Rescue Big Pilot Calm Guy With Ticklish Job
In Hazleton Pennsylvania Mike Rank a 39 year old from Beth el Conn operated a 65 ton drilling rig to bore an escape hole for two trapped miners David Fellin 58 and Henry Throne 28. Rank faced near complete control of the drill and completed the breakthrough at 6 23 pm after hours of meticulous work. Fellins wife Anna spoke of the tension and Rank described his nerves. The Gill Drilling Equipment Co. of North Bran ford Conn employed Rank who paused for a doctor appointment then returned to the cave in to assist the rescue effort. Deputy mine official Gordon Smith praised Rank saying you did a good job Mike.
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Mike
Mike Rank
Bethel Conn
Rank
Fellin
Anna
Throne
Gill Drilling Equipment Co
North Branford
Conn
Carbondale
Hazleton
Henry Throne
Coney Island
David Fellin
Community meeting schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday
Local clubs and service groups post a Tuesday schedule with Sertoma and Middletown associations at various Manchester venues plus fire departments and civic organizations. Wednesday programs include Exchange Club at noon and youth and welfare groups meeting at the YMCA and Fenwick High School.
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Sertoma Club
Manchester
Middletown Personnel Association
South Middletown Fire Department
Amanda
Armory
Mayfield Fire Department
Sheffield Street
United Cerebral Palsy of
Middletown
First Presbyterian Church
MHS Band Associates
Bpoe Lodge
Elktones
Elks Temple
Ymca Board
YMCA
Golden Age Club
S. Broad
Girl Scout Leaders Association
Federal Savings & Loan
Fenwick Welfare
Fenwick High
Al-Anon Family Group
Armco official to discuss Communist propaganda
Richard Peers of Armco Steel Corp. will give a slide illustrated lecture before the Kiwanis Club on Thursday noon at the Manchester Motor Inn. Hoff is program chairman. He will discuss the spread of Communist propaganda in the United States and government countermeasures.
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Richard Peers
Armco Steel Corp
Kiwanis Club
Manchester Motor Inn
U. S
Howard H. Hoff
Mine Rescue Echoes From Hazleton Crew Ride
Quotes from the Hazleton mine rescue describe the ascent as a thrilling ride with workers singing and expressions of relief. Officials praise the drilling team for enlarging the escape hole as families express gratitude and hope for the miners' safe return.
Sculptress Chosen to Design Statue for Washington
Baroness Suzanne Silvercuys Stevenson of Tucson, a Belgian born sculptress, is commissioned by the Arizona Historical Society to create a statue of Father Kino for the National Statuary Hall in Washington, D.C. Father Kino, a Roman Catholic priest, established missions in Arizona and died in 1711 in Sonora, Mexico.
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Tucson
Ariz
Suzanne Silvercuys Stevenson
The
Arizona Historical Society
Kino
National Statuary Hall
Washington, D.C
Arizona
Sonora
Mexico
Lions Roamed Much of Europe in Prehistoric Times
A prehistoric record notes that lions inhabited a wide stretch of Europe. The statement highlights their historical geographic range and reflects paleontological understanding of ancient carnivores on the continent.
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Europe
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Retary of Mines
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IOOF
Hall Alcoholics Anonymous
Wednesday Exchange Club
Chester
Alcoholics Anonymous
H. B Charmbury
Della Skurka
Gene Gibbons
John Dobrozs Jr
Ins., Inc
First Ave
U. GA
STROH
Central Avenue
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the Stroh Brewery Company
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