Jacksonville Hotel Fire Kills 21 and Injures Many
Jacksonville AP report details a morning hotel blaze that killed 21 guests and injured many others. The Roosevelt Hotel on Adams Street saw guests trapped by smoke and flames while firemen fought the inferno with limited access, some leaping to safety from upper floors. Miss America Donna Axum and chaperone were treated for smoke inhalation. 19-year-old William Fielden helped rescue Donna from a 10th-floor window.
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Macfeely
Qtek
EC. Mefat
Dermon
Jacksonville
Fiz
der Memorial Methodist Church
Broom Roosevelt Hotel
Emerald
Alton Joseph
J. R. Remedy
Crowden
Wade Bol
Hildinger
Buffalo
N.Y
National Gypaun Co
Jim Swick
Donna Axum
el Dorado
Ark
Wikliam Fielden
Miami
Panies
Palice Co
Alechua
Fla
Frank Howard
Clemson
Roosevelt
Harry Mehre
University of Georgia
University of
Mrs. America
Fielden
Donna
Miss Axum
Cypriots Agree on Neutral Zone and British Patrols
Cypriot leaders agree to a neutral zone in Nicosia and allow British troops to patrol the capital. Archbishop Makarios and Dr. Fattuh Kutchuk back the Sands proposal as daily meetings under British chairmanship aim to ease tensions. Kutchuk says partition may be necessary for lasting peace, citing past violence and political divides. The report also notes a deadly hotel incident with 66 injured and varying causes of death.
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Hal McClure
Nicosia
Cyprus
Reek
British Commonwealth
Duncan Sandys
Sandys
Makarios
Fatt Kutchuk
Kutchuk
Brittan
Senate OKs Foreign Aid and Congress Closes Session
Soviet leader Khrushchev signaled potential 1964 U S Soviet agreement on slowing the arms race with measures including armed force reductions, NATO Warsaw Pact talks, no nuclear weapon dissemination, and zones free from nuclear arms while urging foreign force reductions during an interview with Henry Shapiro.
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Senate
Congress
Moscow
Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
Henry Shapiro
United Res International
Khrubchhev
North Atlantic Alliance
Warsaw Pact
Shariro
Brooks Resigns From Board Of Regents In Colorado
DENVER AP Democrats thank the people of Colorado for electing Brooks as regent. Brooks resigns after serving on the University of Colorado Board of Regents. Gov. John A. Love plans to appoint a replacement to fill the vacancy. The board and state politics are noted, with names of other regents and references to party balance and terms.
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Denver
Colorado Board of Regents
John A. Love
Brooks
Love Will
Smiley
Ignation
Dan
Thel
Joseph Smiley
Brooks Ig
Central Bank
Trust, Company of Denver
Albert Brooks
Smith
Julesburg
Philip Dan
Kelson
Boulder
Richardment
Bernick
Thej
Charles D
Jim) Bromley
Federal Reserve Bank of
Kanland
Dale Atking
Sas City
Ex- Smith
1963 Saw Unusual Happenings in State
Denver report highlights odd incidents across Colorado in 1963. A plane’s tickling sound caused a bagged mystery fire, a Pueblo couple welcomed a baby and sent a birth notice to the IRS, and a motorist wrapped his engine in papers to stay warm during the zero spell. A clerk was shot during a Denver store holdup.
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Loudon Kelly
Associated Press
Denver
Colorado
Wes
Pointblank
Free Funeral Offer Sparks OCR Confusion
Burlington Free Press runs a tongue in cheek offer inviting readers to register stating plans to drink and drive on New Year’s Eve with a promise to pay all funeral expenses if killed. The spoof mentions past registrations and cites various local oddities and a long stream of brief items from Colorado and Washington in a collage of notes.
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Burlington, Vi
Burlington Free Press
Free!Press
Weather summary for two days with temperatures and conditions
Temperature at 2 pm Monday was 40. Public Service Highs ranged 42 to 36 with lows 8 and 14. Barometer 30.32 falling. Sunrise 4:44 pm, sunset and forecast for Colorado shows generally fair, partly cloudy tonight, warmer Tuesday with lows 5 to 35, highs 35 to 55, mountain valleys up to 45 to 55.
