Kelsey Heads New Drug Policing Office
Dr. Frances Kelsey, honored for blocking thalidomide, is named head of a new FDA drug investigating branch. The unit will evaluate and monitor proposed human tests and oversee reports from firms seeking to test drugs on people, with a salary increase to 16485 a year.
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Washington
Frances
Kelsey
Kennedy
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Food and Drug Administration
Europe
Congress
Red Brick Inn Opens New Year's Eve Event
The Red Brick Inn hosts a New Year’s Eve gathering from 4 30 P M to 7 00 P M with planned activities and refreshments for guests.
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Red Brick Inn
Tunisians Demand Death In Slaying Plot
Tens of thousands of Tunisians demonstrated in Tunis calling for execution of members of a band accused of planning to assassinate President Habib Bourguiba. The protests followed news that Bourguiba would stay indoors due to fatigue after the plot was uncovered.
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Tunis
Habib Bourguiba
Bourguiba
County Surveyor Samuel Brownsten Dies in Indiana
Samuel E. Brownsten 71 longtime Lake County surveyor since 1946 died Friday after a long illness. He was a chief designer for the Gary works of United States Steel Corp.
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Hammond, Ind
Samuel E. Brownsten
Lake County
Brownsten
Gary Works
US. Steel Corp
Cuban Radio Attacks Kennedy Over Invasion Leaders Meeting
Cuban government controlled media denounces President Kennedy for honoring ransomed Cuban prisoners and invasion leaders. Radio and Hoy editorialize that Kennedy violated UN principles and committed a new act of war. Castro to address mass rally Jan 2 marking the revolution anniversary.
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Miami
UPI
Radio
Communist Press of
Cuba
Kennedy
United Nations
Fidel Castro
Hoy
Havana
Palm Beach
Orange Bowl
United States
Hay
1961 US Fire Deaths and Loss Reach Record Levels
About 11,700 people died in 2,190,000 fires across the United States in 1961. Property losses reached $1.526 billion, up from 1960 in deaths but down in overall property value, with 350 more fatalities than the previous year.
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Chicago
United States
Auto duration compared to 1925 doubles life of vehicles
The report states that average vehicle life before scrapping now doubles the 1925 figure and accumulated mileage has quadrupled, indicating longer use and greater wear across the fleet.
Evangelist Weeks to Speak at First Church Nazarene
The Rev James A Weeks of Cincinnati Ohio an evangelist in the Church of the Nazarene and a local congregation member will speak at First Church of the Nazarene 23rd and Jackson Streets Sunday at 1030 am and 7 pm Weeks recently returned from Beirut Lebanon where he served as executive secretary of the American Bible Society in the Near East He has served as pastor and evangelist in the Church of the Nazarene and is a graduate of Olivet Nazarene College Kankakee Island Nazarene Theological Seminary Kansas City Missouri Weeks and his wife who is Johns Wifes sister will accompany him and present special music in the services.
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James A. Weeks
Cincinnati
Ohio
Church of the Nazarene
23Rd
Jackson Sts
Weeks
Beirut
Lebanon
American Bible Society
Near East
Olivet Nazarene College
Kankakee
Island
UW Researchers Find Homocystine in Retarded Child
Madison based doctors Harry Waisman and Theo Gerritsen report isolating homocystine, a sulfa containing amino acid, in a mentally retarded child. They say the metabolic block may reflect a genetic disorder and stress the need for early detection and dietary management.
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Madison, Wis
UPI
University of Wisconsin
Harry Waisman
Theo Gerritsen
Youth Admits Slaying Of Franklin Motorist
INDIANAPOLIS AP a 19 year old sailor admitted killing Franklin motorist James H Smith 23 last July and led police to the place where he tossed the gun into the White River He waived a preliminary hearing in Noblesville and was bound over to the Hamilton County grand jury. LA PORTE Ind UPI Hiram A Lindgren 87 longtime publisher of the Herald Argus died at home of a heart seizure.
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Indianapolis
White River
Gary Bardon
LA Porte
Ind
UPI
Hiram A. Lindgren
Herald-Argus
African Group Organizes For Killing Whites
A terrorist cell named Pogo has emerged in South Africa vowing to kill whites. Testimony at a Paarl inquiry describes Pogo’s secret, all male operations, links to the banned Pan-Africanist Congress, and plans to take over by 1963 while violence against whites and perceived white collaborators escalates.
