Barron to Take Oath Early Sign Tax Bill After Underwood Declines
Gov elect Barron says he will be sworn in 12 hours early to sign the tax bill and raise the sales tax to 3 percent. Outgoing Gov Underwood declines to sign, arguing the measure should wait for the new administration. Barron plans a 12 01 am oath on Jan 16 1961 and will direct Carman to notify retailers of the new law.
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Underwood
Charleston
W. W. Barron
Joe F. Burdett
Burdett
Donald F. Carman
Two Missing After Explosion at Quaker State Refinery
A gasoline fueled fire and explosion at the Quaker State Oil refinery in St. Marys West Virginia left two men missing and presumed dead. Carleton Robey 38 of St. Marys and Clyde Rouse 30 of New Matamoras Ohio were workers in the filter house when the blast occurred. Firefighters from about a dozen communities battled the blaze for about two hours containing it and preventing spread to storage tanks. The main cracking plant collapsed and a bridge was destroyed as tanks and pipes leaked igniting fluids feeding further explosions. Estimated damage later placed near a million dollars.
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W. Va
Quakers State Oil Co
Carleton Robey
Clyde ‘Rouse
New Matamoras
Ohio
Baltimore and Ohio
West Virginia 2
Ohio River
West Virginia
Allott to oppose Robert Kennedy for attorney general
Sen. Gordon Allott Republican of Colorado says he will vote against the confirmation of Robert F. Kennedy as attorney general citing lack of courtroom trial experience. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination without dissent and other Kennedy appointees appear set for confirmation.
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Don Allott
R-Corp
Senate
Robert F. Kennedy
Allott
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Karl E. Mundt
R-S.d
Carl T. Curtis
Midget War Reported Ended In Congo Sector
About 40 Congolese soldiers from Kivu Province retreated from Ruanda Urundi after Belgian helicopter reconnaissance. UN reports say clashes damaged Kisenyi and Kivu civilians fled under fire as Belgium protested to Dag Hammarskjold about indiscriminate mortars and automatic fire.
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Usumbura
Ruanda-Urundi
Kivu
Lake Kivu
Kisenyi
Goma
United Nations
Stanleyville
Patrice Lumumba
Belgium
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Soviets Call Ike Golf Sign of Failure
The Soviet newspaper Izvestia, cited by Moscow radio, says Eisenhower's golf signals failure and predicts the White House will soon have a new master. It argues the current owner will indulge in golf, viewed by many Americans as a symbol of troubled times and defeats.
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London
Izvestia
White House
Eisenhower
Moscow Radio
Dryer blamed in deaths of six in Ohio apartment fire
Henry Palen his wife Rose and their four children perished when a kitchen fire swept through their apartment in Youngstown. Fire chief Julius Torok cited the dryer and a faulty electrical extension cord as the likely causes. Six family members aged 42, 39, 14, 8, 5, and 2 were killed.
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Julius Torok
Campbell
Palen
Michael
Debra
Jerry
Carol Ann
Anti-Violence Steps Taken At Georgia U
Federal state and local officials moved to prevent new violence as two Georgia University of Athens students faced readmission after rock throwing. Clarke County grand jury to hear evidence Monday while state police and city officers prepared for potential unrest.
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University of Georgia
Georgia
FBI
Clarke County Grand Jury
Marshall Pollock
E. E. Hardy
Athens Police
Hardy
Seven Teens Die In Twin Cities Car Crash
A high speed two car crash in Roseville, Minnesota claimed seven lives including four St Paul high school students and a university professor's daughter. Driver Thomas Irish 17 borrowed the car. other occupant Michael Swifka 19 also died. Survivor Guy Marshall 19 died two days after in hospital.
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Thomas Irish
Larry W. Dexter
Ronald Crawford
Michael Olsem
Michael T. Swifka
I.Q
University of Minnesota
Guy Marshall
Cynthia P. Comstock
Marshall
Castro Signals Reconciliation With Washington After Invasion Fears
Castro extends Cuba's invasion alert to Jan. 20 and hints at possible reconciliation with the United States after Kennedy's inauguration. He cites nationalized industries and Guantanamo as leverage, while skepticism grows among Havana crowds. Officials cite secret intelligence as basis for invasion chatter.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Castro
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Guantanamo
United States
Stahr Named Army Secretary in Kennedy Administration
Elvis J. Stahr Jr., president of West Virginia University, was named secretary of the Army by President-elect John F. Kennedy. Stahr will leave Morgantown temporarily, with acting leadership at the university, and prepare for Senate confirmation in Washington. He previously led WVU since 1959 after a career in law and academia.
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Fla
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
West Virginia University
John F. Kennedy
Defense Department
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Soviet Union
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Morgantown
W. Va
Charleston
University Board of Governors
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
McNamara
Washington
Senate Armed Services Committee
University
West Virginia
Kentucky
University of Kentucky
Oxford University
England
New York
North Africa
India
China
University of Kentucky Law School
University of Pittsburgh
Dorothy Holland Berkfield
George Docking
Kansas
Export-Import Bank
Herschel Loveless
Iowa
Robert J. Burkhardt Jr
Titusville
N.J
Red Rocket Mystery In Pacific Stirs U S Briefing
AP reports a rumored Soviet missile or space test near the Pacific remains unclear after an Air Force radar at Shemya Island detected a streaking object. Pentagon later said no further reports. Viktor Bazikin dismissed the claim as invention while Kennedy and Johnson received briefings following Cape Canaveral talks.
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Shemya Island
Alaska
U.S.S.R
Pacific Ocean
Pentagon
Viktor Bazikin
Moscow Planetarium
Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Cape Canaveral
Ex Con Charged in Kidnapping of Heart Suffering Girl
Sheriff's deputies obtained a warrant charging Richard Arlen Lindsey a 30 year old ex convict with kidnapping 6 year old Rose Marie Riddle who has a congenital heart condition. FBI help joined the manhunt after Lindsey was seen near a Shafter farm labor camp an hour before the disappearance. The child was abducted by a man and a woman who offered a dollar for chores.
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Calif
Sheriff's Deputies
FBI
Richard Arlen Lindsey
Shafter Farm
Rose Marie Riddle
California
Everett Riddie
Rose Marie
Eloy
Ariz
Lindsey
Government Acts To Stop Heavy Drain
President Eisenhower barred Americans from hoarding gold abroad and forbade buying foreign gold directly or indirectly. Those with holdings have until June 1 to dispose of them, as the move aims to curb the heavy flow of gold from the United States amid talk of devaluation and a shrinking U.S. gold supply.
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Eisenhower
U. S
United States
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Eisenower
White House
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London
John F. Kenenedy
U.S
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