New Yorks Strangest Air Disaster Recalled Forty Years On
A 20 year old recollection recalls a landmark crash at a 102 story tower in New York City. 14 dead including 3 crew and 11 tenants in an office, 1500 occupants at the time, with survivors describing the inferno and rescue efforts.
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Catherine O’connor
War Relief Services
Miss O’connor
Joseph Fountain
Ahatie
Superman
Smith
la Gua
Ephen
Voltin
Mississippi steamboats shaped a 50 year river era
From 1820 to 1870 the Mississippi steamboat dominated the middle United States economy agriculture commerce and social life. Known as palaces on paddle wheels and swimming volcanoes they powered growth while disasters claimed thousands of lives between 1810 and 1850.
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Middle
United States
Mississippi
Chicago’s Water Thoroughfare Connects Lakes to River System
Chicago remains the sole U.S. city linked by a water thoroughfare joining the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Seaway with the Mississippi River system. This unique inland waterway position underscores its strategic role in national commerce and regional navigation.
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Chicago
U.S
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Seaway
Vessels From Non-Red Countries Call at Cuban Ports
Exile group reports 26 ships from non Communist nations visited Cuban ports in June. News brief covers Opportunity Commission complaints growth. Vatican and New Jersey voter registration goals. Parole Board Ten Commandments rule. Vatican postal rate change. and Cuban medical delegation to Algeria.
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Cuban
Miami
Fla
Bible Society Takes Over Israel Scripture Distribution
The Norwegian Bible Society will assume distribution of Holy Scriptures in Israel, replacing the British and Foreign Bible Society which had handled the work.
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Israel
Oslo
Norway
Norwegian Bible Society
British and Foreign Bible Society
Slavery Allegations Trigger Offshore Campaign in Mecca Pilgrimages
Norwegian missionary Rev. aludan Endresen reports up to a quarter of a million Africans enslaved in Saudi Arabia. A new book, Sold as Slave, claims slave traders posing as missionaries lure Africans on pilgrimages to Mecca then force them into bondage across the Middle East.
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Oslo
Norway
Aludan Endresen
Saudia Arabia
Mecca
Middle East
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