Angler Nets Biggest Strike on Boy in Biscayne Bay
In Miami Beach a four year old boy fell from a dock into Biscayne Bay Friday. Angler Philip Davis made an accurate cast and reeled the child to safety, giving artificial respiration until help arrived. Allen Calarino is in good condition at a hospital. Davis said, Thank goodness this one didn't get away.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Allen Calarino
Biscayne Bay
Philip Davis
Allen
Davis
Jobless Pay Bill Up Monday in Kennedy Push
The Kennedy administration plans a Monday push to enact antirecession legislation starting with a bill to extend jobless benefits up to 13 weeks. Labor Secretary Goldberg expects clear sailing as House Ways and Means Chair Mills prepares a companion measure to extend benefits to the children of unemployed parents.
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Washington
Kennedy
Arthur J. Goldberg
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Goldberg
Congress
Mills
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Chuckle: Kindness Of Trusting Others With Secrets
A lighthearted saying on trust explores how sharing a secret makes the confidant feel important. It frames secret sharing as a gentle social gesture and a form of kindness in everyday interactions.
Ham Returns From Space Flight for Health Check
CAPE CANAVERAL AP Space chimp Ham flies to Holloman Air Force Base New Mexico for extensive examination to assess human readiness for a short orbital flight. Officials say a human could survive the 156 mile high trip after Ham’s 160 minute, 5800 mile per hour Mercury mission. The chimp appeared cheerful at a press conference though showed stress when placed in a couch. Ham’s heartbeat flickered during acceleration and reentry but otherwise remained normal.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Holloman Air Force Base
N.M
Ham
700 Strike Edison Plant 700 Strike Edison Plant
The International Union of Electrical Workers began a strike at the National Electric Coil Division of McGraw-Edison in Columbus Ohio. About 500 workers belong to IVE Local 745 with roughly 200 additional employees. The walkout follows failed contract talks with IVE after an old independent union contract expired two months ago. Negotiations with a federal mediator present collapsed amid wage disputes.
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Columbus, Ohio
International Union of Electrical Workers
National Electric Coil
McGraw-Edison Co
NEC
J. W. Overstreet
IVE
Overstree
IUE
Overstreet
Pests Target Bookshop Book About Supper at Maxwell House
Mrs Larry Sykes a Memphis bookseller reports termites feasting on a volume titled Supper at the Maxwell House. The owner notes the damage and warns readers to inspect shelves for pests.
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Memphis
Larry Sykes
The
Maxwell House
French GI Givens Sought To Stay In France For Education
In Pont L'Eveque a Normandy town asks President Kennedy to let SP4 John H. Givens of Milwaukee remain after his military service to study at the University of Caen. Givens, a basketball mainstay, impressed locals who drafted a letter to the President and Mrs Kennedy seeking sponsorship of the team.
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Pont L'Eveque
France
Normandy
Kennedy
John H. Givens
Milwaukee
Wis
Givens
St. Andre
Decembber
States
Bernard Chauviere
United States
Chauviere
University of Caen
Paris
State Department
White House
Fire destroys four story Osaka restaurant building
TOKYO AP reports a early morning blaze in Osaka City reduced a four story restaurant to ashes. Seven people were killed and three were seriously injured in the fire. Local authorities order investigations into cause and emergency response.
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Tokyo
Osaka
Storms Merge Freeze East as Snow Deepens in Pocono Camp
North wind chills the Pocono Mountains as storms merge bringing heavy snow. Scout leaders cancel last weekend’s Operation Igloo survival camp due to worsening conditions and safety concerns.
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Pocono Mountains
Major storm merges in New York area bringing heavy snowfall
Two waves of snow sweeping the Midwest and mid Atlantic united near New York and moved into New England. The storms dumped up to a foot in Illinois and Virginia while New York City logged about 10 inches. Highway and air travel disrupted as 3,000 workers and 1,500 pieces of equipment fought to keep streets clear.
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New York
Midwest
Middle Atlantic
New England
New York State
Ohio Valley
New York City
Leity
Boston
Block Island
Illinois
Ohio
Virginia
Shanandoah Valley
Idlewild
Galvao Vows To Continue Fight For Portugal Change
Capt Henrique Galvao reached asylum in Recife Brazil after surrendering the 610 foot Santa Maria cruise liner and its 600 hostages and 368 crew. He pledged to keep opposing Salazar regime while claiming continued rights to the ship. He spoke on radio and told reporters the seizure was only the beginning of his campaign.
