Couple Walk Hand-in-Hand To Death In Sea
' Received Tuesday, 9.10 a.m, NEW YORK, Nov. 14. • . A middle-aged couple Jaughed over coektails and dined gaiiy in a restaurant at Half Moon Bay, Galifornia, and then walked hand-in-liand. tq their death irt the Paeific dcean at sunset yesterday. They have been ideritified tentatively as a former nurse, aged. 4^ aiid the owner of a dry-cleariirig plahtj aged 50. The coupie finished their last drink after dinner and told a waiter that they were gding Lor a stroll along the shore. Next. they were seen' wading fully clothed in the surf. A heavy breaker knocked the woman jlown. The inan picked her up and with their hands joined they continued deeper iiito the surf Until a heavy wave took them from sight. A helicopter and Coastguard boats failed to find the bodies. The couple left no note.
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 November 1949, Page 5
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