Rockefeller search continues in New Guinea coast
Rescue teams from land, sea, and air comb the southwestern New Guinea coast for Michael Rockefeller after a boating mishap near the Essendon River mouth. Dutch officials, missionaries, and local crews extend the hunt as Dutch Navy planes and ships press the search.
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Hollandia
New Guinea
Michael Rockefeller
Dutch New Guinea Airlines
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rt. W. Wassing
Wassing
Michael
Rockefeller
Glacier Aims for Earliest Antarctic Ice Pack Penetration
Aboard the icebreaker Glacier the U S Navy crew fights through ten foot ice to open a convoy route toward a tanker carrying a million gallons of fuel. Led by Captain Edwin McDonald the force hopes to beat all records by three weeks and cut reliance on aircraft for summer Antarctic operations.
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Associated Press
Glacier
U.S. Navy
Antarctic
America
Polar
New Zealand
Edwin
McDonald
United States
Antarctica
New Guinea Expert Sees Little Hope
The Hague AP report quotes A Boendermaker a deputy governor of Dutch New Guinea stating the sea canoe trip by Michael Rockefeller and his companion is highly dangerous. He says the coastal strip is forbidding and chances of survival if reached the coast are slim.
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New Guinea
Michael Rockefeller
San Francisco Chronicle
Ralph Craib
Hague
Netherlands
A. Boendermaker
Dutch New Guinea
Governor to fly to Hollandia for search area visit
A note states a person planned to be flown Wednesday to Hollandia to meet Gov. Rockefeller, who had left New York after word his youngest son was missing as he heads toward the search area.
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Asmat
New Guinea Coast
Michael Rockefeller
New York
Nelson Rocke
Ervin cites farmer squeeze lowering hourly income nationwide
Sen Sam J Ervin told the North Carolina Farm Bureau that American farmers earn about 85 cents per hour while consumers pay less for food, urging new ways to raise farmer income without heavy government costs. He noted farm leaders are split on price support changes and that Congress has struggled to pass farm reform. The meeting runs through Wednesday with officer elections and committee reports.
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Raleigh
Sam J. Ervin
D-N.c
North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation
Ervin
Congress
Burlington
W. L. Clegg
Resolutions Committee
Eugene Grigg
Rt. 3
Kings Mountain
Joyce Ann Black
Rt. 4
Asheville
Chicago
American Farm Bureau
Cumberland County Farm Bureau
Sen. Ervin
Sanford Attacks GOP Bond Opposition At Farm Bureau
Gov. Sanford blasted insidious Republican opposition to the 61.6 million state bond issue defeated Nov. 7. He accused rivals of political motives and misinformation while urging immediate action to fund dormitory and cafeteria space at state colleges and expand mental health and correctional facilities. He defended the food tax as a necessary aid to schools and said education holds the path to North Carolina’s future greatness.
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Raleigh
Sanford
Front Street
North Carolina
Farm Bureau
Back Street
Associated Press
Berlin Leaders Confer On Berlin Policy With Kennedy
West German Chancellor Adenauer visits the White House for a second conference with President Kennedy on Berlin policy. They aim for four power agreement on Berlin issues and reunification while coordinating with Britain and France. Discussions emphasize protecting West Berlin from Soviet pressure and the possible removal of the East German wall.
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Washington
Konrad Adenauer
White House
Kennedy
Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
East
West Germany
Adenauer
Reds Agree To Resume Talks On Nuclear Ban
MOSCOW AP The Soviet Union agrees to resume Geneva talks with the United States and Britain on a nuclear test ban on Nov 28 after completing its current test series that included a hydrogen bomb over 50 megatons. The Kremlin warned that any new tests by others during talks could force a firm stance.
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Reds
Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Geneva
State Department
Kremlin
U.N. General Assembly
New York
One Dies As Ambulance and Truck Collide
A head on collision on Highway 421 southeast of Wilmington left Roscoe Freeman 70 the truck driver dead. The ambulance carrying coronary patient W C Teachey was in critical condition with others injured. The crash was attributed to the truck crossing the center line according to State Trooper C L Swartz.
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Wilmington
N.C
Roscoe Freeman
W. C. Teachey
Carolina Beach
Mary Ann Paschall
Teachey
Richard Hallman
William Edwards
C. L. Swartz
Navy balloon drops package over North Carolina
A large experimental Navy balloon launched from Brawley California released a 1000 pound package of instruments at about 110000 feet over northwest North Carolina. The main package landed 15 miles northwest of Lenoir on Old John's River Road Caldwell County. A second package reportedly fell near Roan Mountain on the North Carolina Tennessee border. A chase plane tracked the fall and joined a ground search at Patterson.
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Winston-Salem
Brawley
Calif
North Carolina
Lenoir
Old John’s River Road
Caldwell County
Federal Aviation Agency
Hickory Flight Service
FAA
Patterson
Woman Balloonist Breaks Russian Record In Oklahoma Flight
Constance Wolf of Philadelphia spent 40 hours 8 minutes aloft in a 65 foot balloon near Okemah Oklahoma to beat a Russian record. She endured cold high altitude conditions and said she sought to prove Russians do not know it all.
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Bob Haring Okemah
Okla
Constance Wolf
Philadelphia
Oklahoma
Here
Mrs. Wolf
Air Force
Big Spring
Okemah
Train Falls Into River Killing Two NYC Locomotive Crew
Two New York Central diesel units collapsed into the Poca River when a bridge failed near Poca West Virginia. Two crewmen R A Turner 48 Linesville Ohio and Charles O Mulford 30 Hobson Ohio died. Four crewmen survived. The train from Dickinson Charleston to Columbus Ohio had paused at plants in Institute and Nitro.
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NITRO
W.va
New York Central
Poca River
Poca
Charleston
Kanawha River
Dunbar
St. Albans
South Charleston
U.S. 35
R. A. Turner
Linesville
Ohio
Charles O. Mulford
Hobson
Turner
Mulford
F. A. Swatzell
Pomeroy
Dickinson
Columbus
Union Carbide
Institute
Monsanto Chemical
Ilse Koch Appeals for Release From German Life Sentence
Ilse Koch appealed to the Geneva based Human Rights Commission for release from a Bavarian life term. She was sentenced in 1951 for reign of terror at Buchenwald where witnesses testified she ordered skin lampshades and book covers from murdered inmates. The commission has no legal authority over German courts.
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Aichach
Germany
Ilsa Koch
Human Rights Commission
Geneva
Bavarian
Justice Ministry
Buchenwald
Lucius D. Clay
S.uod
Justice Department
Merecy
Commission
Council of Europe
Visitors Steal From Patients
In Taipei, visitors to National Taiwan University Hospital reportedly stole more than 250 yuan from patients last week, according to officials. Police investigate the string of thefts as hospital staff work to improve security and protect vulnerable patients.
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Taipei
Formosa
National Taiwan University Hospital
Last Wee
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Pirima
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Bond
Wilhelm Grewe
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Fastiune
N. C
Roan Mountain
Tennessee Border
Mrs
Ilse Koch
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