Much of U.S. Has White Christmas And Travel Tough
A large Christmas snowstorm blanketed the nation from the Rockies to New England. Northern New England saw 1 to 2 feet of snow, with heavy falls in Pennsylvania and New Hampshire. Travel was hazardous across the Northeast and Midwest as temperatures plunged, while the West reported a record December high in Los Angeles.
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U.S
Associated Press
Rockies
New England
New Laeland
Atlantic
Appalachins
North New England
Appalachians
Portsmouth
Nhl
Concord
N.H
Old Town
Maine
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Midwest
New York City
Midtown Manhattan
Michigan
Wisconsin
Mississippi Valley
Great Plains
Upper
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence Valley
Gulf States
Atlantic Coast
Florida Keys
Key West
Los Angeles
Frondizi Cuba Stance Hazy After Palm Beach Meeting
In Palm Beach Kennedy and Frondizi met on Christmas Eve and discussed Cuba policy and Pan American talks in Punta del Este. Salinger said they agreed on principles but would not reveal Argentina's Cuba position, noting abstention on the OAS Cuba vote leaves Frondizi potentially pivotal.
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Fla
Kennedy
Arturo Frondizi
Argentina
Cuba
Frondizi
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Fidel Castro
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Organization of American States
Castro
Americas
U.S
Palm Beach
Honolulu
Frandizi
Laos to form cabinet of neutralists conservatives and communists
Laos nearness to a cease fire persists as government factions edge toward a 16 member cabinet. Eight neutralists, four conservatives, and four pro Communist Pathet Lao are expected to share posts amid bargaining. The International Control Commission cannot monitor due to access refusals.
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Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong
Pathet Lao
International Control Commission
Boun Oum
Phoumi Nosavan
Souvanna Phoumza
Aplace
Vientiane
Carrier Boys Attend Journal-World Christmas Party
Journal-World carrier boys from Lawrence and surrounding communities were guests at the annual Carrier Boy Christmas Party held at the Hotel Eldridge. They enjoyed turkey and holiday trimmings and received free movie passes to use that night or later. Jack Mehaffey, circulation manager, organized the event.
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Journal-World
Carrier Boys
Eldridge
The
Lawrence
Jack Mehaffey
Congo awaits Katanga group amid constitutional reform talks
A Katanga parliamentary mission is expected in Leopoldville to present proposals to modify the Congo lese constitution. The plan aims to curtail central government power in favor of greater provincial autonomy, challenging Premier Adoula's authority. Arrival by Wednesday would test the peace talks agreement reached at Kitona base.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Belgium
Cyville Adoula
Leopardville
Adoula
M. Kitona
Man Attempts Suicide at St Peter Basilica During Christmas
An unemployed 35 year old Antonio Peluso from Naples cut his wrists near the confessional altar inside St Peter's Basilica minutes before Pope John XXII blessed the faithful. Vatican guards rushed him to Santo Spirito hospital where doctors said he was not in danger.
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St. Peter's Basilica
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Vatican
Antonio Peluso
Naples
Santo Spirita Hospital
St. Peter's
Grim Christmas toll rises on speed and drink driving
The holiday traffic death toll neared 500 with more than 400 killed in highway crashes since Friday 6 p.m. Three day totals may reach a record. fires added 58 deaths and 57 more died in other accidents. Ice and snow worsened conditions across the eastern two thirds as the National Safety Council warns.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Council
United States
Quadruplets Arrive As Family Grows by Four in Minneapolis
Elmer Bussman family welcomes Korean quintuplets? four new daughters arrive from Seattle after a week in Korea. Foster father, 50, is hospitalized with a broken pelvis, while mother 40 meets the arrivals at the airport. The quads and two existing adopted children join a large household as Christmas celebrations begin.
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Minneapolis
Elmer Bussman
Dad
Mom
Bussmans
Christmas turmoil and relief abroad and at home
U S forces hosted Christmas parties for orphans while Edwin Reischauer hosted 100 deaf Japanese children at the Tokyo embassy. Refugees fled Katanga into Northern Rhodesia as battles disrupt water and power. A coach crash in Catanzaro killed 49. French miners protested a mine closure with a long sit down strike. Kennedy spent Christmas in Palm Beach as his father recovers from pneumonia. Storms bring a dangerous white Christmas as safety officials warn of high highway deaths. Chiang Kai-shek claims Communist China nears collapse.
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U.S
Edwin Reischauer
Tokyo
Katanga
Rhodesia
Elisabethville
USN
Congo
Catanzara
Italy
Decazeville
France
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Joseph P. Kennedy
Deaths and funerals of Georgy Wiggins and Lattie Harris
Funeral services for Georgy I. Wiggins 70 of 1702 East Wth Street will be at 4 30 p m Wednesday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev Kenneth Meredith officiating. Burial in Memorial Park Cemetery. Funeral services for Lattie Harris 76 of 522 North 4th Street will be at 2 p m Wednesday at Rumsey Funeral Home with Rev Paul R Hett officiating. Burial in Oak Hill Cemetery.
