Maasdam Strikes Wrecks. Passengers and Crew Evacuated
The Dutch liner Maasdam, with 230 passengers and about 270 crew aboard, listed after ramming two underwater wrecks near the Weser mouth in fog. Lifeboats saved all but one steward. most were ashore as tugs towed the damaged ship. The voyage to New York may be postponed.
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Germany
Maasdam
Weser
A. H. Lagaay
West Germany
United States
Holland-America Line
Rotterdam
Bremen
New York
Harborough
Wester River
Holland-American Lines
Latin American
U. S
Hemisphere
Harriman May Be Raised In Office
President Kennedy weighs moving Averell Harriman from assistant secretary for Far Eastern affairs to undersecretary for political affairs. McGhee would leave to become an ambassador as Harriman would join Rusk Ball in the State Department hierarchy.
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Harriman
Washington
Kennedy
State Department
Averell Harriman
George C. McGhee
Kannady
Asumuuemy Lve
Gsdisuilicil
McGhee
Dean Rusk
George W. Ball
Chester Bowles
Policy Planning Council
Turkey
Near East
Southern Asia
Africa
Far East
Walter C. McConaughy
Keating Denies Pentagon Surveillance Reports
Sen. Kenneth Keating of New York says reports he is under Defense Department surveillance have reached him from several sources. A Pentagon spokesman calls the reports too fantastic for comment, while Keating notes his Cuba related information has drawn government scrutiny.
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Washington
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N.y
Defense Department
Keating
Cuba
Pentagon
United States
Guilty Plea Entered in Russell County Murder Case
Otto Jeff Gibson 20 of Kingsport Tennessee pleaded guilty in Russell County Circuit Court to a murder charge connected with the December 28 beating death of 78 year old farmer R B Porter near Lebanon Virginia. Fred Gibson 35 is scheduled for trial March 4 and is detained at Abingdon Virginia. Porter died January 2 in a Bluefield West Virginia hospital after the rural robbery at his farm home.
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Lebanon
Otto Jeff Gibson
Kingsport
Tenn
Russell County
Gibson
Fred
Near Here
R. B. Porter
Otto
Raymond J. Boyd
Boyd
Fred Gibson
Abingdon
Porter
Bluefield
W. Va
Here
Syncom Lost In Space Prompting Backup Launch Plan
Syncom the communications satellite remains lost in space as NASA and contractors plan a second launch from Cape Canaveral. A Delta rocket successfully placed Syncom into a highly elliptical orbit before a solid-fuel stage ignited after liftoff and cut radio contact. Officials aim to locate the problem and hope to launch the backup payload within weeks.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Delta
Ankle Deep In Beer In Glasgow Saloon
Glasgow bar workers found their cellar ankle deep in beer after a cold siege caused freezing and bottle cracking. The thaw released the spilled beer flooding the cellar area.
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Glasgow
Scotland
West Virginia considers 21 weeks of daylight saving time
Gov Barron could sign a bill to extend daylight saving time to 21 weeks from late April to late September affecting all schools, state agencies, and subdivisions. The House approved immediate effect 71 18, Senate 60 37, with final passage last week 16 15 in the Senate. The measure lacks a clock change mandate for individuals. Khrushchev ties USSR and China in common struggle against capitalism at a Laos party event.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Barron
House
Senate
Panhandles
House Labor and Industry Committee
Caribbean hijacked freighter eludes patrols as Cuba option eyed
The hijacked Venezuelan freighter evades ships and planes in the Caribbean while Communist factions push to use it against the anti Communist Venezuelan president. U S Navy blocks Cuba approaches as possible asylum is offered to the pirates.
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Caribbean
Venezuela
U. S. Navy
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Mexico
Defense Department
United States
Iraq Promises Freedom for Politicos Except Communists
Baghdad reports the revolutionary government pledges to restore political freedom for parties not aligned with the regime while pursuing trials for Kassem loyalists. Jawad notes negotiations with IPC on oil agreements and a revised agrarian reform, amid Kurdish rebellion and arrests of Agrarian Reform Ministry members.
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Iraq
Hazem Jawad
Revolutionary Council
Abdel Karim Kassem
Kassem
Jawad
Iraq Petroleum Co
IPC
HIPC
Baghdad Radio
Agrarian Reform Ministry
Inside Abby and Other Local Columns
Fragmentary listing page items note sections such as Movies Classified Society Comics Sports Crosswords Stocks Editorials TV Weather and local features. Readers glimpse brief headings and partial references to area topics and recurring columns.
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Abby
Graham
Princeton
Sei Goren
Hijacked Venezuelan freighter sought in Caribbean chase
U S Navy ships and planes hunted the Anzoategui after rebels seized the freighter en route to the United States. Venezuelan and U S authorities reported no clear sighting despite a vast search across the southern Caribbean.
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Washington
State Department
Cuba
U.S. Navy
Anzoategui
United States
Pentagon
U.S
Caribbean
Venezuela
West Indies
Caracas
Flu Epidemic Spreads West Across States
Influenza of Asian type spreading from Atlantic Coast states to five states including New York Maryland North Carolina Kansas and Michigan with cases at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station near Chicago. Unconfirmed reports in Kentucky Ohio and West Virginia suggest further westward spread.
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New York
Maryland
North Carolina
Kansas
Michigan
District of Columbia
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Kentucky
Oho
West Virginia
University of Michigan
Robeson County
Virginia
Delaware
Illinois
Georgia
Marine
Vermont
South Carolina
Massachusetts
Ohio
Warmer Trend Is Due Today in West Virginia
West Virginia eyes a warming trend after a night of near zero readings. Highs in the 20s forecast as cloudiness increases. A death in Wayne County linked to the cold followed a slip on icy steps. Mrs. Goldie Mae Long, 42, was found at the foot of her home stairs after freezing injuries and possible crawl effort.
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West Virginia
Weather Bureau
Bluefield
Martinsburg
Parkersburg
Huntington
Wheeling
Charleston
Elkins
Morgantown
Wayne County
Goldie Mae
Long
Huntington City
Women Push Durban Council To Ban Bikini Attire
In Durban South Africa women's groups urged the city council to prohibit girls wearing bikinis in public. The drive reflects local attitudes toward modest dress in the resort city with organized advocacy pushing for street curbs on swimwear.
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Durban
South Africa
Indian Ocean
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