Californians Lead First Honest Direct Ascent On Eiger North Face
California climber John Harlin and Layton Kor with two German alpinists Joerg Lehne and Guenter Schwaldt prepared for a historic direct vertical ascent of the Eiger north face known as the direttissima. They aimed to reach bivouac camps around 10 days into a perilous route that climbs about 300 feet of vertical ice above the lower summit.
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Eiger
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Chris Bannington
Douglas Haston
Peter Haag
Guenier Strobel
Sheriff Frees Kidnapped Child in Kansas Car Stop
Unarmed Shawnee County Sheriff Jim Chaffee halted the kidnapper at a roadblock and wrested the firearm from the suspect, rescuing Marily Rees and her 2-year-old son Curtis after a seven hour manhunt. Texas-born officer Don Rayls had earlier identified the suspect’s car. Rees escaped during a car check and relayed the infant’s illness, prompting the tense pursuit.
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Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Shawnee County
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Chicago Toll of Slayings Reaches 995
Two gangland style murders in two days push the Chicago area homicide toll toward 1,000 since records began in 1919. Leonard Centrone and Clarence Forrest were victims. Centrone died after 13 gunshots in Melrose Park, Forrest in St John Indiana after being shot twice and left in a car trunk.
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Chicago Crime Commission
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St. John
Ind
Centrone
Tahquitz Ride Ceremonial Opens at Jordan High Saturday
The 13th annual spring ceremonial of the Ride of Tahquitz by the Long Beach Area Council Boy Scouts will begin at 7 PM Saturday at Jordan High School. Scouts will chant and dance in a public ceremony honoring the Famping Society.
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Ride of Tahquitz
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