Eight Die In Crash of
Egyptian Airliner
PORT SAID, Egypt, UPI—Eight
persons—including an American
—were killed and 18 injured Fri
day night when an Egyptian air
liner crashed after a sandstorm
closed airports in this area, Egyp
tian authorities disclosed.
The American was identified as
William J. O’Brien, 63, a wealthy
retired, St. Paul, Minn., lumber
man and insurance broker. His
wife was seriously injured.
The twin-engine plane was en
route from Athens to Cairo when
the worst sandstorm in years
blew up.
Mrs. I’Brien said the pilot first
tried to land at Alexandria, then
Cairo, Ismaila and Port Said. The
airports all were closed, she said,
then the pilot attempt a forced
landing in the marshy Lake Man
zala area miles south of here.
The 18 survivors waited four
hours on the plane wreckage un
til rescue teams arrived.
Mrs. O’Brien said the pilot first
and her husband had visited one
son in the U.S. Army in Germany
and were planning to sail to Jap
an to visit another stationed
there.
Indonesian Troops
Land On Sumatra *
SINGAPORE, iff) — Indonesian
troops have landed in central
Sumatra apparently in an attempt
to crush the revolutionary regime
there, rebel sources said today.
The , American - owned Caltex
Oil Compnn3r toda>' ordered its
producing operations shut down
and evacuated some dependents
of its American employes from
outlying installations.
Rebel leaders said they heard
reports the U.S. 7th Fleet was
standing by to evacuate 600 Am
ericans from the Caltex area, but
a Caltex spokesman said the 31
women and children who arrived
here today would complete pre
sent evacuation plans.
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French Assembly
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Votes to Intensify
War In Algeria
PARIS, UP—Despite deep-seated
parliamentary discontent with
France’s Algerian policy, the Na
tional Assembly voted Friday
night to intensify the war against
the Algerian rebels.
On a vote of confidence in
Premier Felix Gaillard’s govern
ment, the Assembly approved his
revised military budget of 1,300
billion francs (more than three
billion dollars).
The new budget cuts some 95
billion franks (226 million dollars)
from other military needs to in
crease spending in Algeria. With
in the limits of a strained nation
al budget, Gallard told the depu
ties, “we are giving an absolute
priority to the needs of pacifica
tion (in Algeria).” But, he said,
there was no money available for
transfer from non-military bud
gets.
The additional military funds
will be used to add 28,000 troops
to forces conducting the 40-month
war. The additions will bring to
375,000 soldiers and French
ground forces in Algeria, where
another 125,000 airmen and sail
ors are stationed.
Home Arts Club Gives Theater
Parly For Girl Scouts, Brownies
The Home Arts Club which
sponsors Girl Scouting in Nome
had a theater party for the Brow
nies and Girl Scouts last Satur
day. The group enjoyed several
cartoons and a treat of popcorn.
The Nome Scouts are fortunate
to have a sponsoring group who
are interested in providing enter
tainment for them. The club also
help the girl is fund-raising proj
ects.
Marine Transport and
Fighter-Bomber Collide
In Blazing Ball of Fire
NAHA, Okinawa, UFi — A U.S.
Marine transport plane carrying
25 persons and a single-seat Mar
ine fighter-bomber collided Fri
day night as they were prepar
ing to land and plunged into the
ocean as “a ball of fire.”
The planes were an R4Q, th?
Marine version of C-119 Flying
Boxcar, with 19 passengers and a
crew of six, and an AD-5 attack
fighter-bomber. They were re
turning from Operation Strong
back, a U.S.-Philippine amphib
ious maneuver in the Philippines.
The two planes had taken off
from Subic Bay, a U.S. Navy base
west of Manila. The AD-5, which
cruises at about 300 miles an
hour, apparently overtook the
200-mile-an-hour transport dur
ing the 850-mile flight to the U.S.
Navy air station near Naha.
, U.S. ships and planes searching
for possible survivors with the
help of Okinawan police and fish
ermen were hampered by rough
water and reefs in the shallow
sea. i
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