Four Stanford skiers rescued by Army helicopter in High Sierra
In Yosemite Valley four Stanford Alpine Club members were rescued from near 11,000 feet after a pneumonia illness beset William Pope, 22. Pope was carried on a stretcher. others walked from the helicopter. Doctors described Pope as critical but improving after admission to Lewis Memorial Hospital.
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Yosemite, Calif
High Sierra Wilds
Yosemite Valley
William Pope
Stanford University
San Francisco
Pope
Lewis Memorial Hospital
Stanford Alpine Club
Avery Strum
Strum
Charles Pope
Roberts
John Cooney
Marlboro
Mass
William J. Williams
Binghamton
N.Y
Civil Air Patrol
Robert Symons
Bishop Calif
Mt. Lyell
Rodgers Peak
Weather forecast for Los Angeles area March 31 1958
The U S Weather Bureau reports partly cloudy skies for most of Southern California coastal and mountain areas and northern deserts today and Tuesday. Mostly sunny in the southern deserts with scattered showers this afternoon and evening from the coast to the mountains. A Pacific front may bring general showers Tuesday night or Wednesday. San Bernardino Valley: partly cloudy Tuesday with little temperature change.
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U.S. Weather Bureau
California
Pacific
San Bernardino Valley
It Wasn’t Too Bad Says Rescued Stanford Student
Lenore Lamb, 21, of Orinda and three fellow Stanford students recount being stranded in the High Sierra since Thursday. They describe tents, food drops, a rescue by helicopter, and mixed health among the group including one man with pneumonia. The group planned to ski on but chose to be evacuated before an incoming storm.
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Stanford
Max Allen
University of California
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Orinda
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High Sierra
United Press
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Sul
William Pope
San Francisco
Margy
Margaret Meyer
Seattle
Mike
Mike Roberts
Neenah
Wis
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Eisenhower Vetoes Farm Price Freeze
President Eisenhower vetoed a bill to freeze farm price supports and acreage allotments at 1957 levels, aiming to block cuts ordered by Agriculture Secretary Ezra T. Benson. Supporters concede they lack votes to override. The veto highlights ongoing farm policy battles, with Eisenhower urging a five point program and stressing market expansion and farmer autonomy.
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Eisenhower
Imany Farm State
Congress
Agriculure
Ezra T. Benson
Benson
Airliner dives to miss plane in near collision
National Airlines DC-6B with 48 aboard plunged 100 feet at 300 mph to avoid a two-engine plane dead ahead near Idlewild. Passengers shaken, 11 treated for cuts and shock. Pilot Captain Jack Guthrie said no flying rule violation occurred and no investigation will follow.
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New York
National Airlines
Florida
Jack A. Guthrie
Guthrie
Pas
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Idlewild
CAA
California Budget Deadlock Triggers Special Session
Sacramento reports the California Legislature remains split over water rights and budget funding. Governor Knight calls a special session after a historic failure to enact a budget within the 30 day limit, blaming election year politics and partisan regional divides. Republicans and Democrats trade blame as three conference committees fail to bridge the North South split on Feather River and related water projects.
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Goodwin J. Knight
Assembly
Senate
Knight
William A. Munnell
Tower House
Munnell
Feather River
California Water Plan
Turncoat Sullivan Returns to Western World
HONG KONG AP Larance Sullivan the first of three U S Negro turncoats who chose communism in Korea returns to the Western world saying he was well treated by comrades in Red China He learned about the international situation while a lathe operator in Wuhan He expects to be returned to the United States as soon as possible and will stay in a Chinese hotel during the visit He was born in Omaha and raised in Santa Barbara California He is the ninth of 21 ex GIs who stayed with their Red captors after Korea and has been dishonorably discharged from the U S Army.
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Hong Kong
Larance Sullivan
U. S
Korea
China
Sullivan
Wuhan
Omaha
U.S. Army
Prosser Urges Congress to Define Violent Strike Aims
W B Prosser president of Perfect Circle Corp urges Congress to clearly define responsibility for violence in strikes or violence will continue. He testifies as Senate Rackets Committee probes 1955 UAW Perfect Circle strike marked by shootings and unrest. Prosser says the union should curb abuses and Congress should enact clear laws with penalties.
