First Lady Aims for 18th and 19th Century White House Style
Jacqueline Kennedy plans to redecorate the White House quarters to feel warmer and closer to 18th and 19th century periods. Art advisor William Walton coordinates with John Walker and David Finley about borrowing and selecting paintings while the public rooms stay unchanged. The Kennedys will bring some 18th century French drawings and may buy no new art. a naval battle painting is requested for the office.
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Frances Lewine Washington
White House
Presidential
Kennedys
William Walton
Jacqueline Kennedy
Walton
Washington
John Walker
National Gallery of Art
David Finley
Commission of Fine Arts
Kennedy
Georgetown
Walker
Harvard
National Gallery
Bernard Berenson
Finley
Andrew W. Mellon
Fine Arts Commis
Carrier Fire Blamed On Ruptured Line
The Navy attributes a ruptured oil line to a two hour blaze on the aircraft carrier Saratoga in the Ionian Sea near Athens. Seven sailors died and 23 were injured as fire crews fought the flames in a machinery compartment. Captain R W Mehle steered the ship to Phaleron Bay for safety as investigators form a court of inquiry.
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Ionian Sea
Athens
Mediterranean
R. W. Mehle
Cincinnati
Phaleron Bay
Forrestal
Constellation
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Arthur R. Gralia
Destroyer Flotilla 2
6Th Fleet
David L. MacDonald
Small Chimney Fire Tests Hartford Volunteers
In New Hartford Connecticut a minor chimney fire tested local volunteer firefighters. The blaze involved the home of Fire Chief Charles Warner and required swift response from the town crew.
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New Hartford, Conn
Charles Warner
Cuban Plane Tries Again At Charlotte
A Cuban airliner at Douglas Municipal Airport attempts another takeoff after a Saturday landing prior to Montreal. The 64 passengers were not aboard, three crew members remained. Co-pilot Antonio Sanson noted a sale from Cubana Air Lines to a Canadian firm. Capt Jorge Caos learned his wife and son were nearby but did not land for their visit.
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Jorge Caos
Tony
Gastonia
Tar Heel dies aboard Saratoga in Greek fire
Jean Edward Regan of Cerro Gordo North Carolina was killed in a fire aboard the aircraft carrier Saratoga off Athens Greece early Monday. Six other crewmen died of asphyxiation when a fuel line ruptured and fire broke out. Regan survived by his widow Merele Marie Regan and his parents Furman and Mrs Regan of Cerro Gordo. The 6th Fleet said the fire burned for two hours but the carrier reached port near Athens.
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Greece
Jean Edward Regan
Cerro Gordo
N.C
Saratoga
Navy
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Merele Marie Regan
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Columbus County
Furman Edward Regan
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Former President of Adventist Church Dies
William Henry Branson former world president of the Seventh Day Adventist Church died at 73 in a Glendale hospital. He headed the church from 1950 to 1954 after a long evangelistic career including Africa and China missions. He retired in 1954 and lived in Arlington California since 1959.
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Calif
William Henry Branson
Seventh-Day Adventist Church
Branson
Fairfield
Ill
Africa
China
Arlington
Which Indian Goes Redistricting Faces NC Legislature
North Carolina must redraw 12 congressman districts to 11 after the 1960 census. The 1961 General Assembly, facing possible at large elections if absent, weighs methods to equalize population and curb gerrymandering. Legislators propose eliminating the First District or merging districts while preserving fair, compact boundaries.
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General Assembly
North Carolina
Congress
Associated Press
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Davie County
S. Glenn Hawfield
Union
Edward B. Clark
Bladen County
Jennings G. King
Scotland County
Tom L. Clayton
Jackson County
Wake County
A. A. McMillan
T. E. Story
Wilkes
L. Sneed High
John T. Henley
Cumberland
Hubert G. Humphrey
Guilford
Dan ‘Drummond
Forsyth
H. P. Taylor Jr
Anson
Roland C. Braswell
Wayne
Braswell
Charles R. Jonas
Sanford
Jonas
Joseph M. Hunt Jr
Defense Director Is Top Organizer
Frank Burton Ellis, 53, a New Orleans attorney, is President Kennedy’s pick for civil defense director. He will replace Leo A. Hoegh and oversee the Office of Civil Defense Mobilization, with Ellis noted as a strong organizer who piloted the Kennedy Johnson campaign in Louisiana.
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Ben Thomas
New Orleans
Frank Burton Ellis
Kennedy
Ellis
Leo A. Hoegh
Iowa
Eisenhower
Civil Defense Post
Office of Civil Defense Mobilization
Key Lines for TV Writers From Lowry on Plots
AP TV-Radio writer Cynthia Lowry offers a method to craft 30 minute plots around signature lines. The piece lists numerous dramatic lines used in TV scripts and suggests a project for tonight, noting a rebroadcast of Project 20 study on Life in the 1930s on NBC from 10 to 11 pm EST.
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Cynthia Lowry
New York
Lowry
Serafina
Harry
Frank
John Smith
Inspector
Africa
Archibald
NBC
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