Merchant Ships Race To Aid Yawl In North Atlantic
In heavy seas two merchant ships Cotswald and Hille Oldendorff raced to rescue 10 aboard the yawl Petrel after its mast was torn and radio failed. The Petrel's crew, mostly Stamford students bound for Bermuda, were helped by Coast Guard aircraft and a Vigilant crew as pumps were dropped and effort continued toward bringing the survivors aboard safely.
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New York
North Atlantic
Coast Guard
Cotswald
Hille Oldendorff
Yawl
Stamford
Heidi
Bermuda
Vigilant
Petrel
Escaped British Robber Caught After Dartmoor Breakout
In Devon an escapee roused by hunger and injury was recaptured using a broomstick crutch. John Johnson, 30, surrendered after eluding authorities since the Christmas week breakout from Dartmoor Prison. He claimed two days of fasting and moorland shelter while on the run.
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London
Devon
Dartmoor
John Johnson
Johnson
Steen Reunites With Family After Jail Escape Ordeal
Casey Steen, held hostage for nearly 30 hours by three Buncombe County jail escapees, hid the night with his wife and two sons in Hendersonville after eluding captors in Baltimore. The three escapees, Allen Berube, Clifford Harden, and Howard Byrd, were sought nationwide with FBI help, as Berube allegedly fled during the bank robbery pursuit.
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Asheville
Casey Steen
Steen
Buncombe County
Hendersonville
Baltimore
Allen James Berube
Fall River
Mass
Shelby
Clifford Harden
Howard Byrd
FBI
Berube
Washington
Harden
Byrd
Casals Honored on 90th Birthday in San Juan
Pablo Casals received a royal birthday tribute in La Fortaleza with government officials and musicians in attendance. Vice President Hubert Humphrey flew from Washington bearing a portrait of the Johnson family and a pipe engraved with his and Casals initials. Humphrey urged lessons of freedom and justice tied to Casals' exile from Franco Spain.
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Pablo Casals
la Fortaleza
Mansino
Puerto Rico
Hubert H. Humphrey
Washington
Johnson
Casals
Franco Spain
Humphrey
Adjustment Hearing Slated In Greensboro
Greensboro residents will attend a Guilford County Board of Adjustment hearing at 8 p m January 3 1967 at the courthouse. Edward Whitfield seeks a variance to reopen a store at the N C 150 Warren Road intersection in Center Grove Township closed more than 180 days. John W Cobb seeks permission to place a mobile home on Church Street extension in Monroe Township in an agricultural district.
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Greensboro
Guilford County Board of Adjustment
Edward Whitfield
Center Grove Township
N. C. 150
Warren Road
John W. Cobb
Church Street
Monroe Township
Building Permits Total $43 517 In City
City Inspections Dept reports 43 517 in building permits. Chief A R Strange issued three houses worth 33 500 and one business building 5 500. He also issued three repair permits 2 517 and four roofing permits 1 500. T C Cook obtained a 5 500 warehouse permit on English Road. J Robert Connor got two houses 13 000 each on Ann Arbor and Maryland. H R C M Kellam received a 7 500 house on Juanita.
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A. R. Strange
Strange
T. C. Cook
English Road
Mits
J. Robert Connor
Ann Arbor Street
Maryland Street
H. R
C. M. Kellam
Juanita Street
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Elizabeth City
N.C
Floyd Bennett Field
Brooklyn
N.Y
Manchester
Bela River
Isle of Sheppey
Home
Roy Jenkins
Perth
Scotland
San Juan
P.R
N. Main
Lowder
WE. Vouscherinor
Model
G.E. Dryer
Lowder Supply CO
High Point
Thhomasville Road
Cie
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