Lifetime search ends as Morford meets daughter after decades
Oscar L. Morford 84 of Roseville California reunites with his daughter Dorothy Laiche in Seattle after decades apart. Laiche, who traced her father via police records, reveals the long search, a mistaken fear of a convict father, and a traffic ticket as his first ever citation. Her son Thomas 24 and daughter Dorothy wife of Edwin J McClullough Jr accompany the reunion.
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Seattle
UPI
Oscar L. Morford
Dorothy Laiche
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Morford
Roseville
Calif
Thomas
Dorothy
Edwin J McClullough Jr
British adventurer Fairfax and partner vanish at sea
San Francisco report says John Fairfax and Sylvia Cook departed for Australia two weeks earlier in the 35 foot Britannia II from San Francisco. Shoreside radio contact Ivan Sharpe expresses worry but not believed to be in danger. Coast Guard issued sighting alerts about a potential 100 mile west of Los Angeles location. radio silence blamed on possible reception issues despite experienced sailors aboard.
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UPI
John Fairfax
Sylvia Cook
San Francisco Bay
Australia
Ivan Sharpe
Coast Guard
Fairfax
Los Angeles
Sharpe
The
Miss Cook
Unclear text on missing radio transmissions and Coast Guard search
A fragment discusses a couple from Fairfax and girl trouble missing three radio transmissions. Sharpe notes it would be unfortunate if the radio is out of order as it doubles risk, but he does not want the Coast Guard to start a search, believing John would not want to be hauled back to shore.
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Fairfax
Sharpe
Coast Guard
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