Five-Hour Rescue Aboard Pontchartrain After Plane Ditching
Passengers and crew of the Pan American Stratocruiser survived after ditching 1850 miles southwest of San Francisco. Captain Richard Ogg and his crew aboard the Pontchartrain rescued all 31 aboard within minutes of contact, with the operation praised as orderly and brave. Survivors credit the crew's calm leadership, noting the hardest part was five hours of waiting from 3 a.m. to daylight. Families, including Gordon and his wife, express deep gratitude as the ship plans a civic welcome at 2:30 p.m. Sunday.
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Begek Coast ‘Guard
Omar
William K. Earle
Pontchartrain
Petaluma Ave
Ronald Christian
Los Angeles
Earle
Richard Ogg
Ogg
Richard Gordon
Silver Springs
Jane
Gordon
Joe Risinger
Billy
Petahima Ave
Coast Guard
Mrs. Earle
Cynthia
Eisenhower to Dispatch Reply to Adlai on H Bomb Testing
President Eisenhower directs top aides to craft a new response to Adlai Stevenson's push for halting H-bomb tests. White House secretary Hagerty says Stevenson made incorrect statements and the White House will set the record straight.
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Seattle
Eisenhower
Adlai Stevenson
White House
James C. Hagerty
Stevenson
Hagerty
Great Britain
Washington
lHisenhower
Big Greeting Slated for Ike in Hollywood
Los Angeles AP report: President Eisenhower visits Southern California on Friday. He will speak at Hollywood Bowl with an entertainment lineup including Hope, Lewis, Macdonald, Rogers, Stewart, Wayne, Disney, MacRae, Abbott and Costello. KNIGHT to introduce. speech 8:20 to 9 p.m. on Don Lee California network and KNXT-TV. Kuchel supporters seek Northern TV coverage. The president and Mrs Eisenhower arrive at 10:30 a.m. at Lockheed’s air terminal. they will be greeted by Sen Kuchel and others and the Lockheed chairman’s family. Space and timing noted for Lockheed workers.
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Los Angeles
Hollywood
Eisenhower
Southern California
Hollywood Bowl
Bnd Hope
Terry Lewis
Jeanette Macdonald
Ginger Rogers
James Stewart
John Wayne
Walt Disney
Gordon MacRae
Abbott and Costello
Goy. Knight
Don Les California Radio Network
Knxt-Tv
Thomas H. Kuchel
Fornia TV
Hiserhower
Portland
Burbank
Lockheed Air Terrinal
Florida Man Slays Wife and Two Children
A 28 year old man James G Burmeister stabbed and hacked his pregnant wife Mary 32 and their nine month old baby Mari to death. Detective Li Earl Newberry said Burmeister claimed urges to kill and described the scene as terrible. The suspect a power company lineman was to motor from the air to Beverly Hilton for a rally with President. The event drew over 20000 capacity crowd with free seats, the rally sponsors noted.
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Petersburg
Fla
Earl Newberry
James G. Burmeister
Beverly Hilton Ho
Burmeister
Tel
Politicos Split Evenly in Calif Student Poll
A Santa Barbara High School senior Patrick Hansen led a poll of 150000 California students showing near equal support for the Eisenhower Nixon and Stevenson Koefauver tickets with 73243 and 72233 votes respectively reported Tuesday.
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Politicos
Calif
Santa Barbara
California
Idea
Patrick Hansen
Stevenson
Koefauver
Hansen
Girk
Atlantic Coast Storm Strikes Then Moves Offshore
A powerful autumn storm roared along the Atlantic coast, flooding Florida towns and causing drownings. The system moved northeast, with peak winds expected near 40 mph along the eastern Carolinas and into New Jersey. coastal warnings extended from Charleston to Atlantic City as tides rose and rain fell.
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D. C
Atlantic
Florida
Myrtle Beach
Jina
Virginia
Miami
Brunswick
N.C
Charlotte
Carolinas
Atlantic City
Chesapeake Bay
New Jersey
South Carolina
Adlai Spars GOP Peace Claims in Michigan Speech
Adlai E Stevenson blasted the Republican peace claim as the most shameless act of the campaign while addressing about 700 on his Kalamazoo train stop. He said peace was won by Americans who fought and died on battlefields and warned voters in Michigan to choose a President and party in November.
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Carl Miller
Kalamazoo
Miller
Associated Press
Jack Bell
Stevenson
Michigan
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevensan
Niles
Mich
Nixon
UK Contract for Atomic Navy Cruiser
The Navy authorized preliminary plans for a 14,000 ton atomic powered guided missile cruiser. Bethlehem Steel Co. will begin first steps toward construction in Quincy Massachusetts under a fixed price contract after planning. Westinghouse Electric awarded 18.335 million for the reactor. A name has not been assigned, though Long Beach officials campaign for that honor.
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Washington
Navy
Bethlehem Steel Co
Bethlehem
iGuincy
Mass
Pro Ecea
Westinghouse Electric Corp
Long Beach
Weather forecast sees late night fog and sun Thursday
Late night and early morning low clouds and fog, but otherwise mostly sunny Thursday. Little change in temperature.
Your Right to Vote and to Know Editorial Stand
An editorial argues for voter access to facts and warns against the proposed fifty one million dollar Los Angeles County downtown auditorium plan. It notes past local votes against a smaller city project, questions the cost overlap with a sports arena, and urges giving voters outside Los Angeles City a chance to vote with full information on the issue.
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Los Angeles
City of
Peter
Paul
Chace Proposes $51 Million Los Angeles Auditorium Vote
Supervisor Burton W. Chace urged a county wide vote on a $51 million Los Angeles Auditorium plan at a Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors meeting. Long Beach officials and the chamber praised the push while the city council opposed building it without county resident approval.
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Burton W. Chace
Los Angeles
Chace
Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors
Long Beach
Sam
Vickers
Ben Gurion cites fascist Egypt threat in remarks
The Israeli premier warns that an attack by troops of a fascist dictator of Egypt poses the greatest danger to Israel. The note appears with references to other articles and various sections in the newspaper.
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David Ben Gurion
Egypt
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