Road Toll Soars As Three Day New Year Observance
Holiday traffic deaths rose during the three day period ending Monday with 39 traffic fatalities 61 in fires and 6 in other accidents totaling 456 by 6 30 p m EST. The rate averaged five or more deaths per hour as travelers faced darkness snow and icy roads in the North. The toll exceeded earlier estimates and compared to past records for similar observances.
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New York State Capitol
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Columbus
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Missouri
Carl Junction
Kasavubu and Kalonji clash as South Kasai standoff erupts
At Bakwanga, Kasavubu refused to acknowledge Kalonji’s troops on the tarmac, prompting a standoff after Kalonji tore down the Congo flag from a waiting limousine. Kalonji asserts autocratic rule over South Kasai, while Kasavubu demands the troops leave before he departs.
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Leopoldville
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Kalonji
Joseph Nealta
Congo
New Courses Offered by Kanawha Adults Education
Kanawha County Schools adult education announces 11 new courses with enrollment from January 10 to January 18. Courses include Beginning Russian Landscaping Audio Visual Equipment Care and Operation Advanced Personnel Supervision Conference Leadership Parliamentary Procedure Small Business Bookkeeping Notehand Refresher Shorthand Cabinet Making and Real Estate.
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Rai
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Kennedy taps McCloy for disarmament leadership amid White House reshuffle
The report notes Kennedy plans to initiate arms control research and shape policy for a disarmament negotiator. Lawrence F. O'Brien will oversee personnel and congressional relations while McCloy resigns as Chase Manhattan Bank chair. McCloy, a Harvard man, has held senior posts from War Department to World Bank and Allied high commissioner in Germany.
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Springfield
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Chase-Manhattan Bank
New York
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Hisenhower
Plannning
Paul H. Nitze
McCloy
United States
Amherst College
Harvard
World Bank
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Germany
Weather and political tensions across regions and nations
A mixed forecast page notes mostly cloudy and cooler conditions for Kentucky and Ohio areas with periods of freezing drizzle in western Pennsylvania. It also references warnings about airlift strength and rising Cold War era tensions tied to Eisenhower and U S military actions amid global communism concerns.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Nashville
Tenn
Tadass Air Command
Virginia
Perth
Hawaii
Japan
Okina- Nepal
Formosa
Philippines
Wednessay
Eisenhower
Baltimore
Andy Creston
Houston
United States
Key West
Miami Beach
Milwauket
Washington
West Virginia Construction Contracts Decline in November
FP W. Dodge Corp reports West Virginia November contracts at 16.97 million, down 15 percent from November 1959. For the first 11 months of 1960 the total reached 311.083 million, a 14 percent drop from the same period in 1959.
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FP W. Dodge Corp
West Virginia
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