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East Wth St
Rumsey Funeral Home
Kenneth Meredith
Memorial Park Cemetery
Lattie Harris
North 4Th St
Paul R. Hett
Oak Hill Cemetery
Texas Democrats Runoff Seen In Rayburn District Race
In north Texas the six man field for the 4th District seat leads toward a runoff between two Sam Rayburn Democrats Ray Roberts and Bob Single Jr. Gov Price Daniel will set a late January date. Henry B Gonzalez won the first special election for the late Kilday seat.
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Tex
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Ray Roberts
Sherman
Bob Single Jr
Rayburn
Price Daniel
Henry B. Gonzalez
San Antonio
Kennedy
Paul Kilday
D-Tex
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
John Goode
Graham Purcell
Joe Bailey Meissner
Wichita Falls
Frank Ikard
Uth
American Petroleum Institute
Purcell
One State Road Death Near Yates Center
One traffic death reported in Kansas after the Christmas weekend began Friday at 8 pm. Pvt. Richard T. Howe, 20, Wellington, Kan., was killed late Friday when a car struck a bridge three miles east of Yates Center on U.S. 54. First aid trained attendants. Rumsey’s Ambulance-VI 3-511, Ady.
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Associated Press
Kansas
Richard T. Howe
Wellington
Kan
Yates Center
U.S. 54
Pealing Bells and Peace Prayers Mark Christmas in Holy Land
Christmas in Bethlehem features bells prayers and a star lit over Christ birthplace as Patriarch Alberto Gori blesses the grotto. In Canterbury Archbishop Arthur Ramsey urges nations to renounce war and aid the poor and homeless.
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Shepherds’ Fields
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Canterbury
Church of England
Arthur M. Ramsey
Canterbury Cathedral
Fog Closes Los Angeles Air Traffic on Christmas Morning
Visibility dropped to zero at Los Angeles International Airport and other major terminals as fog moved in from the coast. Incoming holiday traffic was diverted to Burbank and Ontario while San Francisco and Oakland faced standstill operations with zero visibility.
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Ontario
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Federal Aviation Agency
Snowstorm Opens Highways Yet Leaves Rural Dig-Out Needs
Northwest Missouri and Northeast Kansas report open main highways but rural residents continue digging out after a Friday snowstorm. Snowplows target a Graham Nodaway pumping station. 12 trapped workers face shortages. Fourteen rescued from Mirabelle school Caldwell County. seven children aided by farmers with tractors. Jackson County saw five families marooned by five-foot drifts.
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Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
Graham
Nodaway County
Mirabelle
Caldwell County
Jackson County
Sete
Weatstone Invents Bass System for Modern Piano Accordions
In 1829 Sir Charles Weatstone, English physicist from a family of London instrument makers, devised the bass system adopted in today’s piano accordions.
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Sir Charles Weatstone
London
Auto Dealer Suffocates at Home in Wichita
R. D. McKay 74 a noted automobile dealer died of suffocation at his Wichita home early Sunday Firemen reported he appeared to have fallen asleep while smoking in a chair causing the chair and rug to burn and smoke to fill the room
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Wichita
R. D. McKay
McKay
Five Sisters Left Orphaned After Warren Highway Crash
Five sisters aged 3 to 15 are left orphans after a highway crash near Warren Pennsylvania that killed their parents Philip Campman Evelyn Campman and two other adults. The station wagon carrying the Campmans collided head on with a car driven by Miss Smith. Several others were injured and taken to Warren General Hospital. Yale Lary of the Detroit Lions led punts with 48.4 yards per punt in 1961.
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Warren, Pa
Warren
Philip Campman
Falconer
N.Y
Evelyn
Lloyd Palmer
Irvine
Kathleen Smith
Warren General Hospital
Campman
Judy
Rita
Mona
Sandra
Janet
Palmer
Mary
William Slocum
Slocum
Dorothy
Rip Torn reveals real name Elmore and family nickname
Actor Rip Torn explains his birth name is Elmore and that Torn is a family nickname shared with his father and uncle. The Texas born performer of Daughter of Silence says friends called him Rip since childhood and that he believes audiences will like him as he is.
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New York
Rip Torn
Elmore
Torn
Rip
Students Get First Look at Stratford Festival Plays
Stratford Connecticut residents will see Henry IV part two and Richard II early this coming April as students gain the first viewing during the Festival Theater scholastic program. The change puts school audiences ahead of general observers for the Shakespeare productions.
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Stratford, Conn
Festival Theater
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