Safety leaps save eight from sinking luxury crafts
Eight men including two Long Beach industrialists escaped two sinking vessels off the coast. The Seven Seas struck the Seal Beach breakwater and the Scooter ran aground near the Los Angeles light. Campbell and Nordquist aided the crawled to safety and phoned for help. One man sprained an ankle. no serious injuries reported.
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Long Beach
Coast Guard
Seal Beach
Scooter
Los Angeles
Seven Seas
John Campbell
Ximena Ave
Robert N. Nordquist
E. Maple Ave
Bellflower
Campbell Contour Attachment Co
Long Beach Machine Works
San Pedro
R. F. Swancutt
33Rd St. Hermosa Beach
Campbell
Nordquist
Alamitos Bay
Coast, Guard
Hunt Ends for Mouse and Rocket in Space Capsule
CAPE CANAVERAL Fla The Air Force abandoned the search for Laska the tiny white mouse after 60 hours as the mushroom shaped nose cone that carried her drifted toward the Atlantic near Ascension Island It marked the first inter continental range flight by a US ballistic missile with ships and planes scouring the oceans for 242 days The project officer said Laska was alive 22 minutes after launch before the mission ended with no recovery of the cone.
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Laska
Air Force
Atlantic Ocean
Ascension Island
Africa
Asd
E. M. Griffith
Thor
Fireman reprimanded for map mishap at Long Beach home
A city fireman who fiddled with maps while at a Long Beach residence on Ladoga Drive caused a fire response delay and minor damage. Fire Chief Frank Sandeman called the incident extremely unfortunate and noted the dispatcher did not respond due to territorial confusion between city and county boundaries. The home at 3014 Ladoga Avenue belonged to Betty MacLyman and the blue garage was destroyed as firefighters corrected the jurisdiction.
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Atong Beach
Frank Sandeman
Sandeman
Ladoga Dr
Betty MacLyman
Ladoga Ave
Long Beach
Los Angeles
County
Co Rd
Palo Verde County
Firefighting Hopes To Contain Southern California Fires
Fire crews aim to curb the weeklong brush fires across Southern California with two major outbreaks still active near Mill Creek Canyon north of Beaumont and Cleveland National Forest near Lake Elsinore. The 300 acre Cleveland blaze, sparked by a Marine Jet crash, draws 760 Marines and 300 Forest Service personnel, while other fires in Hesperia and along Highway 101 near Thousand Oaks have been brought under control. Over 5,000 acres have burned this week.
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Los Angeles
California
Mill Creek Canyon
Beaumont
Cleveland National Forest
Lake Elsinore
Mt. San Gorgonio
U.S. Forest Service
Camp Pendleton
San Gabriel Mountains
Thousand Oaks
la Habra Heights
U S Fires A Blast at Eniwetok Isle
The Defense Department and Atomic Energy Commission reported a nuclear test at the Eniwetok proving grounds in the Pacific. The blast occurred at 11 30 P M as part of the Bikini Atoll series, with no further details released.
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Washington
Eniwetok Proving Grounds
Pacific
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Bikini Atoll
Rebels Blow Up Building in Tripoli Becomes Deadly Clash
Beir ut dispatch reports Lebanese rebels detonated a government building in Tripoli killing eight inside. Government forces countered with armored cars firing 75 mm cannons around the Bahsas Bridge as heavy exchanges raged for hours. By dawn the area was under control though sporadic shooting continued.
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Beirut
UPI
Tripoli
Bahsas
Beirut-Tripoli
Eisenhower to Visit Central America for 19 Days
Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower departs for a 19 day goodwill and fact finding mission to Central America to assess U S policies there. He calls the trip both a goodwill gesture and a genuine inquiry into conditions and policy effectiveness. He may meet Panama University students who requested a discussion.
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Milton Eisenhower
White House
Central America
Ruth
Washington
UPI
Milton S. Eisenhower
U. S
John Hopkins University
Local Classifieds Reference Sections
The notice directs readers to specific newspaper sections for different content. It lists Churches on pages A-4 and A-5, Classifieds on B-2 through B-9, Comics on A-9, Crossword on B-10, Death Notices on B-2, Financial on A-2, Sports on A-6 and A-7 and 3, Theaters on A-10, Weather and Temperatures on B-2, and TV Radio on B-10.
