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...hurricane, after hurling 140-m.p.h. winds and massive tides into the Bahamas, blew into the southern tip of Florida, where thousands of tourists and residents fled inland. Winds and the highest tides to hit the state since 1926 flooded buildings, ruined crops, disrupted utility services, splintered boats and shattered waterfronts. In a brave attempt to keep guests from fleeing, luxury hotels in soaked Miami Beach threw cheer-up parties...
...miles south of coastal Chu Lai-and a suspected supply base for guerrillas operating in the area. At dawn of Piranha's first day, big naval guns pounded Batangan's beaches from offshore. Then an American amphibious force slipped ashore, while Vietnamese marines and army troops helicoptered inland to close the trap, and a U.S. Marine unit choppered down atop Batangan's commanding 660-ft.-high hill...
Ever since the days of the Roman Empire, Europe has depended heavily on inland waterways as vital arteries for its economic lifeblood. West Germany's arteries pump the hardest. Along the country's 2,789 miles of navigable rivers and canals last year flowed 184 million tons of goods and raw materials, 27% of the country's total freight traffic. Germany's 7,600 barges carry more total tonnage than those of any other European country (though the neighboring Netherlands transports 66% of its internal commerce by water). This week in Hannover, Federal Transport Minister Hans...
...Boegner home rather than formally recalling him, the general avoided an outright break in diplomatic relations that would have signaled the end of the Common Market. French officials continued last week to attend technical EEC sessions hammering out the implementation of previously approved business like pig-meat subsidies and inland-waterway rates. Still, so complex have the Six's economic ties become that De Gaulle's veto on any new business has the effect of slowly strangling the Community. With the summer holidays approaching, there was little likelihood of negotiating an end to the crisis until after...
...Francisco International, Kimes decided to head instead for Travis Air Force Base, some 40 miles to the southwest, which had a longer runway (11,000 ft. v. 9,700 ft. at San Francisco International). As gently as possible, he put the plane into a right turn and headed inland over Golden Gate Bridge. For the first time since takeoff ("I waited until I was fairly sure we could stay in the air"), Kimes spoke to his passengers over the plane's intercom system. Said he: "We have a minor problem, ladies and gentlemen. Well, maybe...