Twenty Douala crewmen rescued after 27 hours at sea
Twenty crewmen from the sunken French freighter Douala were saved after 27 hours in two lifeboats amid a fierce storm off Nova Scotia. Seven others died and two, including Capt. Michel Labre, are missing. The storm caused nine more deaths on land and affected Newfoundland and New Brunswick coastal areas.
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Halifax
N.S
Tventy
Douala
Atlantic
Michel Labre
Canada
Gabriel Sinestre
Burgeo
Sinestre
Port Aux Basques
Humphrey Gilbert
Royal Canadian Air Force
Mary Pauline
Sinestro
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Ludwig
Port Aix Basques
James McGrath
Gilbert
Atlantic Seaboard
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Fire sinks Lakonia: hundreds rescued as ship burns at sea
About 60 percent of survivors have been picked up with many still in the water. The Lakonia, sailing from Southampton for Madeira and the Canaries, sent an SOS after a fire broke out. Reports list 100 to 400 survivors aboard various ships and name several American travelers among the passengers. The sea was calm at abandon ship time and many passengers wore night clothes.
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London
Stratheden
Salta
Montcalm
Rio Grande
Southampton
Madeira
Teneriffe
Canary Islands
Atlantic
Africa
Lakonia
Matio Zarbis
P. Pilcer
Margate
England
England; Mr. and Mrs. J. Buchanan of Cowling, England; , and Miss E. Driscoll
St. Leonard's
Finer Johan van Oldenbarnevelt
Amsterdam
Genoa
C. Hoyst
Hove
Hees
Aus
Air Force
Azores
Royal Air Force
Gibraltar
Centaur
Portsmouth
Orient
Stevenson Available As VP Stevenson Available As VP
Adlai E Stevenson says he will not seek the Democratic nomination for vice president unless the President asks him to. Meanwhile Gov Scranton hints at a possible role but stresses he is not a candidate. The President will decide whom to back for VP at the Democratic convention after the summer.
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New York
Adlai E. Stevenson
Scranton
Johnson
Harrisburg
Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
Scranton emerges as Pennsylvanian focus for 1964 bid
The article profiles William Warren Scranton, 46, Pennsylvania governor, former WWII pilot, Yale and Yale Law School graduate, with a calm, engaging style and broad business and political background. It notes his rising national visibility after Kennedy’s death, his early governorship record, and plans for out-of-state speeches and national fundraising, while acknowledging Republican hopes and limited White House prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Kennedy
Scranton
Eisenhower
William Warren Scranton
Harris- Puan
Yale
Yale Law School
Mary L. Chamberlin
Susan
William
John
Darne
Youth Drowns As Ice Breaks Near Marianna
In Washington Pennsylvania a five year old boy James Kennedy of Marianna fell through thin ice on Ten Mile Creek Sunday. His companion eight year old Tom Santelli was rescued by his father Joseph Santelli but Kennedy could not be pulled from the water and drowned.
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Prsau
Scala
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Scranton
Congress
Washington, Pa
Ten Mile Creek
Marianna Sunday
James Kennedy
Marianna
Tom Santelli
Santelli
Joseph Santelli
Eisenhower Plea Spurs Scranton On 1952 Candidacy
In a Harrisburg area meeting on Dec. 14, Dwight D. Eisenhower urged Scranton to give deep thought to a possible presidential bid. Scranton indicated he is not a candidate but will consider it, noting Eisenhower’s praise and the changing national scene. Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Scranton accompanied them aboard Eisenhower’s private railcar.
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Scranton
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Eisenshower
Harrisburg
Tot Dies In Route 22 Crash
A Route 22 two car crash leaves a boy fatally injured with serious condition listed and a female passenger in hospital with multiple injuries. Police estimate $300 damage to Solomon car and $1,200 to George car. A second two car crash on Two Lick Drive injures Mrs Mollisee and pits more damage figures. No injuries to drivers reported.
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Barbara Brown
Wintondale
Lee Hospital
George
Clara Molisee
Indiana
R.D. 4
Two Lick Drive
Obituaries for Schell Ray and area residents in Homer City
Obituary notices report the deaths of Raymond Schell 44 of Homer City in Indiana Hospital on Sunday December 24 1903 born April 23 1808 in Lewistown. Survivors include wife Ethel Warfel Schell and 18 grandchildren. Services are set Tuesday at 10 a.m. at George Askew Funeral Home with interment Greenwood Cemetery Indiana. Also listed are Harry W Ray 88 of Indiana dies December 21 1963 at home born October 19 1875 in Rayne Township survived by wife Florence Moore Ray three sons two daughters eight grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral arrangements are by Robinson Lytle Indiana. Ada Shank 85 of Elizabethtown died December 20 1963 born December 2 1878 in Indiana. Services Tuesday 1:30 p.m. at Albert E Raleigh Funeral Home Indiana with interment Taylorsville Cemetery near Clymer. Robert Curtis Walbeck 18 of Homer City died December 21 1963 in Indiana Hospital born April 16 1875 in Fast Wheatfield Township. survived by two sons two descendants and siblings. Services Tuesday 2 p.m. at George Askew Funeral Home with interment Lutheran Cemetery Brush Valley.
