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Newspaper
Pasadena Star News
Location
Pasadena, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1959
Page
5
Coast Guard reports a San Francisco bound flight from Fairbanks disappeared over Alaska after preliminary checks suggest it may have stopped in Juneau or another location. Details on passengers and aircraft remain incomplete.
The aircraft flown by Philip Gray of Mill Valley with co pilot Carl Scott of San Francisco and engineer Burrass Smith from Corte Madera departed Fairbanks Alaska under charter to the Stanford University Research Institute. Also aboard were Bob Meath, a veteran Alaska bush pilot, and a man and a woman who were not identified.
A long presidential trek culminates in Paris with Ike drawing cheers from crowds on the Annette Island route. North Atlantic alliance leaders await at a NATO summit to align on Berlin and disarmament before Khrushchev talks. Six million spectators greeted the president during his all nation tour.
President Eisenhower discussed the French NATO dispute with De Gaulle and the Algeria war with Tunisia's Habib Bourguiba. Allies weighed limits on concessions as they plan a potential East West meeting, likely in Geneva between April 5 and May 15, amid Berlin tensions.
Two U S Air Force crews survived after a collision near NORTH BAY Ontario. Capt Roy N Minor of Manchester Tennessee and Lt Theodore C Adams of Greenville South Carolina were recovered. Adams co piloted a BA7 bomber in the crash while Minor flew the F 102 fighter. The other three B 47 crew members were Lt Lloyd A Horn Boise Idaho Lt Carleton W Hunt Oklahoma City and an observer. The fighter pilot was Lt Gaylor B Treui Garner Iowa.
Queen Elizabeth will not appear on television Christmas Day to deliver her annual message to the nation. The queen recorded the message at Buckingham Palace yesterday, marking a change from her usual in person delivery in prior years.
A federal jury in Apalachin New York spent about nine hours last night considering whether 20 men of Italian ancestry conspired to hide the meeting's purpose from federal officials two years ago. Jurors were locked in for the night with no verdict, and deliberations resumed this morning as the trial proceeded.
Margaret Peggy Kelly Davis sister of Princess Grace of Monaco was granted a divorce from George L. Davis Jr president of the Philadelphia Ramblers of the Eastern Hockey League. The action was disclosed yesterday and was not contested. Grounds for the divorce were not disclosed.
The candy institute reported a sweet Christmas ahead with candy sales up six percent from last year. Institute officials said current figures show strong demand and cheerful holiday season expectations.
Authorities launched a two state search for the Liptrap family a Nebraska couple and their eight children tied to a diphtheria outbreak in Great Bend Kansas. The case count includes one death one confirmed case and three suspected. Doctors urge locating the family for immediate medical exams to assess carriage.
Typhoon Gilda tore through central Philippines with winds to 150 mph and heavy rain. Initial reports noted no deaths but expected severe property losses as officials tracked the storm near Masbate and Samar on the eastern coast.
Ignacio Acosta Fuentes assistant attorney general for the Mexico City federal district says Mexico will send representatives to U S meetings on the narcotics problem. He notes Mexico is already fighting the narcotics issue and will cooperate fully with the United States.
Washington UPI The government asks junior and management negotiators to resume steel dispute talks in Washington Monday. Federal mediation chief Joseph F Finnegan will lead efforts in the Labor Department offices. Talks under Finnegan halted December 10 with no substantial progress.
USW president David J. McDonald announced a revised settlement proposal to U S Steel Bethlehem Steel Jones and Laughlin and other steel employers. He said the new demands are slightly higher than the Kaiser formula and warned of contempt citations if negotiations do not resume on a company by company basis.
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