Erie Man Dies Under Huge Chunk Of Ice
Erie man Joseph Madia died when about 500 pounds of ice fell from a gutter spout he was cleaning at his apartment house. Coroner Merle Wood said the victim likely suffocated after four hours under the ice. He suffered a fractured right leg and minor chest injuries. Madia, employed at Erie Forge and Steel Co., began clearing ice at 10 a.m. before relocating his ladder. his wife Mary found the ice pile later and learned of his disappearance. Frank and Jo an Alessi discovered the body after spotting a hat and a leg under the debris. Emergency crews freed him and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
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Frank Alessi
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Joan Alessi
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30 Killed In Train Crash Near Belgrade Station
A crowded commuter train from Pojnevac collided with a stationary passenger train at Jasjeni station nine miles south of Belgrade. At least 30 died and over 100 were injured with toll possibly rising as hospitals called for blood donations. Most victims were from the crowded commuter train.
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Mummers Parade Opens Under Heavy Police Guard
The 64th annual Mummers Parade in Philadelphia was heavily policed to enforce bans on blackface makeup and to deter potential civil rights demonstrations. About 2,000 officers lined Broad Street for the six mile procession, with 12,000 to 15,000 marchers and more than a million spectators expected. The injunctions barred minstrel makeup and protests, amid warnings that violence could erupt if demonstrations occurred.
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Berliners End Holiday East Visit Wave At Wall
Berliners pressed through the wall as East and West authorities prepared for new talks after the holiday cross ings. By noon about 100000 West Berliners had entered the East sector while officials predicted a record 200000 visitors for the day. Negotiations to reopen visits were urged by both sides as the wall mi ght close Sunday under the current agreement. Walter Ulbricht called for broad East West accords as U.S., British and French support urged talks within defined limits. The massive flow followed the December 19 start of the holiday allowances and ended with the wall set to close at midnight Sunday.
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Inside Today How the cig wave said goodbye in 1963
A page six review of the week covers five items including council action, a New Year’s baby arriving a day late, receipt of an advance copy of The Torch is Passed, and a heavy snow. The column reflects on the old year and the new.
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Rights Groups Plan Massive Protests in Atlanta
Representatives of nine civil rights organizations voted to stage massive street demonstrations to oppose segregation in Atlanta. The groups formed the Atlanta Summit Leadership Conference last October to pursue desegregation through negotiation, holding talks with city officials and business leaders. Clarence Coleman of the National Urban League criticized the lack of positive response from white community leaders.
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Clarence Coleman
National Urban League
Cyprus Leader Seeks London Conference On Cyprus Independence
Archbishop Makarios, president of Cyprus, urged the upcoming London conference to end foreign intervention and Turkey’s special role on the island. He pledged a peaceful path to a truly independent state, even if talks fail, and agreed with Turkish Cypriot vice president Dr Fail Kutthuk to appoint representatives to engagement with British officials and Duncan Sandys.
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Pope Paul VI Lands in Holy Land on Pilgrimage
Pope Paul VI arrived in Amman to begin a three day pilgrimage visiting Jordan and Israel. The 66 year old pontiff was greeted by King Hussein at the airport as jets and a 21 gun salute marked the historic first papal air trip. Security was tight along the motorcade route through biblical countryside toward Jerusalem.
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Traffic Deaths Up 11 Per Cent In State
Unofficial 1963 figures from the Traffic Safety Bureau show Pennsylvania deaths rising 11 percent while registrations grew four percent. The bureau says auto deaths totaled 1,07 that year, compared with 1,625 in 1982, with total mileage up about one billion miles. Official numbers expected by January 16.
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Lindsay Crosby Fined for Reckless Driving in Palm Springs
Lindsay Crosby, 25, son of Bing Crosby, was fined 250 in Palm Springs California for reckless driving. A Crom rail attorney entered a plea for his absent client with unclear details in the report.
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Calif
Bing Crosby
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Yea Iedee Iy
Manipal Corte
Will Taxpayers Foot Freight On Wheat Sold To Reds
Washington AP reports it is unclear if American taxpayers will cover freight on a $74.5 million wheat sale to the Soviet Union. The deal includes about $26 million in export subsidies, raising questions whether subsidy funds cover transport costs. The sale, coordinated by Continental Grain Co, values U.S. grain at about $90 million at ports, with the USSR paying roughly $88.5 million on delivery.
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Soviet Union
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Continental Grain Co
New York
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Jas
Khrushchev Relaxes as Proposals Ping World Powers
Premier Khrushchev relaxed at a northern Poland hunting lodge while world leaders digest his proposal for a force-free settlement of territorial disputes. No official word on talks with Polish Communist chief Gomulka and others. Western observers in Moscow focus on China Soviet ideological dispute and possible showdown meeting at Beijing.
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Mint eyes higher US coin output to ease shortage
Washington officials announce plans to boost coin production from 2.4 billion to 3 billion coins annually. Mint director Mise Hive Attamy and Treasury Assistant Secretary Robert Wallace present the proposal to National shortage relief.
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Mise Hive Attamy
Mint
Washington
Robert Wallace
Treasury
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Johnson May Raise Overtime Pay Rate To Encourage Hiring
Johnson may shift overtime pay rules to spur hiring as President Johnson weighs a 1965 budget near 100 billion. Wirtz proposed raising time and a half overtime to prompt employers to hire, saying elimination of overtime could create about 919,000 full time jobs. Johnson aims to keep the budget below or near 100 billion while maintaining the lunar program cost up to 40 billion by 1970.
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Austin
Najeeb J. Halaby
Federal Aviation Agency
Auburn U Bars Federal Agents as Negro Signs
Auburn Alabama public safety chief Col. Albert Lingo orders state troopers to bar federal agents from the campus while Harold A. Franklin, the first Negro student, registers under a federal court order. He promises equal treatment and aims to preserve peace as about 10,000 students may be affected.
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Albert Lingo
Justice Department
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Lingo
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Relion
George C. Wallace
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa
Camcus
Negra
Nere
Gas Blast Blamed In Penn a Fire
Beaver Falls fire officials attributed the downtown blaze to a gas explosion believed to have occurred in a furnace under repair in a basement. The fire caused $500,000 in damage to three buildings and injured several firefighters, with nine companies fighting the flames for about five hours.
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Ed Phillips
Evelyn B. Javens
Martin Breit
Providence Hospital
Phillip Plowmaker
The
Red Cross
Ike Heads Drive For Freedom Center Campaign
Former President Dwight D Eisenhower outlined a national fundraising drive for a 7.5 million American freedom center at Valley Forge Pennsylvania. The center would support research study and training in constitutional government for citizens, Eisenhower disclosed yesterday.
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Calif
Dwight D.eisenhower
Eddie Ready To Divorce Liz
The Mexican judge who granted Sybil Burton her divorce says singer Eddie Fisher is expected to start divorce proceedings with Elizabeth Taylor today or Monday at the latest. Burton and Taylor have been secluded at the villa overlooking Puerto Vallarta and could marry by mid month if Estrada's prediction holds. Fisher is not expected to attend the proceedings and Mrs Burton reportedly remained away from comment.
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