Missing Hiker Body Removed From Cliffs in High Sierra
A team of eight climbers including four Marines recovered Walter Griga of Washington DC from a 1000 foot cliff below a 13016 foot summit on July 23 missing since July 8. He was a Carleton College student and Bishop engineer intern, body to Bishop mortuary for possible air to Washington funeral.
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Carleton College
Minnesota
Bishop
Eastern High Sierra
BIG Pine
Temple Craig Mountain
High Sierra
Walter, Griga
Washington, D.C
Shovitt
Griga
Waste charges hit armed services in defense quarters report
Washington lawmakers released a staff investigation by the House Appropriations Committee detailing wasteful spending on military housing. Air Force officers quarters allegedly exceed austerity, with private baths and elaborate layouts. Army and Navy housing cited brick facings aluminum windows fireplaces and other features as excessive.
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Washington
Armed Services
Air Force
Army
Navy
Nixon Plan California Look See for Weep
Vice President Nixon announced an upcoming California visit after Congress adjourns to Spend two weeks traveling Northern and Southern California. He avoided political questions when asked. The hearings cited wasteful spending on military base renovations at Treasure Island Ft. Benning Kirtland and other sites with costs claimed by investigators as excessive, though a Defense Department spokesman said corrections followed.
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Nixon
Situation Watch
Treasure Island Naval Base
California
Ft. Benning
Nixon eyes Knowland bid for California and beyond
Nixon expects Sen Knowland to announce this fall his run for the Republican nomination for California governor next year. Knowland plans a series of speeches starting Labor Day. If Knight and Knowland clash, Nixon would stay neutral but could benefit from Knowland’s elimination from the national scene. Knight is not seen as a major 1960 presidential contender.
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Knowland
Calif
California
Congress
Goodwin J. Knight
State Office
GOP
Senate
Knight
Helicopters Rescue Eight in California Brush Fire and Hunt
In Southern California a weekend helicopter effort saved eight people. A mother and six children fled a brush fire in Arcadia Canyon as a US Forest Service chopper guided them to safety. the 20 acre blaze scorched the front yard but spared the house. A separate rescue lifted hunter Othmar Lisberg from the Angeles National Forest after a fall near Angeles Crest Highway. Lisberg suffered a fractured pelvis and was transported to Antelope Valley Hospital.
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Los Angeles
California
San Bernardino
Creed S. Sheeran
Arc Rson Canyon
U.S. Forest Service
Angeles National Forest
Angeles Crest Hwy
Othmar R. Lisberg
E. 120Th St. Willowbrook
Lancaster
Lisberg
Antelope Valley Hospital
Oklahoma Anthrax Battle Widens in Mayes Ottawa Counties
Oklahoma's anthrax outbreak, the worst in 25 years, extends quarantine to seven square miles in Mayes County and 19 square miles in adjacent Ottawa County. Harold Hutton, president of the State Board of Agriculture, announced the expansion as the danger area grows to 85 square miles, including all of Craig County.
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Vinita
Okla
Oklahoma
Harold Hutton
State Board of Agriculture
Mayes County
Craig County
Ottawa County
Eight Nuns Killed In Bus Crash In Spain
A sightseeing bus carrying eight Roman Catholic nuns in Pamplona Spain rammed into a foot-deep gully and overturned injuring 12 others in a road accident on Sunday. Local authorities investigated the cause as rescue teams rushed to the scene.
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Pamplona
Spain
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Dingees
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Albuquerque
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