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Show Coast Couple Stroll to Death In Sunset-Tinted Pacific headlong'. The man reached down and helped her to her feet Jobs Haada Agala Then they Joined hands again and continued ploughing through the surf, tha water churning around their chests; They found It harder than ever to struggle against the waves. Along the shore and In the restaurant res-taurant men and women watched with pale faces, paralysed with horror. Aa the sun, now a hugs red ball of fire, sank Into the ocean, a tremendous tre-mendous wave broke over the couple. cou-ple. After It passed over them on its way to the shore, the onlook-era onlook-era found the man and woman had disappeared. Telle was a retired dry cleaning operator in Belmont Mrs Porter formerly was a nurse in a Belmont sanitarium, neighbors said. HALF MOON BAT, CaL. Nov. 14 (UP) A middle-aged couple spent a gay Sunday data over cocktails and dinner, then walked hand-ln-hand to their deaths in the Pacific ocean at sunset ss a score of witnesses stood frozen in horror. The couple was identified tentatively ten-tatively as Myrtle M. Porter. 47, and Ted Telle, 50, both of Belmont Bel-mont CaL The . coast guard searched the heavy surf In vain for their bodies. , According to Deputy Sheriff James Bestty of Pescardero, the couple arrived at Martin's Beach, about seven miles south of here, Sunday afternoon. They entered a restaurant run by Ed Watts. They had several cocktails and engaged in an animated conversation. conversa-tion. About S p.m , they sat down for a fish dinner beside a window overlooking the ocean. Ta Watch Sunset Bestty said they had drinks during and after dinner. Finally, they said they were going to stroll along the beach to watch the sunset sun-set A -number of motorists hsd parked their cars along shore, also 4e watch the sunset and several fishermen were packing their gear preparatory to going home. Suddenly a cry went up from one of the persons who noticed the couple wading dangerously deep in the wster, their hands joined together. to-gether. The couple paid no heed to the cry, but continued their grim walk to death. The waters were swirling swirl-ing around their knees when a heavy breaker knocked the woman |