Holt Disappearance Threatens Australia Political Crisis
The disappearance of Prime Minister Harold Holt while swimming near Portsea raises a potential political crisis and risks breaking up the ruling coalition. A massive search is suspended amid rough seas as Deputy PM John McEwen assumes interim leadership and speculation mounts over succession amid party splits. Governor General Lord Casey poised to announce presumed death. Holt, 59, was a skilled swimmer.
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Melbourne
Harold E. Holt
Australia
Holt
Portsea
John McEwen
Country Party
Liberal Party
Allen Fairhall
Paul Hasluck
Lord Casey
Tony Eggleton
Silver Bridge Disaster Toll Grows as Search Continues
Rescue crews in rain and gloom pull three more bodies from the Ohio River as the 16 dead and 28 missing toll rises. The wrecked car clusters and scattered vehicles lie beneath 40 feet of murky water while diversion and salvage work proceed along the river.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio River Valley
Silver Bridge
National Guard
Ohio
Max Ray
New Orleans
Ray
Ruhr
Germany
Sanders
Moore
William D. Falck
Army Engineers
Coast Guard
Gallipolis
Eureka
Kanawha River
West Virginia
Pomery-Mason
Ohio Department
TNT
Navajos Stranded After Four Foot Snowstorm Hits Reservation
About 60,000 Navajos face distress from a winter storm described as the worst in memory. Air Force planes and helicopters prepare to drop food, shelter, clothes and medicine as officials report possible deaths and hundreds marooned across roughly 16,000 to 18,000 square miles.
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Window Rock
Ariz
Frank Chambers
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Air Force
Adams
United States
Pinon
Nellis Air Force Base
Nev
Raids, riots, and political deadlock swirl in Vietnam and Greece
American planes raid North Vietnam for a fifth day with three jets lost in combat. Tass reports a massive raid near Hawaii. Senator Brooke warns Congress will need to fund riot relief akin to Vietnam. In Athens, talks between the Greek military regime and King Constantine stall as the king seeks immediate elections and a halted constitution revision.
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Saigon
North Vietnam
U. S
Tass
Hawaii
Washington
Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
President
Advisory Commission On
Congress
America
Athens
Constantine
Rome
Retired Nurses Lured Back to Duty in Region
A special report highlights a nursing shortage in Hocking Valley with retired nurses being drawn back to service. Educational television network plans eyed for area schools. A large crowd attended a benefit hall for Hocking Valley Community Hospital. Civil defense director Andy Wilson leads recovery efforts at the bridge disaster site.
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Hocking Valley
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Andy Wilson
Civil Defense
Ground Breaking for Athens Hospital Marks New Era
Ground was broken Sunday for a new hospital off West Union Street to replace Sheltering Arms Hospital. The name will be Charles G. O Bleness Memorial Sheltering Arms Hospital with the surgical section named for Dr T H Morgan. Donations exceed 1 46 million with pledges over 1 46 million and a plan for related health facilities costing more than 21 million.
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Athens
W. Union Street
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Sheltering Arms
Charles G. O’bleness
T. H. Morgan
Sheltering Arms Hospital Foundation
Dwight Rutherford
Ohio University
Vernon R. Alden
Harry Crewson
P. T. Woodworth
Rutherford
Charles Breining
Morgan
Hospital
Tal
Ohio Valley Health Center
O’bleness
J. R. Sprague
James Anastas
Anastas
H C. Musser
Florida
Carl Thielmann
Hunter Hope
Arthur Kasler
Martin L. Hecht
John Jones
Sam Altman
Robert Mathews
J. B. Vanity Jr
William Black
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