Floating through flood in a car on Baldwin Hills disaster
H E Dulude recounts how he and his wife Rosanna and sister-in-law Orise Giguere rode a flood in Dulude’s white sedan after the Baldwin Hills reservoir broke. Police, including Officer R J Holoubek, formed a human chain to rescue them from the rising water in Los Angeles. They survived but lost their home and belongings.
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Associated Press
Long Beach
Calif
Independent, Press-Telegram
Baldwin Hills
H. E. Dulu DE
R. J. Holoubek
Los Angeles Police Department
Holoubek
Topanga Canyon
Canyon
Garden Court
Samuel Yorty
Small Business Administration
Baldw in Hill Residents Begin Cleanup After Flood
Baldwin Hill residents start cleanup after flood damage amid record cold across the Midwest and Northeast. Winter weather brought subzero readings from Minnesota to Illinois, with Lakes Erie snow bands and scattered light precipitation in other regions.
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Plains
Midwest
Northeast
Florida
Rio Grande Valley
Weather Bureau
Rockies
International Falls
Minn
North Central
St. Louis
Illinois
Tallahassee
Tampa
Fla
Little Rock
Ark
Louisville
Maine
New York State
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Northern Plains
Traverse City
Mich
Pacific Northwest
Death Toll Reaches After Baldwin Hills Reservoir Flood
Los Angeles reports three dead after 300 million gallons of water burst from Baldwin Hills Reservoir. Cleanup crews clear tons of muck as investigators probe the dam break cause. Seventy- plus homes destroyed or damaged. residents salvage belongings amid evacuation orders.
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Los Angeles
Baldwin Hills
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
United Nations approves Zanzibar and Kenya as members
The Security Council unanimously recommended admission of Zanzibar and Kenya as the UN's 112th and 113th members, paving the way for General Assembly approval. Zanzibar and Kenya recently gained independence from Britain and remain in the Commonwealth.
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United Nations, N.Y
Security Council
United Nations
Zanzibar
Kenya
Council
General Assembly
Britain
Ghana
Morocco
Assembly
British Commonwealth
U.N
House Debates Aid Appropriation Bill in Final Week
House leaders privately signaled no move to restore sharp foreign aid cuts in the $2.8 billion Passman bill. Johnson criticized the reductions as harmful to U.S. interests, while Adlai Stevenson warned UN programs would suffer if cuts stand. The session aims to finish the major money measure and adjourn by week’s end.
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House
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Passman
John F. Kennedy
Senate
Johnson
Appropriations
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Congress
Appropriations Committee
U.S
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
Stevenson
New York
House Appropriations Committee
Roads Clear Except Near Ashland and Hurley
Wisconsin roads were generally clear of ice and snow today except in Ashland and Hurley. Snow Sunday and overnight left occasional slippery stretches in northern communities, with conditions expected to improve by mid day.
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Madison
Wisconsin
Ashland
Hurley
State Highway Department
Reynolds Calls Highway Plan Defeat a Tragedy for Jobs
Milwaukee Democrat Gov John W Reynolds called the defeat of his accelerated highway program a tragedy for the unemployed. He told United Auto Workers Local 248 at their Christmas party that Republicans in the Legislature chose to turn back on workers seeking jobs.
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Milwaukee
John W. Reynolds
United Auto Workers
Reynolds
Thas
Connally Leaves Hospital After Kennedy Shooting
Governor John Connally of Texas was released from an Austin hospital and said he felt fine though weak. Doctors said he would be on his feet by Christmas. He was wounded in the Dallas assassination and later treated for a leg blood clot.
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Austin
Tex
John Connally
Texas
Kennedy
Connally
Navy
Dallas
Parkland Hospital
Temperature Here Drops To 10 Below
La Crosse reports severe cold as 10 below zero Monday morning arrives with snow flurries. The five day forecast warns of subzero lows through midweek with a high of five Tuesday and minus five Wednesday morning. Meteorologist Carl Peterson notes readings run about 10 degrees below normal.
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la Crosse
Coulee
Weather Bureau
Mercury
Carl Peterson
Yen New Premier of Nationalist China
C K Yen became premier of Nationalist China in Formosa. He pledged to continue the fight against communism and to recover the mainland. Yen, 58, succeeded Chen Cheng who relinquished the post due to ill health.
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Yen
Nationalist China
Taipei
Formosa
C.K. Yen
Nationalist
China
Chen Cheng
Two Wisconsin Men Found Dead From Freezing
The bodies of Walter Johnson, 65, of Edmund, and Juan Gonzalez, 39, of Milwaukee, were found in separate areas as subfreezing temperatures lingered. Johnson likely suffered a heart attack while cutting wood near his Iowa County farm. Gonzalez possibly froze to death. An autopsy was ordered after the discovery by two boys.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Walter Johnson
Edmund
Iowa County
Johnson
Juan Gonzales
Milwaukee
NATO Split over Europe US Holds Six Divisions Pledge
President Johnson assured NATO at its winter ministerial meeting that the United States would keep in Europe the equivalent of six American divisions as long as needed. He urged allied contributions to share burdens, while stressing a balanced defense posture with nuclear and non nuclear forces to deter aggression.
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Johnson
North Atlantic Alliance
United States
Europe
Dean Rusk
NATO
Kennedy
U.S
America
Richard A. Butler
Soviet Union
Britain
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