Five Die in Late Thanksgiving Crash Near Fayetteville
Five Fay...etteville residents died when their car collided with a tractor trailer on a rural road near Fayetteville late Thursday night. The tractor trailer driver Charles Ellington and relief driver Bobby Coleman, both from Jacksonville, were unhurt. Coroner's inquest set for Dec. 13. Ellington posted $5,000 bond. Victims: Mary Lou Sullivan 58 Vander Sullivan 34 Priest Sullivan 18 Helen Benton 16 Steve Benton 12. No survivors in the car. investigation cites left turn into the larger vehicle's path.
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Persns
Here
Charles William Ellington
Jacksonville
Fla
Bobby Edward
Coleman
Ellington
Fayetteville
Mary Lou Sullivan
Vander Jackson Sullivan
Albert Sullivan
Helen Benton
Steve Benton
Benton
State Highway Patrol
Fayette
Ville
Glenn and Carpenter Lead in Race for First Orbit Pilot
Lt. Col. John H. Glenn Jr and Lt. Comdr. Malcolm S. Carpenter battle for prime astronaut in America’s first manned orbital flight. Alan Shepard is out, following his May suborbital. NASA aims for a manned orbital shot before year’s end.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm S. Carpenter
America
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Shepard
Redstone
Glenn
Virgil I. Grissom
American Broadcasting Co
Carpenter
Robert R. Gilraith
Project Mercury
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Earhart Remains Reported for Anthropological Study
Two skeletal remains believed to be Amelia Earhart and her navigator Fred Noonan were flown to the University of California at Berkeley for study. Dental plates and bones from a Saipan grave were identified, with Earhart presumed dead after the 1937 disappearance.
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Guam
Amelia Earhart
University of California At Berkeley
Willis Snyder
Pan American World Airways
Saipan
Miss Earhart
Fred Noonan
Snyder
Gen Clay On Stowaway Train Incident In Berlin
Gen Lucius D. Clay outlined the Berlin stowaway case to West Berlin officials noting U.S. trains crossing East German territory are not U.S. territory. The train with 80 Americans was held at Marienborn for about 15 hours after a young East German climbed aboard.
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Kramer Berlin
U.S
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
Kennedy
Berlin
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
West Germany
Marienborn
Helmstedt
Gerwisch
East Germany
Five Dead Two Missing In Alaska Air Transport Crash
An Air Force C119 transport carrying ten men crashed near Whitehorse in Yukon Territory after taking off from Elmendorf. Five died two are missing and three parachuted safely. Survivors were hospitalized. weather was near zero with deep snow reported at the crash site.
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Anchorage, Alaska
Whitehorse
Elmendorf Air Force Base
Here
Alaska
Yukon Territory
Elmendorf
Ellington Air Force Base
Houston
Tex
Kodiak
Khrushchev warns Finland on North Europe security actions
Premier Khrushchev told Finnish President Kekkonen that the Soviet Union can no longer view northern Europe as peaceful due to West German military activity. He urged measures before it is too late, while a communique described the talks in a open and friendly tone. The Tass report stressed the clash over military consultations and Finland's neutral role in Baltic peace.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Urho Kekkone
Soviet Union
Europe
Kekkonen
Novosibirsk
Siberia
Tass
Finland
Baltic
Russia
Norway
Denmark
West Germany
Rioting Ends as Dominican Capital Enforces Curfew
Tanks roared through Santo Domingo as Dawn curfew follows violent riots after Trujillo era ends. Balaguer blames Communists and vows calm while Trujillo family fled exile leaving the island in confusion. Julia Molina Trujillo, 96, is among late dictator’s relatives departing by plane.
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Robert Berrellez
Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Dominican
Trujillo-owned
Joaquin Balaguer
Rafael L. Trujillo
Trujillos
Ciudad Trujillo
Congress
Julia Molina Trujillo
Miami
Balaguer
Church Leader Urges Perseverance in Nuclear Era
The Rev. O Frederick Nolde of the World Council of Churches warned that yielding freedom to avoid death postpones evil. Speaking in New Delhi to 1,400 participants, he urged negotiation conciliation and justice among nations. The assembly includes 198 Protestant Orthodox and Old Catholic churches with over 300 million members and five Vatican observers.
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New Delhi
India
World Council of Churches
O. Frederick Nolde
Council
Commission of Churches On International Affairs
Earth
Nolde
Philadelphia
Dr. Nolde
Vatican
U S Agrees To Sell More Food To Yugoslavia
The United States says it is willing to arrange additional surplus food sales to Yugoslavia with a possible 500000 tons of wheat. State Department says terms and amounts are still under discussion, under a law allowing sales for local currencies. Tito had criticized delays and some groups oppose further dealings with Yugoslavia.
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Washington
United States
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Tito
State Department
America
U. S
Congress
Michigan mother wins Mrs. America title in 1962
Lila Masson 39 of Bedford Township near Detroit is named Mrs. America after a yearlong pageant that began in November with contestants from all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Her husband Cleve Masson, a retailer, supports her travel duties and the couple shares 19 years of marriage.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Cleve B. Masson
America
Lila Masson
Mrs. Masson
Bedford Township
Mich
Detroit
Masson
States
District of Columbia
Arizona
Angelyn Almond
Phoenix
Minnesota
Gloria Schultz
St. Paul
Ceptionist
Diane
Thomas
David
Michigan
Cleve
Governor Rockefeller Clings to Hope in New Guinea Search
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller says he remains hopeful Michael is alive but the chances of survival are slim. He travels with daughter Mary to Merauke to aid the search after Michael’s catamaran raft capsized in shark infested waters off the jungle coast. The governor plans to stay a few more days as he personally surveys the remote coastal terrain.
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Merauke
New Guinea
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Michael
New York
Hollandia
Dutch New Guinea
Rockefeller
Mary
Gov. Rockefeller
Mary Strawbridge
Agats
Brazil Restores Ties With Soviet Union After 14 Years
Brazil resumes formal relations with the Soviet Union after a 14 year break. Foreign Minister Dan tas announced the move during a turbulent Brasilia Chamber session. Premier Neves defends the policy as independent and warns it does not abandon democratic ideals despite Western alignment.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Soviet Union
U.S
Tancredo Neves
Francisco Santiago Dantas
Moscow
Chamber of Deputies
Brasilia
Neves
Eurico Gaspar Dutra
Juscelino Kubitschek
Janio Quadros
Kubitschek
Quadros
Joao Goulart
Congress
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A.1.c. J. R Conklin
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Whitehorse Hospital
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Allen J. White
Lonnie Z. Foreman
A.L.C
William J. Murphy
A.1.c
David L. Paul
Roger J. Forstner
S. G. Haynesworth
J. A. Hynes
R. Viener
W. H. Coleman
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Franz Josef Strauss
Reds
Red China
Fidel Castro
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