Four Killed as Jet Liner Crashes at Idlewild Airport
A DC8B airliner operated by Aeromaves de Mexico crashed at Idlewild during a blizzard, killing four crew members and injuring several others. One survivor, G Terry Sechrist of Farmington Connecticut, described a near takeoff before the craft plunged. Officials from the Civil Aeronautics Board and the FAA launched on scene investigations as heavy snowfall hindered recovery. Pilot Capt. Ricardo Gonzales and officers Antonio Ruiz Bravo Javier Alvarez Bacha, and purser Gloria Sanchez Herrejon were identified among the dead.
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United States
Aeronaves de Mexico
Mexico City
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Farmington
Idlewild
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Aviation Agency
William B. Poe
Miami
Fla
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St. Joseph’s Hospital
Queens
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Rn.y
Washington
Derounian
House
Subcommittee On Transportation and Aeronautics
Ricardo Gonzales
Antonio Ruiz Bravo
Javier Alvarez Bacha
Gloria Sanchez Herrejon
Staten Island
United Air Lines
Trans World Airlines
Crash Probe Opens Into Idlewild DC8 Disaster
The Civil Aeronautics Board launched an immediate investigation into the DC8 jet airliner crash at Idlewild Airport amid near blizzard conditions. A total of 102 passengers escaped with their lives as investigators review takeoff clearance despite heavy snow, wind, and low visibility.
Eisenhower Ends Presidency Becomes Private Citizen
Dwight D. Eisenhower retired from office and returned to private life after John F. Kennedy was sworn in as his successor at the White House. He called the transition “wonderful, wonderful, fine” as he reflected on the change.
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UPI
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Ike
John F. Kennedy
White House
Harry S. Truman
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
House
Sam Rayburn
Kennedy
Capitol
Soviet Press Bids Ike Farewell Depicting Him as Irresponsible
Moscow greetings marked relief at Eisenhower's departure and a scurrilous attack labeling him an irresponsible old man. The dispatch paired with cautious hope for a U.S. Soviet shift under President Kennedy.
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Moscow
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Government rests case against Clark Fry inventor from Necedah Wis
The federal government rested its case today against Clark Fry a 69 year old inventor from Necedah Wisconsin after presenting evidence that the Securities and Exchange Commission had no record of Fry’s activities A document signed January 6 1961 stated no records were found after a diligent search.
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Clark (Pappy) Fry
Necedah
Wis
Securities and Exchange Commission
Fry
Car Is Crushed Two Die In Wisconsin Crash
A stock truck toppled onto a car in Rock County killing Paul Dulles 70 Brodhead. The tally for Wisconsin reaches 45 traffic deaths for the year up from 41 last year. Royal Robillard 60 Little Suamico died of a skull fracture after his auto hit a tree near Green Bay. Terry Elsner 18 New London died when his car left a county trunk road and crashed into a ditch.
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Wisconsin
Paul Dulles
Brodhead
Janesville
Dulles
Royal Robillard
Little Suamico
Brown County
Green Bay
Tree
Terry Lee Elsner
New London
Weather Keeps Hoover in South
In Miami Florida former President Herbert Hoover aged 86 planned a Florida keys fishing day while a younger man took the oath in Washington. Hoover sent a radio to John F Kennedy saying he tried to attend the inauguration. He flew to Washington in an Air Force DC6 circled the stormed airfield and returned to Miami disappointed at missing the ceremony.
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Florida Keys
Herbert Hoover
Washington
Hoover
John F. Kennedy
Air Force
Funeral Procession Auto Struck by Bus in Milwaukee
A Milwaukee Transport Co bus collided with the last car in a funeral procession. The bus driver, David Thompson, 24, was hospitalized. Three others were shaken but refused hospitalization.
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Milwaukee
APD
Milwaukee Transport Co
David Thompson
Kennedy Inauguration Calls for Peace Yet Rail Tieup Grows
Kennedy urges Reds to join peace search as New York rail tieup tightens with snow and cold paralyzing commuting. Gov Rockefeller calls for round the clock talks after 11 days of harbor strikes crippling New York Central and New Haven services.
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Rockefeller
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New Haven
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New Jersey-Manhattan
Blizzards Slam East as Kennedy Is Sworn In
A fierce winter storm blankets the Eastern states with heavy snowfall up to 29 inches in places. Roads close, schools and factories halt, and air travel is disrupted while temperatures plunge. In Washington, John F Kennedy takes the oath as president amid snowbound crowds and ongoing wartime tensions.
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Maine
John F. Kennedy
Washington
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Weather Turns Colder With Subzero Lows Forecast
Tonight temperatures fall to zero to ten below with fair but colder conditions and possible snow flurries ending. Tomorrow high near eight to eighteen above with partly cloudy skies. Readings at noon show Southport park 15, downtown 18, American Motors 20, low at Southport 7 above. Yesterday there was 0.75 inch snow and a 12 to 31 degree range. Sunrise 7 13, sunset 4 51.
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Southport Park
American Motors
Southport
Kenosha
U.N. Demands Fair Treatment for 12 Belgians in Stanleyville
The United Nations warned pro Lumumba authorities in Stanleyville not to mistreat 12 Belgian detainees arrested in retaliation for Patrice Lumumba's transfer to Katanga. Rajeshwar Dayal said the note protected three women among the prisoners and urged freedom of movement for all.
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United Nations
Stanleyville
Patrice Lumumba
Katanga
U.N
Rajeshwar Dayal
India
Court delays hearing on injunction to block landowner terminations
In Cincinnati Ohio the 6th U S Circuit Court of Appeals refused to advance from Feb 20 a hearing on a temporary injunction that stops 46 Haywood County Tennessee landowners from terminating contracts with sharecroppers.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Haywood County
Tennessee
Inauguration Day Parade Delights Cold Washington Crowd
Kennedy arrives at the White House then Capitol for the inaugural as snow blankets Washington. Eisenhower greets the couple, Nixon and Johnson attend. A 12 mile parade clears Pennsylvania Avenue with 32,000 participants, 40 bands, 550 snowplows, and floats from states including Massachusetts and Texas.
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White House
Washington
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Massachusetts
Texas
Johnson
Yakima
Wash
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Plane Explodes Over Utah Killing Five Crewmembers
Five crewmen believed dead after a B52 intercontinental bomber exploded six miles above the Badlands in southern Utah. Two officers survived a 36 000 foot parachute drop and hiked to town after landing. No nuclear bomb was aboard. Four bodies recovered, a fifth missing. Wreckage spread across several acres 12 miles north of Monticello. Fires burned for hours at three spots.
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Utah
UPI
Air Force
State Highway Patrol
Here
Castro Suspends Terrorist Trials Amid Pacification Move
Fidel Castro halted mass military trials of terrorists in a gesture to incoming President Kennedy. The suspension followed executions and long prison terms while militiamen began dismantling anti aircraft guns as Washington neared Eisenhower’s departure.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
John F. Kennedy
United Press International
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Kennedy
U.S
Eisenhower
Wisconsin Association of School Boards names new president
Ted G. Holthusen of Stevens Point is elected president of the Wisconsin Association of School Boards, representing Heads School Group Milwaukee and steering the state district body.
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Ted G. Holthusen
Stevens Point
Wisconsin Association of School Boards
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