Kennedy names Roswell Gilpatric deputy defense secretary
President elect John F Kennedy selected Roswell Gilpatric a New York lawyer and former Air Force undersecretary to be deputy secretary of defense under Robert McNamara. The pick comes as Kennedy begins budget planning amid unemployment worries and a business slump. Gilpatric, 54, has backed strong defense measures and has cross party ties, with three marriages and three children. Kennedy plans swift action on unemployment areas higher minimum wage and home construction as he faces a delayed revenue forecast for the coming fiscal year.
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Gilpatric
New York City
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Congress
Washington
Commandant of Auschwitz Is Captured
Richard Baer 49, last commandant of Auschwitz, was captured near Hamburg after working under an assumed name. He faces charges of murdering Jews at Auschwitz and during the 1945 retreat, with authorities confirming his identity through handwriting samples. He was transported to Frankfurt in custody.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Richard Baer
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Baer
Auschwitz
Dassendrof
Hamburg
Rudolf Hoess
Hoess
Heinz Wolf
Neumann
Dassendorf
Prince Bismarck
Snow Stops Crews Clearing Rail Tracks Near Athens
Snow hindered train crews clearing the New York Central line 12 miles north of Athens from a derailment that derailed over 30 cars and damaged a trestle. Trains were rerouted via Logan and Chesapeake and Ohio rails while authorities evacuated three nearby families as sulfuric and hydrochloric acid leaks produced fumes.
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Athens
Ohio
New York Central
Here
Logan
Chesapeake and Ohio
House Probers Target Air Commerce Agencies
The House Legislative Oversight subcommittee criticizes the Civil Aeronautics Board and the Interstate Commerce Commission in a posthumous report. It cites lax certificate renewals, alleged ties between a trucking trade group and ICC officials, cautious CAB findings on accidents, and delays in economic cases, with few named individuals.
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Washington
House
Civil Aeronautics Board
Interstate Commerce Commission
House Subcommittee On
Legislative Oversight
Steven B. Derounian
RN. Y
Derounian
CAB
ICC
Interstate Dress Carriers, Inc
Texas
U N Assembly Recesses After Stormy Session
The United Nations General Assembly ended its tense 15th session early after approving a Congo operation budget of 48.5 million and authorizing up to 24 million for the first quarter of 1961. Soviet opposition sharpened as Dag Hammarskjold prepared to oversee the Congo mission.
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United Nations
N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
U.N. Congo
Soviet Union
Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Khrushchev
Hammarskjold
Valerian A. Zorin
Nelsonville GIs Injured in Alaska Air Mishap
Two Nelsonville Ohio airmen were among six injured in a Wien Alaska Airlines twin engine crash near St. Lawrence Island. They were flown to Elmendorf AFB for treatment with conditions listed as satisfactory. Robert E. Riley suffered possible spinal injuries. Gerald A. Wallace was initially thought broken but X-rays showed no fractures.
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Anchorage
Wien Alaska Airlines
St. Lawrence Island
Tanker Splits Off Cape Hatteras In Heavy Seas
Unidentified tanker breaks in two amid mountainous seas off Cape Hatteras North Carolina. Coast Guard plane sees crew in water and clinging to stern as Navy Coast Guard and merchant ships race to the scene to rescue sailors.
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NEW York
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Coast Guard
Navy
Heavy Snow Blankets All Ohio Across State
A major snowstorm blanketed Ohio with up to 10 inches in places, delaying transportation and closing schools and factories from Lake Erie to the Ohio River. At least 12 deaths were attributed to the weather, nine from heart attacks after overexertion shoveling or freeing cars.
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Ohio
Lake Erie
Ohio River
State Highway Department
U.S. 40
Ohio 38
Madison County
London
Summerford
Six Hocking Schools Closed Again Today
Winter storms forced six Hocking County schools to close for the second time in nine days. Snow, sleet, and freezing rain created hazardous roads, with buses late or cancelled in Logan and surrounding towns. City and state crews plowed streets and spread salt as temperatures hovered around 22 at midmorning.
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Hocking County
Logan
Laurelville
McArthur
Wellston
Jackson
Nelsonville
Rockbridge
Laureville
Union Furnace
Ilesboro
South Bloomingville
Gibisonville
James Frey
Logan City
Harold Drake
Clay Bank Hill
Voris Rd
Logan Senior High
Logan Junior High
Green
East
West
Central
West Logan
Marion
Enterprise
Main St
Market St. Hill
Spring St. Hill
North St. Walhending Ave
Glenwood Dr
Vine St
Roy Kelch
North St
Ex-Roommate Named to Succeed Kennedy in Senate
Benjamin A. Smith, 43, former Harvard roommate of John F. Kennedy, is tapped to fill the final two years of Kennedy’s Senate term. Smith, ex-mayor of Gloucester and current Gloucester manufacturer, will take the seat Jan. 3 with seniority over new senators. Kennedy called him from Palm Beach to convey the appointment at Foster Furcolo’s readiness to name him.
