta
Eisenhower
Augusta National Golf
White House
Washington
Monan
Divorce Petition Reveals Global Course in Geography
A Dallas divorce petition cites a peripatetic marriage history spanning Shanghai, Kong Kong, Marseilles, Brussels, and San Francisco. The Chinese husband and his wife, also Chinese, are involved, with the court noting their separation and moves across multiple countries.
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Dallas
Tex
Pia
Googhay Pha
Plataulil
Brussels
Boliiura
Shanghai
Kong Kong
Marseilles
Pa. Franer
Bruels
San Francisco
Missing Boy Found Injured Under Cliff
An 11 year old boy, John R. Marques, missing since Friday, was found seriously injured at the foot of a city cliff in Eaton Canyon. Deputies said he fell about 25 feet while climbing. He was treated at St Luke Hospital for wrist and facial cuts and other injuries.
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Pasadena
Sheriff's
Eaton Canyon
John R. Marques
St. Luke Hospital
Jobless Insurance Claims Up 41 600 in Week
WASTLINGTON reported 41 600 new unemployment insurance claims for the week ending November 20 due to Veterans Day scheduling and seasonal layoffs in lumbering construction apparel and food processing. Despite the rise the weekly total of 288 470 is below the year ago level, with continued claims up 200 000 to 1 489 500 for the week ended November 12, reflecting job losses across several industries.
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Wastlington
Lin
Labor Department
Bandit Routed as Victim Protects Wife and Child
Leroy Goodman, 22, told deputies he faced a youth in a parked car who pointed a .22 pistol at him and his family at a Moorpark gas station. Goodman lunged with a bottle and bucket, the weapon misfired, and the youth fled after a brief chase through nearby Camarillo and Sierra Madre thefts.
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Moorpark
Leroy Goodman
Goodman
Merle Hollis
Sierra Madre
Camrillo
Eisenhower seeks cabinet survey on narcotics addiction
President Eisenhower proposes a five-member cabinet committee to study narcotics addiction and assess needed legislation. He sent identical letters from Augusta to Atty Gen Herbert Brownell Jr. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles Secretary of the Treasury George Humphrey Defense Secretary Charles E Wilson and Health Secretary Oveta Culp Hobby.
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Eisenhower
Fsy
Iver
Augusta National Gate Club
Cabinet
Herbert Brownell Jr
John Foster Dulles
Secretary of
Treasury
George Humphrey
Defense
Charles E. Wilson
Oveta Ciup Hobby
Health and Welfare
Fugitive Kills Mother in Family Tragedy After Escape
A 19 year old escapee from Modesto State Hospital shot his mother and wounded his father before killing himself in the family home southeast of Fowler. Elizabeth Washiya 40 died in Fowler hospital Frans Washiya 55 injured with back and leg wounds and not quite serious. Mae Washiya 22 described the events and said the argument centered on the youth's essay.
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Fowler
Ryso Mineo Nashiya
Modesto State Hospital
Here
Elizabeth Washiya
Fowler Hospital
Frans
Mae Washiya
Fabher
Cdroora
Window Washer Killed by Power Line in Los Angeles
A platform lowering from a building struck a power line, causing a short circuit on a fire escape where two window washers stood. Ernie Engel of Manhattan Beach died, and Joseph A. Denavich of Los Angeles was found unconscious but revived at Georgia Street Receiving Hospital.
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Los Angeles
Ernie Engel
Manhattan Beach
Georgia Street
Joeph A. Denavich
$18 000 Stickup Ends Bankless Man's Wallet Theft
Detroit police report a bi year old bachelor named Celniak carried $18 000 in cash after cashing war bonds and avoiding banks. He was attacked by two men near a movie theater, one pinning a knife to his throat while the other grabbed his wallet. In the rush the robbers missed $2 500 in his pants pocket.