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W. B. Prosser
Perfect’ Circle Corp
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Senate
Prosser
Perfect Circle
United Automobile, Workers
Kehler
Uaw-Kehler Co
Sheboygan
Wis
UAW
President Eisenhower Returns After Weekend at Gettysburg Farm
President Eisenhower and Mrs. Eisenhower return to the White House from a relaxing family weekend at their Gettysburg farm. They extended their stay to midmorning to help their grandson David start his 10th birthday celebration. They visited David at his parents cottage before departing.
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Eisenhower
White House
Gettysburg
David
Maj
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Blood Flowed in Duel Ends in Tears and Kisses
Paris dispatch reports a seven minute duel between Lifar and Marquis de Cuevas ending with embraces and tears. Lifar, a renowned choreographer, struck de Cuevas on the forearm with a sterilized epee drawing blood, then both embraced. Lifar and de Cuevas plan to write a new ballet titled The Duel despite the conflict.
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Cuevas
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de Cuevas
Auto Workers Vote Strike In Los Angeles and Columbus
United Auto Workers locals at North American Aircraft plants in Los Angeles and Columbus Ohio were authorized to strike if negotiations fail. About 80 percent of 5,000 in Los Angeles voted yes with 70 percent of 3,000 in Columbus supporting. Union leaders aim to push for a settlement while negotiations continue.
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United Auto Workers
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Columbus
Ohio
UAW
Sailor Clyde Foster Missing After Tide Sweep
Corondo A sailor named Clyde G. Foster twenty from Washington DC was swept out to sea by an outgoing tide while swimming and is missing presumed drowned after the weekend incident.
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Coronado
Clyde G. Foster
Washington, D.C
al Tip
Four Escape In Plane Mishaps Across Los Angeles Area
Four persons escaped injury in three light-plane crashes Sunday near Los Angeles. Pilot Rosario Brunetto, 32, El Monte, suffered cuts, bruises, and a sprained neck after his single-engine Cessna struck a 16,000-volt line and plunged into Rio Hondo. He narrowly avoided electrocution while attempting an approach to El Monte Airport. At Sunset Beach Airport, pilot George Presley of Midway City and an unidentified passenger walked away from a stalled takeoff wreck. In La Puente area, Charles Parrot, 41, La Puente, and Lee Daniel Dorsey, West Covina, survived a forced-field landing after an engine stall during a dive.
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Angeles
Rosario Brunetto
el Monte
Rio Hondo
Brunetto
Monte
Sunset Beach
George Presley
Midway City
Charles D. Parrot
la Puente
Lee Daniel Dorsey
West Covina
Parrot
Army discharges last mounted unit in Berlin
The United States Army says the horse platoon of the 287th Military Police Company at Berlin has been discharged for economy reasons. Officials stated a motorized unit will be cheaper to maintain than the 31 horse mounted unit, marking the farewell appearance Friday.
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Berlin
U.S. Army
U S sees move as propaganda maneuver
Moscow reports halt of all nuclear tests without awaiting Western accord. Gromyko announces unilateral suspension while Bulganin is demoted, Khrushchev rises to power, and Soviet leaders aim to pressure the United States Britain. Western observers call it a propaganda maneuver as U N tests loom.
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United States
Britain
Supreme Soviet
Andrei Gromyko
U. S
Kremlin
Bulganin
Nikita Khrushchev
Nikolai Bullyanin
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F. R. Koslov
Leningrad
Communist Party
Gromyko
West
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U. S. Atomic Energy Commission
Harold Macmillan
London
Eniwetok
U.S
Council of Ministers
Palmdale Man Drowns After Boat Capsizes in Reservoir
Woodrow J. McMullin, 41, of Palmdale, drowned when his boat capsized on Palmdale Reservoir. Heavy clothing dragged him under as the vessel overturned on Sunday.
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Woodrow JW. McMullin
Palmdale Reservoir
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