Opening of Manhattan Tanker Aims Northwest Passage Crossing
The 115,000 deadweight ton S S Manhattan sailed from Chester, Pennsylvania, with 126 aboard including 53 volunteers and scientists to test a commercial Northwest Passage route. The expedition, led by Stanley Haas, seeks a year round link between eastern U S Europe and Alaska, a $40 million gamble by Humble Oil. The voyage traces Greenland’s coast and Canadian Arctic waters toward Prudhoe Bay and beyond toward the North Pole.
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Bellevue climber saved after night on Index Wall
Steven Rankin aged 19 and his brother Jack 21 were rescued after Steven dangled all night from a rope while climbing Index Wall. Officials said he slipped Saturday and fell about 50 feet before stopping on pitons. Rescue crews from Snohomish County Sheriff and Everett Mountain Rescue aided. Steve suffered an ankle injury.
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Fire Crews Contain Multiple California Brush Blazes
The article details several brush fires across Southern California. A major San Bernardino mountains blaze exceeded 1,300 acres before Saturday control, while other fires near San Diego suburbs El Cajon and Rainbow Valley caused evacuations but limited structural damage. A small Camp Pendleton fire burned over 1,000 acres during a Marine exercise. A student pilot survived a solo crash at Van Nuys Airport after a fuel exhaustion incident.
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San Bernardino County
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van Nuys
UPI
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Lawrence G. Zaitsoff
Guardsmen Fly Help to Inland Victims of Camille
Helicopters airlifted National Guardsmen to inland areas Sunday to aid families stranded by Hurri cane Camille. Red Cross cites 139 dead, 5,506 homes destroyed, 12,409 major damage, 24,207 minor damage, and 5,000 in shelters. A family of 12 received food and water after Capt. John Diggs guided a rescue helicopter to their location.
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Washington
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St. Peters By the Sea Episcopal Church
James B. Bell
Nixon and Kin Swim at Secluded Camp Pendleton Beach
President Nixon and his daughter Julie with son in law David Eisenhower enjoyed a private Malibu style swim at a Camp Pendleton reserve beach. They arrived by helicopter from the Western White House and swam amid fewer pebbles than nearby areas. Nixon also swam there Friday for about one hour and 40 minutes. Publicly, his preferred beach is six miles south of San Onofre, known as The Trestles, a Marine recreation area famed in surfing circles.
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Australia
Peru
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California
Lee A. Dubridge
Eric Ward
Flood Toll Surges in Virginia Dead 74 Missing 109
Civil defense officials report 74 dead and 109 missing after floods driven by Hurricane Camille and Debbie in Virginia. A 29 block area of south Richmond faced a high octane gas flood from a storage tank leak, with property damage over 132 million dollars as rivers subsided but danger persisted.
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