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William L. Ryan
Recife
Brazil
Henrique Galvao
Portugal
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Galvao
Brazilian
Santa Martia
Santa Maria
Reds Silent On Delay Of Geneva Talks
Washington AP reports U.S. officials are puzzled by Moscow's lack of response to President Kennedy's request to postpone the Geneva talks on the atomic test ban. Kennedy seeks a delay to review disarmament, while Britain quickly agreed to the postponement till March 21. The talks, ongoing since November 1958, have been in recess since December 5 and were to resume February 7.
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Washington
U.S
Moscow
Kennedy
Geneva
Britain
Electrician receives battery powered heart at UW hospital
Jim Miller an electrician in Washington state survived a life threatening heart block after surgeons at University of Washington Hospital implanted two electrodes and a battery-powered transmitter under his skin. The device delivers a steady 60 beat per minute pulse, restoring his energy, vision, and warmth.
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Wenatchee, Wash
Jim Miller
Jim
University of Washington Hospital
Seattle
Miller
Mary
Unsold 61s Push Auto Makers To Idle 80,000 Workers
Auto makers order large layoffs to trim swollen 1961 model inventories. American Motors to cut 20,000 in Wisconsin. Ford to idle 13,000 across Dearborn, Kansas City, St. Louis and Ohio engine plants, with some postponements. GM plans about 45,000 total Michigan and beyond layoffs, including 13,100 at Buick and Fisher Body in Flint and 12,000 at Pontiac plants. Ward's reports 1,025,000 unsold cars and February production cut to 400,000. Chrysler reports a single layoff in St Louis after a snowstorm. Los Angeles suffers one-day layoff next week.
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American Motors Corp
Wisconsin
Ward
Automotive
Ford
Dearborn
Kansas City
St. Louis
Cleveland
Lima
Ohio
Michigan
General Motors
Buick Assembly
Fisher Body
Flint
Pontiac
Fisher
Oldsmobile
Lansing
Buick
Chrysler
Los Angeles
Fant
Claycomo
Gary
Ind
Budd Co
Eras
Turnover of Santa Maria Ends Brazilian Crisis
After Galvao yielded the Santa Maria to Brazil, President Quadros handed the liner to Portugal to avoid a jurisdictional dispute. Portuguese officials will take charge for Colonial Navigation Co. Owners plan to sue Galvao in Brazilian court on charges including homicide and robbery. About 40 Americans stranded erupted in relief as they could depart. The surrender featured a wartime pomp on the ship’s deck with Brazilian officials present.
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Galvao
Santa Maria
Brazil
Janio Quadros
The
Colonial Navigation Co
Portugal
Quadros
Mario Simoes Maia
Fle
Santa
Maria
U.S
Recife
Lisbon
Florida
Atlantic
Anna Wong dies at 41. Oriental Star of cinema
Hollywood AP Anna May Wong famed for three decades of screen charm dies of a heart attack Friday night in Santa Monica. Born January 3, 1907 in Los Angeles she never married and leaves a brother Richard Wong of Santa Monica. Her career spanned films like Shanghai Express and Toll of the Sea and stage work opposite Laurence Olivier.
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Hollywood
Anna May Wong
Douglas Fairbanks
Baghdad
England
Laurence Olivier
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
San Francisco
Singapore
Richard Wong
U S Acts To Aid Refugees From Cuba
President Kennedy announced a broad relief program to aid Cuban refugees including food clothing and job and education help. Four million dollars from mutual security funds will sustain the effort through June 30 directed by Secretary Ribicoff, combining federal aid with voluntary agencies.
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Washington
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Kennedy
Abraham A. Ribicoff
U.S. Tests Peace Plan for Congo Unrest
United States quietly sounds out U.N. delegations on a broad Congo peace program. Aimed at freeing the Congo from foreign interference, forming a broader government, disarming troops, reconvening parliament, and releasing political prisoners, according to informed sources.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N
Congo
U.S
Joseph Kasavubu
Stevenson Mulls Congo Policy With Soviet Backing
Adlai Stevenson would need Soviet acceptance for the Congo stayout, with U N backing to the disarmament plan. The rest hinges on Congolese leaders’ feuding, while exclusion of outside powers is prioritized over freeing political prisoners. Stevenson may present ideas to Zorin as a U N plan, though policy remains under study in Washington.
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U. S
Adlai Stevenson
Soviet Union
Congo
U.N
Stevenson
Valerian A. Zorim
Slag slide buries Belgian village killing at least 14
In Moulins sous Fleron Belgium a massive slag heap failed after heavy rains and a snowstorm. Officials fear 14 people are buried under cinders as six homes flooded and ten damaged. Rescue work continued as authorities warned of scant hope for survivors. King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola visited the scene.
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Moulins-Sous-Fleron
Belgium
Liege
Europe
Fleron
Jupille
Baudouin
Fabiola
Rene Lefebvre
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