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Tuesday of this week wo received the astounding news

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A new record for

Tanker breaks

its back

in the Atlantic

Jlying for 24 hours 49 minutos, Disaster overtook shipping in the last two Yesterday we published the

picture

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Maximala Willenskraft who le attempt. ing, by going without food for a hundred days, to beat his own record of 87 days' fasting. We publish those things because wa Tam- they are now, but agine wa share with most of our readers, a cartain Венье of bewilderment Why do For people do these things? what does it mean, and who is impressed if, in the coming years, someone says, " once danced for 24 hours without stopping" or another, " once without food for 100

went

days?" We Imagine that any futuro generation will greet the in- formation much

As we

Lựa

when we turn over the cables

which announce these itama, with a "So what!" But some- where in this weldo world, such claime muat maan koma- thing to some people, and no doubt the O record holders bask in the ephemeral glory

of Taurel leaves, and then en

turn to their ordinary duties

dull routine, somewhat on-

livened by the fact that onco, they merited the use of the

news cables to an

world's

monis.

days in areas ranging from Brazil to the Mediterranean and the Elbe River. The American Pine Ridge tanker broke its back in the graveyard of Atlantic shipping- Cape Hatteras. Ships and aircraft rushed to the rescue.

An Italian freighter went down In an offshore storm in the Mediterranean.

In the Bay of Biscay 20 men lost their lives when the Spanish went aground freighter Ellorlo at the height of a storm.

At least 30 people were drowned in northeast Brazil a furry copsized whlie when

carrying a bus. Swedish tanker cullided in

An American freighter and a the

Elbe estuary.

In the meantime an intensive search is being carried out be- and the Bahamas Florida for a mlesing yacht.

tween

U.S. TANKER

of

Duc shortly after the arrivol of the Esso Jamestown were the steamship Ticonderoga, the Coast Guard cutter Andro Scoggin and the tanker Amoco Florida. Also on the way were the aircraft carrier Valley Forge and the Coast Guard cutters Cherokee and Chitula,

The Valley Forge, ni first seme 150 miles south-southwest of the area, originally planned to taunch four planes to, drop addition) survival gear. Late

in the afternoon, however, the plan was abandoned because of the foul weather,

AL Philadelphia, the Key- stene Shipping Co, owner of the Pine

the Ridge, identifled Stormy seas broke the vessel's ceptain as Clark Snyder back of an American tanker onet Philadelphia. The firm sald a Wednesday 100 miles east

crew si, dgned aboard at the Cape Hatteras the

last port from a large group of storied nounce their popinjay achieve stavoyard of the Atlantic. Hours cligible spilers, was customarily later, some of the 38-member mile but had not been re- But by exercising a little clarity crew floundered in the moun selved.

of mind, is there mora to it talaour waves or clung to the than meets the aya? For we vessel's upright alern section. are told that once Alexander Later, a Coast Guard

plane the Great wept because there said it counted

10 survivors were no worlds left to con-aboard the stern section, which He was mistaken, of it reported was rolling heavily quer, course, but he

to and drifting rapidly. The Const know that,

Guard emphasised there could Bo perhaps even new, these be more crewmen aboard than toolish people. left without an the 10 counted by the plane. Everest to scale, a North or The plane also

reported Bouth Pole to reach, an Africa spoling five men, three of them the no longer dark in the explora- | iù a lửa raft, Hoailag in tory sense, are searching for heavy seas

two

miles some routh-southwest of the bow see- new worlda to conquer.

Two

Wis not

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Or perhaps it is the romantic tion and drifting away.

urge of this prosaic age. For plans dropped life rafts and life, for many people, la dead- | Üfe jacktin expable of accom→ ty dull, and perhaps these | modation more than 50 men, contemporary triumphs

A Coast Guard plane dropped morely 20th century versions three life ratts, signal gear onl of the brave days of cold, water to the imperilled crew, But what happens to the tro-whose distress first, was reportes phies these record makers are by a Norwegian tanker in the awarded. Do they repose upon | area. same suburban

ship,

the

the

of

The Norweglan mantelpiece, or hold proud position on the Artemis, reported it was unable dining room aldeboard, sult to attempt a rescue because ably insethod with

fact the raging acas. The tanker wa that William Brown and Mary told by the Coast Guard Inte in Smith once danced themselves the day to remain on station in flatfooted to a day's fame on the

until атса

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DISASTERS

TRIED TO REVIVE MOTHER'S Country's fifth aircraft tragedy

BODY WITH ELECTRICITY

London, Dec. 21. After attending the funeral

of his mother, o Birken- head von driver returned to the comotory the same night in a hired car ond dug her up, the coroner was told at on inquest hora today.

He then took his mother to an empty house, it was stated, and tried to re-

At

vive her with electrical; troctment.

