Cabinet Nominees Pass First Senate Scrutiny
Kennedy faces questions on potential nepotism and ties while senators from both parties weigh his qualifications for attorney general. He cites legal experience and plans to target organized crime, antitrust enforcement, and justice for the underprivileged, with bipartisan praise from several Democrats.
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Qbirksen
Robert Kennedy
Everett M. Dirksen
Net
James 0. Eastland
D-Miss
Judiciary Committee
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Dirksen
Sam J. Ervin Jr
D-Nc
John A. Carroll
D-Cole
William P.rogers
Eisenhower
Rogers
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
Hoover
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Lathers
Justice Department
Carroll Kennedy
Ben Kennedy
jAischeg
Roman L. Hruska
Nebraska
Kenneth B. Keating
Newto
Leary
Che.srang Chiligh
Democratic Party
False Alarm Brings Death In Road Crash
An ambulance answering a false suicide call collided with a six wheel truck in Fort Worth killing three people in the ambulance and injuring others. Kent Daniels a San Saba truck driver was arrested for negligent homicide after a sobriety test. A female passenger in the truck cab was also arrested as officers found alcohol in the cab.
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Cecil Brownlee
Carroll Whalin
Kent Daniels
San Saba
Tom Hays
Nee
Hays
Daniels
Catholic Prince Calls Integration Guided by Christ
Archbishop Joseph E Ritter of St Louis, a pioneer of parochial school integration, says the United States must advance democracy by solving racial problems. Ritter, named among four new princes to be installed by Pope John XXIII, reflects on how church schools integrated under his leadership and notes global observers watch America’s progress.
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United Press ‘International
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Mystery Soviet Missile Tests Reported Near Hawaii
U S Navy patrols tracked Soviet missile activity southwest of Osh Hawaii with discussions of a rocket nose recovery. Alaskan radar observed a trajectory over the Pacific as analysts cite a 44 000 square mile impact area used for tests from Russia amid speculation on space vehicle plans tied to the space race and President Kennedy era.
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Probe into New York Air Collision Concludes
Inquiry into the December disaster over New York City where a United DC airliner collided with a Trans World Airlines Super Constellation near Long Island. Thirteen people were killed making it the era’s worst civil aviation accident.
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UPD
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CAB
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Defense budget shifts tighten arms program across services
The 1959 defense plan reallocates funding to 2,492,900 troops with 870,000 Army 625,000 Navy 175,000 Marines and 822,900 Air Force. The revised total rises to 41.5 billion, prompting stoppages on B 58s and B 52s and slowed F 105 production while keeping ICBMs and the B 70 bomber on track.
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Eisenhower
Air Force
Two Children Born January Thirteenth In New York State
Reports from Cohoes New York and Peoria Illinois outline a January 13 birthday sequence for Mrs Frank Kenton and her children. Sharon Kenton born four years ago and today a son joins the family. In Peoria doctors recount a hospital roommate’s bold intervention leading to an orthopedic surgery.
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UPI
Methodist
George Helwig
Helwig
Fred Stuttle
Don
Abilene
Kan
Eisenhower
Abilene Highh School
Abilene High School
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Seven Men Dead As Coastal Tragedy Wrecks Three Vessels
Offshore disaster near Peacock Spit along the Oregon coast leaves seven sailors dead after two Coast Guard cutters and the crab boat Mermaid capsize in 60 mph winds. Four men survive,救 one managed to reach shore. Rescue teams recover debris and scant wreckage amid mountainous seas.
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Coast Guard
Peacock Spit
Columbia River
Roosevelt Benson
Isels
Seven Die As Seas Batter Barge Arizona Sword Sinks
The 400 foot barge Arizona Sword broke apart ten miles off Palm Beach as savage seas battered the vessel. Captain Joseph L. Cooper and six crewmen were lost. only survivor was cook George W. Richardson. Coast Guard searched debris for the missing men.
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Arizona Sword
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Coast Guard
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Angel Benitez
D. N. Broye
Thomas F. Dobbins
Juan Valdez Jr
Markos Franggos
F. O. Fernandez
Tampa, Fla
George W. Richardson
Tampa
Jefferson County Auditor Fired In Beaumont Probe
Jefferson County Auditor E. S. Foreman fired one assistant blamed for a $15,000 shortage in the sheriff's department. Gowling, an aide, is charged with negligence as the county moves to re district following the federal census. Several officials have been dismissed amid the probe as Rep. James Cotton comments on fiscal reforms and a tax plan by Rep. Mace Stewart Jr. focusing on a balanced tax revision and shifting to a uniform excise tax scheme.
