Typhoon Hester Ravages Vietnam Leaving Thousands Homeless
Typhoon Hester hit northern South Vietnam with winds reaching 115 mph, causing extensive destruction and leaving thousands homeless across Da Nang and surrounding provinces.
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Newspaper
Middletown Journal
Location
Middletown, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 23, 1971
Page
1
Typhoon Hester hit northern South Vietnam with winds reaching 115 mph, causing extensive destruction and leaving thousands homeless across Da Nang and surrounding provinces.
A 22 year old Israel mother gave birth via caesarean to quintuplets three girls and two boys in Jerusalem. The Haadassah Hospital birth, weight range from 1 lb 8 oz to 2 lb 14 oz, is Israel’s first quintuplets. Father Yitzhak Berman and Mayor Teddy Kollek visited. Kollek pledged 1 000 pounds for the babies education.
NEW DELHI AP India mobilized its military reserves to bolster border strength as both nations mass troops in a show of force. The Defense Ministry said all army reserves and navy and air force reservists with special skills were called to active duty. Exact reserve numbers were not disclosed.
A wedding couple, Barbara Cooley and Steven Hagaman, the bride’s mother Leona Hagaman and her brother, 17, were killed when a truck rear ended their car on rain slicked 1 75 north of Wapakoneta Ohio. The truck overturned and burst into flames though other drivers were not hurt.
In Belfast early today two women aged 19 and 30 were killed after soldiers fired on a speeding car whose occupants wore men's clothing and allegedly fired on troops. A third woman was injured by glass, and a fourth with a leg wound was hospitalized.
The United States outlines when workers may take Veterans Day with pay. Monday counts as a paid holiday if firms declared it before the wage freeze or as an established federal holiday, or if labor contracts include it. If these criteria were not met by August 15, many workers must work Monday.
Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin received the biggest ovation of his Canadian tour at a Montreal Canadi ens Vancouver Canucks game. He called the Vancouver reception one of the warmest outside his country and left after the second period amid cheering. Lyudmila Kosygin accompanied him as about 400 police kept security tight at the Pacific Coliseum.
Plum Island New York opened briefly to journalists this week after 15 years shielding a facility housing infectious animal diseases. Guards warn trespassers as reporters tour the lab areas where strict germicidal precautions and protective clothing are required before moving between rooms.
The weekend looks cool and clammy with occasional light rain or drizzle through Sunday and into Monday. Lows around 55 tonight and a Sunday high near 70, with similar unsettled weather across Ohio Indiana and Kentucky.
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