Submarine Tusk Survives Collision in North Atlantic
The submarine Tusk, the largest in the fleet, survived a mid ocean collision with the supply ship Aldebaran 178 miles off Labrador. crews escaped to deck and repaired radio systems to resume surface transit toward Argentia Newfoundland under escort.
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Labrador
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Aigeag Courant
Kinderhook Man Among Two Missing Americans In Korea
The United States protested to Russia over the fate of Alfred Meschter of Kinderhook and Albert Willis of Brooklyn, both Eco nomic Cooperation Administration workers aboard the Kimball R. Smith. Mutineers took the ship to North Korea while salt cargo was en route to South Korea. A note delivered in Moscow requested information on their whereabouts and assistance for their prompt departure, as Washington refuses direct talks with the North Korean regime. Mrs. Meschier seeks government aid to free her husband, a former WAC mother of a 14?month old son.
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Russia
United States
Alfred T. Meschter
Albert Willis
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Economic Cooperation Administration
Kimball R. Smith
South Korea
U. S
Moscow
Alan G. Kirk
Isa
Washington
Meschier
WAC
Lucky Egyptian wins 1969 car in university raffle
Fall River correspondent reports Monir C Spahi of Exy. State College earned the nickname Mike from college mates and won a 1969 automobile after buying a Bl raffle ticket. The student, described as lucky, inherits the Irish luck label.
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Civil War Cruiser Michigan Saved as Memorial
A jagged account notes the USS Michigan, the sole armed Civil War cruiser on the Great Lakes, faced scrapping after efforts to preserve it as a monument failed. Despite calls to keep the ship, funds dwindled and salvage proceeded near Erie, Pennsylvania, though President Roosevelt praised memorials like the Wolverine as value beyond metal.
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Great Lakes
Erie
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Leland
Lake Erie
Roosevelt
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