Congress To Hear JFK State Of The Union Thursday
The 87th Congress opens with President Kennedy urging early action on his domestic program and seeking tariff reform. McCormack becomes speaker after Rayburn's death. Halleck earns Republican nomination for speaker. Senate Republicans chose Hickenlooper as Policy Committee chair. Byrd predicts a large deficit and fights over Social Security medical care.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
House
Sam Rayburn
Ralph Roberts
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Rayburn
Rep
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
McCormack
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Senate Republicans
Sen
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Hickenlooper
Leverett Saltonstall
Styles Bridges
New Hamp- Kennedy
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
John Bailey
Senate
Ways and
Byrd
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
U.N
Congo
Adenauer Backs Western Moscow Negotiation Plan
West German Chancellor Adenauer backs Britain and the Western plan to probe Moscow for a basis to negotiate with the Soviet Union on Berlin. He also agrees to ease British troop costs by buying more British arms. The accord aims to preserve West Berlin’s freedom and Western unity amid ongoing Moscow talks.
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BOMN
Germany
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Konrad Adenauer
Moscow
Berlin
Adenauer
West Germany
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Macmillan
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Rhine
London
Lord Home
South Korean Military Chief Convicted of Plot Against Junta
Chang Do-young the first head of the South Korean junta was sentenced to death by a revolutionary tribunal for counterrevolutionary activity. Ex-secretary Lee Hoi Yung also received the same verdict. The tribunal handed life terms to two former junta members and prison terms to others, with nine acquittals.
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Seoul
South Korea
Chang Do-young
Chang
Chung Hee Park
Lee Hoi Yung
Park
Han River Bridge
John M. Chang
Park Chi-ok
Moon Jai-joon
Wi Chung-yong
Justice Ministry
Prosecution Administration
Ferguson Enters Democratic Treasurer Race in Ohio
Thomas E Ferguson 33 announced for the Democratic nomination for state treasurer as his father State Treasurer Joseph T Ferguson plans retirement after his four year term. The son is a former Ford employee, Navy veteran, and Ohio State University graduate married to Helen Kreitzer with four children.
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Columbus
Ohio
Thomas E. Ferguson
Joseph T. Ferguson
Ferguson
Ohio State University
School of Business Administration
Ford Motor Co
Lima
U.S. Navy
Naval Reserve
Lancaster
Helen Kreitzer
Dayton
Donahey Seeks Ohio State Auditor Nomination
Lt. Gov. John W. Donahey announced his bid for the Democratic nomination for state auditor. The 56 year old son of former governor A Vic Donahey is the second candidate in the race, with Rep. Thomas L. Gilmartin of Youngstown the other contender. Donahey previously sought several state offices but was unsuccessful.
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Columbus
Ohio
John W. Donahey
Donahey
U. S
Vic Donahey
Thomas L. Gilmartin
Youngstown
Alliance
U.S
Logan Fire Department Shows Drop In Losses
Fire losses in Logan and surrounding townships served by the Logan Fire Department totaled 34 665 for 1961 a drop of 14 525 from 1960 s 49 190 Fire Chief Robert Courter s annual report shows city fire damage at 12 390 county losses at 22 275 The department answered 85 calls 62 in Logan 23 outside the city Logan residential losses 5 560 industrial 6 000 auto 780 miscellaneous 50 Township losses residential 11 100 miscellaneous 7 375 one auto blaze 3 800 Chief Courter urges township residents outside contract areas to verify their correct fire department with trustees.
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Logan
Logan Fire Department
Robert Courter
New Liquor Chief Named By Governor
Ohio Governor DiSalle appoints George Dick of Alliance as state liquor director effective February. Richard Crouch resigns at end of January to join Schenley Industries. Dick, 44, will earn 14000 dollars yearly in the new post, same as his prior salary.
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Columbus, Ohio
George Dick
Alliance
Michael V. DiSalle
Richard C. Crouch
Crouch
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Canton
DiSalle
Schenley Industries, Inc
New York
Dayton
Acme Precision Products, Inc
Molotov Missed Train. Still in Moscow Says Soviet Foreign Ministry
The Soviet Foreign Ministry said former Foreign Minister Vyacheslav Molotov remains in Moscow and did not take a train to Vienna to resume his post at the International Atomic Energy Agency. Officials offered no information on his health or future intentions, noting he returned from Vienna last November after Khrushchev’s denunciation at the party congress.
