Airliner collision over New York yields 132 dead
Two commercial jets collided in fog above New York City killing 132 people and leaving one young survivor. The disaster struck Brooklyn and Staten Island, with wreckage across a wide area as firefighters and police combed the rubble for victims.
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Dan Pearce to speak at Decatur Rotary meeting
Mrs. Dan T. Pearce will speak and display her doll collection at a Decatur Rotary Club meeting Monday. The event invites public attendance and features rotating topics from local civic figures.
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Decatur Rotary Club
Kennedy selects brother for attorney general and White as deputy
President elect John F Kennedy announced his cabinet choices from Georgetown. Robert Kennedy will serve as attorney general and Douglas Dillon becomes secretary of the treasury. J Edward Day is a leading candidate for postmaster general while Byron White of Denver named deputy attorney general.
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King Returns as Ethiopian Rebel Bid Fades
Emperor Haile Selassie arrives in Asmara to reclaim authority after a swift coup attempt. Crown Prince Asfa Wassan reportedly stood with his father under duress while loyal forces retook Addis Ababa airfield and the palace. Selassie voices uncertainty over foreign involvement and vows to quash the uprising.
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Sao Paulo
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Danish motorship rescues crew near Cuba from burning freighter National Trader
A Danish motorship reported saving all hands from the Liberian freighter National Trader after a fire in the engine room forced abandonment 37 miles off Cuba. The Gunhill Torm picked up crew and stood by the sinking ship as a 95 foot cutter was dispatched from Key West to assist.
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Lloyd’s Register of Ships
Editorial on desegregation and southern pace of change
The piece argues the Supreme Court ended public school segregation choices in the South and urges respect for local pace in integration. It notes varied Southern responses, warns against mob pressure, and calls for balanced freedom for communities to adapt without hostility or coercion.
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Eisenhower Slashes Cuban Sugar Quota for 1961 Start
President Eisenhower cited Fidel Castro's hostility and Cuba's moves toward Communist nations as reasons to cut Cuba’s sugar sales to the United States to zero for the first three months of 1961. The Agriculture Department set 1961 quotas for the first quarter at 1,675,701 tons with 824,299 tons for nonquota purchases, while allocating 27,789 tons to the Dominican Republic.
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Latin America
Powell Marries White Secretary in San Juan Civil Ceremony
Adam Clayton Powell 52, a Negro clergyman and Democratic congressman, wed Ivette Diago 29, his white secretary, in a civil ceremony here. They honeymoon in Puerto Rico. both were married previously. Powell had recently divorced Hazel Scott, pianist, and is a Harlem political leader.
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Ivette Diago
Edwin Cortes
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Hazel Scott
Weather and River Reading Near Keller Memorial Bridge
Tennessee River reading at Keller Memorial Bridge Friday 9 a.m. stood 16.41 feet, down .13 in 14 hours. Sea level 550.71 feet. Friday high 48, 9:10 p.m. 30. Forecast fair and continued cold today with highs mostly in the 40s.
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