Snowbound Nation Reels in Record Storm Toll
Bitter cold and a blizzard paralyze the East as the worst snowstorm of the winter leaves more than 140 dead. New York City hires thousands of shovelers. Florida braces for freezes while Albany reports a record January snowstorm. Police, medical crews rush to aid victims including a newborn needing a blood transfusion. several children die in snow-related accidents across multiple states.
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New York City
Florida
Jacksonville
Miami Beach
Albany
N.Y
Lisa Cavaluzzo
Queers Hospital
Lisa
Scott Rubenstein
Raleigh
N.C
Michael N. Sammy
Indiana
Illinois
Belt Parkway
Youngstown
Ohio
Washington
D.C
New Yorker To Defend Lee Oswald
Mrs. Lee Harvey Oswald announced that New York lawyer Mark Lane will defend her son before the Warren Commission. Oswald, 24, is charged with Kennedy's assassination and related crimes. evidence suggests he acted alone, while Lane has argued for defense and the mother seeks innocence.
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Fort Worth
Tex
New York
Lee Harvey Oswald
Kennedy
Oswald
Mark Lane
Special Presidential Commission
Lane
Earl Warren
Dallas
J.D. Tippit
Texas
John B. Connally
Mallas
Jack Ruby
Mrs Kennedy expresses thanks for grief and tributes
Mrs John F Kennedy spoke on radio and TV from her brother in law Robert Kennedy's office thanking the nation for about 800000 messages of condolence after President Kennedy's assassination. She said she will read them when she can bear to and plans to place the letters in the Boston Kennedy Library for future generations.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Five Day Plan to Stop Smoking At Hunter College
A group of 900 ex smokers met at Hunter College for a five day plan to quit smoking after the surgeon general’s report. Participants followed a fruit diet, listened to pep talks, and took long walks. The sessions continued with some, though few, admitting they had smoked at least once, while the rest persisted in trying. Reverend Elman Falkenberg, leading the clinic, warned that tension causes smoking.
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New York
U. S
Hunter College
Elman Falkenberg
Sukarno Arrives in Tokyo to Meet Kennedy on Southeast Asia Crisis
Indonesian President Sukarno arrived in Tokyo to hold talks with U.S. Attorney General Robert F Kennedy over the Malaysia crisis. Kennedy was expected in Tokyo later Thursday on a mission to ease tensions. Sukarno flew from Cambodia, another Southeast Asia nation with strained relations with the United States.
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Tokyo
Sukarno
Indonesia
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Malaysia
Kennedy
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
United States
Weather outlook brings gradual warmup through Thursday
Southerly winds and partly cloudy skies aided area recovery from the deep freeze. High pressure over the southeastern states will push mild air into Ohio through Thursday, keeping a gentle warming trend. Yesterday’s high reached 25 with a low of 16 today.
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Ohio
Two Airmen Missing as Bombers Crashed in Maryland Mountains
Rescue teams labored through subzero wind and deep snow in western Maryland after a Strategic Air Command B52 crashed near Big Savage Mountain. Maj. Thomas W. McCormick and Capt. Parker C. Peedin escaped and survived. Maj. Robert L. Townley was found dead in the wreckage. Maj. Payne and Sgt. Melvin Wooten remained missing as authorities pursued the search.
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Air Force
Here
Neill T. Willian
Strategic Air Command
Cumberland
Hope
Maryland
Thomas W. McCormick
Yawkey
W. Va
Parker C. Peedin
Smithfield
N.C
McCormick
Maj
Robert L. Payne
Melvin
Allegheny Range
Payne
Tulsa
Okla
Wooten
Totatchi
N.M
Robert L. Townley
Big Savage Mountain
Segni Served Hootenanny at White House State Dinner
President Johnson hosted Italian President Antonio Segni at a White House state dinner with Gian Carlo Menotti and labor leaders George Meany and David Dubinsky among the guests. Baritone Robert Merrill performed Verdi and Rossini arias while the New Christy Minstrels played, as Panamanian crisis issues lingered and Johnson quipped about going back to the coal mine.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Antonio Segni
Panama
Gian-Carlo Menotti
George Meany
David Dubinsky
Segni
Johnsons
Plane Crashed Deliberately At Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee Oklahoma AP report says former mental patient Robert Lawson 43 rented a single engine plane and crashed into Shawnee Hall at Oklahoma Baptist University killing himself. Police fired at the aircraft as it approached the campus high atop final exam periods. Lawson had warned authorities he would crash the administration building and had been described as psychotic by doctors. His son Mike is a student at the college.
