Snow Blocks Food Airlift to 500 Refugees in Siskiyou
Snow again blocks a food airlift for the third day isolating about 500 people in the Kla math and Salmon river canyons near the California Oregon border. Officials warn of delays in restoring U S Highway 101 and coordinate multi state relief efforts amid $1 billion in damage.
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California
West Coast
Klamath
Salmon River
Oregon
Frank Dryden
OEP
Salem
Ore
Washington
Idaho
Dryden
Johnson
Willits
Crescent City
Arcata
Agriculture Department
Commodity Credit Corporation
Army Corps of Engineers
Jackson Graham
Graham
Gov
Brown
Need To Change Human Nature Chief Declares
Bluefield Police Chief Bill Winters urged Moral Re-Armament to reform public servants and curb corruption. He cited the Bobby Baker and Jenkins cases and warned that crime rose sharply while society ignores misconduct. He called for action against bribery, accidents, and drunken driving, urging higher standards for officials.
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Bill Winters
Bluefield
Appalachia
Welch
Winters
Chiefs of Police of
West Virginia
Michigan
Maine
Massachusetts
New York
Maryland
Virginia
America
Nation's Traffic Deaths Exceed Korean War Toll
Chicago report shows nationwide traffic fatalities rising to a record high in at least 20 states before Christmas travel. The National Safety Council projects the 1964 toll near 48,000, surpassing Korean War deaths and nearing World War I figures. Officials urge defensive driving as roads grow crowded.
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Chicago
Associated Press
National Safety Council
U.S
Court Order Halts Sudden Rail Strike
The Southern Railways system said a court order will end a firemen’s strike that began Tuesday morning after the railroad ran some yard and freight trains without firemen. The AFL-CIO union claimed 100 percent effectiveness, while the railroad said only some passenger trains were canceled. The company operates over 8,100 miles in 13 states and DC, with about 16,000 employees including 1,200 firemen.
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Southern Railways System
U.S. Dist
J. Robert Elliott
Columbia
Afl-Cio Brotherhood of Locomotive
J. W. Jennings
Jennings
Southern
District of Columbia
Atlanta
Birmingham
New Orleans
Memphis
St. Louis
Chattanooga
Louisville
Greenville
S.C
D. W. Brosnan
Fire destroys furniture section of Bowling Hardware Co
White Sulphur Springs West Virginia damage was estimated at 250000 in a blaze that wiped out the furniture section of Bowling Hardware and Furniture Co The fire chief called the loss conservative and noted it was the worst fire in 35 years The blaze started near the front on the second floor where new mattresses were stored The hardware portion survived with smoke and water damage Fire was discovered by John Bowling Jr one of three brothers who run the firm
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White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Bowling Hardware & Furniture Co
John Justice
Justice
John Bowling Jr
GOP To Work On Recruitment Plan
Virginia Republicans will begin after New Year’s on a statewide precinct recruitment and training program from the Republican National Committee. State GOP chairman Robert J. Corber said the project is called the “MORE program,” standing for Mobilization of Republican Enterprise.
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Richmond
Virginia
Republican National Committee
Robert J. Corber
GOP
Most Of Buffalo Heist Loot In Non Negotiable Checks
Two gunmen robbed Buffalo city treasurer’s office of 299120 tax receipts after assaulting the treasurer. Most of the loot is non negotiable checks, limiting spendable funds and prompting police inquiries.
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Buffalo
N. Y
City Hall
Melvin W. Elliott
Mae D. Wicks
Edith Peiber
Peiber
Brinks Truck Heist Ties Patrons to Paterson Crime Pattern
Three gunmen robbed a Brink's money truck in suburban Norridge after tying up priests at Divine Savior church rectory. They took checks worth about 282,884 and 16,245 in cash, with another 23,000 hidden by a cashier. The plan mirrored a Paterson New Jersey bank series and followed a recent St. Anthony's heist.
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Chicago
Paterson
N.J
Brink's Money
Norridge
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St. Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church
A.S. Genet
Brink
Donald Hoagland
Walter Morris
Divine Savior
Brink's
George Gruber
Father Morris
Richard Burke
Robert Johnston
Johnston
Bernard Gendek
Gendek
Father Burke
Miner James Deskins Killed in Jewell Ridge Mine
A 34 year old miner James Edward Deskins died instantly from head injuries at Ball Brothers Coal Co Jewell Valley Virginia after a rock fall trapped him. He is survived by his wife Agnes Cole Deskins and two children Judy and Gerald Deskins. Funeral arrangements were pending.
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Jewell Valley
James Edward Deskins
Fork Ridge
Farmer Funeral Home
Richlands
Deskins
Agnes Cole Deskins
Judy Deskins
Gerald Deskins
Viet Cong Seize Coastal Town as Refugees Flee
Viet Cong guerrillas captured the coastal town of Binh Ghia housing about 6000 Catholic refugees and held it despite American backed forces assaulting the area. US helicopters were downed and several wounded as air and ground units bombarded Viet Cong emplacements.
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South Viet Nam
U.S
Binh Ghia
Viet Nam
Cap St
Indictments Dropped in Penn Slaying Conspiracy Case
Federal indictments charging six white men with conspiring to injure Negroes in the slaying of Lemuel Penn were dismissed by U S District Judge W A Bootle in Macon Georgia. The six named men were linked by FBI to Klan activity and four faced separate murder charges in state court. The decision cited constitutional questions and potential for appeal to the Supreme Court.
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Macon, Ga
Lemuel Penn
Washington, D.C
Penn
Washington
Ft. Benning
Cecil Myers
Joseph Howard Sims
Denver Willis Phillips
George Hampton Turner
Herbert Guest
James S. Lackey
Lackey
U.S. Dist
W. A. Bootle
U.S. Supreme Court
FBI
Bootle
Teenager arrested in slaying of Hyattsville cab driver
In Washington AP report a 14 year old was charged after the December 2 shooting of Charles Rutherford a Hyattsville MD cab driver and WWII survivor. Rutherford a 4 father and 24 year Army Air Force veteran was found shot in the head at the Howard Road Bryant Place intersection. The boy said he acted on a party dare robbed Rutherford then fled. Police seek the weapon as the teen and his brothers are described.
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Feace
Charles G. Rutherford
Army
Air Force
Howard Road
Bryant Place
Talbert Street
Rutherford
Steel Mill Painter Falls 70 Feet to Death
Steubenville reports a 24 year old painter from Bellaire died after a 70 foot fall at a steel mill under construction in Mingo Junction. Alexander Pamphilis suffered a fractured skull and internal injuries four hours after the fall. He worked for P. N. Spanos Co. of Wheeling and the site was being built for Wheeling Steel Corporation.
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Steubenville
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