Poor Visibility Cited In Bus Train Crash that Killed 20 Children
Colorado investigators probe cause of the Greeley crash as frosted bus windows and poor visibility are considered factors. Witnesses recall the bus stopping and moving, the diesel locomotive striking the bus, and a chaotic scene with injured students and grieving relatives.
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Greeley
Colo
Colorado
Colorado Highway Safety Council
Merf Evans
Duke Dunbad
Bus Driver Says He Stopped Before Train Collision
Thirteen children are hospitalized after a late model Union Pacific streamliner train collided with a 60 passenger bus at a rural crossing near here. The bus driver Duane Harms, 23, suffered minor injuries and shock while 37 children aboard were aboard. four were treated and released. The train City of Denver, traveling 79 mph, was 90 minutes late due to baggage delays from Chicago. Union Pacific engineer Herbert Sommers, 64, blamed Harms for not stopping. Harms claimed he usually stops and believes he did. Fireman Melvin Swanson, 48, said he expected the bus to stop.
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Duane Harmis
Union Pacific
City of Denver
Streamliner
Chicago
Denver
Herbert F. Sommers
Sommers
Harms
Melvin C. Swanson
Allies Plan Statement on Berlin
Paris AP report says Allies work on a declaration approving U S Soviet talks on a Berlin compromise despite France objections. The draft would reaffirm Western readiness to fight for war won rights in the divided city if Moscow rejects an honorable agreement. Discussions spanned seven days with de Gaulle Adenauer and Western ministers plus the NATO council.
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Paris
Berlin
France
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Kennedy Increases Aid to South Vietnam Not Combat Troops
President Kennedy ordered stepped up U S assistance to South Vietnam to defend against communist aggression. Officials said no American combat troops will be sent, with expanded technical aid, equipment, helicopters, aircraft, and advisers to bolster Saigon's defense effort amid Diem's plea for help. Diem cited grave crisis and urged aid to counter North Vietnamese forces and insurgents.
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Washington
Kennedy
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
United States
Saigon
U.S
White House
North Viet Nam
Vietnamese Republic
U S Hopeful For Congo Settlement
Washington hopes for a peaceful Congo settlement as President Kennedy sends a letter to Katanga leader Moise Tshombe. The move aims to start negotiations with Congolese Premier Cyrille Adoula under a cease-fire, with Adoula and Tshombe under consideration of a qualified negotiator.
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Washington
Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
White House
Pierre Salinger
Kennedy
Tshombe
U.S
Brussels
Adoula
Senegal
Leopold Senghor
Thant
Britain
Ths
Eichmann Sentenced to Death by Israeli Court
Adolf Eichmann was condemned to death by hanging by a three man Israeli court for crimes against the Jewish people and humanity. The judgment cites unparalleled enormity and imposes the maximum penalty with a potential avenue for appeal and clemency.
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Thomas A. Reedy
Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Nazi Germany
Israel
Moshe Landau
Gestapo
Eichmann
Robert L. Servatius
West Germany
Supreme Court
Izhak Ben-Zvi
Landau
Ried Eichmann
Talks Aim to End Albany Desegregation Protests
White and Negro leaders met again in Albany Georgia seeking a solution to demonstrations over segregation. Negro leaders demand dismissal of charges against arrestees including about 200 in custody immediate desegregation of bus and rail terminals and a biracial advisory committee. Mayor Kelley placed National Guard on standby as talks continue after a prisoner alleged beaten in Dawson in Terrell County raised tensions.
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Albany
South Georgia
Asa Kelley
Ernest Vandiver
National Guard
W. G. Anderson
Albany Movement
Terrell County
Dawson
Charles Sherrod
Albany City
Seven Rescued From Ditched PBY Flying Boat Sea Ordeal
Seven men clung through a night to a damaged Navy PBY flying boat 65 miles south of Nassau. The Coast Guard said all are well after the tug Maggie towed the crippled craft to safety following rescuers from Nassau. Passengers included A. Alex Shuford of Hickory North Carolina and Hal Simms of Hickory, with others from Orlando bound for Caracas.
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Miami
Fla
Maggie
Nassau
Coast Guard
PBY
Atlantic
Florida
Alex Shuford
Shuford Mills
Hickory
N.C
Hal Simms
Onde Crown Bottling Co
Orlando
Caracas
Venezuela
UN Sees No Cease Fire In Katanga After Kennedy Reply
Diplomats at the United Nations predicted no immediate cease-fire with secessionist Katanga despite Kennedy’s intervention. U Thant would push U.N. military action until Tshombe agrees to good faith negotiations for a unified Congo. Kennedy planned to reply to Tshombe’s plea and may name a negotiator.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
United Nations
Katanga
Kennedy
U Thant
Tshombe
Congo
White House
Cyrille Adoula
Central Congo
Mistakes Are Equal to the Sum of Squares, Boss Says
The boss quips that errors tally to the sum of squares, a witty twist on common missteps in workplace humor.
Weather to mild relief with mixed precip over weekend
Temperatures will return to moderate levels over the next five days with highs near 48 and lows around 27. Weekend precipitation expected as snow then rain, totaling about a quarter to half an inch. Colder air arrives midweek with a low near 12 tonight and a Saturday high around 29. Previous day’s high 33 and overnight low 19 were recorded.
Kennedy Heads to Latin America on First Latin Tour
President Kennedy departs with Mrs Kennedy for San Juan Puerto Rico then Caracas and Bogota despite anti US protests in Venezuela. Security tightens as police brace for demonstrations while officials assure no changes to plans.
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Whitney Shoemaker
Venezuela
Bogota
Colombia
Richard M. Nixon
Caracas
Latin America
Kennedy
Romulo Betancourt
U.S
White House
Pierre Salinger
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Karl Ahlborn
Cheryl Brown
Susanna Morton
Bob Brantner
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Nason
Owen Sseenes
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US Air Force
Edmund Gullion Kennedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
New York
Edmund Gullion
Hemen
Dixie City
Fidel Castro
Cuba
U. S
Betancourt
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