Four Rescued As Yacht Sinks Off Chesapeake Bay
Four people were rescued from the 66 foot yacht Matilda near Smith Point light station in heavy seas around 1 a.m. EST. The Coast Guard and Smith Point light station used three cutters to reach the scene. the yacht sank shortly after as the captain cited water rushing in and rough seas.
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Norfolk
Chesapeake Bay
Coast Guard
Smith Point
Reedsville
Coast and Geodetic Survey
Stirni
Oider
Smith Point Light Station
Here
Ancient cubit used as standard length measure
A cubit defined as the distance from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger served as a common ancient measurement. This unit appeared across various cultures and influenced early building and surveying practices.
Delay In Serna's Execution Sought
Phoenix date line reports the state board plans to urge Gov Dan Garvey to grant a temporary reprieve for Angel Rocky Serna as legal technicalities are examined. Warden Lon Walters Jr. asked to postpone the Jan 21 execution until spring when a new gas chamber is ready after Gov Garvey signed an $8,000 contract for construction.
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Phoenix
Walter Hofmann
State Board of Pardons and Paroles
Dan Garvey
Angel
Rocky) Serna
Lon E. Walters Jr
Florence
Walters
Hofmann
Fred O. Wilson
Parole Board Weighs Serna Case Legalities
The parole board would study the legal technicalities of the Serna case and render an opinion today. Serna was sentenced for the murder of Mrs. Katherine Gohn on Dec. 29, 1947.
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Ber
Parole Board
Serna
Katherine Gohn
University of Salamanca One of Europe’s Oldest Institutions
The University of Salamanca in Spain ranks among Europe’s oldest universities, with its founding preceding 1230 and a long history shaping higher education in the region.
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University of Salamanca
Spain
Europe
Hope for Recovery Fades Not for Tiny Patricia Owen
Four year old Patricia Owen, evacuated from Oakland to Chicago for treatment of a rare fibrocystic disease of the pancreas, shows risky signs of improvement after Dr George H Poncher removes lung fluid and vows to push ahead. Her parents—Mr and Mrs Robert Owen—and siblings accompanied her on the cross country journey as the family clings to any chance of a Christmas miracle.
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Chicago
Patrica Owen
Patty
Illinois Research Hospital
Oakland
Calif
George H. Poncher
Poncher
California
Robert Owen
Roxbury Mem High School Grad Completes Credits at Home
Theresa Mac Phee aged 19, long confined by illness, was awarded a Roxbury Memorial High School for Girls diploma though she never attended classes. She earned credits through hospital study and home work to complete her degree.
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Boston
Theresa MacPhee
Roxbury Memorial High School
Prescott Plans Air Celebration
Prescott announces plans to mark the arrival of Bonanza Air Lines air service from Las Vegas Nevada. Flights start in late December and a ceremony for the first Prescott flight will be organized with Bonanza representatives visiting to arrange a preflight event.
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Prescott
Vic Lytle
Prescott Chamber of Commerce
Bonanza Air Lines
Las Vegas
Nev
W. P. Reilly
E. C. Converse
Bonanza
Converse
Chamber
Lynn man serving prison term keeps Persian kitten as pet
Eugene A. Budd, inmate at a state prison, was allowed to keep a Persian kitten while serving an 18 to 20 year sentence for armed robbery in Boston.
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Boston
Lynn
Eugene A. Budd
Bereavement note for Mrs. Dorothy J. Shepherd
The Shepherd family thanks friends for their kindness and sympathy and for floral offerings after the illness and death of wife and mother Dorothy J. Shepherd. Ralph Shepherd and Family.
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Dorothy J. Shepherd
Ralph Shepherd
Man Receives Cat From Framingham Reformatory Leader
The cat, given by Dr Miriam Van Waters superintendent of Framingham women's reformatory, is described as a gift to him.
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Miriam van Waters
Framingham Women's Reformatory
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