Bhutan Builds First Road From Paro to Phunchholing
The government plans an eight hour jeep ride by next May as India funds a 31.5 million dollar project to link Paro with Phunchholing. About 3,000 laborers began January 13 to clear 13.5 miles, with 12 feet wide gravel roads, later widened and surfaced, amid concerns over labor, imports, and social change.
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Henry Bradsher Phunchholing
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Paro
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Himalayas
Phunchholing
India
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Chumbi
Tibert
Druk Gyalpo
Jigme Dorji Wangchuk
Tsongdu
National Assembly
Om Prakash Mathur
Plane Crash Kills Three Aboard Navy Plane
Norfolk report says a private Navion crashed in the Dismal Swamp on Saturday night. Pfc. Robert Norton 24 of Can ton New York survived with a gash and possible broken ribs after spending the night on the wreckage. Killed were Spec. 5 Robert O. Young 26 of Newport News stationed at Fort Eustis and two WACs Leona M. Andersom 19 of Roosevelt Long Island and Elizabeth Nickiel lay 1073 Lapse Road New York. Norton said the four traveled from Newport to Matteo North Carolina for a beach visit and met fog on the return causing the craft to spin and flip. Fort Eustis helicopters retrieved the bodies.
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Corm
Robert Norton
Canton
N.Y
Norton
Charles Carter
Ports
Two Marines Complete 840 Mile Coast to Coast Hike
Two Marines in Sasebo Japan finished an 840 mile hike in 18 days to raise funds for an orphanage near the naval base. Sgt. Bentz and Pfc. Blackburn walked 50 to 60 miles daily, averaging more than the British record, and collected about 700 dollars in donations from Japanese and Americans.
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U. S
Sasebo
Japan
Howard J. Bentz
Pass Christian
Miss
E. J. Blackburn
Fremont
Wis
Naval Base
Stars and Stripes
United States
Bentz
Blackburn
Navy Plans New Antarctic Exploration
Washington reports six year Antarctic mission by a Navy task force starting next month with nine ships and 30 planes. An overland tractor journey to the South Pole is planned along with a new McMurdo Sound science station and electricity installations. About 3,000 personnel and 120 scientists will operate, with the National Science Foundation funding around four million dollars for the year.
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Amundsen Sea
Byrd Station
South Pole
McMurdo Sound
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Sword
Antarctic
National Science Foundation
Ambulance Service Opens In Charlotte Sign Confusion
A new ambulance service in Charlotte occupies a building once used for catering. The firm installed a new sign but left part of the old sign, yielding the phrase Ambulance service of Charlotte Catering to from 10 to 10,000.
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N.C
Ambulance Service of
Robbery Victim Calm After Ninth Heist Says Clerk
In Phoenix, police report liquor store clerk George C. Brenneman remained calm minutes after an armed robbery. Brenneman noted this was his ninth robbery in six years, reflecting ongoing crime concerns in the area.
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George C. Brenneman
Brenneman
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