The body was found in the house two months later.

the today's inquest coroner, Mr J. Roborts said ⠀ he was satisfied that the Mrs body was that of Emily Filor, 69, o_widow,| who died in hospital on October 18.

Sitting besido a police officer in the court was Raymond Jamos 'Filer, 33, who was remanded in custody charged with removing ́ঠcorpse from a gravo. According to an alleged statement submitted by the police, Filer said: "She was a good mother to mo and I was doing my best for her."-Reuter.

Last minutes before Brooklyn tragedy

CONTROL TOWERS' TAPED TRANSCRIPTS

Washington, Dec. 21.

An unidentified object flashing across the radar screen gave watching air control officers at La Guardia Airport their first inkling of the disas- trous mid-air collision which took 134 lives in New York last week. The Federal Aviation. Ad-j The transcript of the conver- that went from Preston (a con.. ministration today made publication with the United Airliner traxripts of taped recordings recorded the information from of the last caversations which the pilot that he was approach- the control officials had with the ing the Preston control polst at } pilots of the sirevaft, a TWA 5,000 feet. Constellation and a United Air-| lines DC-8 jet.

Another point

trol point)

towords Flatbush (another checking point)**

Idlewild answered: "En, a fast-moving "aircraties!" going where? Do you know his des- tination?"

Idlewild instructed him to maintain 6,000 feet and gave him La Guardia: "I don't know, I the weather report over the air think we may have. Now listen, Isten to this.. He may have hli port.

From then on the record one of our aircraft. We're not

United air-sure." showed that the

repeated liner did not answer

calls.

...

Reaction

The pilot of the first V.S. Coast Guard plane to reach the Pine Ridge,

told how he and another pilot

made a futile elfort to lead the Artemis to five seamen thrown overboard when the ship broke in two. At one point in the transcript occurred this statement by the Licu! Me! Hartman said on La Guardia Control Tower: I Wednesday night he flew low think we have trouble here with over the Arteinis and led her TWA Connie-there's some- within a mafle of five men only thing wrong-he's not moving to 100 her. break away and or anything. Ho might have

three miles froin stop

the got hit, by another aeroplane."

Other portions of the truns- wreckage in heavy seas

At another point there was cript disclosed how air contrel exchange between La oficials reacted when they first "Tho slern section was up- this right and appeared safe," he Guardia, to which the TW suspected trouble and were try- identify the planes sald.

"The bow section looked plane was bound, and Idlewilding to

destination of the involved. as if it had capsized a few Airport,

United alrilner:

the traps- At one point in La Guardia: "Yeah, well what cript, this dramatic exchange type aircraft is that?"

Idlewild: "A United DC-8. pecurred (apparently after the La Guardia: "And what, and planes had collided, and

United Airlines planc

Its doom crashing to crowded Flatbush-avenue Brooklyn).

minutes before we arrived.

of

"I raw six men on the decks the stern section and u huddle of others perhaps 10- through a halchway.

"There were four men in the water down near the bow sec- Bon. One of them was in a Ho ring, another was holding onto it," Hartman said.

ITALIAN

FREIGHTER

At Leghorn, Kaly, it was reported that ave men. Including the captain, were killed when

what's his altitude?"

Idlewild: "He was last cleared to 5,000 (feet)."

La Guardia: "Oh boy! Our mon was at five, 100. We lost

1 don't one aircraft,

know where he's at now."

Guardia later, La A Hite came in with: "Hey, Joe, we might have a mid-air collision, Bo Walt's going up to alert the emergency equipment. It's TWA (flight) 200,"

the

was

over

in

in six months

ANOTHER PAL

CRASH IN PL,

28 KILLED

Manila, Dec. 22,

A Philippine Air Lines DC-3 passenger plane with 37 persons aboard crashed on take-off at Cebu City in the southern Philippines today.

The Airline announced that nine of the 37 per- sons aboard survived, correcting an earlier report of 8 survivors.

The plane crashed into a corn- field cn a hill north of the city nt 3.30 am and burst into flames, There was a loud explosion, ac- cording to eyewitnesses.

the southern Philippines but there were no falliteo.

Admiral Spring, his wife, and three others died when his Navy plane crashed into T mountati, on Bataan--UPI &

It was the second crasti in 30 days in the Philippines and the AP. Afib pane disaster in tho Philippines within the last six

months. A total 39 persons, In- |cluding US Admiral Arthur Spring and his wife had died in plane crashes this year prior to today's reported PAL crash,

Schedule ·

The PAL airliner was on 11 scheduled 600-milo regular

Maria to Davao flight from

The plane City on Mindanao. had stopped in Cebu City.

Mr J050 PAL spokesman Canceran would give no details of the crash.

