Man in Palm Beach held on bomb plot against Kennedy
Richard Pavlick a 73-year-old New Hampshire retiree was jailed on a $100000 bond for allegedly planning to become a human bomb to kill President-elect John F. Kennedy. Police found seven sticks of dynamite in his car and revealed he had scouted Kennedy’s homes and worship site.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Richard Paul Pavlick
Belmont
N.H
U.S
George L. Pink
Pink
Pavlick
Palm Beach
U.S. Dist
Robert Rust
Miami
John Marshall
Secret Service
Kennedy
White House
New Hampshire
Pavrick
Hyannis Port
Mass
Washington
Lester Free
John Marshal
Flaming Airliners Crash in Snowstorm Over New York
Two jet airliners collided while approaching La Guardia and Idlewild airports in a snowstorm, plunging into Brooklyn and Staten Island. Of 125 aboard the two planes, only one 11 year old survivor was reported as fires and wreckage devastated nearby blocks.
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New York
United Air Lines
Brooklyn
America
Trans World Airlines Constellation
Miller Field
Staten Island
TWA
Dayton
Columbus
Ohio
la Guardia
UAL
Chicago
Idlewild
Long Island
Queens
Flatbush
8Th Avenues
Mitchell Field Air Force Base
Coast Guard
Agnes MacDonald
Ihe
Trans World Airlines
Constellation
la Guardia Field
Kennedy selects Dillon and Kennedy aides for Cabinet
President elect John F Kennedy named Douglas Dillon as Treasury secretary and brother Robert F Kennedy as attorney general. Byron White was chosen as deputy attorney general, a former All American football star and Denver attorney.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Douglas Dillon
Treasury Department
Byron
Whizzer) White
Denver
Colo
White
Kennedy
Justice Department
Rebels claim overthrow of Ethiopian government in Addis Ababa
A London radio broadcast says a rebel government under Maj. Gen. Merid Mengesha has ousted Emperor Haile Selassie. News from Nairobi reports uncertainty in Addis Ababa, while loyalist broadcasts claim Selassie is alive and returning to restore order as units loyal to the emperor purportedly rout insurgents.
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London
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassie
Nairobi
Kenya
Merid Mengesha
Voice of Ethiopia
Mengesha
Lion of Judah
Ethiopia
Voice of
Brazil
Khartoum
Sudan
Liberia
Selassie
Artillery Fire Rakes Vientiane
Fighting in Laos centers on Vientiane as Gen Phoumi Nosavan seeks to expel leftist troops. Skirmishes persist with pro Communist pockets and Pathet Lao claims of holdouts. Over 300 foreigners including 135 Americans flee to Bangkok amid shellfire while the U S pledges support to the new Laotian government.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Phoumi Nosavan
Laos
Vientiane
Sat Savannakhet
Phoumi
Pathet Lao Radio
Kong le
Pathet Lao
Mekong
U. S. State Department
Prince Boun Oum
Virginia arrest after Spray police chief kidnapped and shot
A burglary suspect abducted Spray Police Chief Wiseman Terry early today and forced him to drive into Virginia where he was shot five or six times. James Curtis Weatherman of Martinsville Va., 22, was arrested in connection with the case. Terry was treated at Martinsville General Hospital then Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem and listed in serious condition with bullet wounds to the chest arms and back.
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Spray, N.C
Wiseman Terry
Virginia
James Curtis Weatherman
Martinsville
Terry
Martinsville General Hospital
Baptist Hospital
Winston-Salem
Clarence Vestal
Spray
Rockingham County
Snow Supply Co
Leonard Elwood Crutchfield
Henry County
Building Supply Company
Vestal
Craddock
Weatherman
Philpott Lake
Stanleytown
Cooley Sees Freeman Appointment As Purely Political
Harold Cooley chairman of the House Agriculture Committee said President elect Kennedy’s selection of Orville Freeman as secretary of agriculture was purely political and closed the door on the South. He favored Rep. W. R. Poage but praised Freeman as a capable administrator while predicting little impact on current farm policy.
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Charlotte
N.C. Cap
Harold Cooley
House Agriculture Committee
Orville Freeman
South
North Carolina Democrat
Charlotte News
John F. Kennedy
W. R. Poage
D-Tex
Freeman
Minnesota
Cooley
North Carolina
Bob Poage
Kennedy
Midwest
Poage
North Carolinian
Congress
North Carolina merchants anticipate strong Christmas sales
An Associated Press survey shows North Carolina merchants expect Christmas volume to meet or exceed last year's record thanks to bonuses, two extra shopping days, and cold weather. While big-ticket items lag, smaller appliances and toys rise, with clothing in demand and shoppers hunting bargains amid more suburban centers.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Rocky Mount
Santa Claus
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Bronx
Floyd Bennett Field
LeGuerche
Jamaica
Albans
Lidlewild
Miles
Dillon
Robt. Kennedy
Senate
U. S
J. Edward Day
Los Angeles
Robert Kennedy
Georgetown
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