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PAARL
South Africa
Pan - Africanist Congress
Supreme Court
Pogo
Poggo
S. I. Sauerman
Security Police
Charles R. Swart
U S Arms To Reach India In January
U S Ambassador John Kenneth Galbraith said two ships carrying American arms will arrive in India on January 4 and January 8. The announcement followed reports of a large Red Chinese military buildup in Tibet and came at a Calcutta press conference.
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New Delhi
India
U.S
John Kenneth Galbraith
Tibet
Galbraith
Calcutta
United States
Banana Dock Clash Halts Talks as ILA Pickets Continue
Negotiations resumed after violence at Galveston docks where an independent longshoreman was shot in the leg amid ILA picketing. Wirtz urged focus on wages and contract length, with shippers offering a nine cent hourly raise for one year while ILA seeks a two year deal and 40 cents total. Police and Texas Rangers kept violence in check as the standstill persisted.
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Wirtz
ILA
Galveston
Tex
Texas Rangers
Donald Markle
Robert L. James
Ben Klein
James
Independent Union
ILA Pickets Halt Ship Crossing As Talks Continue
ILA opponents warned crossing lines was unsafe while Teddy Gleason welcomed renewed talks called by Wirtz. The dispute focuses on cutting ship work gangs from 20 to 17, with the ILA resisting automation that could imperil about 5000 jobs.
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ILA
Thomas W
Teddy) Gleason
Union
Wirtz
Gleason
Elmer C. Ewing 65 Dies in Mercy Hospital
Elmer C. Ewing age 65 of 2412 South B street Elwood died at Mercy Hospital last evening at 745 after an illness of two years. He was born December 27 1897 in Elwood to Grant and Della Ewing. He was a member of the Pilgrim Holiness Church. He recently retired from Guide Lamp Division. previously employed by Carnegie Steel. Surviving are his widow Leona Wilds Ewing married March 28 1919 two sons Ralph of Jonesboro and Elmer Jr of Alexandria three daughters Mrs Ned Davenport Anderson Mrs Mary Miles Akron Ind and Mrs Virginia Durham Elwood one brother Raymond Kokomo three sisters Mrs Gladys Goins Kokomo Miss Grace Ewing New Castle Mrs Minnie Fellows Elwood 11 grandchildren and one great grandchild. The body is at Clark Chapel pending calling hours after 7 pm today then will be taken to the Pilgrim Holiness Church at noon Monday for a 2 pm funeral conducted by Rev R W Wooten. Burial will be in Elwood City Cemetery.
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Elmer C. Ewing
S. B. St
Elwood
Mercy Hospital
Grant
Della Ewing
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Ewing
Guide Lamp Division
Carnegie Steel Corporation
Leona Wilds Ewing
Ralph
Jonesboro
Elmer, Jr
Alexandria
Ned Davenport
Anderson
Mary Miles
Akron
Ind
Virginia Durham
Raymond
Kokomo
Gladys Goins
Grace Ewing
New Castle
Minnie Fellows
Clark Chapel
R. W. Wooten
Elwood City Cemetery
Skybolt Debacle Faces Congressional Probes And British Uproar
Senators Symington and Vinson urge investigations into the Skybolt program as the Pentagon denies a continued study. The Air Force test at Cape Canaveral followed four prior failures, while Britain shifts to Polaris and faces Tory party resistance after Nasau talks.
New Year Traffic Toll Forecastes Shocking
A safety council warned 1961 New Year traffic deaths may surpass 40 000 amid a four day Christmas toll of 645. States and cities planned intensified policing, intoximeter use, floating roadblocks, breathalyzer availability, and offers of coffee to deter drunks. Railways added coaches and special trains for travelers avoiding highways to the Rose Bowl crowd.
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Safety Council
Pennsylvania
San Francisco
Pittsburgh
Joseph M. Barr
Allegheny County Medical Society
New Jersey Turnpike
New York Thruway
Indiana Toll Road
Illinois Tollways
Chicago Skyway
New York City
Georgia
New York Central
Chicago
Atlantic Coast
Los Angeles
Santa Fe Railroad
Fire Kills Four Children In Trailer Blaze Near Marion
Mrs Dorothy Spencer and neighbor ran to the Laypoole trailer after smoke appeared from an overheated heater. They saved two boys but both died at Marion General Hospital. The fire destroyed the trailer before firefighters arrived. The 26 year old father, at Fisher Body plant, was hospitalized for shock. Authorities cite oil heater carburetor overflow as the fire cause.
