Greta Andersen Wins English Channel Swim to Dover
Greta Andersen of Long Beach California won the mass English Channel swim timing race defeating men for the second year, clocking 11 hours from Cap Gris Nez France to Dead Man's Gulch coast. Brogan Das of Pakistan finished second in 14 hours 57 minutes as helicopters and ships watched the dramatic crossing.
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Dover
England
Greta Andersen
Long Beach
I Calif
Hassan Abdel Rehim
Brogan Das
Miss Winidersen
Cap Gris Nez
France
Dead Man‘s Gulch
Miss Andersen
U.S
John Soonichsen
Blast and Fire Injure Man at Newport Aeronautics Plant
An explosion and flash fire damaged an underground testing vault at Ford Motor Company’s Aeronautics plant in Newport Beach. One man was critically injured as officials limited access and cordoned off the facility. The cause remains undetermined though there was little vault damage and the blast sound drew hundreds of motorists to the area.
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Newport Beach
Ford Motor Company
Ory
Aeronautics
MacArthur's Blvd
Corona del Mar
Revenge Turns Fatal Shot Into Axe Revenge
In Columbus Mississippi a man named Davis accidentally shot himself in the chest while removing a rifle from a rack. He survived the initial shot but before going to the hospital he used an ax to chop the rifle into splinters, seeking revenge on the weapon itself.
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Lolumbus
Miss
Davis
Classified-Pages and Sections Listing
A reader's guide lists sections and page ranges for church, classified, comics, death notices, financials, shipping tables, local news, sports, theaters, TV radio, and vital statistics across pages A and B. It specifies page numbers for each department including Death Notices on A-2 and Vital Statistics on B-9.
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Southland Citles
Skate Visits Norway Second Largest Port
BERGEN Norway The American atomic submarine Skate tied up for its first port visit since crossing under the polar cap Norway s second largest city greeted the nuclear powered vessel with officials including Defense Minister Nils Handal Vice Adm FP J E Jacobsen and U S Ambassador Frances Willis on hand to greet the ship which will depart Sunday for Oslo
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Bergen
Norway
Skate
Defense
Nils Handal
J. E. Jacobsen
U. S
Frances Willis
Oslo
Foreign Aid Battle Stalling Congress
Washington AP Secretary Ellender opened a Senate debate on the administration's 3 billion dollar mutual aid bill as opposition argued over foreign aid and the national debt. Senator Malone continued a lengthy critique mentioning overseas spending and domestic strain while voicing opposition to aiding foreigners.
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Washington
85Th Congress
Allen J. Ellender
D-Ala
Senate
Ellender
George W. Malone
New
Malone
Administration
Con Press
Senate Deadlock Delays Foreign Aid Bill Passage
Ellender, longtime critic of aid programs, argued the US cannot depend on token help as he warned against the armies created by aid in underdeveloped countries. Senate and House leaders hope to end the session tonight, but adjournment may slip to next week as Knowland and Johnson clash over timing and the foreign aid measure plus house senate compromise reports await action.
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Senate
W. F. Knowland
Knowland
Sheppard
House
McDonough
Ellender
United States
Weven
Sit
William F. Knowland
California
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate House
U S Warns China Over Quemoy and Matsu Islands
Secretary of State Dulles warns that a Red Chinese seizure of Quemoy and Matsu could threaten regional peace. He cites Chinese buildup and bombardment against Formosa aligned islands, urging restraint and noting U S treaty obligations to defend Taiwan and the Penghu Islands.
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Washington
United States
Red China
Quemoy
Matsu Islands
Secretary of State
Dullesj
Thomas E. Morgan
D-Pa
House Foree Affairs Committee
Morgan
Formosa
Quemoys
Dulles
Chiang Kai-shek
Comunists
Matsu
Quemoy Matsu Islands
Republic of China
China
Taiwan
Péscadores’ Islands
Poem Read At Rich Boy's Funeral Getty Son Wrote Own Requiem
Timothy Getty, 12 year old son of J Paul Getty, had a personal poem read at his funeral in Los Angeles Little Church of the Flowers. The illness and brain tumor preceded his death after a final operation. He befriended Roy Campanella and was entombed near Red Skelton's son in a mausoleum.
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Los Angeles
Timothy Getty
J. Paul Getty
America
Timothy
Getty
Louise Dudley Lynch Getty
New York
Roy Campanella
Los Angeles Dodgers
Campy
Campanella
Europe
Comine Red Skelton
Richard
Demand for Summit Talks Reignites Nuclear Test Debate
The United States Britain and France press Moscow to halt nuclear tests as pre summit diplomacy resumes in Moscow Tokyo and London. A Soviet broadcast cites a new British explosion and urges an end to atomic tests amid calls from Japan and other nations for an immediate halt. State Department notes identical notes from Britain and France seeking a Soviet reply to western Big Three requests to restart diplomacy. The U S position stresses establishing a heads of government meeting after resolving trust and friendship treaty topics.
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Associated Frese Washington
Moscow Radio Today
United States
Britain
France
Sia
Moscow
Geneva
Southeast Asia
Japan
Australia
Italy
Tokyo
State Department
Llewellyn Thompson
United Stars
West
Russia
U. S
Andrei Gromyko
Hunt Boy Missing From Family Camp
A Mojave boy, George Miller, age unknown, vanished from a family camp near Johnsondale in Dry Meadow Creek area. About 25 men on horseback from Tulare and Kern counties joined the search after he wandered away from the camp at 9:30 a.m. and was reported missing in the early afternoon.
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Porterville
UPI
Mojave
Dry Meadow Creek
Johnsondale
Tulare
Kern County
George Miller
Louis H. Miller
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Newport
Quemoy Isles
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