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Pecaresere Aor
Mollsee
Indiana Hospital
William McQuiston
Homer City R.D
South Sixth Street
Raymond Molisee
McQuiston
Molisee Auto
Armagh
Raymond
Schell
Granit Street
Homer City
Lewistown
Calvin Henry
Ellen Sink Schell
Syntron Co
Dale E
I Smethport
Dean A
Ligoniers
William
Jean E
Shoup
Murkcy
Gerald
Jane E.) ‘Wicks
Rockville
Norman L
Baltimore
George Askew
Gail McQueen
Greenwood Cemetery
Indiana
Harry Wilson Ray
Florence Moore Ray
Church Street
William and
Helen Myers Ray
Rayne Twp
Indiana County
Ray
Rayne Township
Rayne
Robinson-Lytle’s
R. Byron Crozier
Oakland Cemetery
Ada Shank
Elizabethtown
George and
Frank Niswonger Wise
Miller
Albert E. Raleigh
Nevin H. Zuck
Ivan C. Fetterman
Taylorsville
Clymer
Robert Curtis Walbeck
Juniper Street
Fast Wheatfield Township
Samuel G
Matilda Jane Mack Walbeck
Gertrude Murdick
Robert Ethmer
Jay Eudell Walbeck
Samuel G. Walbeck
Elsie Stiles
Hastings
James Cook
Brush Valley
Yale Kennedy scholarship fund grows to five figures
A Yale student campaign for a John F. Kennedy memorial scholarship fund has raised 7500 dollars. In Hammond Indiana a warehouse fire killed one firefighter and injured at least 25 others after explosions rattled the block, officials said the blaze likely started the fire.
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New Haven
Mourning period ends as nation honors Kennedy
President Johnson urges unity and mercy after Kennedys death. A nationwide vigil follows a solemn Lincoln Memorial service begun when religious leaders lit an eternal flame torch. Fires during a blizzard raged in Chicago and other cities, killing firefighter Francis Volk and injuring nine others, with debris injuries to photographer Richard Wylie.
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Lincoln Memorial
Kennedy
Arlington National Cemetery
Memorial Bridge
Johnson
Supreme Court
Abraham Lincoln
John Kennedy
Francis Volk
St. Margaret's Hospital
Richard Wylie
Chicago Sun-Times
Demos Seek Votes In Foreign Aid Amid Berlin Sectures
The East German border scene and West Berlin reunions frame a tense week as 34,000 people cross the Wall for visits. Soldiers fire on the crossing points while 12,000 permits await checks. In Washington, Republican Halleck and Democrat McCormack clash over foreign aid funding and committee actions amid a Jan. 7 session date.
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John OL Koehler
East Berlin
Berlin
West Berlin
Scranton
Eisenhower
Henry Cabot Lodge
South Viet Nam
Sul
ADN
Lear
Johnson
Wall
Viet Union
Senate House
Agence Committee
Rules Committee
GOP
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
Congress
Ceylonese Leaders Rap Navy Plans
Ceylonese political leaders criticized U S 7th Fleet cruises in the Indian Ocean. Dr N M Perera called it an unwarranted provocation and warned the cold war had reached the area. K M P Rajaratne said it would encircle Asia, while R G Senanayake supported the fleet over regional naval forces. Nearby report notes a collision injuring Richard M Waltimyer in Mechanicsburg Pennsylvania.
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Colombo
Ceylon
Indian Ocean
U.S
7Th Fleet
N. M. Perera
United Left Front
K. M. P. Rajaratne
National Resurgence Movement
Asia
R. G. Senaneyake
Bel
Readiness Increased In Germany
Bonn Germany AP Chan cellor Ludwig Erhard said West Germany will raise defense readiness due to Soviet policy. He noted no easing of tensions and insisted peace loving Germans will not accept Germany's division while pursuing reunification and opposing East German domination.
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Bonn
Germany
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Tne
Christian Democratic Party
East Germany
Erhard
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Atlantic Ocean
Scran- Greece
Richardson Dilworth
Philadelphia
Assembly
Senate
Gov. Scranton
White House
Christian Herter
Sherman
America
Indianapolis
Kansas City
Detroit
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Sipor
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John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Howard W. Smith
Virginia
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Mechanicsburg, Pa
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Carlisle
Waltimyer
Harrisburg Hospital
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