MARIE TRAGEDY EVENT - June 7, 1960

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MAKING NEWS:

November 2010: Marie Tragedy added to Cold War Museum Timeline, 1960,

November 2010: Cold War Times (See Websites of Interests, pg 36)

August 2010: Cold War Times (See Websites of Interests, pg 56)

June 2010: Grand Connections by Mary Larmoyeux

June 2010:  Maritime Currents at the S (anta Barbara Maritime Museum

June 2010: Noozhawk by Michael Goldsholl

June 2010: Santa Barbara Independent by Barney Brantingham

May 2010: Digita Debut by EdHat

Spring 2010:  Santa Barbara High School Alumni Association, Spring 2010 Newsletter, Vol 35

Fall 2009:  Santa Barbara High School Alumni Association, Fall 2009 Newsletter, Vol 35

 

MARIE COMMEMORATION NEWS:

(Click - Latest Press Release & Fact Sheet)

Vol 1-6, Dec 2010:  Thanks for a special year

Vol 1-5, Nov 2010: Thanksgiving & Cold War Museum Announcement

Vol 1-4, June 2010: Fathers Day Greetings

Vol 1-3, May 2010: Memorial Day/Week Tribute

Vol 1-2, April 2010 News: MARIE Remembered: Easter Message

Vol 1-1, February 2010 News: "Save the Date" Newsletter

 

YESTERDAY's NEWS, 1960-1969 - "Grandmother's Scrapbook":

A quirk of fate placed Grandma Terres’ scrapbook on Teresa's lap and the search for the legacy of the Marie began.  Its pages awakened many memories and seemed to transmit new messages.  Opening and reading its content...the burning questions from a two year old's memory and an over 50 year old woman's heart sparked "What happened?" 

Want details of the Marie story?  The coast to coast news might be of interest and below is a listing of the articles in Grandmother Terres' Scrapbook.  You can review them by connecting over the internet... or ask your local University Library.  Or, we can sit down together and you can open Grandmother's scrapbook together.  Please let me know if you are aware of other articles from the incident that aren't listed here.  Yesterday's news includes:

Date

Reporting Agency

Article Title

 

Tue Evening, April 8 1958

 

 

Santa Barbara News-Press

 

Four Skindivers Conquer River

(Insight: Friends Prior to the Marie tragedy - Jim McCaffrey, Bud Bottoms, Dale Howell, and Jim Terres raft down the river.)

10 June 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

6 Lost in Channel Science Test; Body of 7th Man Found.

10 Jun 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

CHANNEL Search Made for 6 Men

10 Jun 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

IN SEA TRAGEDY

10 June 1960

Los Angeles Times

Finding of Body at Sea Spurs Hunt for 7 Missing on Secret Mission

SECRET MISSION

10 June 1060

Los Angeles Evening Mirror News

Boat Project Believed Classified

10 June 1060

Los Angeles Evening Mirror News

Six Feared Victims of Shark Pack

10 June 60

Los Angeles Examiner (Part of the Hearst Syndicate)

SEVEN FEARED LOST AT SEA

7 Feared Lost at Sea; Body, Debris Found

7 on Boat Feared Lost off Coast

11 Jun 1960

 

Santa Barbara News-Press

Coast Guard Ends Search – Final Cutter Trip Due In Hunt for Five Men

By James Schermerhorn, News-Press Staff Writer

MISSING MEN Believed Dead, Ocean Hunt Off

11 June 1960

Los Angels Mirror

Accident at Sear Mystifies

11 June 1960

Los Angeles Times *

MISSING BOAT

11 June 1960

INDEPENDENT, Long Beach, CA *

Sea Gives Up 2nd of 7 Victims

11 June 1960

The Press-Courier, Serving Ventura County, CA *

Crash Boat Finds 2nd Ocean Victim *

11 June 1960

The Bee: Danville, Virginia *

5 Men Mission In Channel Off Santa Barbara *

12 June 1960

Los Angeles Times *

Search Called Off for Five Lost on Boat

12 June 1960

 

Santa Barbara News-Press

FIVE PRESUMED DEAD

Cutter Docks to End Vain Search for Missing Men

12 June 1960

The Daily Inter Lake, Kalispell, Montana *

Fish Gnawed Bodies Found in Pacific

13 Jun 60

Santa Barbara News-Press

Coast Guard Begins ‘Marie’ Probe; Raytheon Official Due

13 Jun 60

Santa Barbara News-Press

Funeral Notices

13 Jun 60

Santa Barbara News-Press

Funeral Notices

14 June 60

Los Angeles Times (Or from LA Mirror)

Coast Guard Probes Loss of Science Craft

14 Jun 60

Santa Barbara News-Press

Coast Guard Opens Hearing On “Marie’ – Investigation To Seek Cause of Accident

14 Jun 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

Needed:  More Answers

15 June 60

Los Angeles Times (Or from LA Mirror)

Ocean Yields Third Victim

15 Jun 196

Santa Barbara News-Press

HEARING ENDS:

Inquiry Dredges Up “Marie” Facts

15 Jun 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

MARIE Story Told at CG Hearing

15 June 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

James Russell

16 June 60

Santa Barbara News-Press

Third Body Found In “Marie” Tragedy; Four Are Missing

17 June 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

‘Marie’ Fund Proposed

17 June 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

LOREN HOWELL AUTOPSY

“Marie” Victim Died Of Shock, Exposure 

June 18, 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

Private Search On For Marie Victims

21 June, 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

Possible Victim of Boat Disaster Found on Beach

22 June 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

Russell’s Body Returned Here

22 June 1960 unknown** Body Tentatively Identified as James C. Russell

23 June 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

Russell Rites

23 June 1960

Goleta Valley Times

Search continues for Marie victims

30 June 1960

Goleta Valley Times

Finds Fourth body of “Marie” disaster

July 1960

July Raytheon Communicator

Open Letter of Appreciation.

July 1960

July Raytheon Communicator

We Could Not Have Suffered A Greater Loss

26 Aug 1960

Santa Barbara News-Press

Grim Lesson in Loss of Marie

5 Jan 1961

Santa Barbara News-Press

Officer Finds Marie Owner Violated Law

5 Jan 1961

Santa Barbara News-Press

UCSB Engineering School:

Raytheon Sets Up Four Scholarships

11 Jan 1961

Santa Barbara News-Press

$335,000 Sought In ‘MARIE’ Claims Filed:

Boat Tragedy

14 Jan 1961

Santa Barbara News-Press

New Claim Is Filed in Boat Death

6 Nov 1969

Santa Barbara News-Press

BELIEVED TO BE ‘MARIE’ – Wreckage of Boat Found Off Island

 

* NOAA provided copy of the news article for our records.

 

 

 ** Former Mrs. Betty Lou Moffit archives

 

 

 

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