Navy convenes inquiry into Constellation fire disaster
A Naval Court of Inquiry is set to investigate the Constellation fire that killed 46 aboard the carrier under construction at Brooklyn. Vice Adm. Aus tin leads with Rear Adm. McManes and Rear Adm. Schultz as members. Damage is pegged at 75 million with no insurance. 46 dead, 10 listed as missing in earlier counts.
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New York
Naval Court
Constellation
Navy
Bernard L. Austin
Naval War College
Newport
R.I
Kenmore M. McManes
6Th Naval District
Charleston
S.C
Floyd B. Schultz
Bureau of Ships
Washington
William B. Franke
Brooklyn Navy Yard
America
Adm
Schuyler Pyne
Brooklyn
United Airlines
Rescue Crews Fight Through Smoky Passages In Search Of Survivors
Firefighters and rescue teams battled through smoke and steam aboard the aircraft carrier Constellation in a night-long effort to find casualties. Navy officials expressed confidence the ship would recover and return to sea, as civilian workers and emergency crews cooperated amid tense scenes and repeated evacuations.
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New York
Constellation
Electoral Votes Cast Kennedy Elected President
John F. Kennedy is officially elected president by 537 electors. Kennedy totals 300 votes to 219 for Nixon with 15 for Byrd, while Hawaii's 3 votes face a delay after a partial recount. Congress will count the votes January 6 in a joint session.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Maine
Hawaii
Richard M. Nixon
D-Va
Congress
Byrd
Mississippi
Alabama
Sen
Strom Thur
Grop
Mond
D-S. C
Irwin
House of Representatives
Carrier Fire Survivor Recalls Constellation Disaster in Brooklyn
Ervin E Volk 31 of La Crosse described the Constellation fire from Brooklyn Navy Yard quarters saying the dead were piled up like cordwood. He and others helped remove bodies after the explosion while a United Air Lines jet crash occurred seven blocks away. Volk had reenlisted for six years and his wife joined him in Brooklyn.
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Brooklyn
Ervin E. Volk
Walter Volk
Denton St
Young Volk
Navy Service
Brooklyn Navy Yard
United Air Line
Vork
Joan
Louis Bantle
S. 26Th St
Volk
la Crosse
Constellation
Bantle
Trans World Airlines
la Guardia
TWA
United Air Lines
Munich Toll Rises to Fifty After U S Plane Crash
An additional German victim died, raising Munich’s death toll to 50 after a U S military Convair crashed into a street during a Christmas shopping day. Police said 16 Germans remained hospitalized in critical condition from the crash that damaged a church steeple and hit a streetcar.
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Munich
Germany
U. S
Ai Force
Convair
Rites Planned for Brooklyn Plane Crash Victim Annabelle Bothan
Annabelle Bothan airline stewardess killed in Friday collision over Brooklyn to be honored Wednesday at 2 p.m. Bethlehem Lutheran Church Lanesboro with Rev Leon Holtan officiating. Burial in Lanesboro Cemetery follows private family services at Johnson Funeral Home Tuesday night.
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Lanesboro
Minn
Annabelle Bothan
Brooklyn
N.Y
Bethlehem Lutheran Church
Leon Holtan
Johnson Funeral Home
City Budget Approved After Two Vetoes For 1961
The La Crosse city council approved a 7.79 million dollar budget for 1961 with a 48.9 mill rate. Taxes rise to 48.90 per 1000 assessed value. The school budget totals 3.54 million, about 920 thousand more than 1960, and 137 thousand less than the board’s original request. Mayor Knutson’s proposal would have added 200 dollar teacher raises, while the council favors Jan 1 raises to avoid 1962 funding impacts.
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Donald W. Affolter
la Crosse Tribune
Milo G. Knutson
Common Council
Board of Education
Knutson
Conan S. Edwards
Edwards
Robert Johnson
Johnson
James F. Sho
Ger
6Th Ward
Bernard Maney
Dorance Helstad
TWA Pilot Warned Of Approaching Aircraft
Investigators theorize the TWA Constellation may have tried a last second left downward maneuver to avoid a United DC8 collision over New York but failed. Radar warned both pilots before the crash into Brooklyn and Staten Island killing at least 135. hearings set for January in Brooklyn.
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TWA
New York
la Guardia
David Wollman
Brooklyn
Staten Island
Elwood R. Quesada
Federal Aviation Agency
Washington
Quesada
Eisenhower
Assembly In Deadlock On Congo Crisis
United Nations General Assembly stalls on Congo crisis with two rival plans failing to reach two thirds. US Britain backed plan loses 43 22 with 32 abstentions. Indian backed plan fails 28 in favor 42 against 27 abstentions. Hammarskjold says Congo operation continues. An Austrian proposal places the item on the March 7 agenda.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N. General Assembly
Congo
United States
Britain
India
Dag ‘Hammarskjold
U.N
Patrice Lumumba
aCongo
V. K. Krishna Menon
Train Kills Five Men On Coffee Break
Five men from an electroplating plant in Brooklyn Park were killed when their car was struck by Great Northern No. 7 Winnipeg Limited near 9 30 p m. The victims: Roger Bronson 20 Gary Lambert 19 Larry Danner 19 Amph Hoppe 22 and Paul Scharber 18 all local residents and plant workers.
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Minneapolis
Great Northern Railroad
Brooklyn Park
Great Northern
Winnipeg Limited
St. Paul
Winnipeg
Man
Roger W. Bronson
Gary Frank Lambert
Larry Frederick Danner
Amerose A. Hoppe
Anoka
Paul Arthur Scharber
Rogers
Minn
Capsule Recovered After 16 Minute Suborbital Flight
Experts examine the United States space capsule recovered near Cape Canaveral after a 16 minute Redstone mission reaching 135 miles high. Officials note minor heat scorches and a broken porthole pane but say the craft is in excellent condition and will be sent to McDonnell Aircraft for further study.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
U.S
United States
Cape
Valley Forge
United
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
St. Louis
McDonnell
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Oklahoma
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Bartlesville
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