Child Found After 40 Hours In Wilds to Finish Vacation
Five year old Kathy Paxton survived over 40 hours in the High Sierra wilderness with no food or shelter. She slept in a crevice near Woods Lake at 8,500 feet, keeping warm despite subfreezing nights. Alvin Van Dell and Louis Avery found her and carried her to safety where a doctor and Air Force ambulance checked her over.
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Markleeville
Calif
Kathy Paxton
High Sierra
Woods Lake
Alvin van Dell
Heoe
Ere
van Dell
Louis Avery
Kathy
Kit Carson Pass
Lou
Avery
California
Air Force
Carson City
Nev
Nine Die Violent Deaths in Virginia Over the Weekend
The Associated Press reports nine Virginians died violently over the weekend five in traffic crashes and four by drowning. Included are Pvt Nelson A Hinerman 22 of Metz WV who disappeared underwater near Yorktown Point and two Radford men Ernest Bain 29 and Alfred Dobbin 30 in a single car crash.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Ft Eustis
Nelson A. Hinerman
Metz
W. Va
Yorktown Point
Hinerman
Phillip Simpson
Norman Simpson
Christiansburg
Tennessee
W. H. Thompson
Knoxville
Lynchi
Grove
Log Cabin Beach
Lonnie Craft
John Brown
Brown
Radford
Ernest Alvin Bain
Alfred Darrell Dobbins
Bain
Dobbins
Broadloom carpet term explained and polar exploration note
The reply clarifies broadloom meaning only woven on a broad loom and not quality. It adds that besides Peary and Henson, a 1952 U.S. Air Force team reached the North Pole to conduct scientific observations confirming others stood at the pole.
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Admiral Peary
Matthew Henson
North Pole
A. Yes
U.S. Air Force
Peary
Pole
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Stewart Crandall
Cupertino
Stead Air Force Base
Reno
American Finance
American Finance Corp
E. Boscawen Street
Winchester
Jhe Wgooden
Braddock Street Methodist
Winchester Star
Ruth Elizabeth Pates
Stafford
Fredericksburg
James Gordon Carter
Shirley Thomas Reynolds
Draper
Pulaski County
National Ave
Chrysler
Indianapolis
Daytona Beach
Chapman Motor CO
West Boscawen St
Barren Springs
Wythe County
Roscoe Seymour Duncan Jr
Albemarle County
Scottsville
W. McM
John W. Snyder
the Treacsury
Treasury
Stonewall School
Clearbrook Fire Co
Shenandoah Valley National Bank
Old — Strong Bank
Member
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Miller’s Hardware
N. Loudoun St
Larkwood
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