Cuban Airliner Seized at Charlotte Airport
Jeffrey Shapiro of Gastonia obtained a writ of attachment on the Cubana National Airliner ferried from Cuba to Montreal for sale. The four engine Constellation, 15 years old and used to ship chickens, arrived for emergency repairs and was blocked from departure by sheriff's deputies as a legal hearing is scheduled. The aircraft crew and owners dispute ownership with the Cuban government.
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Charlotte
Cuba
Montreal
Canada
Jeffrey Shapiro
Gastonia
Shapiro
Sheriff's Office
Douglas Municipal
al Quinn
Castro
Jorge Caos
Britain
Quinn
Caos
Antonio Sanson
Jorge Cabrera
Jose Valentin Antinenzo
Antinenzo
Mecklenburg County
Good Friend Saves Girl In Mishap
Anne Kristoffersen a 13 year old fell through a lake ice hole at Rocky Mountain Lake. Her friend Judy Clouser 13 grabbed her pulled her back to the surface and then urged a return to the parents home to avoid shock. Judy later retrieved the books Anne had left behind.
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Denver
Colo
Anne Kristoffersen
Rocky Mountain Lake
Judy Clouser
Anne
Judy
UNC Official Billy Carmichael Dies of Heart Attack at 61
William D. Carmichael Jr. vice president and finance officer of the Consolidated University of North Carolina died at his home in Chapel Hill after a heart attack. He was 61, a Durham native and UNC graduate who shaped university finances and fundraising. He leaves a wife May Baldwin Wallace and two children. Funeral at Chapel Hill Catholic Church.
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Chapel Hill
N.C
William D. Carmichael Jr
Consolidated University of North Carolina
Carmichael
Memorial Hospital
Chapel Hill Catholic
Durham
UNC
New York
Baker, Weeks and Harden
New York Stock Exchange
Jim Tatum
North Carolina
Cartwright Carmichael
Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co
May Baldwin Wallace
Edwin I. Stauffer
Washington
Billy Til
Carmichael Receives Tributes For NC University Leader
Gov. Sanford and others paid tribute to W. D. Carmichael Jr. vice president of the Consolidated University of North Carolina who died unexpectedly. He was praised for expanding the university and defending education as a sound public investment by figures including D. S. Coltrane William C. Friday Carey H. Bostian and J. Harris Parks.
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Raleigh
Sanford
W. D. Carmichael Jr
Consolidated University of North Carolina
North Carolina
D. S. Coltrane
State Department of Administration
Carmichael
University of North Carolina
William C. Friday
Consolidated University
Carey H. Bostian
North Carolina State College
State College
Billy Carmichael
J. Harris Parks
Movable Voice of America Station Outlined by Loomis
Henry Loomis reveals a portable high power VOA system that can deploy worldwide in a month. Plans include a Greenville base on air in December and a Monrovia relay station starting in 1962. A British agreement may boost Wooferton transmitter power to 1500 kilowatts. VOA estimates 20 million daily listeners. Loomis asks Congress for 1.859 million for the portable transmitter.
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Pinehurst
N.C
Henry Loomis
Voice of America
North Carolina Dairy Products Association
Loomis
Voice
Greenville
Monrovia
Liberia
Wooferton
England
U.S
VOA
United States
Congress
High Point High School Game Postponed by Weather
The High Point High School basketball game against Lexington tonight has been postponed due to weather. Announcement came shortly after noon. a new date will be set.
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High Point High School
Lexington
Living costs rise to record in December
December living costs edged up one tenth of a percent to a 127.5 index, the 10th rise in 11 months. Higher meat and food prices lifted the cost averages while shelter costs and rents increased, with dairy, bread, fruits and medical care up. clothing fell slightly from an annual high. The report notes no price stability soon, with January expected little changed.
