Warship Receives Battle Scars Before Leaving Brooklyn Berth
A dramatic overnight fire scarred the aircraft carrier Constellation at the Brooklyn shipyard as firemen and rescue crews fought through smoky passages. Navy officials pledged the 90 percent complete ship would recover and sail again, with Adm. Pyne urging calm and continued work. Witnesses described a tense scene of ladders, hoses, and stretcher-bearers amid the blaze.
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New York
Constellation
Adm. Schuyler N. Pyne
Brooklyn
Networks Cover Disasters With Enthusiasm
New York AP reports that two planes collided over New York and an aircraft carrier in Brooklyn spurred a wave of news coverage across networks. CBS NBC and sponsors shifted schedules to cover the disasters with urgent bulletins while balancing commercial time and program integrity.
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New York
Brooklyn
CBS
John F. Kennedy
C. Douglas Dillon
Hollywood Angel
Constellation
Inaugural Ball Hostess Dina Merrill for NBC special
The text notes Dina Merrill as NBC hostess for the January 20 inaugural ball in Washington and mentions Jack Paar's plans for post Christmas vacation in Florida. It also contains fragmented notes about Garden City attention and aviation tragedy context.
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Dina Merrill
Social Ile
NBC
Washington
Jack Paar
Florida
Key
Auto output could reach record 6.5 million in 1960
Detroit AP reports the auto industry nears 6.5 million 1960 production with about 150 000 more assemblies needed to hit the second largest yearly total. Chrysler’s one millionth car hints at a holiday shutdown while Ford and GM plan holiday closings. Last week output fell from the prior week due to heavy snows, with 132 839 cars and 22 922 trucks produced.
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Detroit
Secor
Chrysler Corp
Chryler
Ford
General Motors
Wixom
Mich
Stevenson Plans Changes in U N Delegation
Adlai E Stevenson says he may change personnel in the American U N delegation with improvements in representation. He expects changes later next year and notes he has urged careful selection despite deferring a decision. William MecCormick Blair Jr. of Colby Kan was named a Rhodes scholar and partner of William Morrison is to study at Oxford.
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State Department of Rhodes
U.N
Blair
Fred Morrison
Colby
Kan
Midwest
Kansas
K. U
Morrison
Oxford
Bond Circle Aquarium Doors Open Weeknights After Six
Bond Circle Aquarium at 1018 N. 3rd St offers evening hours on weekdays after 6 pm. Phone number 6-8055 listed for inquiries and reservations.
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Bond Circle Aquarium
3Rd St
Pho
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