Four Canoeists End 6000 Mile Voyage In Maine Welcome
Four Twentieth Century voyageurs complete a 5000 mile Denver to Old Town Maine trek arriving at Penobscot Indian Island. Gerald Hewey Ed Vestal Bengt Soderstrom and Earl Rickers endured six months of storms and portages with illness and difficult rivers. Spectators estimate up to ten thousand witnessed the finish as boats lined the river and relatives greeted the team.
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Ed Vestal
Bengt Soderstrom
Earl Rickers
Chester
Calif
Wisconsin
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Kenneth Roberts
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Benedict Arnold
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Menon Illness Forces Shortened Kashmir Speech at UN
India's Defense Minister V. K. Krishna Menon came to the United Nations for a Kashmir debate but could not finish his remarks. He spoke 80 minutes before collapsing later, with doctors stating exhaustion and low blood pressure. The Kashmir debate was set to resume the following day.
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N.Y
India
V. K. Krishna Menon
UN Security Council
Kashmir
Council
Menon
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