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Dorothy Spencer
Laypoole
Marion General Hospital
Fisher Body
Former Area Man Jesse Hasty Dies in Washington DC
Jesse F Hasty 64 died Friday in Washington DC. He was brother to Mrs Willard Makepeace and Mrs William Clifford of Grand Rapids Michigan and half brother Leon Hasty of Detroit Michigan. Interment Monday in the national capital. He served in four military branches and worked last with the Washington DC police before retirement. His boyhood tied Chesterfield and Anderson.
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Washington, D.C
Chesterfield
Anderson
UN Troops Move to Restore Order in Elisabethville
UN forces ordered to take all necessary action in self defense as Elisabethville is sealed off. Civilians are flown out to Leopoldville, raising fears of jungle guerrilla fighting if Katangese leaders flee. Crisis began in August 1960 after Congo independence. UN Security Council sought peaceful resolution amid two battles in 1961.
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New York
U.N
Leopoldville
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Congo
U.N. Security Council
Holdup Suspects Named On Page
McCord told officers he was confronted by a six foot younger man who threatened him with a gun and demanded the money he was carrying from his car into the store. The large amount was to have been used partially for cashing payroll checks.
Hunting Wound Fatal Near Terre Haute
Dean N. Brewster 31 of Marshall Illinois died in a Terre Haute hospital after a Christmas Day hunting accident on their parents farm near Marshall. His brother James of Edinburg Indiana slipped and discharged his gun striking Dean in the chest.
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Terre Haute, Ind
Dean N. Brewster
Rt. 4
Marshall
Ill
James
Edinburg
Ind
Dean
Plastics 94 Years Old Akron Innovation Highlight
Akron observers note that since the first commercial plastic was developed 94 years ago more than 25 basic plastics have been synthetically compounded marking a long evolution in polymer science.
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Akron
Ohio
Deaths In Madison And Nearby Counties
Mamia E Goudy 57 of Rt 1 Shirley died at home. Born Kennard April 1 1905 daughter of Verle Bolen. Survived by husband John three daughters Lois Kendall Pendleton Betty Wooten Anna Lee Davis a son Tommy Goudy two sisters Opal Cross Lucille Barnes two brothers Guy Bolen Markleville Oscar Bolen Osceola and 14 grandchildren. Funeral at Condo and Sons Wilkerson 2 p.m Sunday burial Mechanicsburg Cemetery.
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Shirley
Mamia E. Goudy
John Goudy
Kennard
Verle Bolen
Henry County
Lois Kendall
New Castle
Betty Wooten
Anna Lee Davis
Pendleton
Tommy Goudy
Chicago
Opal Cross
Elkhart
Lucille Barnes
Toledo
Guy Bolen
Rt. 1
Markleville
Oscar Bolen
Osceola
Condo and Sons
Wilkinson
Mechanicsburg
Middletown Tool Maker Frank H Myers Dies at 61
Frank H Myers 61 of Rt 1 Middletown and Delco Remy tool maker for 35 years died Wednesday after a two year illness. Survived by widow Mary, daughters Betty Lemon Patricia Huffman Jane Whipple, son John, stepchildren Barbara McCord Ralph Vaught, sister Mary Myers, five grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral at Harold E Rozelle Funeral Home at 10 a.m. today with burial at Anderson Memorial Park Cemetery.
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Middletown
Frank H. Myers
Rt. 1
Delco-Remy
Anderson
Mary Myers
Betty Lemon
Patricia Huffman
Jane Whipple
West Palm Beach
Fla
John Myers
Barbara McCord
Alexandria
Ralp Vaught
Walter Bricker dies at 72 in Madison State Hospital
Walter Bricker 72 of Rt 1 farmer and longtime Anderson resident died yesterday at Madison State Hospital where he had been a patient since November 20. Born September 10 1890 in Madison County he was the son of George Ida Cannon Bricker. Survived by widow Alta May Bricker daughter Eloise Wisehart two sons Frederick and Very four sisters and a brother funeral by Condo and Son Funeral Home Wilkinson arrangements incomplete.
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Wilkinson
Walter Bricker
Rt. 1
Madison State Hospital
Madison
Madison County
George Ida Cannon Bricker
Alta May Bricker
Eloise Wisehart
Shirley
Frederick
Willow Branch
Very
Lancaster
Bertha Needler
Ethel Huffman
Gladys Keesling
Anderson
Mabel Bricker
Fair Dealing
Condo and Son Funeral Home
Elmer H Stage and Rachel Rayl rites scheduled
Elmer H Stage 79 died Thursday and funeral services set for today at 3 p.m. at Evans Godby Trout Funeral Home Noblesville with burial in Crownland Cemetery Noblesville. Rachel R Rayl 55 Sears Roebuck employee died Thursday funeral 1:30 p.m. Cornell Bright Funeral Home Anderson with burial Summit Lawn Cemetery Westfield.
