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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1962
Page
2
Rescue teams push through gas and rubble to reach 37 miners trapped 650 feet underground after a blast at the Rabena coal mine near Pittsburgh. Air is foul with carbon monoxide, and firefighting and ventilation efforts continue as families wait nearby.
Veterans groups and patriotic organizations planned to honor 1102 men entombed in the Arizona memorial as Navy policy limited public tributes to Memorial Day. The Arizona flag was raised at dawn, with carriers and crews saluting. The memorial marks 2403 deaths from the 1941 attack, while battleships Nevada and others returned to action. Survivors recount the moment, including Seaman Wells whose body was misidentified, now remembering his own funeral each December 7.
A light plane carrying Paul Flood of San Bruno and his family of five, reported overdue from Fullerton to San Francisco, landed safely in thick fog at El Monte after a 30 mile diversion. The FAA ordered a search that morning. the party completed their trip by bus and returned home.
A brief item reports the Duchess of Kent traveling to Hong Kong aboard a plane from London. It notes the Duke accompanying her, the young duchess, and a month-old infant, with military duties connected to the Moyal unit and the Scots Greys in attendance.
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