One Girl Survives After Fire Kills Five Dupont Children
In Feasterville Pa a fire tore through the Dupont home during a midnight Christmas Mass at Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary Church. Five of six children ages 5 12 perished from asphyxiation while Laurie Dupont 11 was rescued and hospitalized. parents Richard 36 and Margaret 35 and relatives faced funeral arrangements as neighbors aided responders. Funeral services planned in Holyoke Mass where the family previously lived.
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Duponts
Richard
Margaret
Assumption Blessed Virgin Mary
Pennsylvania
Edward Wunsch
Lower Southampton Township
Harry Meyers
Penn State University
Laurie Dupont
Six Die in California Head On Crash on Desert Highway
In Boron California six people died and two were critically injured after a head on collision on a dark desert highway. John Wesley Jones 48 of Corcoran reportedly dozed at the wheel and crossed the center line into a car driven by Arturo Duran 18 of Victorville. Jones and four passengers in his car were killed along with Marie Desrochers 17 of Hesperia who rode with Duran.
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Boron
Calif
Harry Bennett
John Wesley Jones
Arturo Duran
Victorville
Jones
Corcoran
Marie Desrochers
Hesperia
Duran
Peary Sears
Berry
Okla
Willa Mae Jackson
San Diego
Amada Tillman
Thomas Reed
Girl Returns Home After Kidnapping
In Athens Georgia a 16 year old girl returned home after Christmas Eve and Day with Carl Stewart 18 who shot her mother Henriet ta Morgan 52 and threatened to kill the girl warrants charging assault with intent to murder and kidnapping were issued Stewart fled in a car and remains at large Mrs Morgan is in serious condition with a gunshot wound to the abdomen The sheriff noted Stewart had psychiatric treatment.
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Athens
Tommy Huff
Carl Stewart
Huff
Stewart
Henrietta Morgan
Mrs. Morgan
Polish exile Jerzy Cyrankiewicz dies in Glasgow
Dr Jerzy Cyrankiewicz aged 40 brother of Polish Prime Minister Josef Cyrankiewicz died after being stabbed in the chest. He was taken to a hospital from his home on Wednesday. Police said there was no foul play but offered no official statement. Cyrankiewicz arrived in Britain early in World War II and stayed away from politics.
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Glasgow
Scotland
Jerzy Cyrankiewicz
Josef Cyrankiewicz
Cyrankiewicz
Britain
Kennedy Confers On Space Development
President elect John F Kennedy planned a major conference on space development in Palm Beach Florida. Vice President elect Lyndon B Johnson and Senator Robert Kerr were to join for talks expected to run into the evening. Douglas Dillon was named as undersecretary of state.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert S. Kerr
Southwest
Douglas Dillon
Kennedy
Kennedy plans political travel for January inauguration
President elect JFK to divide time between New York and Washington with Palm Beach weekends while January 20 inauguration approaches. Press secretary says trips do not signal more space funds. NASA, Pentagon, and civilian space role reshaped in recent years. Nitze named assistant secretary of defense for international affairs to help craft new arms talks. Kennedy family celebrate Christmas at home with Joseph and Rose Kennedy and cousin Anne Gargan.
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Fla
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Florida
New York
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Pierre Salinger
Washington
the Treasury
Hobe Sound
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Kerr
Johnson
Senate Space Committee
National Aeronautics and Space Council
Eisenhower
Council
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Air Force
Congress
NASA
Wernher von Braun
Paul Nitze
Amherst
Mass
Nitze
Joseph P. Kennedy
Anne Gargan
Boston
Eisenhowers
White House
Kennedys
Red China Harnesses Science For Great Leap Forward
AP reports Chinese authorities are rapidly expanding geology, mining and metallurgy as part of rapid industrialization. China increased geology workers from about 200 to 21,000 and coal output nears U S levels, with iron and steel production rising sixfold. Western experts note rapid progress but caution some claims may be optimistic and propaganda.
