Maasdam Rips Soviet Wreck in Fog Abandon 450 Aboard
In Bremerhaven on the Maasdam maiden voyage a dense fog caused the Holland-America liner to strike the submerged wreck of the Soviet freighter Kholmgory. About 450 passengers and crew fled in lifeboats. all were unharmed. The ship limped in with a skeleton crew as the welcoming ceremony was canceled.
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Bremerhaven
Germany
UPI
Maasdam
Easaly
Skelton
Weser
Holland-America
West Germany
Yeggs Take $26,000 From Credit Union
Thieves broke a glass door and pried open another at a Wilmington credit union early Friday morning, stealing about $26,000 in cash from bank wrappers. A store employee, Ethel M. Agan, alerted police who found the scene at 6:15 am. the money aimed for cashing and other offices of the Longshoremen’s Union at 350 Avalon Blvd were involved. the credit union reported the loss was insured.
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Wilmington
Ethel M. Agan
F &Rational Longshoremen’s and Warehousemen's Union
Avalon Blvd
Winter storms force entry into walk-in safe in Japan
Police report 152 persons died after a three week siege of western Japan snowstorms disrupted a bank as robbers forced open a walk-in safe and removed cash totaling 27 000 dollars. Nine others are missing.
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Japan
Attokyo
UPI
Arielle M. Straight
Unio
Silent Syncom Vanishes In Space After Launch
Cape Canaveral reports the 150 pound Syncom satellite launched Thursday and vanished five hours later amid millions of cubic miles of space. Global radar eyes search for the errant craft as experts caution it may be damaged or lost beyond recovery.
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Cape Canaveral
America
Earth
U. S
Britain to Issue Food Ration Books This Year
A Ministry of Food spokesman in the House of Commons said Britain will print a supply of food ration books this year to be held in reserve for wartime planning. He called the move a necessary adjunct of long term food defense.
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Britain
London
House of Commons
Ministry of Good
Snails Beware: Buc Geta Pellets Combat Slugs
The text touts Buc Geta Pellets as a bait for snails and slugs and mentions they deter cutworms and weevils. It notes moisture helps pellet disintegration and urges attention to bedding plants and early spring baiting to reduce losses.
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Orruo
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Reds
Berlin
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Moscow
Supreme Court
Tadzhik Soviet Republic
Tadzhikistan
Dushanbe
Stalingrad
Huris
East Berlin
Budapest
Forgsve
East Germany
ADN
Douberlagk-Kirchhain
Dresden
Yeggs
Credit Union
Mdasdam
Savings
Ging Beach
New New State Lew
Fine Ave
Long Beach
Long Beach Blvd
Compton
South Gate
Pomona Long
Beach
Signal Hill
Etc
Frost Construction CO
Eae Tone Boulevard
Norwalk
Ortio
Onviio
California Chemical Company
Ontho Division
San
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