Nation's weekend fires claim thirty nine lives
Fires across the United States during a weekend killed at least 39 people including 20 children. Victims spanned several states with deadly blazes in Maryland New York Florida and more. Notable losses included a Maryland family seven children and a caregiver killed in Pasadena and a Williamsburg Brooklyn tenement fire that claimed seven lives.
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Associated Press
Pasadena
Donald L. Green
Maryland
Winifred
Yvette
Joeling
Aaron
Regina Wright
Bernard Green
Annapolis
Baltimore
New York
Williamsburg
Brooklyn
Anna Fancher
Charles
Howard
Josephine
Nancy
Florence
Helen
Marlboro
N.Y
Judy Boykin Whitted
Anna P. Boykin
Adda Wright
Chautauqua
Clermont
Fla
Ulysses Harris
Orlando
Lewis
Grace
Sharon Ann
Ulysses Jr
Betty
Halifax
Mass
Senate Nominates 13 for Positions Below Cabinet
Senate leaders aim to confirm 13 Kennedy nominees today for subcabinet roles. Opposition exists from Sen. Morse who challenges John Connally as secretary of the Navy over oil ties, and Sen. Allott who questions Robert Kennedy's legal experience as attorney general.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
John B. Connally Jr
Texas
Navy
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Chester Bowles
Bowles
House
China
Cotton
Red China
United Nations
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
White House
Gordon Allott
Robert F. Kennedy
Allott
Morse
Connally
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate Armed Services Committee
Defense Department
Sid . Richardson
End of Crippling New York Harbor Rail Strike
A two week harbor strike by 664 tug and ferry workers against 11 railroads in New York Harbor ended in a tentative settlement reached after a 14 hour marathon session led by Arthur J. Goldberg. The pact postpones job security disputes until next December pending a White House study.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
New York
New York City
Midwest
New Eng
East
Kennedy
New York Harbor
New York Central
New Haven
Seafarers Internanational
Brooklyn
Robert F. Wagner
Nelson Rockefeller
Goldberg
White House
Seafarers
Marine ‘Engineers Beneficial Association
International Organization of Masters, Mates and Pilots
Union
Cleveland
Ohio
Kennedy Orders Sweeping Review Of Master Plan For Peace
President Kennedy launches a sweeping review of a master plan for world peace and East West easing while strengthening U S defenses. He holds morning and afternoon talks with Secretary of State Rusk and Defense Secretary McNamara as tensions with the Soviet Union loom.
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Kennedy
Washington
White House
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Moscow
Khrushchev
Thompson
Eisenhower
Rusk
McNamara
Laos
Congo
Cuba
Red
Berlin
Chester Bowles
Red China Faces Unrest Over Food Shortage
Peiping reports unrest and sabotage driven by an alleged drastic food shortage. A Jan 14 18 meeting of top Chinese command issued a lengthy communique blaming the crisis on natural calamities, noting a prior 1959 disaster and claiming 150 million acres affected.
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Tokyo
Peiping
New China News
Severe Cold Sets Records Across Nation
Severe cold gripped the eastern half of the nation with record lows from the Deep South to New England. Temperatures plunged below zero in northern states and froze southern warmth, with at least 70 deaths blamed on exposure, shoveling, accidents, and fires.
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Associated Press
Deep South
Gulf States
Tennessee
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Pasadena
Dakotas
Great Lakes
New England
Minnesota
Bemidji
Norfolk
Connecticut
Windsor Locks
Conn
Hartford
Florida
Anchorage
Alaska
Blairsville
Georgia
Atlanta
Gordonsville
Virginia
Richmond
Midwest
Chicago
Ohio Valley
Houghton
Upper Michigan
Legislators Split on Court Reform Package in North Carolina
AP survey shows strong support for some court changes but little for passing a full reform package as in 1959. Lawmakers favor tackling reforms piecemeal, with 24 of 41 responding in favor of changes and only five backing the entire association proposal.
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Noel Yancey Raleigh
General Assembly
Associated Press
North Carolina Bar Association
Robert E. Calder
New Hanover County
Edward B. Clark
Bladen
Senate
Lindsay C. Warren
Beaufort
Warren
Bar Association
Sen
Claude ‘Currie
Durham County
Currie
Mobutu Is Promoted as Army Ordered to Obey
Col. Joseph Mobutu is promoted to major general in Leopoldville and warns the army to follow orders. President Kasavubu echoes the demand for discipline at Camp Xokkolo as Western diplomats view the move as strengthening Mobutu's grip. Western envoys seek assurances for white residents around Stanleyville amid Lumumba supporters' crackdown. Approximately 900 Belgian residents reportedly fear arrests as hostages in Stanleyville.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Mobutu
Leopoldville
Camp Xokkolo
Rajeshwar Dayal
India
U. N. Congo
Stanelyville
Oriental Province
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Lumumba
Katanga
Maid To Testify In Third Trial Of Dr. Finch
Marie Ann Lidholm the 20 year old Swedish maid who witnessed a struggle in the garage of Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff testifies in the third murder trial. The case concerns the slaying of Barbara Jean Finch aged 36 in West Covina California on July 18 1959.
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Dr. Finch
Los Angeles
Barbara Jean Finch
Finch
Tregoff
Marie Ann Lidholm
Sweden
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Miss Lidholm
West Covina
First Paris Fashions Breezy
Paris opens spring fashion with two breezy collections from Esterel and Griffe. Esterel features drapes, two tone outfits, high and low waistlines, and loose yet tailored silhouettes inspired by Brigitte Bardot. Griffe presents a wind driven draped line, breezy ankle pants, patent flats, and conservative fitted wrist-length suits.
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Nadeane Walker
Paris
Jacques Esterel
Jacques Griffe
Esterel
Brigitte Bardot
Estevel
Griffe
CAB proposes single airport for Greensboro area traffic
The Civil Aeronautics Board's Bureau of Air Operations recommends concentrating trunkline air service at Friendship Airport in Greensboro for the Greensboro High Point Winston Salem area. The plan is preliminary and nonbinding with briefs due by February 20 and Pfeiffer to report to the CAB after that date.
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Enterprise
Washington
Civil Aeronautics Board
Bureau of Air Operations
Greensboro - High Point
Winston-Salem
Friendship Airport
Greensboro - Point
Bureau
Paul Pfeiffer
Eastern and Capital Airlines
United Airlines
United- Capital
Friendship
Piedmont Airlines
Smith Reynolds
Greensboro High Point
Examiner Pfeiffer
Winston - Salem
Fire kills seven aboard USS Saratoga near Naples
Bulletin reports seven sailors died in a fire on the U S aircraft carrier Saratoga at sea with many injured. The ship was en route to Athens in the eastern Mediterranean when the blaze occurred today. Navy officials confirm the incident and ongoing evacuation. Mass for jungle doctor Dooley held in St Louis Cathedral with posthumous Laos honor announced.
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Naples
Italy
Saratoga
U.S. Navy
Athens
Mediterranean
DR. Dooley
ST. Louis
Thomas A. Dooley
St. Louis Cathedral
Dooley
Laos
Savang Vatthana
Order
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State Department
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Alan Cline
Bulletin
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