Rescued Benny Hooper Survives 24-Foot Well
Benny Hooper 6 is rescued after a 24 foot well entrapment near his Long Island home. Rescue workers tunnel through sand with gamma ray shields from Brookhaven scientists to reach him. Benny is carried to hospital in good condition as family and crew celebrate a miracle after a long, exhausting rescue.
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Benjamin Hooper
Ben
Atomic Research Jamin Jr
Bayview Hospital
Mastic
N. C
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Neling
Sam Woodson
Wendy
Nettie Hooper
Ronald A. Hooper
Benny
Hoopers
Long Island
Woodson
Navy Plane Crashes Into Pond During Landing
Ten airmen were injured when a two engine Navy P2V Neptune bomber crashed into a pond during an instrument landing at Glenview Naval Air Station near Chicago. The plane was en route from Hutchinson to participate in Armed Forces Day events. Two teens from Winnetka swam to the plane to assist.
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Chicago
Glenview Naval Air Station
Glenview
Hutchinson
Kew
Robert DM
Siewert
Glencos
John T. Herman
Winnetka
Local notice fragment from Long Beach postal filing
Fragmentary OCR item shows a rather garbled line about Sixth Street and Pinu Avenue with names such as Lour Jisach and Byung Zon mixed in. May indicate a class matter or audit notice with postal filing reference and Long Beach location, but details are unreadable.
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Pienenen Omy
Sunaay
Sixth Street
Pinu Avenue
Lour
Benny's life saved by oxygen hose and jacket aid
RIS SAM describes a dramatic rescue where Benny remained with a clenched jaw as responders could not open it at first. A doctor credits the oxygen hose for saving his life and notes the hose mouth was about an inch from Benny's mouth. An air spare formed when his jacket rode up aiding oxygen supply.
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Ris
Sam
Benny
Crashes Kill 7 Residents of L B Area
Woodson said he was digging when his shovel uncovered Beani’s red jacket pulled over his head as he slid down the narrow well. Seven people died in the L B area crashes according to officials.
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Benjamin Hooper Jry
Sam Woodson
Riverhead
Woodson
Benny
Hoopers
Hooper
New York City
Kathy Fiscu
San Marino
Calif
S Yosrold
Kris
Tlin
Wootson
John Arambo
John T
Rescue Worker Describes Great Thrill Rescue
In Manorville a heroic rescue worker recalls keeping a boy alive during a difficult extraction after a motorcycle crash. Police report multiple fatal accidents, including a pedestrian struck on Main Street and a high speed crash on Sepulveda Boulevard near the Vatican.
Split Hairs Bare Domes Ok Mohawks Ruled Out
Sophomores Bill Roberts and Pete Bacig of Watsonville High School got Mohawk style haircuts on a bet. Principal Ernest Crook dis approved but said if the boys shaved fully they could return to classes.
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Watsonville
Bill. Roberts
Pete Bacig
Watsonville High School
Ernest Crook
Submarine mystery dissolves after Dutch buoy alert
London reports the Dutch submarine chaser Utrecht touched a submerged object in the North Sea but signals were too vague to confirm a sunken vessel. The Bramble found no buoy or oil slicks as searches continued and Danish freighter Mary North reported hearing knocks like distress signals.
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Tutrecht
North Sea
Utrecht
Admiralty
Bramble
London
J. H. Hansen
Mary North
Terschelling
Doggers Bann
Mrs Fiscus Happy Over Well Rescue
Mrs David Fiscus expressed gratitude for the Benny Hooper well rescue, recalling her daughter Kathy Fiscus who died in 1949 after falling 100 feet down a rusty 14 inch pipe. The rescue effort involved engineers, a volunteer force, and parallel shafts, ending in tragedy and prompting California to require shaft covers.
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Mrs. Fiscus
San Marino.lp
Benny Hooper
David Fiscus
Kathy Fiscus
Kathy
California
Labor Wins Victory on Jobless Pay Bill Debates Set
Sacramento labor leaders celebrate Assembly approval of a bill to raise weekly unemployment benefits from 23 to 40 dollars. The measure, AB687, also tightens a five week waiting period for those who quit, while a companion bill would boost disability benefits. several related measures await hearings and debates in both houses as the session winds down.
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Sacramento
Ae Yates MM
Lincoln Tepielatar
Ecco
Kembly
Labor
Patrick D. McGee
Los Angeles
Cadley
Iuwon Gollars
California
Munnell
Assembly
Jack Aaver
Redlands
Howeever
Senate
Senate Labor Committee
Assembly Ways and Means Committee
John F., Thompson
San Jose
Hugh Burns
Fresno
Goodwin J. Knight
Rains Pose New Texas Flood Peril
A brutal storm system drenched west Texas and the south plains with up to 4 inches of rain while winds toppled trees near Fort Worth. Oklahoma faced widespread flooding with nine inches in the Washita basin and evacuations in Waurika and Bixby as Arkansas and Cimarron rivers swelled. Highway damage and costly road closures accompanied the deluge. Oregon and California also reported heavy rainfall along the Pacific coast.
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Big Spring
West Texas
South Plains
Fort Worth
Brazos
Oklahoma
Weather Bureau
Cimarron
Arkansas
Washita
Waurika
Texas
Bixby
Yalsa
West Coast
Oregon
California
Fort Stagg
Mendocino County
Tre Plateau
Jumping defendant sparks courtroom escape in Scranton
Stanley Tomczyk, 42, awaiting sentencing on an assault charge, leaped through a courtroom window and landed on a balcony before surrendering. He was hospitalized with cuts and learned the judge had suspended the sentence. Court officials now consider who pays for the window.
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Scranton
Stanley Tomczyk
Tomczyk
Edison Man Elected President of Pacific Coast Electrical Assn
George N. Hawley vice president of Southern California Edison Co. was elected president at the Pacific Coast Electrical Assn. 40th annual convention closing session held Friday in San Francisco.
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San Francisco
George N. Hawley
Southern California Edison Co
Pacific Coast Electrical lAssn
Clinton High marks first integration year in quiet diplomas
In Clinton Georgia during Friday night exercises 88 white seniors and one Negro, Bobby Cain, received diplomas marking the district's first year of integration. The ceremony was orderly with no applause or disturbances. Cain later planned to attend Tennessee A&I in Nashville next year.
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Tern Ga
Bobby Cain
Clinton High School
Ates
U. S
Robert Mony
Cain
Alout
Tennessee A&i
Nash
Tan Oak Ridge Hospital
Hile
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