Chiang Ship Sinks. Four Newsmen Missing Near Quemoy
The LVT capsized amid monsoon seas off Quemoy after engine trouble. Four newsmen aboard the larger LST remained, while about 15 others on the ship and crew evacuated. Sightings of three men on a nearby rocky island were reported. Foreign correspondents from UPI and other agencies were aboard, with several missing.
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Ents
LVT
Charles Smith
UPI
Lquemoy
Nobuyuki Yasuda
Yomiuri Shimbun
Tokyo
Wu = Shu
China Daily News
Taipei
Fu Tse-sheng
Pictorial Daily News
George Liu
Quage China Post
Robert C. Miller
United Press International
Guadalcanal
J. Normandy
Army to Protect Elvis From Crowds at German Port
In Bremerhaven Germany the U S Army plans all necessary measures to keep crowds away around a landing area while a boat carrying Elvis Presley and newly trained soldiers arrives. Preliminary reports say there were no press conferences or interviews and that the bombardment did not cause the craft to capsize.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
Hurricane Menaces East Coast
A hurricane menaced the East Coast sweeping northwest at 14 mph. Reconnaissance showed its center 200 miles southeast of Charleston and 260 miles east of Brunswick, with gale winds within 110 miles of the South Carolina coast.
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Charleston
Brunswick
South Carolina
Redhead Faces $14,000 Bank Embezzlement Case
Detroit reports say Caroline Deann Bedwell embezzled about 14 000 from a local bank. She pleaded guilty before a federal judge to transporting funds across state lines. James Lee Bedwell, 33, is serving time on counterfeiting charges. Gale warnings and hurricane watch alerts were issued along the coast from Cape Hatteras to Fernandina as storm conditions moved northward.
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Cape Hatteras
Fernandina
Pla
South Detroit
Brunswick
Bennett
Caroline
Deann Bedwell
Vanguard Blasted Into Space May Spot Storm buildup
Vanguard lifts off amid clouds as first and second stages burn out and ignite, aiming to place a 50 pound satellite into an elliptical orbit at 12 000 mph. The epic satellite seeks to identify severe storms and improve weather maps during its 2 hour 14 minute orbit.
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Vanguard
Maren 17
Earth
Plane Falls in Homes Area three Die
A light plane crashed three miles northwest of Stockton on Thursday killing all three aboard. Sheriff Carlos A Sousa witnessed the crash saying engines cut out, it struck near a school and several houses in North Stockton. Victims were George Y Driscoll 44 of Los Gatos Ruth S Kirby 45 of San Jose and Homer J Atwood 54 of Salinas pilot of Atwood Aviation Inc. The wreck threw debris 150 feet, stockton Calif figures and names from papers.
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Stockton
San Joaquin
Carlos A. Sousa
Sousai
iGeorge Y. Driscoll
Los Gatos
Ruth
Kirby
San Jose
Salinas
Atwood
Atwood Aviation, Inc
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ICI
Elvis
George Frost
Ipswich
Mass
Alice
Frost
Redhead
Ea Harris
PNB
Cate Lilomemesl Ll
Calvert
Calvert Reserve
Calvert Distillers
Jules Langener
California
Pace Brad
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