Rancher Kills Woman and Wounds Three Before Suicide
Ida Sandeoint AP reports 73 year old Emil Olkonen a retired rancher in a north Idaho lumbering town opened fire in a tavern wounding three people including bartender Robert Hunter and customer Bud McMertery and fatally shooting Ruth Tanner before killing himself as police closed in Chief George Elliott was among the wounded. Olga Hunter wife of hunter described their anniversary celebration interrupted by gunfire.
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Sandeoint
Ida
Idaho
Emil Olkonen
Ruth Tanner
Robert Hunter
Bud McMertery
George Elliott
Five Million Airliner Near Crash at Long Beach
Boeing 7087 jet trans port narrowly missed a crash landing at Long Beach Municipal Airport amid crosswind. Pilot Tom Layne said he dropped the right wing too much to compensate, injuring the underside of the right engine and its thrust reverser. The airliner, valued at five million dollars, was en route to Seattle after a jet age exhibit for the Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences in Los Angeles.
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Boeing
Long Beach
Pan American Airways
Tom Layne
Institute of the Aeronautical Sciences
Los Angeles
Seattle
Paternity suit filed by father seeks custody in Martinez
Gerald D. Cochran 45 of Hayward filed in Contra Costa County Superior Court to be named natural father of his two year old son Mark Hanson born May 11 1956. He and Laura Hanson 37 allegedly lived together since April 5 1955 while Cochran seeks custody and support for the boy now living with Mrs Hanson. Mrs Hanson sobbed and said she will fight the move while Cochran spoke with his wife and argued the action to formalize the relationship and secure inheritance and support.
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Martinez
Calif
Gerald D. Cochran
Hayward
Contra Costa County Superior Court
Mark Hanson
Cochran
Laura Hanson
Oakland
Alton
Benjamin Marlowe
Mark
Hanson
Cochrans
Six Killed in New England Gale and Tornadoes
A violent weather system swept from the Southwest into New England, bringing floods and hurricane force winds. At least six people died Friday and Friday night in weather related incidents, three drowned in Kansas floods and three felled by lightning. Funnel clouds were sighted in Arkansas Oklahoma Missouri and Texas as more storms were forecast across the South and Midwest. In Atchison Kansas a five foot flood surge toppled walls and swept away cars downtown, drowning Mrs. William Barthel and 82 year old Charles Kennedy.
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United Pres Internacional
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Kansas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Texas
Gulf States
Ohio Valley
Lower
Great Lakes
Mid
Atlantic
Atchison
Kan
William Barthel
Charles Kennedy
iTransport Halted by Italian Strike Across Cities
A 24 hour nation wide transport workers strike halted GP-Bus street car and suburban train services in major Italian cities. Emergency service was provided by army troops private tourist buses and trucks with benches. In Rome Milan Turin Genoa workers arrived late. no disorders reported.
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Army S
Rome
Milan
Turin
Geona
Canadians greet Princess Meg on Canadian tour kickoff
Princess Margaret arrived at Vancouver Airport on a 19 hour London flight via Goose Bay, then to Victoria for a month long tour of Canada. A 760 foot red carpet greeted her C5 Royal Canadian Air Force plane as officials urged residents to stay away during the brief stop. The princess, in powder blue, departed for Patricia Bay Airport after a brief welcome from Gov Gen Vincent Massey.
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Meg
Princess Margaret
Queen Mother Elizabeth
Britannia
Vancouver
B. C
London
AP Wirephotonia Radio
Victoria
B.C
UPI Garet
Goose Bay
Labrador
Royal Canadian Air Force
Canada
Patricia Bay
Here
Vincent Massey
Weather Outlook: Low Clouds Fog and Sunny Sunday
Low clouds and fog expected tonight into early Sunday morning. Sunday will be mostly sunny with a slightly cooler afternoon. Noon temperature around 68 degrees.
Girl 16 amputates father's arm on Colorado farm
Beverly Higginson, 16, says her father Russell Higginson told her to amputate his mangled arm with a pocket knife after it got caught in a hay baler. She performed the surgery, then drove to a hospital in Colorado Springs with him. a nurse later gave morphine.
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Colo
Beverly
Higginson
Colorado Springs
Polly Monahan
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