Heroes of the sea rescue off Nova Scotia
Thirty five Greek sailors were saved from the Liberian tanker Amphialos after it broke in two in a violent Atlantic storm southeast of Halifax. Cmdr Peter R Hinton of the destroyer Athabaskan steered close to the drifting stern to take off crewmen while Canadian Navy divers braved 10 foot seas. One man died and another remains missing as the ship sank carrying fuel oil from Aruba to Dartmouth. An RCAF Argus aircraft spotted deck survivors who signaled for help.
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Here
Peter R. Hinton
Athabaskan
Nova Scotia
Stamatis Polemis
Larry Friesen
Yorkton, Sask
Hoffa blasted in trial
James Neal, the chief prosecutor, opened final arguments in Hoffa’s jury tampering trial. He charged Hoffa and five others with corrupting the jury that heard Hoffa’s 1962 Nashville conspiracy case. Neal warned that attempting to influence jurors poisons justice.
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Chattanooga
Neal
Aegean naval drills heighten Cyprus crisis tensions
US sixth Fleet and Turkish navy begin three day NATO maneuvers off Crete while Greek forces train nearby amid Cyprus dispute 15000 protestors march in Iraklion and Athens debates UN role. Greece opposes Turkish intervention and questions US stance as ships prepare to visit Athens after maneuvers.
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6Th Fleet
NATO
Aegean Sea
Aegean
Cyprus
Piraeus
Crete
Peter Faroufalias
Cyperus
Turkey
Greece
U.S
George Papandreou
United States
Iraklion
New York
UN Security Council
Wreckage Found of Paradise Airlines Constellation in Sierra Peak
Air searchers located a four engine Paradise Airlines Constellation wreck near Genoa Peak east of Lake Tahoe. All 85 aboard were killed as the plane vanished in a noon Sunday snowstorm on a flight from San Jose to Nevada casinos and ski resorts. A doctor reported no survivors and Washington investigators from the Civil Aeronautics Board planned three inquiries at the scene.
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Tahoe Valley
Calif
Sierra
Lake Tahoe
Paradise Airlines
Constellation
Nevada
San Jose
Associated Press
California
Genoa Peak
Henry Norris
Norris
Squaw Valley
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Crestwood Considers Fastball Diamond Amid Recreation Row
Crestwood residents press City Council as the recreation commission weighs a fastball diamond near Lamb Court on 94 acres set aside for playground or park development. The move could sideline a change house and community hall plan while locals back a swimming pool and a recreation centre as part of a broader Crestwood revival.
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Recreation Commission
Crestwood
City Council
Crestwood Community Club
Lamb Court
Hill
Crescent Heights
Ald
Gordon Sissons
Tre
Faulty altimeter blamed in Innsbruck airliner crash
Investigators recovered part of a damaged instrument panel from the Bristol Britannia of Eagle Airways that crashed into Mount Glungezer near Innsbruck. 83 people were aboard the four engine turboprop, including 75 passengers and eight crew, with many Britons and a few Australians and an Austrian. Rescue teams searched the wreckage in heavy Alpine fog after the jet struck the mountain at full speed.
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Innsbruck
Austrian Alps
Mount Gamslahner
Mount Glungezer
U.S
Britain
Eagle Airways
Ex-Nazi fugitive Bohne arrested in Buenos Aires
Argentine police detain Bernhard Bohne, 62, a Düsseldorf lawyer linked to Hitler’s euthanasia program, awaiting extradition. He fled Germany to avoid trial for complicity in the mass murder of 15,000 people during World War II.
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Frankfurt
Reuters
Buenos Aires
Fritz Bauer
Hesse
West Germany
Bernhard Bohne
Bohne
Limburg
Duesseldorf
Hans Hefelmann
Werner Heyde
Friedrich Tillmann
Hitler
Doctor tells of camp horrors at Auschwitz trial
Dr. Ella Lingens, a Vienna physician and Auschwitz inmate, testifies about mass murder and gassings in 1943. She recounts Mengele's delousing method, guards killing a child by the crematorium, and SS officers showing contradictory mercy, including Rohde saving her life after illness.
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Frankfurt
Reuters
Auschwitz
Ella Lingens
Vienna
Lingens
Josef Mengele
the &S Imen
Dust storm grips Medicine Hat as winds reach 68 mph
A fierce dust storm swept through Medicine Hat on Sunday with gusts up to 68 miles per hour and a brief snowfall of about half an inch. Four traffic accidents occurred due to blowing dust. three people were hospitalized with minor injuries. A police officer used a remote setup to control traffic signals from his patrol car to cope with the storm.
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Medicine
Bruce Rodgers
Lethbridge
George Fischer
Winnifred
RCMP
Eva Lowe
Ian Lowe
Medicine Hat General Hospital
1St St
6Th Ave
Man collapses and dies at Ogilvie Mill work site
A 63-year-old man, George Sulz, working at Ogilvie Flour Mills for Bohnet and Craudson Trucking Ltd., collapsed while loading seed bags and died. He was helping his son-in-law Lorne Bohner at the time. Mac's Ambulance transported him to hospital. officials have not determined the cause of death yet.
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George Sulz
St. N.E
Bohnet and Craudson Trucking Ltd
Ogilvie Flour Mills
Lorne Bohner
Mac’s
Greek King Paul Faces Worsening Condition
In Athens AP reports King Paul of Greece is seriously ill with a deteriorating general condition after surgery two weeks ago. Blood clots are affecting his health despite treatment and a brief improvement earlier in the day.
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Athens
Paul
Greece
Snow Buries St John s Weath er Tolls Two Dead
A severe Newfoundland storm dumps over 15 inches of snow on the Avalon Peninsula. Roads inch toward one lane as gusts reach 75 mph. RCMP search for three missing ice fishermen. Ferry service halted, power outages occur, flights canceled, trains on schedule. Hundreds stranded overnight, including workers and patrons. Five pregnant women rushed to hospital.
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St, John’s
Nfld
Newfoundland
Avalon Peninsula
Salmonier Line
St. John’s
RCMP
Bell Island
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Babitz
Wilhelm Flage
Johanna Bormann
Bormann
Flage
Stan Wilkins
ACT Association
Harry Topliffe
Canadian Associated
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