Middies Adopt Korean War Wait Fostering Jong Sung
At the U.S. Naval Academy 114 midshipmen from the 19th Company adopt Jong Sung, an 8 year old Korean boy. They fund a Foster Parents Plan account, send monthly cash and clothing, and arrange letters via translation. Jong Sung hopes to become president of Korea, not a Navy officer.
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Associated Press
Annapolis
Jong Sung
U. S. Naval Academy
1Sth
Brigade of Midshipmen
Seoul
Korea
Midshipmen
Suk Soon
New York
Jong
U.S. Naval Academy
Ed Jong
Picasso Recovered From Gall Bladder Operation
Pablo Picasso, aged 84, has completely recovered from his November 18 gall bladder operation. Surgeon Jacques Hepp said Picasso is back at his home near Cannes after a recovery period in Paris. The surgery was at the American Hospital in Paris.
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Cannes
France
Pablo Picasso
Jacques Hepp
Newsmen
Picasso
Paris
Brezhnev Observes 59th Birthday in Moscow
Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev marked his 59th birthday in Moscow on Sunday as state media highlighted his eight years in power and his role in guiding the party and country through domestic and international issues.
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Moscow
Leonid Tly‘ich Brezhnev
Soviet Communist Party
Mexico to Build New Port Facilities Across Eight Cities
Mexico City AP reports the Navy Ministry plans new port facilities at eight Mexican cities to boost international sea traffic along coasts facing the Gulf of Mexico and the Pacific. The project includes ports near Matamoros and others along the Gulf and Pacific, with locations including San Blas and Puerto Vallarta.
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Mexico City
iNavy
Berrida Islands
Carolinas
Spain welcomes 135 million visitors, spending over $856 million
Madrid AP reports that the office for information and tourism records 135 million tourists visiting Spain from January through November this year, with total expenditures surpassing 856 million dollars.
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Madrid
Office For Information and Tourism
Spain
Ten Missing as 500 Ton Freighter Sinks Off Hokkaido
A 500 ton coal carrier named Shinsei Maru sank in a Sunday storm north of Hokkaido. Ten crew members are feared dead after a patrol found no trace of the vessel or its crew.
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Tokyo
Maritime Safety Board
Hokkaido
He’s Dead Tired in Cannobio Coffin Bed Tale
Cannobio Italy stonemason Silvio Gallotti aged 55 sleeps in a coffin to prepare for death claiming the coffin is more comfortable than a bed due to its padded lining. The text references a New York Philharmonic tradition about encores being inedible and not given.
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Cannobio
Italy
Silvio Gallotti
Gallotti
New York Philharmonic
Root of the Wild Carrot
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