Safety Valve Flights Bring Dollars To Cuba
AP report notes officials believe Fidel Castro seeks resumption of U S airline flights to Cuba as a dollar earner and safety valve for unrest. Government says ban remains, brief lifting occurred to permit prisoner exodus, while Pan American and State Department discuss risks and safety assurances.
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Lewis Gulick
Washington
Fidel Castro
U.S
Cuba
Pan American State Department Officer Airways eRere
Tinealnhile
Coha
Cobord
Safet Castro
Traffic Fatalities Rise Slowly During Holiday Weekend
Traffic deaths edged higher through the four day New Year period, with officials lowering their projected toll as conditions worsened in places. The National Safety Council trimmed its forecast to 350 to 380 after three days, aiming for a record low as the holiday ended at midnight. Separate disasters included a six dead bus truck crash near Superior Montana and a Jersey City car collision that killed three. The East saw a fishing boat crew believed drowned near Long Island Sound and a spate of fatal fires at rural homes in Illinois and Iowa. Last year’s four day holiday had 337 traffic deaths plus other casualties.
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National Safety Council
Superior
Mont
Jersey City
N.J
Illinois
Gether Farm
Iowa City
Long Island Sound
New York City
Icy Gales Lash Northeast Amid Freezing Temperatures
The Associated Press reports a brutal cold snap and gale force winds across the Northeast causing fire, traffic, and boating fatalities. New York State plummeted to 27 below zero with New Year celebrations curtailed as gusts up to 8 mph persisted and deaths climbed to at least 20 across Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Rhode Island.
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New York State
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Times Square
Long Island Sound
Coast Guard
Gwendlyn Steers
London
Highland Falls
N.Y
Lix
Tugi Moise Tshombe
Ka- Sauk
Kcytanga
Elisa- Hudson River
Bethville
New York Harbor
I Ae
Havana
Cuba
Britain Presses Tshombe Amid Cuban Airlift Crisis
Global tension grows as British press pleas to Tshombe and U.S. officials intensify over Cuba. Maine endures a decade's worst blizzard with 20 inches of snow and Bangor reports 20-foot drifts. Havana flights empty then packed carry refugees toward Miami and a disrupted Pan American link. Severe winds topple power towers over the Hudson as evacuation talks hinge on possible separate airlifts for Cuban prisoners and relatives.
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Wauy
Iwater
Maine
Bangor
Daily News
Moralite
TAQ
Havana
United States
JLL
Castro
Gov. John
H. Reed
Miami
Pan American
Lyork Central
Cegan White
Cuba
Buffalo
Coast Guard
Nature's Ways Ideal Conditions Spawned Storm
AP News analysis explains how a combination of Texas tropical disturbance, Arctic air, and warm Gulf Stream created a ferocious winter storm. Meteorologist Jerome Namias cites jet stream and high pressure in Iceland guiding the storm north, battering Maine and the Northeast with bitter cold, heavy snow, and gale force winds.
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Raymond Crowley
Washington
East
Texas
North Pole
Iceland
Jerome Namias
Weather Bureau
Louisiana
Arkansas
Arctic
Namias
Atlantic
Gulf Stream
Greenland
Romney Takes Over Leadership In Michigan Governor Race
Gen George Romney becomes Michigan's first Republican governor in 14 years. Inaugural address he calls for end to the cold war hindering national progress and pledges bipartisan citizen participation in state government. He won by about 90 000 votes, succeeding John Swainson.
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Geneschroeder
Lansing
Mich
George Romney
Michigan
American Motors
Romney
Lin Lansing
Ski Report From Cannon Mountain
Ski report from Cannon Mountain in Franconia New Hampshire notes conditions as of Monday. Details on slopes, weather, and lift status follow in the full bulletin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franconia, N.H
Cannon Mountain Ski Area
Winston Baby Is First Of New Year
Alfreda Lucinda Winford was born at Kate Bitting Reynolds Hospital ten seconds after midnight 1963, the first baby of the year and the first child of Mr and Mrs Arthur Winford. Nearby contender was the mayor and Mrs John R Surratt with a 6:27 a.m. arrival at Baptist Hospital.
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Winston-Salem
Alfreda Lucinda Winford
Kate Bitting Reynolds Hospital
Arthur Winford
Winston Salem
John R. Surratt
Baptist
Congo Forces Reform Hope For Unity Rises
Washington reports growing optimism that the U N plan to reunify the Congo will gain momentum quickly. U Thant's timetable pressures Katanga leader Moise Tshombe to accept or exit, as Katanga taxes move to the central Congo government. U N personnel train Congolese officials and prepare national integration steps including arming the national army and swearing Katanga officials to central allegiance.
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Central African Federation
Tshombe
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Sin Kolwezi
Elisabethville
Foreign Office
U.N
U Thant
Congo
Britain
Katanga
Nsuods
MipeiTr
Washington
U.S
Moise Tshombe
Ente
Miniere
Ats
Leopoldville
Congo -Ap
Kolwezi
United Nations
Congo Legion
New York
Thant
Indio
Calif
Soi
Kenprove
Rockefeller In Middle Of Road in New York Inaugural
Governor Nelson Rockefeller opened his second term in Albany with a mid course vision stressing a pragmatic approach to state affairs. He defended civil rights, called for restraint on spending, and urged a balanced mix of conservative liberal and progressive ideas in governance.
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Robert T. Gray
Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State
GOP
National Guard
Capitol
Charles S. Desmond
State Court of Appeals
Lau
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Uonor
von Karman
Vari
Ers
Palm
Beach, Fla
Aeronautics
Armed Services
North Carolina counts 15 deaths in New Year period
The Associated Press report notes 15 fatalities in North Carolina during the 102 hour New Year period ending midnight New Year’s Eve. Deaths include seven month old Jacquline Tait found in a Frisco home and several traffic and gun-related fatalities across multiple towns including Greenville and Charlotte.
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Hatteras Island
North Carolina
Jacfeast
Queline Tait
North Carolina State Motors
Greenville
Concord
Felix
H. Fink
Mae Belle
Norwood Rollinson
Elie Lawrence
Banks
Frisco
Apex
Elizabeth City
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Kane
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James E. Majors
Mary Jane Kahala Kanahele
Majors
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Hawaii
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Honolulu
Winston Baby
Hope For Unity
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Ming
Mer G
Dr. von Karman
Hungary
U. S
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Ivlien
Budapest
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NATO
Executive Mansion
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Charlotte
Edward James Hudson
Andean Jones
Lindbury Edwards
Rowland
Joseph Hunt
Fairmont
Jerry Edward Yoder
Hickory
Robert Jefferson Hege
Lexington
Berbert James Williams
Waxhaw
Alfred Edwin Cavers
Asheboro
Albert Jesse Stewart
Cullowhee
Charles Yancy
Henderson
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