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Forlorn but dignified, the Plaza Hotel faced the mob. All morning long the radio had been urging every potential truant in New York to show up at 59th Street and Fifth. ("The Beatles are now over Newfoundland; touchdown minus 71 minutes on our Beatles Countdown.") By two o'clock there were 3,000 girl teenagers, 1,000 boy teenagers, and 13 press agents...
...beginning of his planned visit, De Gaulle made it clear that he was coming to see Quebec, more than the nation celebrating its centennial year. Rather than travel first to the federal capital of Ottawa, De Gaulle landed at the French possession of St. Pierre, 15 miles off Newfoundland, and sailed by cruiser up the St. Lawrence River to Quebec City-refusing to fly the Canadian flag as protocol dictates...
...species, is still abundant. Another possibility is the fishing beds off Nova Scotia and Newfound land, where herring runs plentifully and can be used as a substitute for menhaden. In fact, Litton Industries and W. R. Grace see a potential boom in herring, and have teamed up with the Newfoundland government to test new fishing and processing techniques...
...billion development will yield 4,500,000 kw. of power-more than is generated on the Niagara River and three times that of Grand Coulee Dam in Washington. It will flow 700 miles, over the free world's highest voltage (735,000 volts) transmission line, across continental Newfoundland to Quebec's provincially owned utility, Hydro Quebec. Churchill power will not only double the provincial electric output but also perhaps enable the utility company to export a surplus as far south as New York City...
Conceived in 1952 by Newfoundland Premier Joey Smallwood, the Churchill Falls project is named for the late Sir Winston, who quickly gave it his blessing as a "great imperial concept." Smallwood also sold Britain's N. M. Roth schild & Sons on heading a consortium, British Newfoundland Corp., Ltd., to develop it. For the five-year construction job, Brinco expects to hire 5,000 men, fly in 600 million lbs. of equipment and supplies. For a starter, it has already bridged the river above the falls, and built an access road to a townsite and an airfield 10 miles away...