Tug Nears Rendezvous With Crippled Tanker
NORFOLK AP An ocean going tug Sparrow Point moves to assist the crippled Norwegian tanker Honnor after a Sunday collision. Honnor sails slowly toward safety 220 miles east of Cape Henry as 24 crew members abandon ship and 17 return to steady pumping and damage control. Coast Guard Cutter Cherokee stands by for tow once Sparrow Point arrives.
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Sparrow Point
Cape Henry
San Juan
Cape May Shoals
Delaware Bay
Honnor
Eli Abrahamson
Coast Guard
Cherokee
Larvae of Spiny Lobsters Nearly Transparent
Larvae of spiny lobsters are nearly transparent with only their pigmented eyes visible when submerged in water.
Federal Bar Foundation Receives Statue Busts
Washington AP reports two Virginia groups presented head and shoulder busts of John Marshall George Wythe and William Blackstone to the Federal Bar Foundation. The busts by sculptor Felix G W Dewelden will be placed in the Federal Bar Building along with related publications.
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Washington
John Marshall
George Wythe
William Blackstone
Federal Bar Foundation
Virginia
Virginia Committee On Statues
William and Mary Law School Association
Federal Bar Building
Felix G. W. Dewelden
Foundation
Rails Expected to Move Over Two Million Truck Loads in 1963
Piggyback traffic on flatcars runs 14 percent above 1962 and doubles 1959 levels. Railroad officials estimate more than two million truck-trailer loads will move by rail during 1963.
Danville Plan Reaches With Mills Amid Mass Demonstration
In Danville Virginia integration leaders met with Dan River Mills officials to discuss employment practices as plans for a large Sunday protest proceed. Rev Lawrence Campbell called the meeting affable and hopeful while a new mass demonstration aims for up to 1000 participants downtown and on the Southside.
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Danville
Dan River Mills
Lawrence G Campbell
Danville Christian Progressive Association
Virginia
Corporation Court
M. A. Cross
Dan River
Campbell
Beatrice Hairston
Cross
Robert Gardner
Progressive Association
Teachers Plan 48 Hour Strike Across Argentina
Union leaders say 143000 teachers will strike for 48 hours starting Wednesday over pay, grounding classes for about 1.5 million students nationwide. Government support for higher wages is the dispute at issue.
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Buenos Aires
Unidentified Man Swept Over Niagara Falls
Police seek to identify a man about 35 to 40 after he waded into the upper rapids above Terrapin Point and was swept over Horseshoe Falls on Monday. About 100 onlookers witnessed the incident. the body had not been recovered.
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Niagara Falls
Ont
Horseshoe Falls
Terrapin Point
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