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	<span style="color:#006400">'''~~WEBER~~, Gary'''</span> ( -1963) drowned, along with [[McWHITER, Lawrence\|Lawrence McWhirter]], at White's Landing, on December 1, 1963.		<span style="color:#006400">'''WEBBER, Gary'''</span> ( -1963)[SS#552-60-8697], 19, drowned, along with [[McWHITER, Lawrence\|Lawrence McWhirter]], 18, at White's Landing, on December 1, 1963.

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<span style="color:#006400">'''WEBER, Gary'''</span> ( -1963) drowned, along with [[McWHITER, Lawrence|Lawrence McWhirter]], at White's Landing, on December 1, 1963.

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=====<span style="color:#006400">In the News~</span>=====

'''December 2, 1963 [LBI]:''' “Skin diver drowns. 2nd feared dead. One skindiver drowned and another was presumed drowned off White's Landing, Catalina Island, Sunday. A third is undergoing treatment for the bends in the Navy recompression chamber on Terminal Island. Drowned was Gary Webber, 18, of Pacoima. Presumed drowned is Lawrence McWhirter, 18, of La Puente. Lee L. Calvert, 18, of Monrovia, is reported to be recovering satisfactorily. Coast Guard search and Rescue received an SOS at 10:45 a.m. from the vessel ''Jennifer'', owned by Walter E. Roberts of North Hollywood, reporting that skindivers were in trouble. A helicopter was sent to the scene. Calvert was found in terrible pain on the beach. Beside him was Webber, who had been pronounced dead by a doctor at the scene. Both were taken to the recompression chamber, but Webber did not revive. McWhirter had dived 200 feet in an effort to rescue Webber. His body had not been recovered Sunday evening. Calvert and Webber were in a group of approximately 50 skindivers in a class led by Dave Podewitz of Monrovia. Calvert told a sheriff's officer Webber had panicked in deep water, tearing off both Calvert's mask and his own. White's Landing in on the channel side not far from Avalon.”