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Able And His Companion Rescued Off Kent Island
Coast Guard and volunteers rescue two duck hunters, Merriken and Able, after 17 and a half hours stranded on a duck blind off Love Point while another pair, George Swayne and Charles Werner of Baltimore, are saved from a disabled vessel near the Patapsco River. Rescue included Frogman Garrison and an Annapolis launch. Robert Merriken and Able are unharmed. one rescuer suffers exhaustion. Nearby, Arthur W Page becomes president of Radio Free Europe fundraiser Crusade for Freedom. John M. Patterson named executive VP.
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Baltemore
Wesearvld
Texas
Aemple
Chesapeake Bay
Kent Island
Peter G Garton
Granta
Mio
Irving
Dill Avenue
Mathew
West Church
Fredenck
Mi Wow
Washington
Meruken
Abb
Coast Guard
Annapolis
Garrison
Merriken
Able
Baltimore
Patapsco
George T. Swayne
Charles 4. Werner
Baltamore
Bay Line
District of Columbia
Crusade
New York
Crusade For Freedom
Radio Free Europe
Free , Europe Press
Arthur W Page
John MM. Patterson
Page
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
Patterson
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