Kennedy Tops 1960 Top Newsmaker List Across Nation
The year’s top and second choices include Kennedy dominating political headlines with a landmark primary win and historic debates with Nixon. Khrushchev, Pope John XXIII, George Romney, Von Braun, Hoffa, Drury, Gable, and Patterson also receive notable year end recognition from The Associated Press.
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Massachusetts
West Virginia
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Los Angeles
Harry Truman
Lyndon B. Johnson
Harold Macmillan
Associated Press
Pope John XXIII
George Romney
Wernher von Braun
James Hoffa
Allen Drury
Clark Gable
Floyd Patterson
Pope John
Bescon
Billy Graham
Geoffrey Fisher
Cantebury
Britain
Queen Elizabeth
Graham
Africa
American Motors
Romney
United States
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters Union
House Liberals Likely To Lose Rules Change Battle
In Washington Democrats prepare for a peaceful opening day with no firm push to alter House rules. Rep Clarence Cannon says a rules change may come after other business, while leaders Rayburn and McCormack stay away. Liberals lack organization, Kennedy’s presidency could shift tactics later. Also domestic note: two teens build a drum submarine, earning a Cobbler cruise.
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Washington
House
Congress
Rules Committee
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Ways and Means
Cannon
Sam Rayburn
Texas
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
New House
Rayburn
McCormack
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Bomarc B Test Near Miss At Eglin Range
An EGLIN AFB Bomarc-B missile scored a near miss against a QB47 drone bomber over the Gulf of Mexico at about 20 000 feet. The 47 foot interceptor launched from Santa Rosa Island intercepted the drone 170 miles down the range. Of 15 tests at Eglin, 14 were successful, following eight Cape Canaveral failures.
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Eglin Air Force Base
Fla
Gulf of Mexico
Florida Panhandle
Santa Rosa Island
Eglin Test Range
Eglin
Cape Canaveral
Psychology aids dieting by lengthening eating rituals
Researchers say psychology can help weight loss by stretching the eating chain from shopping to table. They advise three meals a day, strict meal times, inaccessible foods, and avoiding crash diets to build self control and reduce nibbling.
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New York
Charles B. Forster
John I. Nurnberger
Eugene E. Levitt
Indiana University School of Medicine
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Woman beaten child ruled sane in manslaughter case
Mrs. Faye O. Blackmon, 21, of Montgomery, was found sane by psychiatrists and ordered to begin a three year manslaughter sentence for the death of her 2-year-old son Brian. She pleaded guilty on November 28 after arrest September 13 following the child’s death from a ruptured intestine after a blow to the abdomen. Richard Blackmon, the father, works at a missile tracking station at Gunter Air Force Base.
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Montgomery
Faye O. Blackmon
James J. Carter
Richard Blackmon
Gunter Air Force Base
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Casey Stengel
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Pope John Xxill
William F. Arbogast
Norfolk, Va
David Zimmerman
George Holloway
Jarratt
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Annapolis
Cobbler
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Devidson Coal & Feed Co
Holly St. N.E
By Alton Blakeslee
GO Transit
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Freddie
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