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Detroit
Pia
Martin J. Cieinaix
Celniak
Cielniak
Hiss Freed Reaffirms Innocence Amid Prison Aftermath
Former diplomat Alger Hiss leaves federal penitentiary after serving three years and eight months for perjury. He reiterates innocence as ex-Chambers accuser predicts a tougher daily struggle outside prison. Restrictions on voting, profession, and public office loom over his uncertain future.
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Federal
William Remington
Remington
Commerce Department
Ridgewood
N. J
State Department
Chambers
Hills
Harvard
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Holmes
U.S. Supreme Court
Washington
Agriculture Adjustment Administration
Roosevelt
Yalta
Inspector Fined in Bribe Scandal
Los Angeles plastering inspector Earl C. Groves was fined $1,000 and given three years probation after pleading guilty to accepting $765 from contractor Wayne W. Whitehead in 1953. Superior Judge Ralph Pierson called the act a breach of governmental decency while Groves claimed one payment was a gift and the other an order for a can.
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Los Angeles
PI City
Ralph Pierson
Earl C. Groves
Wayne W. Whitehead
Groves
Texan Freed in Mistake Sentencing
Kenneth Massey was freed in Huntsville Texas after serving 22 months of a 4 to 10 year sentence for a crime he did not commit. He left the prison with $50, planned to stay in Purdon Texas then visit El Paso and California. The case began after William Karsten, an Iowa prisoner under death sentence, admitted to the robbery Massey had been convicted of.
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Texas State Prison
Huntsville
Kenneth Massey
Joe Byrd
Massey
Texas
California
Esus
Purdon
Dallas
el Paso
Hattersfield
Calif
William Karsten
Tito to Visit India for Eighteen Days in December
Belgrade Yugoslavia reports President Tito will arrive in India on December 16 for an eighteen day stay. He will then proceed to Burma. The official note gave no details on travel arrangements or departure timing.
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Tito
India
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Burma
El Monte man arrested for $156000 in bogus checks
John Waitkunas 39, alias Walter Demeter, allegedly cashed about $156,000 in fake checks nationwide with a local $86 check attempt at a Concord paint shop triggering police effort. He admitted forging Dr. C. E. Lentz’s name and said gambling losses drained funds. He has two daughters.
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Concord
Calif
John Waitkuras
el Monte
Waitkunas
Walter Demeter
James Burke
Ron Wi
Orin
New England
Florida
California
Waithunags
Demeter
Betty Minster
C. E. Lentz
Waitkunes
Waittkunas
Pasatena
Nixon Sued for 150000 in Damages by Heckler
San Francisco. A shipyard worker seeks damages in a suit against Vice President Richard M. Nixon. James Heavey, 29, claims assault and false imprisonment after being ejected from a pre election rally in San Mateo during Nixon's nationally broadcast speech. He seeks 50 000 general and 25 000 punitive damages on each charge.
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San Francisco
Richard M. Nixon
James Heavey
Nixon
Red China blockade urged by Knowland officials
The United States and Britain demanded the release of 11 military men and two civilians held by Red China and warned of limits to American patience. The note, delivered through British channels and circulated at the U N, denounced the armistice violations and called for punishment of responsible officials with compensation to the harmed.
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Red China
London
U. S. State Department
Washington
Peiping
United States
U. N
New York
U.N
Labor strike in Los Angeles widens gap between sides
Labor and management representatives in Los Angeles remained far apart on wages and housing disputes in a liquor strike involving the AFL Teamsters Union and the Southern California Spirits Foundation. Ed Peters of the State Media tion Service said the two sides met Friday and were still “pretty far apart.”
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Los Angeles
Aistake
Ed Peters
State Mediation Service
AFL Teamsters Union
Southern California Spirits Foundation
New Home Treatment Demonstration For Baldness
J D Welch will demonstrate new home treatment methods to grow thicker hair and prevent baldness at the Wilton Hotel tomorrow between 12 noon and 9 pm. The program promises a guaranteed treatment with money back if not satisfied within 39 days after a thorough personal scalp examination to determine the suitable formula for each case.
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J. D. Welch
Wilton Hotel
Ad, Welch
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