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New York
Red China
United States
China
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Edward C. T. Chao
U. S. Geological Survey
Washington
Kung- Ping Wang
Far East
U. S
Wang
Tito Blasts Communist Interference in Yugoslavia
President Tito accused 81 world Communist parties of interference in Yugoslavia's internal affairs and misrepresentation of its development and foreign policies. He denounced Red China for instigating the attack and warned that the declaration seeks to undermine Yugoslav independence and nonalignment.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Communist Parties
Moscow
Red China
Union of Communists
Truman Plans To Attend Inauguration
Former President Harry S. Truman said he plans to attend John F. Kennedy’s inauguration. He joked about whether Kennedy would wear the right headgear and noted Eisenhower wore a Hamburg hat at his own ceremony.
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New York
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Truman
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Hamburg
Three North Carolina Cities Endure Christmas Weekend Fires
Fires in Kinston Varina and Trenton during the Christmas weekend caused about 825000 dollars in damage to commercial buildings. Two firefighters were injured in Kinston and Varina, injuries non life threatening. Firefighting crews from multiple towns aided in suppressing blazes, with the Kinston building described as the city’s worst fire in 65 years.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
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Varina
Trenton
Lynwood Hill
Earl Coley
Sutton
Harvey's Department
Baker Furniture Co
Goldsbor
Snow Hill
Lagrange
New Bern
Warhouse
New Deal
Raleigh
Cary
Apex
Garner
Insurance Company
Ito
Death toll climbs in North Carolina holiday highway weekend
A long Christmas weekend toll rose as statewide highway crashes were forecast to claim 27 lives in 78 hours. Additional fatalities included Rosa Williams Davis of Charlotte and Charles Douthit of Winston-Salem in separate fires and violence cases across several counties.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
North Carolina State Motor Club
Rosa Williams Davis
Charlotte
Charles Douthit
Winston-Salem
Bunfflia Nanida
Christmas Holiday Toll Near Record Total
National safety officials reported 351 traffic deaths in the Christmas weekend, near the 510 estimate. More than 130 deaths occurred on Christmas Day, with total fatalities for the period including 60 in fires and 64 in miscellaneous incidents, compared with last year’s 609 violent deaths.
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National Safety Council
North Carolina Basks In Christmas Afterglow
Tar Heels enjoy Christmas Day scenes as families open gifts and officials note a holiday calm. Gov Hodges thanks citizens as he nears departure, Gov elect Sanford sees Christmas at Fayetteville with family and Chap Hill visitors. Traffic toll rises despite patrols with 16 dead by Sunday, 27 forecast.
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State Highway Patrol
North Carolina State Motor Club
Hodges
Executive Mansion
Raleigh
Tar Heels
North Carolina
Luther Jr
Terry Sanford
Fayetteville
Sanford
Cecil Sanford
Chapel Hill
Congo Officials Put Under Arrest
Two high ranking Congo officials are under arrest for illegal contacts with the Soviet Union and Red China. Dominique Tchiteya and Alphonse Makwambala were seized before Christmas and charged with crimes against state security. No functioning courts exist to try such cases amid post independence turmoil.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Soviet Union
Red China
Dominique Tchiteya
Fareigh
Alphonse Makwambala
National Statistics Office
Gilbert Pongo
Col
Joseph Mobutu
Congo
World Prays for Peace on Christmas Day Across Nations
Religious leaders from Pope John XXIII to Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher urged peace amid global tensions. Queen Elizabeth II and Queen Juliana called for unity while celebrations varied from solemn to festive across Europe, Asia, and the Americas.
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Christ
Geoffrey Fisher
Canterbury
Britain
Elizabeth II
Juliana
The
Netherlands
Democrats Plan Star Billing For Mrs Neuberger In Senate
Washington AP Democrats plan star billing for their new woman senator from Oregon Mare Neuberger widow of Richard L Neuberger. She defeated Elmo Smith for the short term and the six year term gaining 55.1 and 54.6 percent respectively and will begin seniority in November. She will have priority on committee assignments over Metcalf Pell and outrank others when they take office. Mrs Smith sits on Appropriations Armed Services and Space committees and serves on the Republican policy committee.
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Washington
Maurine B. Neuberger
Oregon
Senate
Mrs. Neuberger
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Inee
Neuberger
Elmo Smith
Hall S. Lusk
Lee Metcalf
Montana
Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
John F. Kennedy
Massachu
Democratic Policy Committee
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