Six airliner crashes spark weeklong toll of 206 deaths
AP reports six major airliner crashes over seven days killing at least 206 people. The worst was Varig Airlines 707 wreck near Lima, Peru, killing all 97 aboard. Other losses include a United Viscount near Ellicott City, a Brazilian collision over Sao Paulo state, a Portuguese transport off St Thomas, a Hungarian crash near Paris, and a Varig Peru crash.
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Varig Airlines
Lima
United Air Lines
Ellicott City
St. Thomas Island
West Africa
Paris
25 Are Dead At Idlewild
Investigators probed the DC7B crash at Idlewild Airport amid fog. Twenty five died, 26 survived, with FAA technicians checking instrument landing aids. Survivors recalled the desperate escape and heroism as flames engulfed the forward section and passengers fled through emergency exits.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Oscar Bakke
FAA
Eastern Regional
Eastern Air Lines
Charlotte
N.C
Mechem Named Senator Mechem Named Senator
Edwin L. Mechem becomes New Mexico's first Republican senator in 27 years after resigning the governorship and being appointed by Lt. Gov. Tom Bolack. Mechem, 50, will serve an interim term, succeeding Democrat Dennis Chavez who died November 18. Chavez’s Senate seat is up January 1, 1965, with a full election in November 1964.
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Santa Fe
N.M
Edwin L. Mechem
New Mexico
Mechem
Senate
Tom Bolack
Dennis Chave
Bolack
Jack Campbell
Chavez
Bronson Cutting
John Miles Mechem
U.S
Clintor P. Anderson
John Simms
John Burroughs
Simms
Deadly chlorine gas fog hits Cornwall Ontario
A leaking railroad tank car released chlorine fog over Cornwall causing about 100 people to cough and vomit. Emergency crews evacuated 200 residents from the northeast outskirts while 35 hospital patients remained in satisfactory condition.
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Cornwall, Ont
Cornwall
Iity
U Thant Starts Four Year Term as U N Secretary General
U Thant was elected unanimously by the General Assembly to a four year term as United Nations secretary general. He takes the post from the acting role he held after Dag Hammarskjold death and will receive pay and allowances raised to seventy thousand dollars a year. Delegates noted he was not hampered by Soviet demands in the selection.
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United Nations
N.y.ap
Former Sen Joseph C O Mahoney Dies At 78
Former Wyoming senator Joseph C O Mahoney died at 78 after a long illness at a U S hospital in Bethesda Maryland His political career spanned from 1933 to 1960 with New Deal and Fair Deal leadership He chaired the 12 member temporary national economic committee during the 1930s scrutinizing causes and aftermath of the Depression
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Washington
Joseph C. O'Mahoney
Wyoming
U. S. Naval Hospital
Neaby Bethesda
O'Mahoney
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Far West
John B. Kendrick
Cheyenne
Kendrick
O’mahoney
New Deal
National Economic Committee
Physician Stays With Pope John XXIII at Bedside
The pope's personal physician, Prof Antonio Gasbarrini, returned to the papal apartment to monitor Pope John XXIII’s condition. Vatican officials reported no new word on the 81 year old's health, and Gasbarrini postponed returning to Bologna, indicating continued concern.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Antonio Gasbarrini
Papal
Vatican
Gasbarrini
Bologna
Apostolic Palace
Survivors recall Eastern Air Lines crash at Idlewild
AP reports 25 of 51 aboard the DC7B died in the fog laden crash. Survivors describe flames and smoke as the plane plummeted, with stewardesses performing valiantly and passengers panicking as they attempted to escape.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
Idlewild
Edward J. Bechtold
Philadelphia
Leonard Clementi
Huntington
Long Island
Lou Lcutt
Dover
N.J
Helen Fournier
Forest Hills
Queens
Eastern
Bechtold
M. V. Little, 4
Garden City
Walter Mueller
Floral Park
N. Y
Pat Richards
Woodside
Donald Barbour
Coxsackie, N. Y
M. V. Little
Huntington Station
Spanish trawler Santa Marina catches fire far east of Newfoundland
A 234 foot Spanish fishing trawler named Santa Marina burned Friday about 450 miles east of Newfoundland. The crew contacted the Coast Guard to report the blaze was extinguished and all aboard unharmed. The vessel's status remained under assessment by authorities.
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New York
Newfoundland
Coast Guard
Santa Marina
Cuban Crisis Drives On As Rocket Bombers Head Home
The Soviet Union begins packing nuclear capable jet bombers in Cuba and moving them to ports for shipment back to Russia. First shipload expected soon. Khrushchev Kennedy talks leave remaining issues unresolved for weeks. Mikoyan heads home to report, Kennedy demands aerial verification and warns against renewed Cuban secrecy.
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Cuba
Viet Union
U.S
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Caribbean
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Dean Rusk
Havana
Fidel Castro
Mikoyan
Castro
China begins troop withdrawal from Himalayan front
New Delhi reports Beijing says Chinese Communists will move back 12 percent miles behind their line of control of Nov. 7 1959. India awaits verification as both sides remained in brief contact and India objects to cease fire terms keeping China in control of Ladakh territory.
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India
Peking
Peking Defense Ministry
New China
United States
Ladakh
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