Voyage to Oblivion: Sulphur Queen sinks after mysterious voyage
Edith Martin watched the Sulphur Queen depart Beaumont on February 2, 1963, beginning a doomed five day transit to Norfolk. The 524 foot tanker with 39 crew vanished after radio silence and a string of clues, including a dubious SOS map, sparked Cuban involvement rumors and a coast guard inquiry lasting 53 days.
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New York
Beaumont
Tex
Edith Martin
Neches River
S. S. Marine
Barbados
Atlantic
Gulf of Mexico
James V. Fanning
Strait of Florida
Norfolk, Va
Coast Guard
James D. Craik
Adm. Craik
Coast Guard Board of Inquiry
Estrellita Horoscope Forecast Highlights Personal Finances and Moves
The reading suggests upcoming financial opportunities and job advancement, with cautious spending in early April. It notes strong personal ingenuity for aliens, a favorable win of luck in finances mid year, and romance and travel periods in spring and autumn. A home change mid July may be beneficial long term.
Johnsons Home Sold to Miami Businessman
Washington Post reports President and Mrs. Johnson sold their former DC home The Elms to Luther B. Smith a Miami based stockholder in aviation and construction firms. The sales contract was arranged by American Security Corp. The price was not disclosed but inferred to be around $200 000.
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Washington
Johnson
The
Elms
Miami, Fla
Washington Post
Luther B. Smith
American Security Corp
Smith
Miami
Reno
Neb
Aerodex Corp
L. B. Smith
Harrisburg
Baltimore
Ohio pension contributions total nearly $20 million since 1947
State Auditor Roger W. Tracy reports Ohio has contributed about $19,952,935 to police and fire pensions since 1947, with a $1,183,310 subsidy for the year ending June 30, 1963, averaging $1,287,221 annually. The programs cover 267 police and 141 fireman systems.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio
Roger W. Tracy
Hundred Take Y Circus Trip By Bus From YMCA
Gene Back of the YMCA youth department announced that about 100 boys and girls will take an April 4 bus trip to the Cincinnati Gardens for Shrine Circus. Buses depart at 11 30 and return about 5 00. cost is 2 25 per person covering bus fare and admission. Chaperones include Patricia Woodrome Jackie Hollon Albert Wilgus Earl Streifthau Jim Brown and Bock.
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Gene Back
YMCA
Cincinnati Gardens
Bock
Patricia Woodrome
Jackie Hollon
Albert Wilgus
Earl Streifthau
Jim Brown
Porkers Tie Traffic on Dan Ryan Expressway
Five hogs escaped from a truck and halted traffic on the Dan Ryan Expressway for over an hour as motorists stopped to help capture them. Chicago AP reports the unusual road hazard occurred on a Tuesday evening.
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Chicago
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Willie T. Manuel
Tampa
Chicago Board of Trade
Manuel
Western Union
Thomson & McKinnon
Dry Tortugas
Fla
Ada Heard
Im DePaul Hospital
Norfolk
Kim
Aaron
Keys
Corpus Christi
Florida Keys
Cuba
S.O.S
Sidney Goldblatt
Internal Revenue Services
Walter J. Pleasant
Pleasant
Estrellita
Pension Systems
Billiken
PTL Ee Oy
Middletown
Verity Parkway
V . Mabe
Lingerie Department
Lycrass du Font
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