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Shawnee, Okla
Oklahoma Baptist University
Robert Lawson
Indla
Okla
Shawnee Hall
Lawson
Thurmond Hall
Mike
Vashti
Fred Reese
Shawnee
Reese
Central State Hospital
Tulsa
Mother Convicted in Infant Smothering Case in Cincinnati
A 24-year-old mother, Catherine Wallace, was found guilty of first degree manslaughter in the death of her 3% month old son Edward, smothered last September 21 to stop him from crying. A probation investigation was ordered before sentencing by Common Pleas Court Judge Frank M Gusweiler.
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Cincinnati
Edward
Catherine Wallace
Common Pleas Court
Frank M Gusweiler
Swifton Village Sold in Brooklyn Firm Deal
Swifton Village, facing financial trouble since its 1956 construction, was sold Tuesday to Trump Village Construction Co of Brooklyn, N Y, for 5 676 300. The FHA took over Swifton last March to avert foreclosure. The center was built by the Jonathan Woodner Corp.
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Cincinnati
Swifton Village
Trump Village Construction Co
Brooklyn
N. C
Federal Housing Administration
Swiften
The
Jonathon Woodner Corp
United States and Panama Agree to 30 Day Negotiation Delay
The United States and Panama agreed to reestablish diplomatic relations promptly and begin talks 30 days after relations resume on all issues. The agreement did not specify the Panama Canal Zone treaty but signaled it would be among topics.
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Panama
United States
Panama Canal Zone
Hold Line In Panama GOP Advice On Treaty Rights
Senate Republicans urge President Johnson to hold the line in Panama to restore relations without surrendering treaty rights. Dirksen warns against concessions as Humprey Saltonstall Mansfield Morse comment on the crisis and calls for impartial judgment and strong Panamanian responses.
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Panama
Washington
Johnson
U.S
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Dirksen
Chicago
Wero
Hubert H Humphrey
D-Minn
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
United States
Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Wayne Morse
Latin America
Panama plans staged return to talks to restore U S relations
Panamanian President Rober to Chiari's press officer Fabian Velarde says Panama will wait a week to cool tensions with the United States before asking a third government, likely Costa Rica, to relay Panama's wish to resume relations. Edwin M. Martin and Foreign Minister Galileo Solis, with the OAS peace committee, reached an accord. Formal discussions would begin 30 days after relations are reestablished.
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Roberto Chiari
Fabian Velarde
United States
Panama
Washington
Chiari
Costa Rica
Edwin M. Martin
Johnson
Galileo Solis
Organization of American States
Martin
Solis
OAS
Canal treaty sparks aim for talks on all US Panama issues
Washington informants say the OAS communique from the US Embassy in Panama notes no formal talks yet but that both sides agreed to begin discussions on all existing matters affecting US Panama relations. Amb Tejera Paris read the text as a step toward peace with honor. Martin and Solis watched as the announcement was made.
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Washington
OAS
Panama
Us-Panama
Enrique Tejera Paris
Venezuela
Youth Navy Seaman Nemeth Wins Admirers For JFK Funeral Flag
Seaman Edward Nemeth, 19, who carried the presidential colors behind JFK’s caisson, drew praise from coast to coast and Canada. Secretary of the Navy Paul Nitze commended his exemplary conduct. Nemeth, in the Navy ceremonial guard, has become a national symbol of dignity after the funeral procession.
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Fred 8. Hoffman
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Canada
Seaman Appren
Edward Me
Secretary of the Navy
Paul B. Nitze
Nemseth
Caisson
Navy
Napa
Calif
Nemeth
Patricia
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