Lord's Prayer Soothes Sinking Ship Survivors in Tokyo Bay
In Tokyo bay a Danish freighter Laust Maersk sank after a collision with the Alcoa Pioneer. An American woman, Mrs Victor Andrews of Laguna Beach California, sang The Lord's Prayer to calm survivors. One Danish crewman died, three others were missing, forty three rescued. The Laust Maersk sank about twenty minutes after the crash.
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Japan
Tokyo Bay
Victor Andrews
Laguna Beach
Calif
Laust Maersk
Alcoa
Antitrust Sentences Due Today
In Philadelphia Westinghouse Electric Corp. was fined 40000 in federal court for price fixing and bid rigging. General Electric and Allis Chalmers also received fines. A total of 72 pleas of guilty and 89 no defense pleas accompanied 20 indictments. The case spans 1956 to the early 1990s with 57 defendants including 21 corporations.
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Westinghouse Electric Corp
U.S
America
General Electric
Westinghouse
Allis Chalmers Manufacturing Co
United States
Cuba posts new loose leaf diplomatic guide
Havana Cuba AP report says Fidel Castros government released a diplomatic guide in loose leaf form to allow pages to be removed or added and indicates a readiness for further changes in Cuban foreign relations.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
West Wonders Sputnik Silence Stirs Space Debate
Western observers report no trace of the Soviet Union's Sputnik satellite with Moscow remaining famously quiet. Western experts speculate on a possible malfunction or a hidden manned payload, while Japanese scientists detect unusual fixed signals cited as possible ground transmission.
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Soviet Union
Italy
Communist Party
L’unita
Britain
Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Sputnik
Earth
Lovell
Haiti Bishop Ordered Out of Diocese
In Port au Prince the Roman Catholic bishop of Gonaives Msgr. Paul Robert 59 was expelled after demonstrators looted the diocese warehouse amid government pressure. He was escorted 70 miles to Port au Prince by the military and told to leave for fear of unrest as Duvalier’s government contends with church leaders.
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Haiti
Gonaives
Paul Robert
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Robert
Francois Duvalier
Francois Poirier
Vatican
Go‘naives
Duvalier
Winter Warmth Eases Freeze. Snow Also Possible
The Miami Valley sees milder air from the Gulf as westerly winds push toward Ohio ending the sub freezing grip. Most days will reach around 35 with night lows near 22. Light snow is possible tonight or tomorrow but no major events are anticipated. Middletown recorded 31 at 2 30 p m yesterday and a 7 degree low at 1 a m this morning.
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Gulf of Mexico
Miami Valley
Tonght
Middletown
Aristov Transferred as Ambassador to Poland
AP reports Averki Aristov of the Communist Party Central Committee is reassigned from Moscow to become ambassador to Poland. The move places Aristov in a key diplomatic role amid shifts in Soviet foreign service.
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Pravda
Averki Aristov
Presidum
Communist Party Central Committee
Poland
Guantanamo Water Supply Remains Steady After Takeover
In Havana, Fidel Castro's government announces control of the Yateras Aqueduct Co which supplies Guantanamo Bay since 1939. Antonio Batista says operations will continue as before and no water disruptions have occurred, with tanker backups arranged if needed. The 20 year contract was renewed to 1969, and the company founded by Henri Schueg built the aqueduct and pumping station.
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U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo Bay
Fidel Castro
Naval Base
Yateras Aqueduct Co
Antonio Batista
Yateras Company
Guantanamo
Henri Schueg
Navy
Kennedy asks Congress to cut foreign goods limits for travelers
President Kennedy proposed a sharp reduction in the customs exemption for Americans returning with foreign goods. The plan would slash the $500 maximum to $100 to curb pricey foreign souvenirs and reflect broader aims to adjust global finance. He also floated paying higher interest to foreign governments and an international review of the monetary system to root out kinks and encourage dollar holdings.
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Kennedy
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United States
Canada
U.S
Eisenhower
Free World
Europe
Gavin Named U S Ambassador to France in Kennedy Pick
President Kennedy selected James M. Gavin as ambassador to Paris with formal French clearance pending. The 53 year old retired general previously led the 82nd Airborne in Sicily Normandy and Holland and later served as deputy chief of staff for research and development before retiring in 1958 after a dispute over missiles.
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Kennedy
James M. Gavin
U.S
Paris
Gavin
Sicily
Normandy
Holland
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Army
Alamosa men survive 38 hours on Mt Blanca plane crash
Pat Floyd 28 and sister Betty 19 plus pilot Bill Bradley 20 were rescued after 38 hours on a snowy slope. A searching pilot spotted their snow marked appeal, a weasel vehicle reached them, and all were hospitalized with frostbite and injuries. Floyd, city manager of Alamosa, credited a cigarette lighter for life saving.
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Bill Bradley
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Miss Floyd
Denver
Colorado
Floyg
Bradleys
Streets zoned only for cars clash with cycling professor
Evanston Illinois AP reports Professor Malcolm Dole a longtime Northwestern chemistry faculty member rode a bicycle on a street zoned for motor vehicles. After three confrontations with a police officer, he was ticketed for violating the zoning rule and ordered to appear in Evanston municipal court. He plans to contest the charge, saying he has commuted by bike for 27 years.
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Malcolm Dole
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Chemistry
Evanston Municipal Court
Untidy note on a horse design and obsolescence
A fragmented line remarks that one positive aspect of the horse was that some designer could not render yours obsolete before it was paid. The quirky comment hints at design durability and payment timing without specifics.
Eisenhowers Head For Palm Desert
Dwight and Mamie Eisenhower leave Harrisburg Pennsylvania to escape severe winter and travel toward California. The president described the trip as a chance to rest and recover from the cold conditions.
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Harrisburg
Dwight
Mamie Eisenhower
Pennsylvania
California
Eisenhower
Northeast Storm Struggles Through After Historic Snow
The Associated Press reports Northeastern counties face severe post storm devastation after a weekend blizzard that dumped up to four inches of snow. Meanwhile a new system dropped as much as eight inches in Oklahoma Texas and Kansas and spread freezing rain to nearby areas. The storm moves toward the Midwest and Mississippi Valley today but threatens no immediate danger to the Northeast.
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Texas
Kansas
Midwest
Mississippi Valley
Kentucky
Tennessee
Major Northeast Storm Paralyzes Carolinas to New England
Communities from the Carolinas to New England labored to restore order after a third major storm that battered the region with winds up to 75 mph. The blizzard produced massive snow drifts, knocked out utility lines, halted travel, and caused nearly 100 deaths. New York City faced near shutdown as snow crippled streets and two airports resumed late Sunday. Railroads aimed to recover timetables after days of disruption as Rhode Island called it the worst storm in at least 57 years.
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Nw England
New England
New York
Nova Scotia
New York City
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la Guardia
Eins
Rhode Island
Avalanches Kill Forty in Italian Alps Amid Snowstorms
In Italy's northern Alps strong springlike warmth followed heavy snow, triggering two major avalanches that killed eight in the Rochemolles village high on Mt Mellisse near the Italian French border and three workers nearby. The toll included seven bodies in the hamlet and seven injured as eight trucks were trapped and hillside homes demolished. Elsewhere, snowslides closed roads and rail lines from Aosta Valley to the Rome Paris route, with casualties reported across Italy Switzerland and Austria.
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Mt. Mellisse
San Bernard
Switzerland
Aosta Valley
Rome-Paris
Lapraz
France
Guillestre
Austria
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