Capsule recovery teams move to snag miniature spaceman
Recovery crews moved into position off Hawaii to capture a 300 pound orange crate sized capsule ejected from a satellite on its 17th pass over the poles. The plan called for a highly instrumented capsule to separate from the 17 foot long satellite and be triggered over the North Pole. The satellite was launched Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base and was traveling at 18,000 miles per hour.
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Paris kidnaping clues as police seek return of Eric Peugeot
Paris police have few clues in the Eric Peugeot kidnapping and say they are determined to prevent kidnaping becoming profitable in France. Investigators questioned his father Roland Peugeot, who paid a ransom and urged no arrests as the child remains safe. Ene Peugeot, snatched from a suburban club, was found unharmed near a Paris bar. ransom paid in used bills but reportedly less than the demanded sum.
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Polics
Eric Pewsgeat
France
Eric
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Peugeot
Ene
Peugent
Pioneer L B Banker Nelson McCook Dies
Nelson McCook founder and chairman of First at City Bank of Long Beach died in his sleep at 84 after a long banking career. He started as a bookkeeper in Iowa, organized Summer City and San Bernardino banks, led California First National in Long Beach from 1920 until its 1936 merger with Bank of America, then served as VP and director at Security Trust in San Diego.
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Riceville
Iowa
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Summer
California
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American National Bank of
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California First National Bank
1St St
Locust Ave
Bank of America
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Security Trust and Savings Bank
San Diego
Long Beach Banker McCook Dies. Kin Noted in Community
Obituary details the life of banker and civic figure McCook of Long Beach. It notes his leadership roles on the Salary Stabilization Board and Harbor Commissioners, his founding of National City Bank in 1949 with his sons Fonda and Nelson Jr., and mentions family members including Rupert in insurance and a daughter married to Adm. Dene srinks. Funeral will be at Mottell's & Peek Mortuary Chapel with Dr Emerson Hangen officiating. Interment Angeles Abbey Mausoleum.
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Salary Stabilization Board
Board of Harbor Commissioners
L B easter weather forecast and guard incident reported
The piece notes expected clear skies and sunny Easter weather as winds gust up to 45 miles per hour. It mentions guards wounded during an Easter parade incident and a later recapture of a suspect, with the Weather Bureau predicting a warm, breezy weekend across parts of the valley.
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Weather Bureau
Bureau Renitentiary
Agere
San Fernando Valley
Classifieds and notices listings in midweek edition
The page references outline where to find church notices, death notices, shipping table data, sports pages, theater listings, and weather and vital statistics in the midweek edition. It directs readers to specific pages B and A sections for each category.
Ship Sinks 23 Found Unhurt On Life
A maritime incident leaves a ship sinking with 23 crew members rescued unharmed. The report notes rapid lifeboat deployment and orderly evacuation, with no injuries reported. Authorities continue to inspect the vessel and determine the cause as the Long Beach bulletin covers the event.
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RAF Press
Southland
Long Beach
Calif
Plane Spots Men Afloat for 13 Hours
A stram p steamer Ethel C sank off Virginia coast. Coast Guard plane found captain and 22 crewmen drifting in the Atlantic. All were safe and unhurt. The ship, with 23 aboard, carried scrap iron valued at over eight million pounds. The vessel sailed from New York to Newport News en route to Rotterdam.
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Coast Guard
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Ethel C
Coast Guard Ait Norfolk
New York
Newport News
Rotterdam
Five Die in Los Angeles Area Traffic Accidents
Five people died in separate traffic crashes in the Los Angeles area. A 19 year old Newport Beach college student, Karen Rains, died at 10 05 p m when a light sports car driven by Ton Dawson left a curve on Jamboree Road and Bayside Drive and overturned. A four year old girl, Carolyn Judd, was killed when she ran into a car on 2639 Washington Place Dominguez. The other deaths occurred in Granpe County and Dominguez with details given on the incidents and victims.
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Newport Beach
Karen Rains
Jamboree Rd
Bayside Dr
Dawson
Eholi
Lido Iste
Baltz Mortuary
Corona del Mar
Washington PL
Long
Beach
Carolyn Judd
Mark Benson
Swatch
California Highway Patrol
Benson
James William
Tornado and Weather Weathered Midwest and Cuba Arms Deal
Severe storms tore across the Central Plains into New England with a tornado injuring at least two and damaging farm buildings near Louisburg Kansas City area. Flooding closed railroad lines near Cleveland Missouri and Kingsville Missouri as warm rains moved east. French diplomatic sources report Czechoslovakia agreed to sell Mig jets to Cuba in barter with sugar and agricultural products, though the U.S. has banned war materiel shipments to the Caribbean. Fidel Castro has pushed to acquire fighters.
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Associated Press
Central Plains
New England
Louisburg
Kai
Cleveland
Kansas
Mlingis
Kansas City Southern Railroad
Missouri Pacific
Kingsville
Washington
Czechoslovakia
Cuba
State Department
United States
Caribbean
Havana
Pari
Fidel Castro
Divorce Granted In Her Room Inheritance Saved For Son
A 37 year old Long Beach woman Irene Lake in Long Beach Community Hospital won a hearing in her hospital room for a divorce and for dissolving a joint tenancy. Judge Roberta Kutzbach granted an interlocutory divorce decree and terminated the joint tenancy so that Mrs Lake's son from a prior marriage and other relatives inherit her property. The dramatic hearing occurred in her hospital room as doctors say she has little time left to live.
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Long Beach
Irene Lake
Espanit St
Long Beach Community Hospital
Roberta Kutzbach
Los Cerritos
Mrs. Lake
Christians Prepare Worldwide Easter Celebration
Associated Press reports Christians worldwide prepared for Easter Sunday with prayers songs and reverent exaltation. Good Friday saw solemn rites commemorating Christ’s betrayal passion and death. In Jerusalem UN peacekeepers accompanied 12 000 pilgrims along the Way of the Cross as heat neared 90 degrees and worshippers fainted from the sun.
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Associated Press
Jesus Christ
Anear Ae
Christendom
Christ
Jerusalem
United Nations Emergency Force
Jesus
Eight in Family Die in Netherlands Fire
A Dutch couple and six of their eight children perished when flames swept through their home in Houorn Netherlands early today. The tragedy leaves two survivors and authorities investigating the blaze for likely causes.
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Netherlands
Houorn
Polio Vaccine Sees Big Early Success in Miami
UPI reports a mass trial of Cox oral polio vaccine in Dade County shows about 4 percent immunity from initial samples. Dr M Eugene Flipse and Dr Georges Erickson lead the test for the county health department and University of Miami labs as they prepare to vaccinate up to 500000 under 40 with free cherry flavored liquid.
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UPI
Cox
M. Eugene Flipse
Georges. Erickson
Dade County Health Department
Universit of Miami Laboratories
Nurse saves city checks in a drawer for nine years
Newark authorities faced a municipal audit headache as 69 year old nurse Anna Garborine kept 37 pay checks totaling 5676 dollars in a drawer. City officials warned they would stop the checks and set aside funds, but she cashed them on Friday saying it was only money.
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N. J
UPI
Anna Garborine
Martland Medical Center
Miss Garborino
WU Putina Savings &Cenant
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