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Moscow
Foreign Ministry
V. M. Molotov
International Atomic Energy Agency
Vienna
Khrushchev
Molotov
Sinatra To Wed Juliet Prowse In Hollywood Romance
Frank Sinatra announces plans to marry Juliet Prowse, signaling a shift toward settled life. The 46 year old singer says the wedding date will be set by Prowse, noting it will be her first marriage while this is his third.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra
Juliet Prowse
Fhe
Sinatra
Kennedy to Hold News Conference at Four Monday
President Kennedy will hold a news conference at 4 p.m. Monday. There are no plans for a live radio or television broadcast of the event.
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Washington
Kennedy
Feed Grains Supports To Remain Same In 1962
Washington AP Secretary Freeman kept 1962 feed grain supports level with 1961 until soybeans and cottonseed were trimmed and flaxseed nudged higher. Corn barley oats and sorghum listed with parity-based prices. soybeans cottonseed flaxseed adjusted.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Freeman
It Really Got Cold In Murray City
Sub zero temperatures in Murray City reached 12 below, prompting local chatter at the courthouse. A resident joked the cold forced him to thaw electric lines before turning on the lights.
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Murray City
Uninvited Ohio Democrat Gets Kennedy Carnation
Charles Meeks, president of the United Auto Workers Citizenship Council, crashed a $100 plate birthday dinner for Gov. Michael DiSalle in Columbus. He distributed Kennedy campaign buttons, shook hands with President Kennedy, and left with the carnation Kennedy wore. He also enjoyed a free $100 meal.
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Columbus
Ohio
Charles Meeks
Michael V. DiSalle
Kennedy
Meeks
Columbus Dispatch
United Auto Workers Citizenship Council
Citizens For Kennedy
State Fairgrounds
Secret Service
General Motors
Ternstedt
Nixon Urges Shelf For All Extremists
Whittier California AP report says former Vice President Richard Nixon, at a banquet for his 49th birthday, urged responsible leadership to avoid extremes of the far left and far right. He said radicals are a small minority but overly influential because they are vocal and active. Nixon urged responsible people to participate more in politics.
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Whittier
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Goldberg Sees Job Market Improve Despite December Slump
Labor Secretary Arthur J. Goldberg said the winter job market will improve in coming months despite December losses of 882000 in employment and an 100000 rise in unemployment to 4091000. He warned many discouraged workers especially women and older adults dropped out of the labor force. He urged steel industry restraint to protect the recovering economy and noted the steel contracts expire June 30.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Adminis
Tration
Frigid Weather Hits Hocking Area with Subzero Temps
A brutal polar air mass drenches Southeastern Ohio with subzero readings. Logan logs minus 12 at the state highway garage, rural Hocking County hits minus 16, and highs hover near three below to five above zero. Roads grow slick and several buses face delays as schools adjust.
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Midwest
Ohio
Hocking Valley
Logan
Hocking County
South Bloomingville
Hocking-Vinton County
Frederick Good
Gibisonville
Paul Carr
Cantwell Cliffs
Laurel Rd
Rockbridge
Harold R. Smith
Laurelville
Bloomingville
Union Furnace
Ilesboro
Harold Drake
John Kaczenski
Marion
York
Clyde Byers
Murray City
Ohio plants urged to switch from natural gas
The Ohio Fuel Gas Co asks 911 industrial and commercial customers in Logan to use alternate fuels for heat. Affected sites include Carborundum, General Electric, Metalbestos, National Supply, Smead Manufacturing and Chakeres Theatre, per Logan office manager Gerald Baird.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Logan
General Electric
Metalbestos
National Supply
Smead Manufacturing
Chakeres Theatre
Gerald Baird
Logan Ohio Fuel Gas Office
Ohio Fuel limits gas service to some customers in 56 counties
Ohio Fuel said it will curtail gas service for a period to assure continued good service to homes in 56 counties it serves. The firm has 612 commercial and 229 industrial customers in the area and references standby facilities to switch to another fuel during prolonged severe cold. Ohio Fuel previously switched its Columbus offices from gas to oil.
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Ing
Ohio Fuel
Columbus
Theft Forces McArthur High School Vacation
In McArthur Ohio cold weather and a burglary shut McArthur High School. Authorities report professional safe crackers stole 500 dollars from a school safe this morning. Sheriff Harold Steele says sub zero temperatures plus the need to aid the investigation led to about 775 pupils receiving a day off from Harold V Felton the school executive head to avoid hindering agents from the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation.
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Mcarthur, Ohio
McArthur High School
Harold Steele
Harold V. Felton
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification and Investigation
Steele
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