Surviving Boy Says Mother Is Waiting After NYC Crash
11 year old Stephen Baltz, the lone survivor of a midair collision between a United Airlines jet from Chicago and a Trans World flight over New York, is critically injured in Brooklyn's Methodist Hospital. He whispered that his mother awaited him at Idlewild Airport as officials confirmed the crash time and identified his Chicago family.
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Donnelly New York
Stephen Baltz
Brooklyn
Methodist Hospital
Chicago
New York
Trans. World Airlines
Louis Viericki
Idlewild
W. S. Baltz
Wilmette
The
Admiral Corporation
Charles Cooper
Sanitation Department
Edward I. Cavanaugh Jr
Air Force
Coast Guard
Julius Lehmann
Planes Collide Over New York in Deadly Crash
Two airliners collided in heavy snow over New York, killing at least 127 people and causing wide fires in Brooklyn. A TWA Constellation with 42 aboard fell into the harbor at Miller Field, Staten Island, while a United DC-8 with 83 aboard crashed in Brooklyn. Ground casualties included a sanitation worker. one ground survivor was reported. Fire and rescue crews battled blazes across ten apartment buildings as authorities investigated.
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Brooklyn
Beverley Parks
Halifax
United Airlines
Pillar of Fire
Trans World
Constellation
Miller Field
Staten Island
Harbor Water
TWA
Dayton
Columbus
Ohio
LaGuardia
United Air Lines
Chicago
Idlewild Field
Idlewild
Long ‘Island
Jin ‘Queens
Grand Canyon
United
Brookly
Flatbush
Eighth Avenues
Coast Guard
Explosion Like Bomb Going Off
Staten Island residents describe the Trans World Airlines crash after a collision with a United Air Lines jet. Witnesses recall engines exploding, a ball of flame, and debris scattered across a field near Hyland Boulevard as the aircraft fell in flames.
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New York
Staten Island
Trans World Airlines
United Air Lines
Edward V. Curry
New Dorp
New York City
John S. Bailey
Hyland Boulevard
Brooklyn Plane Crash Shocks Park Slope Residents
In Park Slope Brooklyn a United Airlines jet struck a building block in a snowy sky. Witnesses describe terror as a Trans World Airlines collision preceded the crash with screaming bystanders and a bakery driver recounting the moment of impact.
Relatives Gather in Idlewild Room for Missing United Flight
In a high ceilinged Idlewild room relatives and friends of United Air Lines passengers await news after the jetliner bound for Idlewild failed to arrive following a Brooklyn crash with a Trans World Airlines plane. Only one survivor is reported. About twenty people stand dazed as they learn of the tragedy. A passenger agent, teary and red haired, guards the door while a nurse surveys the anxious crowd.
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United Air Lines
Idlewild
Brooklyn
Trans World Airlines
United
United Airlines
Sixth annual Christmas lighting contest draws massive entries
More than 160 competitors entered as Jaycee team led by Gordon Kraushatz completed a recruiting drive. Four prize categories will be awarded with independent judges. Judging to begin this weekend. lights should stay on 6 30 to 11 pm. Contact Kraushatz at JAZ 3205 for entries. Sponsored by Medicine Hat Jaycees and The NEWS.
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Gordon Kraushatz
Entrics
Kraushar
Mr. Kraushar
Hal Jaycees
the News
Selassie Loyalists Largely Regain Ground as Addis Battles Rage
In Ethiopia fighting rages across Addis Ababa as forces loyal to Emperor Haile Selassie reportedly close in on the capital amid a rebel government claim. Foreign diplomats and broadcasts describe limited clashes and a curfew with machine guns atop government buildings.
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Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
Africa
Selassie
Roberts Field
Liberia
Brazil
Addis Ababa
Asmara
Eritrea
Harar
Sweden
Teferi Chareou
Stockholm
Merid Mengesha
Abiye Abebe
Asin#ra
Mengesha
Ras Imeru
Soviet Union
Mulugeta Buli
Denis Wright
Kennedy names brother to cabinet in first New Frontier
President elect John F Kennedy names his brother Robert F Kennedy as attorney general and C Douglas Dillon as Treasury secretary. Byron White, Denver lawyer and former football All American, named deputy attorney general. Robert Kennedy, 35, overseen the campaign and prior Senate rackets committee work. First time a president-elect has chosen a brother for the cabinet.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
United States
C. Douglas Dillon
Treasury
Byron
Whizzer) White
Denver
White
Senate
U.S
Man Freed Of Murder In Old Crash
In Los Angeles a jury acquitted Richard E. Loomis of murder in the 1947 death of James K. Gibbs, pilot of a Mosquito bomber owned by Loomis. Loomis, president of a Burbank aeronautical firm, was convicted on three counts including destroying insured property and making a false report. he had insured the plane for 50 000 dollars after buying it for 8000 dollars.
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Los Angeles
Richard E. Loomis
Loomis
James K. Gibbs
Burbank
Calif
Housing Project Proposal Referred to City Council
A $1 million rental housing project proposal was sent to the city council for consideration by Monday night to decide if the city will proceed by Dec 31. The plan targets families at the $3,500 income level with government rent controls capping rents 30 percent below comparable units. The project, led by McClair Construction, seeks 200 units and qualifies for federal aid as a winter work project. applications must be filed at the Calgary Central Mortgage and Housing office by the deadline.
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McClair
Brambring
Se Tae
Calgary
Central’ Mortgage and Housing
Bruyere
Ald. Jack
Hees Denies Export Permits To Cuba
Ottawa CP Trade Minister Hees said no export permits have been or will be issued for Canadian strategic materials to Cuba and no permits will authorize re export of U S goods from Canada to Cuba. Hees refused to table the 17 permits issued since Oct 1 noting confidential firm information.
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Ottawa
Cuba
Hees
United States
Canada
Commons
Veterans Affairs
Churchill
Paul Martin
L—Essex East
Cubana Airlines
Agriculture dept warns farmers on hog cholera outbreak
The federal agriculture department urged farmers not to buy swine during the hog cholera epidemic. By Dec 8 the disease had been diagnosed on 30 more swine and 2,021 swine had been slaughtered. The cases are all in western Quebec and southeast Ontario.
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Federal Agriculture Department
Quebec
Ontario
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Ann Carretta
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Little
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