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Boston
Benjamin A. Smith I
Harvard
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate
Smith
Gloucester
Foster Furcolo
U. S. Senate
Palm Beach
Fla
Winthrop House
Torbert H. MacDonald
Massachusetts
Pacific
Kennedy Plans Four Point Youth Fitness Program
President elect John F. Kennedy proposes a four point national youth fitness drive to begin after his inauguration. A White House Health and Fitness Committee would lead efforts and the program would place youth fitness under the Health, Education and Welfare Department. Governors would be invited to an annual National Youth Fitness Congress and all government departments would promote sports participation as a basic national policy.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
White House Committee On Health and Fitness
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United States
Pocket Revolt Crushed in Caracas Led by Lieutenant
A pocket revolt against President Romulo Betancourt’s government was crushed in Caracas. It was led by a lieutenant and involved about 20 rebels. The authorities reported swift action and few details were released on casualties or arrests.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Snow shoveling blamed for deaths in Ohio storm
Ohio State University heart expert warns shoveling snow can kill. At least six people died from over-exertion in Columbus amid Ohio’s blizzard with more reports statewide. Doctors advise those with heart or arterial disease to avoid shoveling or stop immediately if short of breath.
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Columbus
Ohio
Ohio State University
Eric Ogden
OSU
College of Medicine
Defiance Collision Kills Three In Snowbound Crash
A snow covered two car crash on U S 24 near the Paulding Defiance line killed three members of the Hart family from Cecil Pennsylvania. Charles Hart 58 Opal Hart 57 and daughter Mabel 30 died in the head on collision. Four others injured include daughter Mrs Leonard Laffin 33 and her son Leonard Lattin Jr 52.
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Defiance, Ohio
Here
Charles Hart
Cecil
Paulding County
Opal
Mabel
U.S
Paulding
Defiance
Harts
Leonard Laffin
Leonard Leon Lattin Jr
Winter's Here Officially Now
The first day of winter brought Californians mid 80s while South Dakota plunged to 20 below zero. A snow storm swept from the eastern Rockies into the Northeast with foot high drifts in the Midwest. Subzero readings stretched across the Northern Plains to Wisconsin Iowa and Illinois.
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Alleghanies
Causes Cited In Air Collision Involving United Flight
Washington AP reports three proposed causes for the New York disaster over Staten Island. Ground navigation gear, potential radar lapse, or a passenger using a transistor radio may have damaged cockpit instruments aboard the United Airlines DC8. Theories come from United and ALPA officials amid FAA disputes with Quesada on off course findings.
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Washington
New York
Staten Island
United Airlines
W. A. Patterson
United Air Lines
John R. McDonald
Air Line Pilots Association
ALPA
E. R. Quesada
Federal Aviation Agency
McDonald
Quesada
Eisenhower
Death claims Logan child Marty Hampshire
Two year old Marty Eugene Hampshire son of Walter and Betty Hampshire of West Logan died at 11 p m Tuesday in Children's Hospital Columbus from complications of infectious hepatitis and pneumonia. He was admitted December 4. Survived by sisters Penny 11 and Peggy 7 and grandparents Albert and Mildred Woolver Gibisonville Orville Hampshire South Bloomingville. Funeral Friday at 2 p m Heinlein Funeral Home with burial Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 p m Thursday.
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Marty Eugene Hampshire
Walter
Betty Woolever
Hampshire
West Logan
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Penny
Peggy
Albert Woolever
Gibisonville
Orville Hampshire
South Bloomingville
Heinlein
Oak Grove Cemetery
County Offices Close Saturday Through Monday
County offices will close Saturday through Monday for an extended Christmas holiday. Courthouse offices will be closed Saturday and Monday as the national holiday is observed. The Logan Hocking County district library closes at 5 p.m. Saturday and reopens at 9 a.m. Tuesday.
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Logan-Hocking County
Parkersburg Lad Arrested On Conversion Charge
Parkersburg West Virginia youth Karl Hendricks eighteen was brought to face a charge of conversion of trust after renting a saxophone valued at two hundred dollars from James Horwell of Logan and pawning it in Parkersburg. The instrument was recovered and he was released to his mother and family attorney for arrangements to attend a psychiatric clinic.
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Parkersburg
W. Va
Karl Hendricks
James Horwell
Logan
Naval Court Opens Probe Into Constellation Fire
A naval court of inquiry convened in New York to examine the devastating Constellation fire and naval safety procedures. The disaster left 49 workers dead after the ship at the Brooklyn Navy Yard suffered extensive damage and its completion was delayed by at least a year.
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Naval Court
New York
Naval Court of
Constellation
City Fire Department
Washington
Navyl
Navy
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr
Fire Department
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Cavanagh
William B. Franke
Adm
Charles Bebeeiser, Jr
3Rd Naval Dist
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