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Colorado
Guy Patterson
Wheat Ridge
Denver
Woodhead
Chairana
Pat
Afferson
Fore
Turing
Bland
Road Toll Hits Record 1501 Deaths
The Colorado road death toll rose to 1501, a new all time high, with victims including Carl Woodhead 43 of Conifer Melva Bland 26 of Silverton and Eugene Kiotbase 121 of Sterling. Woodhead, a State Highway Department employee, died after being struck on U.S. 285 in Jefferson County and dying later in a Denver hospital.
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Rarl Woodhead
Conifer
Denver
Missing cargo plane search ends with false object sighting
In Jamestown Colorado an apparent read in a mountain search for a missing cargo plane fizzled out as a shiny object sighted in a canyon proved to be an aluminum roof of a mountain cabin. The plane had vanished since Dec 7 from Lowry AFB en route to Hill AFB Utah with three men aboard.
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Jamestown
Colo
Lowry Air Force Base
Hill Air Force Base
Utah
Timber sale figures clouded by erratic weather
Fragmented OCR details a Wyoming timber sale with bids totaling 153.4 million dollars and 1 billion board feet quoted, amid mentions of drownings, wreckage, and uncertain timber-cut figures. Names such as R James Newton and A Fuhrken appear in a garbled list of officials and locales.
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Kiolbasa
Wyoming
Sterling
Washington
R. James Newton
South Platte
Fumber
Robert W
Rhodes
Willian
Kl Lests
A. Fuhrken
Francis
Carpenter
Budd
Con
X. Finch
Darrel Herta
Huitt
Paulearnest Hellensting
Masonic Lodges Install Two Worshipful Masters
Two area Masonic lodges installed worshipful masters and officers. Century Lodge No 190 elected Marvin J. Will as senior warden and Myron L Brown as junior warden with Ralph McDonald as treasurer. Other newly installed officers include Walter Cole senior deacon and John Templin junior deacon.
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Joe Massey
Cere
Waller
Amaster
Century Lodge No. 190
AFAAM
Wetee Ors Ae Pg Eee
Walter J. Cole
John Templin
Harry E Pent
Warren P. Best
Charles ¥. Clemente
Ned Hanawalt
Anc
Goldwater Plans Early 1964 GOP Presidential Bid
Barry Goldwater, long seen as the Republican frontrunner, will announce on Jan 3 whether he seeks the 1964 nomination. He telegraphed supporters that leaders in Arizona will discuss his decision at his Phoenix home, with Goldwater staying in seclusion in Phoenix until Saturday.
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Phoenee
Ariz
Asenyt
Harry Goldwater
R-Arin
Willl
Goldwater
Coldwater
Mutua, Bello
Arizona
Phoenix
GOP
New York
Nelson Mackelellar
Tom
Washington
Rockefeller
Kennedy
Lyndon B Dobnson
Olk
South
Johnson
Former Speaker Joe Martin Said Recovering Well
Washington AP reports former House Speaker Joe Martin of Massachusetts is recovering well after a hospital admission. Doctors say he is feeling better and will likely stay in the hospital a day or two for precautionary treatment.
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Joe Martin
Michigan
George Romney
George W. Calverevid
Greece
Italy
Libya
Richart’ Matlin
Hope
M. Nixon
Henry Cabot Martin
Lodge
South Viet Nam
Martin
Ambu Aplans 9 Pp
Los Angeles
President Johnson Opens Budget Talks in Texas Session
In Johnson City Texas on Monday President Johnson led a new round of budget discussions with top military leaders. Generals and service chiefs pressed for roughly 60 billion dollars in defense spending while Johnson suggested trimming the total to about 60 billion for the defense budget.
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Pentagon
Texas
Robert
McNamaca
Colorado Springs
Colo
Vier
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Taylor
Uniformed Service
Curtis E. Lemay
Air Force
Earle G. Wheeler
Army
David L. McDonald
Navy
Johnson City
Tex
Johnson
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Stat
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