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Rachel H. Rayl Pendleton
Rachel R. Rayl
Sears Roebuck Co
Cornell Bright
George Taggart
First Presbyterian Church
Anderson
Summit Lawn Cemetery
Westfield
Frank Baldwin 82 to be buried in Chesterfield after services
Last rites for Frank Baldwin 82 of 626 Was binder Drive a retired carpenter who died Thursday will be held at 2 p.m. today at the Polhemus and Shirey Funeral Home Daleville with Rev. Phil Mc Laughlin and Rev. Henry Patterson conducting. Burial is in Bronnenberg Cemetery Chesterfield.
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Frank Baldwin Chesterfield
Frank Baldwin
Wasbinder Drive
Polhemus and Shirey
Daleville
Phil McLaughlin
Anderson Baptist Temple
Henry Patterson
Chesterfield Free Will Baptist Church
Bronnenberg Cemetery
Chesterfield
Basil Ice funeral services set for 2 at Ewing
Funeral services for Basil R. Ice age 70 who died Thursday will be held at the Ewing Funeral Home at 2 o clock Friday with burial to follow in Summitville. The service will be conducted by Reverend Smith. Friends may call at the funeral home tonight.
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Basil Ice
Summitville
Basil R. Ice
Ewing
Celia Anderson 89 Dies. Funeral Planned in City Church
Friends of Celia Anderson, 89, of 1908 Madison Ave., will receive after 4 p m Sunday at Underwood and Brooks Memorial Chapel. Funeral service set for 10 a m Monday conducted by Rev. James Menifee of Zion Baptist Church. Burial in East Maplewood Cemetery.
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Celia Anderson
Madison Ave
Underwood and Brooks Memorial
James Menifee
Zion Baptist Church
East Maplewood Cemetery
William Caplinger Rites Held at Sells and Rowe
Last rites for William Bill Caplinger 345 W 7th St take place at 2 p m Saturday at Sells and Rowe Funeral Home conducted by Rev Stewart Webber of Belmont Bible Church. Interment in Memorial Park Cemetery.
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William
Bill) Caplinger
7Th St
Sells and Rowe Funeral Home
Stewart Webber
Belmont Bible Church
Memorial Park Cemetery
Wreck Of Missing Seaplane Sighted
Wreckage sighted 75 miles west of Guadalupe Island off Baja California identified as missing twin engine seaplane with 13 men aboard. Navy official said life jackets floats and helmets found but no survivors.
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San Diego
Calif
UPS
Guadalupe Island
Baja California
Mexico
Navy
Cmdr
Gaylord 5
Hill
Pacific Fleet Naval Air Force
Suit Seeks To Halt Gary Sewer Project
Northwest Indiana Crime Commission members filed in Lake County Circuit Court for an injunction to stop a Gary sewer expansion costing 10 million dollars. They base the suit on evidence from former Gary Mayor George Chacharis trial linking construction companies to the project.
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Gary, Ind
UPI
Northwest Indiana Crime Commission
Lake County
Gary
George Chacharis
Chacharis
Wall Collapse Buries Five at Maryland Shopping Center
At Greenbelt Maryland five workmen died and eleven were injured when earth from a retaining wall collapse at an excavation site. Rescue crews from ten fire companies worked into the night to free possible trapped workers as a crane operator said the wall fell without warning, engulfing them in red clay.
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Greenbelt
UPI
Shelled Corn Nearly Buries Indiana Man
SWAYZEE Ind AP a part time grain mill employee spent 45 minutes buried to his chest in shelled corn before firemen pulled him free Friday Robert Scar 35 Marion was helping unclog equipment at the Thomas Milling Company at Sims when a metal platform collapsed dropping him 15 feet below the mill owner Addis Thomas said the worker could have suffocated if trapped longer
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Swayzee
Ind
Robert Scar
Marion
Thomas Milling Company
Sims
Addis Thomas
UN Command Denies U2 Flight Charge
The United Nations Command rejected as without any basis in fact a Communist charge that an American U2 plane violated North Korean air space early this month at Panmunjom Korea.
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Panmunjom
Korea
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