On November 23, another The unknown

PAL DC-3 crashed into Mount Baco, 120 miles south of Manila Later, the La Guardia controlling all 33 persons aboard. officers told Idlewild: "All right,

a North- Earlier this year, now we got troubles, but we're west Orient alcliner crashed not sure of It, We fost contact off the coast of Luzon, killing with a TWA, 280, I believe his one American - woman passen- number is, he was on a collision

day a PAL ger. course with an aircraft, an un-airliner ditched in the sca In known aircraft heading north- cast from Preston towards Flatbush, That aircraft none is a mila outside the La Guardia north- outer marker heading east bound:"

Idlewild: "The unknown. You sill have the unknown in radar

This is La Guardia. I think | contact?" we've got an emergency, nobody declared anything. but who is that jet or fast-moving aircraft

La Guardia: "No, we're not talking to the unknown but we see him, yes."-Reuter.

U.S. winter cold kills

41, but the sun shines in California

On your right The transcript related the the 497-ton Italian coastal approach instruc lons given by freighter Glois Bank during an Guardia to the TWA plane offshore storm on Tuesday night. and his acknowledgements.

The pliot roporved his altitude Four of the bodles were brought in Leghorn by the Wost as 5,500 few! and was told to 1,500 German bnker Johon August continue his descent to

that Ersberg, which carried out feet. He acknowledgest

and also he order rescue operations. The body of instruction the captain, Salvatore Ferrigno to turn left on a new bearing.

Then the La Guardia Control of Palermo wes no; recovered.

The por command said the Tower told him, obviously with radar screen; north of reference to tho Gioia sunk 10 miles the island of Caprala when ila Roger, that appears to be let upfile of your right now, three cargo shifted.

o'clock at one mile northeast bound."

Then the transcript recorded days ago,

volec and it in unidentinod

There were 15 weather deaths said: "Noke similar to that of in Ohio, seven in both Florida an open microphone was heard and Illinois, four In Missouri,

six seconds two cuch in Indiana,'' 'Michigan" for approximately

and North Dakots, and one each duration."

in Alabama and Pennsylvania,

Chicago, Dec. 21. This first day of winter found Californians bask

ing in mid-80 degree Fahrenheit temperatures while in South Dakota the mercury dipped to 20 below zero.

SPANISH SHIP

• The

8,800-ion Spanish cargo ship Ellerio went down in the Bay of Biscay with 20 mien aboard yesterday, after being driven

Bground by a violent

storm.

(Contd. on Pare 3, Col, 3)

After that repeated cails to the TWA picñe, weat un answered.

A count showed at least 41 persons dead since

autumn's inst storm hit the midwest three

The blustery, snowy cold spread from the eastern Rocky

New East-West trade deal

may restore travel

Boun, Dre. 21. Far-reaching Agreement has been reached in the KIERANI

negotiations completed Berlin for a new East-West German trade pact, West Ger- man Forelan; Ministry sources wald here sonight,

Moun pins into the US north-

of rost In tho wake snowstorm which left foot-high falls in the midwest,

Sub-zero readings were r ported from 'he northern plains Wisconsin. Iowa gad into Illinois.

It

Was 20 below zero Huron, South Dakota, And minus 18 at Williston, North Dakote, in the pre-dawn hours,

The temperature soared to 80 degrees at Miramar, California, an Tuesday and the sunshine boosted the thermometer into the 80's 'again · on Wednesday. The same pattern appeared in all southern California.

In Upstate New York the that an agreement might be The Bonn Government would

mowfall continued on: Wednes concluded before Chrisimas.

Cancel the agreement at once should the East German | day: with' tho now fall in the authorities hamper the free northern portion up to 8 inches flow of goods traille beźween, sed 5 inches in the Bufalo eros. West Germany and Berlin, the The aphed lill on a large see- pouroda zaid..

tion of the Blate's throughway was reduced to 25 miles an hour- because of road conditions. Most of Connecticut had rum-AR &

in Usually

well-informed sources Germany here sald West would make the implements-" tion of a new syToemens Con- ditional free moots to Berlin, and free movement between the city's drealern and asslern,seoliota.

The West German GovETARAKË 'spokesman, Mr. Felle Van "Eckardij '-auid - ourlier

today.

Cierna oficials direm ...mained; aliens today on the

progress of the talks.

That same

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UNDERTAKERS OVERTAKEN BY DEATH

Greenville, Penn.,

Dec. 21.

Two undertakers died in rapid succesulan bere and a third man was in hospital today suffering from shock after witnessing the scene.

Walter Clark, a 82-year- old retired undertaker, get car when It out of his broke down on a road near here, He died of a heart attack a few minutes inter. A neighbour John Mo- Dermott, 50, tejephoned to the nearest funeral parlour.

The undertaker, year-old Niles McConahey, arrived on the scene and went to telephone to the police about Clark's death, Ho died of a heart attack a few moments later,

McDermott overcame with shock ́s a result of the double tragedy, had to be taken to hospital-AFP.

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