FrontLines: Novembers Past
FrontLines - November 2009
1969: The Nov. 19 issue
of FrontLines noted that
the Agency had donated
16,500 tons of wheat
flour to Korea following
a grain shortage resulting
from extreme flooding
in the country’s southern
provinces. In a related aid
shipment, the Agency also
provided 4 million doses
of vaccine in response to
a cholera outbreak in and
around Pusan.
1979: A special bulletin
printed in the Nov. 29
issue of FrontLines noted
that “in the wake of the
Nov. 21 burning of the U.S.
embassy,” non-essential
employees and dependents
were evacuated from
Pakistan. The burning was
prompted by a false rumor
that the United States had
invaded Mecca.
1989: In a front page
article, FrontLines reported
that two USAID Inspector
General auditors died Oct.
22 when the Boeing 727
they had boarded crashed
upon approach to the
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
airport. Robert Hebb and
Rolando Barahona were
returning to Honduras
after a trip to Costa Rica.
FrontLines reported that
a third IG auditor, Eugene
Van Dyke, was critically
injured in the accident
that claimed a total of 131
lives.
1999: In a series of
articles, FrontLines noted
that Oct. 12 marked the
birth of the world’s 6 billionth
person.
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