Coast Guard ends hoax radio report of yacht collision
Coast Guard called off the search after amateur radio operators reported a distress call claiming a yacht was rammed by a submarine off Southern California near Point conception. The agency evaluated the case as a hoax and offered no wreck evidence.
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Coast Guard
Robert Wainfield
Los Angeles
Clarence Mel Nikel
Inglewood
Calif
California
Point
Shortages Challenge U S Schools Across Nation
AP reports nearly 36 million American children return to school amid teacher and classroom shortages. 135000 qualified teachers and about 130000 classrooms are needed, with many schools aging. NCCBS president Henry Toy Jr notes improving public education and rising parental involvement.
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Henry Toy Jr
National Citizens Council For Better Schools
NCCBS
Toy
Middletown Firemen Show Lower Injury Rate Than National Average
Fire department records show Middletown firemen had no injuries on fires in 1957 and 1958, with four of 67 injured or overcome by smoke since 1959, below the national IAFF average of one in five in 1958. Civilians also sustained injuries, and past major blazes noted, including the 1955 Armco East Works fire that injured several and caused smoke exposure among many firefighters.
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John Fleming
Middletown
International Assn. of
IAFF
Ledford Crouch
Kenneth Basford
William Fishbaugh
Armco East Works
Louis Kneziak
Gerald Horn
Jess Border
Lear Wallace
William Snelling
Robert Lukens
Khrushchev Plans Early Talks With Eisenhower
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev will meet President Eisenhower five hours after his U S landing. The White House released a tentative two day itinerary for his 13 day visit, starting September 15, with further details to follow.
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Washington
United States
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
White House
Khrushchev
Trolley Fight Leads To Arrest
Two Negro teenage girls and a white man were arrested for fighting on a trolley in Atlanta after a witness said the man asked the girls to move back and a shuffle began. Driver F A Morris stopped the trolley, reported the incident, and police arrested Doris Stowell 17 Marion Anderson 19 and Robert F Garner 36 on disorderly conduct fighting charges. Desegregation of Atlanta trolleys and buses under a federal court order began January 21.
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Atlanta, Ga
F.A. Morris
Doris Stowell
Marion Anderson
Robert F. Garner
Atlanta
IAFF Survey Links Firefighter Deaths to Work Hazards
The IAFF reports deaths among American firefighters rise 70 percent above general workers due to job injuries. Hazards include smoke, building collapse, gases, explosions, shocks, radiation, hypertension, and traffic crashes. Heart disease accounts for 40 percent of deaths, affecting younger firefighters with an average age of 37.
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IAFF
Musician Joins Band For Tour
Jim Peck, 18, son of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Peck, joins the Chuck Cabot orchestra for a coast to coast tour. He trained in local schools, appeared on KTTV Spotlight on Youth and Lawrence Welk show, was first clarinet in his high school band, led the school music department, played with Leighton Noble’s orchestra in Los Angeles, and his grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Peck Sr. of Burton Road.
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Jim Peck
Leslie Peck
Middletown
Reseda
Calif
Chuck Cabot
Young Peck
KTTV
Los Angeles
Lawrence Welk
Leighton Noble
Los Angeles Statler
Curtis Peck Sr
Burton Road
Airman Nicholas Koppie Jr. dies in self-inflicted gunshot
Cleveland AP reports air man Nicholas Koppie Jr., 20, left a note to his father saying sorry for the trouble and payment for bullets. He died from a .38 German automatic shot to the chest after a furlough from Turner Air Force Base Albany Ga. He had argued with his father over money for the return trip. Coroner Samuel R. Gerber ruled death by own action.
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Cleveland
Nick
Nicholas Koppie Jr
Koppie
Turner Air Force Base
Albany
Sameul R. Gerber
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