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Mace Stewart Jr
Galveston
Stewart
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Hale - Aikin
Sheriff's Department
Goowling
W. W
Bill) Richardson
C. H. Meyer
Robert Nees
Meyer
Gowling and Nees
Port Arthur
G. B. Douglas
Beaumont
James H. Mulligan
Glenn Hamman
Douglas
Hamman
D. P. Moore
House
Youth Hurt In Hit Run Involving Stolen Car
Four teens questioned by juvenile officers after a hit and run injures a 5 year old boy struck by a stolen car in the 500 block Ave N. A 14 year old admitted driving the car and the incident occurred after hockey between teens from Carroll Thompson Junior High.
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Joe Otero
Porfirio Otero
Photographer Freed By Cuba After Six Days In Prison
Frank Beatty an American photographer and United Press International images chief in Miami was released in Havana after six days in a Cuban prison. He had been arrested for photographing military objectives near the Cuban Capitol and claimed six other Americans were jailed with him.
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UPI
Frank Beatty
Miami
Beatty
United Press International News Pictures
Accused Grave Robber Faces Mental Exam
22-year-old Airman Jerry Reynolds of Creighton Missouri faces a mental examination after admitting to taking the body of a 17-year-old girl from Bayou Meta cemetery near Jacksonville and attempting to remove a second body at Chapel Hill Cemetery. He is charged with injury to a grave and related offenses.
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Reynolds
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WCTU Blasts Proposed U S Diplomatic Fund Increase
The Woman's Christian Temperance Union attacks a planned rise in the State Department representation fund. They claim funds, historically 750000 to one million dollars yearly, are largely used for liquor at embassies and diplomatic events. They urge President-elect Kennedy to oppose the increase citing risks to national and international security.
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Woman's Christian Temperance Union
U.S. State Department
Congress
John ¥. Kennedy
Fred J.tooze
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Kennedy
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Lawmakers use day off to push bills in quiet Texas Capitol
In Austin on a Friday off from formal sessions, both Texas chambers stayed quiet while lawmakers worked on legislation and committee assignments. Speaker James Turman met with several House members including Roger Thurmond Vernon Stewart Ronald Roberts and John Huebner Sr to hear committee preferences. Senate activity was light as many members had left for the weekend with secretaries still typing bills. US Sen. William Blakey visited briefly to file for a Senate race.
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Texas
House
James Turman
Austin
William Blakley
Dallas
Senate
Investors Security Life to reissue stock after court ruling
Court order directs Investors Security Life Insurance Co to issue new stock certificates after finding impaired capital of 100000 and surplus of 68000 at end of 1960. About 900000 in assets were returned to directors for stockholders. R C Hewett of Lubbock says stockholders meeting set for next Wednesday. old stock to be called in.
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Langdeau
R. C. Hewett
Lubbock
Investors Security Life Insurance Co
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Lorenzo
Hewett
Austin
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Oldstock
Investors Security Life
Group Launches Poll Tax Drive for Negro Voters in Texas
A Progressive Voters League forms here to mobilize poll tax payments among citizens. President Harold M. Chatman announces the group, affiliated with Texas Negro leagues, with officers including David W. Hughes and Sherne Davenport. The group will meet Tuesday at Mount Vernon Methodist Church. Tahiti backs De Gaulle in Algeria policy with 14 017 yes and 8 735 no in Sunday referendum results reaching Paris.
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Harold M. Chatman
Texas
Nagues
Chatman
David W. Hughes
Sherne E. Davenport
Dillard Harris
Jeff Joiner
Merrell Reed
A. W. Wilson
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Mount Vernon Methodist Church
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Parla
Tax collector vows firm action on delinquents in Peoria
State's attorney James V. Cunningham announced a campaign to crack down on delinquent personal property taxes with a clear conscience. He admitted he himself owes $37 after checking his county treasurer's records, prompting a pause in collections.
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Peoria, Ill
UPI
James V. Cunningham
Cunningham
Souvanna Balks At Laos Return
VIENTIANE Laos government failed to win Souvanna Phoumi to return from exile in Cambodia. Prime Minister Boun Oum announced emissaries found Souvanna inflexible, still claiming to be the lawful premier after last December’s conflict with Gen. Phoumi Nosavan.
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Souvanna
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