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Washington
Labor Department
Robert J. Myers
Douglas and
Northrup
Greyhound Bus Lines
Icy Glaze Grips North Carolina State
The ice coating across North Carolina persists with limited thawing expected. One Mars Hill College student Lynwood Sampson of Lumberton, 18, died from injuries after his sled was struck by a car on NC 213 on the campus. Roads remain iced east and south of Asheville while western routes show improvements with shaded sections still slick.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Asheville
Greensboro
Charlotte
Mars Hill College
Lumberton
Lynwood Sampson
Sampson
N.C. 213
Elizabeth City
Navy Appeals To Rebel Captain To Free Santa Maria Passengers
The U S Navy urged rebel commander Henrique Galvao to steer the Santa Maria toward Belem Brazil to discharge 588 passengers including 42 Americans. Admiral Dennison offered to deploy four destroyers and 18 planes to assist with the transfer if needed as the ship sails toward West Africa.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S. Navy
Santa Maria
Atlantic
Belem
Adm
Robert L. Dennison
U.S. Atlantic
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveiria Salazar
West Africa
Brazil
Dennison
Henrique M. Galvao
Amazon River
U. S
Kennedy
Salazar
Galvao
U.S
Africa
Wilson
Caribbean
Galvay
America
Amazon
Angola
Dakar
Senegal
Guuinea
Ghana
Winds Hamper Search For C118 Plane Off Newfoundland
Strong winds of 50 to 75 mph hindered the air sea search for a U S Air Transport four engine C118 with 23 aboard that vanished near Argentia Newfoundland. A Royal Canadian Air Force observer was injured when his plane took heavy weather as 14 aircraft and several ships scoured the icy Atlantic. A U S Navy patrol plane last heard the crew and later reported an explosion sighting 27 miles northeast of Argentia near St John s Newfoundland.
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U.S
Canada
Atlantic
Royal Canadian Air Force
Argentia
Newfoundland
Avalon Peninsula
St. John’s
Laos Admits Crying Wolf Says New York Times
The New York Times reports Laos acknowledged it cried wolf in protests to SEATO and the United States over alleged Communist invasion. Education Minister Nhouy Abhay said the claims aimed to reassure Lao people Western allies stood with them, while counting battalions and regiments of North Vietnamese troops as presence. The issue echoed a 1959 U.N. Security Council brief.
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New York
New York Times
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
United States
Vientiane
Jacques Hevard
Nhouy Abhay
Seato
Laos
Times
U.N. Security Council
Murder Toll in Britain on Rise
London reports a rising murder toll with nearly one fatality per day and as many as 50 murders since December 1. Conservatives press for harsher penalties including murder with rape as a capital crime as Scotland Yard strains to handle cases amid increased sex crimes concerns.
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London
Britain
Cyril Osborne
Parliament
Scotland Yard
Thomas Moore
Thomas
Return- From Red Prison Return- From Red Prison
Two RB47 fliers Capts. John R. McKone and Freeman B. Olmstead were greeted by President Kennedy and families at Andrews Air Force Base after seven months in Soviet custody. They landed amid 20 degree wind as officials and relatives welcomed them and discussed the downing incident. Olmstead and McKone parachuted to safety. three crewmen remain missing.
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Washington
America
Kennedy
John R. McKone
Freeman B. Olmstead
Andrews Air Force Base
Soviet Union
Olmstead
J. Blaine Olmstead
Elmira
N.Y
C. Brent Olmstead
Air Force
Eugene Zuckert
Thomas D. White
Richard H. Davis
White House
McKone
Constellation
Goose Bay
Labrador
Andrews
United States
Arlington National Cemetery
Daughter Refuses to Call Father in Murder Trial
In Levelland Texas eight year old Debbie Miller testifies that the defendant William Gerald Miller is not her father, saying he used to be and that he killed her mother Barbara Miller. The prosecution rests after the brief witness and the defense ponders calling Miller himself.
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Levelland
Tex
Debbie Miller
William Gerald Miller
Miller
Amarillo
Barbara
Debbie
Bill
Jesfe Owens
Owens
Daddy
Mym
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Nld
Raymond E. Palmer
Tudor City Park
East 42Nd Street
Red Prison
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