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Freda Aims at P.l.(Continued From Page,l) tions and killing- at least two persons on Okinawa Friday, was reported to have blown itself out in the Pacific. •Ryiikyuun police reported that 46 houses and four government buildings were demolished and 108 other buildings heavily damaged.The Japanese tanker Ryu ho Maru, meanwhile, was standing off Naha port until the Sunday morning tide with a reported 35 of 38 crewmen it had rescued from the Niklcai Maru which sank some 250 miles south of here Thursday.A U.S. NAVY ship was reportedPeril Laosthey still occupy in a small sectoralong the Nam Se River. ...”• * *THE REPORT SAID that in response to an appeal from the Laos government the U.S. last August approved an increase in military aid to Laos. It also reaffirmed U.S. determination to help Laos resist communist efforts to undermine stability.“The U.S. will continue to support reasonable approaches to achieve a peaceful solution to the current situation in Laos,” it said.racing to the rescue of the 6,900-ton Japanese cargo ship Yone-yatna Maru which was drifting without a rudder near Ishigaka, 200 miles south of Naha.The. ship reportedly hit driftwood during the typhoon’s onslaught and damaged Its steering mechanism.Emma caused the cancellation of Nike firing which had been scheduled for Saturday, Sunday andMonday on Okinawa.• * *NEXT FIRINGS of the Nike missile by the 97th Arty. tip. have been scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Nov. 20 and 21.Laborers were, reported hurrying construction of large bleachers at Bolo Point in central Okinawa in preparation for the missile firing which will be observed by officials of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization.Typhoon Emma had interrupted the construction work.* * *ELSEWHERE ON the island Okinawans were clearing up the debris left by Emma whose 120-mile winds may have been responsible for the death of two fishermen. Four persons were seriously injured during the storm.Electricity was restored to Okinawa late Friday, and telephones went back into service on Saturday.
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Pacific Stars and Stripes
Tokyo, Tôkyô, JP
Sun, Nov 15, 1959
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