Sub Zero Weather Plagues Northeast Area
The Associated Press reports sub zero temperatures and icy gales sweeping the Northeast with record lows and high winds. Dozens of deaths are blamed on fires traffic accidents and boating disasters as New York State sees temperatures to 27 below zero. New Year celebrations are curtailed by winds up to 80 mph across Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Rhode Island with at least 20 fatalities so far.
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Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
New York Harbor
Staten Island
Maine
Bangor
Daily News
John H. Reed
New Year’s Day frost and storm batter Northeast
The Times Square crowd on New Year’s counted about 300000 as temperatures hit 11 degrees amid gales that sank a 100-foot vessel and stranded crews. A 23-year-old Boston woman, Patricia Bissette, was found strangled, becoming the eighth Boston area strangulation in six months, with her death linked to a blouse and stockings.
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Gwendlyn Steers
Highland Falls
N.Y
Hudson River
Ture
Patricia Bissette
Middlebury, Vt
Greater Boston
Castro Seeks Flights to Cuba as Escape Valve and Revenue
Washington reports indicate Fidel Castro is pressing to resume U S airline service to Cuba, arguing flights serve as a dollar income source and a release valve for unrest. The Cuban government ties any reopening to Pan American Airways resuming rights while noting safety concerns from the United States.
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Fidel Castro
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Cuba
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Havana
United States
Miami
Pan American
White
Cuban
Fortune teller predicts 1963 as year of peace in rabbit sign
Hong Kong AP reports Chinese fortune teller Hu Tien Chi, who warned the Cuban crisis would not spark a world war, says 1963 will be a year of peace. He links the prediction to the Chinese character for the rabbit, noting 1963 is the Year of the Rabbit.
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Hu Tien-Chi
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Cuba
United States
Kennedy
Brezhnev
Violent Elections Roil Mexican Towns in Guerrero
In Iguala and other Guerrero towns gun battles erupted during elections. Twelve people were killed including four soldiers and about 140 arrested as troops were rushed in to quell unrest among a crowd of about 3,000 alleging fraud.
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Mexico
Guerrero
Later Pool Jumping Record Is Set
HONOLULU AP two Waikiki beachniks swam through 41 pools in 55 minutes to set a world record for pool jumping. George Schmitz, an Honolulu employment agency operator, and Poli Tonkin, a travel adviser, held the title for over a month.
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Hawaii
Waikiki Strip
Waikiki
George Schmitz
Poli Tonkin
Rocky Sworn In for Second Term in Quiet Albany Ceremony
Governor Nelson Rockefeller began his second four year term as New York chief executive with a small private swearing in at the renovated executive mansion. The ceremony Monday night was attended by about 20 people, most of them state officials.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Executive
Sata
Katangans Prepare for Guerrilla Fight Amid Congo Plan
Washington officials express cautious optimism that the U N plan to reunite the Congo may surge forward within a fortnight. U Thant set a deadline for Tshombe and Katanga to settle terms or exit the scene as United Nations personnel move to reintegrate Katanga and restore central authority, including tax flows from Union Miniere.
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U.N
Congo
U Thant
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Tshombe
Traffic Toll Low In Ohio On New Year
Ohio motorists welcomed the new year with a low traffic death toll as nine people died in accidents during the New Year period. With under 24 hours left in the 54 hour holiday weekend, the toll was considered low for a typical extended weekend.
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Ohio
New Year Crowd Sizes Around the World in 1963
The New Year was welcomed by a cold Times Square crowd of about 300000 in New York, described as the smallest in years. Tokyo saw about 330000 at Meiji Shrine as Japan marked the Year of the Hare with colorfully dressed crowds. Palm Beach hosted President Kennedy and guests at a midnight champagne party.
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Meiji Shrine
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Tempress
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Holiday weekend traffic deaths rise to 381 in nation
The AP reports New Year four day weekend traffic fatalities totaled 381 with 234 deaths, 58, and 89 in miscellaneous causes. Last year’s three day weekend recorded 479 deaths. A previous four day winter weekend from Dec 7 to Dec 11 saw 511 fatalities.
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Associate Press
New Year Weekend Traffic Deaths Reach Record High
A markable 102 hour holiday weekend stretched into New Year’s Eve as eight highway fatalities occurred before 6 p.m. Monday. Officials warned the night could be the deadliest for reveling motorists while urging careful driving to outpace last week’s Christmas toll of 15 deaths. The weekend runs from 6 p.m. Friday to midnight tonight.
GM Payrolls In Dayton Rise To 198 Million In 1962
GM reported Dayton area payrolls across four divisions reached 198,023,490 dollars in 1962, up 25.1 million from 1961. Employment totaled about 29,000, versus 27,600 a year earlier.
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General Motors Corp
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Khrushchev Warns West While Backing Peaceful Coexistence
Moscow AP dispatch says Soviet Premier Khrushchev opened the year with a stark warning that the West could be wiped out in a nuclear war, then stressed the USSR’s preference for peaceful coexistence. He spoke at a Kremlin midnight banquet, amid toasts and holiday scenes as Castro and Kennedy received New Year messages.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Ito
West
Chuckle Insight on Marriage as Conversation Partner
Humorous line notes that many men wed to gain a listener for self talk, reflecting on matrimonial motives with light tone and satire.
Fourth Quad Is Critical
A baby boy weighing under two pounds, the lone survivor of quad ruplets born at Jefferson Hospital to Mr and Mrs Alvin Spector, remained in critical condition. The infant, listed as Baby B, will be considered critical until he weighs five pounds. The quadruplets, the couple’s first children, were born 11 weeks early.
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Philadelphia
Jefferson Hospital
Alvin Spector
Spectors
Termites Eat Records In Decatur County Building
Macon County officials sorting records for disposal found termites chewing about 20 volumes in a basement vault of the steel and concrete county building. County clerk William Tangney called a pest control expert who said the insects entered through a floor crack between wall and cement.
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Decatur, Ill
Macon
William Tangney
Weather outlook for Ohio warms with rising temperatures
A low pressure area lifts temperatures across Ohio. Tonight will not drop below 14 degrees and tomorrow may reach the 30s. High yesterday reached 24 with a 10 degree low. today’s low was 14, easing the rough weather affecting northeastern states.
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Ohio
Katanga Leader Tshombe Pressured To Return To Elisabethville
London AP reports Britain urges Moise Tshombe to return to Elisabethville to aid Congo unification. In Kolwezi Katanga forces brace for possible UN Congo Legion assault after Thant sets a two week reconcilia plan deadline. Spaak says Tshombe’s presence is essential for negotiations.
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Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Elisabethville
Congo
Leopoldville
the Congo
Moise Tshom
Kolwezi
United Nation
Congo Legion
Tshombe
U.N
Britain
Rhodesia
Geneal U Thant
New York
Thant
Paul-Henri Spaak
Spaak
Siamese Twins Delayed by Kidney Ailment in Separation Plan
In Memphis AP report, Siamese twin girls joined at chest and abdomen face a postponement of their planned separation due to a kidney ailment. Surgeons remain hopeful surgery will be safer after they are a few days old. The twins traveled from Blytheville Air Force Base hospital and were born Christmas Day to Mrs Daniel G. McKay, formerly of San Diego California, wife of an airman.
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Blytheville
Ark
Air Force Base
Daniel G. McKay
San Diego
Calif
Drunks Celebrate In Dry Bombay New Year
Hundreds of drunken revelers saluted the New Year in Bombay as police stayed passive amid a dry enforcement zone. Normally about 200 arrests occur daily for prohibition violations, and many anticipate 1963 ending Bombay's 10 year ban on alcohol.
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India
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