Nantahala Order To Be Appealed
In Asheville North Carolina groups vow to appeal a Utilities Commission order allowing Duke Power to buy Nantahala Power and Light distribution lines while Nantahala retains generating facilities and serves Aluminum Company of America. State Grange Master Robert W. Scott criticizes the decision as corrupt and influenced by the power lobby.
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Asheville
N.C
Utilities Commission
Duke Power Co
Nantahala Power & Light Co
Robert W. Scott
Grange
Swain County
Cherokee Indian Reservation
Bryson City
TVW
Nantahala
Scott
Inquest Set Over Asheville Sewer Cave-In Deaths
An inquest will be held Friday morning into the deaths of three Asheville street workers killed when a 20 foot storm sewer excavation collapsed. The victims were Robert G. Penley 45 Remus Alphonso Edwards 30 and Charles Otis Ballard 29 all of Asheville. Ballard was a Craggy prison camp work release inmate. Five other workers escaped serious injury and two more narrowly avoided burial as rescue teams cleared the scene.
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Asheville
N.C
Buncombe County
John C. Young
Robert G. Penley
Remus Alphonso Edwards
Charles Otis Ballard
Ballard
Craggy
Ralph Melton
Italian News Strike Delayed After Walkout Pause
Italian unions postponed a second nationwide newspaper blackout until Thursday after newsmen returned to work. The walkout, begun three days ago, would have started a five day strike Tuesday. Union leaders seek a 25 percent wage rise from a 160 dollar monthly minimum.
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Rome
Italy
29 Deaths Expected In Holidays
The North Carolina State Motor Club predicts 29 fatalities in traffic accidents during the Christmas holiday period, with a 102 hour weekend from Friday 6 p m to Tuesday midnight. In 1961 the 78 hour span caused 22 deaths, and December has long been the peak month for crashes. The state has surpassed 1,250 deaths this year while a 1941 record of 2,890 stands as a benchmark. The North Carolina Traffic Safety Council reports Project Impact saved $2 million in July to October across six counties.
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Charlotte
North Carolina State Motor Club
Thomas B. Watkins
Watkins
North Carolina Traffic Safety Council
Levine Produces Photo Finish on Broadway with Ustinov
Film producer Joseph E. Levine enters Broadway with Photo Finish a February comedy by and starring Peter Ustinov. The project is a Levine Liagre Jr. collaboration and reflects current life expectancy trends to target a likely audience age.
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New York
Joseph E. Levine
Broadway
Peter Ustinov
Levine
Alfred Ce Liagre Jr
Kennedy patriarch makes steady recovery after stroke
President's father Joseph P Kennedy shows gradual gains in rehabilitation a year after a paralyzing stroke. At 74 he walks with a cane and uses a wheelchair, with four nurses on duty and daily physical therapy. He may greet the President on arrival from the Bahamas for a Christmas gathering at their Palm Beach home.
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Frances Lewine
Palm Beach Fla
Joseph P. Kennedy
Bahamas
Kennedys
Kennedy
St. Mary's Hospital
West Palm Beach
Joseph Kennedy
Palm Beach Rehabilitation Center
England
Ann Gargan
Jacqueline Kennedy
Caroline and
John Jr
Washlington
D.C
Film Producer Nassour Fatally Stabs Himself
Police say producer Edward Nassour, 45, stabbed himself in the heart with a steak knife and was found dead in the backyard of his sister’s home. His sister said he attempted suicide with sleeping pills the prior Thursday amid ill health. Nassour Studios produced Africa Screams Mrs Mike and Tripoli.
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Sherman Oaks
Calif
Edward Nassour
Thomas Maluf
Nassour
Africa
Mike
Tripoli
West German President Congratulates Kennedy on Mariner 2 success
Bonn reports West German President Heinrich Lübke congratulated U.S. President John Kennedy on the Venus rocket Mariner 2 mission's success. The exchange underscores postflight praise between nations.
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Bonn
Germany
Heinrich Luebke
Kennedy
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