04 Feb 1959
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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 04, 1959
Page
1
An American Airlines four engine plane with 73 aboard plunged into the Hudson near LaGuardia in dense fog. Harbor crews pulled eight survivors from the wreckage as rescue efforts continued through dawn. One rescued child’s mother, also saved, died later. Weather hampered the search and many bodies remained missing by midmorning.
New York AP report recounts a Cape Coral Hempstead family tragedy after a crash over a river. Robert Sullivan eight speaks haltingly of the moment the plane sank as his mother survived the crash but died in hospital. His father Joseph and sisters Patricia thirteen and Joan five were listed as missing as rescue efforts continued along the fast river. Local relatives note the family often flew to Chicago to visit relatives, and the father, a World War II veteran, had been shot down and imprisoned for 11 months.
A tugboat skipper Everett Phelps 48 gave a graphic eyewitness account of the American Airlines crash near his vessel in the East River. He described rushing to help after hearing the crash, pulling three people from the water, eight survivors aboard, and a frigid scene with bodies and screams amid ongoing rescue efforts. The H Thomas Tell Jr tug picked up eight survivors.
A strange incident reports police arresting a three year old on drunken charges as a bald head gametable is described with Yul Brynner likeness. The Xs are claimed to have won in a top of the head tic tac toe setup.
Mostly clear skies tonight and sunny Thursday with fog along the coast Thursday morning. Temperature little changed with a maximum near 63 by noon today.
Pan American flight from Paris to New York diverted after automatic pilot malfunction caused a nose dive from 35,000 feet to 6,000 feet. Captain W Waldo Lynch manually recovered, landing at Gander. Five passengers flown to hospital for precautionary checks. actor among those aboard.
A Weather Reconnaissance B 50 plane based at Bermuda with 12 men aboard is missing over the western Atlantic. Bermuda search forces, with U S. crews, are scouring the area while a Japanese ship reports a possible plane crash west of Bermuda. The date and takeoff time remain unreported.
The Soviet Union released a U S truck convoy held in East Germany for two days, meeting American pressure in a clash over access to West Berlin. Five American soldiers and four Army trucks, including jeeps, rolled into West Germany at Helmstedt after talks in London and Washington.
A marquee collapsed on a crowd of shoppers in Quebec City killing four or five people and injuring at least six others as heavy snow weighed down the structure. Police confirmed casualties and described the incident as a sudden crowd tragedy.
President Eisenhower announced a vigorous U S protest to the Soviet government over the Red Army convoy holding an American military truck in East Germany. The convoy was released today as Washington defended U S missile progress and warned against Soviet claims of pinpoint accuracy.
Notice lists locations across the newspaper for a story and photo about Jack Feyt, a pioneer pilot and UC transport operator, who was killed in a wh acell tent. The article references multiple pages for the full report including Page A-B, B-1, B-13, B-15, and various sections.
Diana Dors attended the low requiem mass for Dennis Hamilton, her estranged husband, as fans surged at St James Church. Shouting crowds surged over church pews and photographers were asked to leave while Dors walked behind the coffin and clung to a friend for support.
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