Atlantic Coast Storm Damages Hit Billions In Losses
Disaster zones declared across six states as storms cause at least 35 deaths and damages estimated well over 165 million dollars. Federal aid, loans, and potential grants awaited from Kennedy administration to repair roads, bridges, schools, and facilities.
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New Jersey
Delaware
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
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34 Rescued From Severed Tanker Gem
A luxury liner and a Navy destroyer near Portsmouth Va. carried 34 crew members from the tanker Gem after it split in two in heavy Atlantic seas. One offier was lost. seven others including the captain were rescued by the Victoria while 27 from the stern were saved by the Stribling.
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Stribling
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Mayport
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Virginia
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Northampton
Chun Lee
Chesapeake
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Cherokee
House Kills Plan to Add Three Seats in House
The House rejected a bill to raise membership from 435 to 438, sending it to committee. The measure would have granted Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Missouri an extra seat per 1960 census figures, but loss of support and an amendment on state redistricting doomed the plan. Speaker McCormack withdrew support amid concerns over forcing statewide races in three states.
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House
Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Missouri
John W. McCormack
Francis E. Walter
Dpa
Walter
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Ivor D. Fenton
Fenton
New Hampshire Eyes Streamlined Legislature Study
The Council of State Governments will study New Hampshire's legislative process with Gov. Wesley Powell as president. House Speaker Stewart Lamprey says the aim is to shorten procedures and avoid a 25 hour final night session to attract more candidates.
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N.H
Council of State Governments
Gov. Wesley Powell
New Hampshire
House
Stewart Lamprey
Lamprey
Fire destroys Barre shop in Vermont garage blaze
A general alarm fire gutted the paint shop of a Barre used car garage, destroying a $3,000 boat and one car while damaging three other vehicles. The blaze damaged roof and walls but stayed confined to the rear. smoke and water damaged an adjacent office. Cause undetermined. State Fire Marshal to investigate.
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Barre, Vt
Barre
Mine Blast Kills Thirty In Germany
In Heessen Germany a coal mine explosion killed 30 miners and injured 8 in the Sachsen Mine near the Ruhr Valley. The blast occurred in a horizontal tunnel over 3000 feet underground and likely ignited methane gas. Most workers were not harmed as skeleton night crews were on duty.
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Heessen
Ruhr
Sachsen
Luisenthal
Saarland
Mrs. Mahoney Murder Trial Heads to Jury Deliberation
An Addison County jury retires to decide the fate of Mrs. Charlotte Mahoney 36 of St. Albans in a first degree murder case over the rifle slaying of her husband Attorney General Charles J. Adams. Defense and prosecution closed their arguments as Superior Judge Natt Divoll Jr charged the panel.
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Addison County
Charlotte Mahoney
St. Albans
Charles J. Adams
Joseph Wool
Natt Divoll Jr
Rockefeller Lashes Defeatism as Kennedy Popularity Grows
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller denounces Republican defeatist talk amid strong Kennedy polling. He cites GOP gains since 1960 and urges Republicans to resist “self defeating” psychology at a Maine Lincoln Day event with Sen. Margaret Chase Smith and party leaders.
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New York
Maine
John R. Reed
Chief Poolaw
Penobscot Valley Reservation
Rockefeller
Portland
Margaret Chase Smith
Peru town recalls 51 years with retiring clerk
Mrs. Mabel E. Whitney, 83, retires after 51 years as Peru town clerk joining a Vermont record for longevity. She helped prepare the grand list and served in many roles in the 200 resident town high in the Green Mountains. Continued on Page 5.
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Peru
Mabel E. Whitney
Whitney
Resch
Mrs Kennedy Heads 20 Day Tour to Italy India Pakistan Britain
Mrs John F Kennedy departs by plane for a 20 day tour to Italy India Pakistan and Britain. She stays at the Carlyle Hotel with sister Princess Lee Radziwill and will visit Rome to meet Pope John XXIII and President Gronchi before continuing to India and Pakistan then London. Pierre Salinger says she pays her own travel costs for her and her sister. government costs for others are not answered. The trip uses commercial and charter planes.
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John F. Kennedy
Italy
India
Pakistan
Britain
Carlyle Hotel
Lee Radziwill
London
Kennedy
Washington
Secret Service
la Guardia
Western Farm Crops Best in Years Says Weather Mixed
Winter brought snow and floods but western farmers saw benefits from moisture and a slower melt. Texas suffered severe citrus losses and fruit tree damage while California and Arizona fared better. Colorado forecasts a wheat crop around 54 million bushels as 1961 figures stand.
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Texas
California
Los Angeles County Agriculture
Kenneth L. Woolf
Arizona
Florida
Wyoming
U.S. Crop and Livestock Reporting Service
Montana
Oklahoma
New New Mexico
Colorado
Wreckage Found of U S Plane Near Alencon France
Wreckage of a U S Air Force four engine transport with 12 crew members was found in heavy woods near Alencon France. French police reported no survivors. The plane disappeared Thursday and the cause remains unknown.
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Alencon
France
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