Winter Cold Grips East as Death Toll Rises
A sweeping Arctic cold continues across the eastern half of the United States with record lows in Tennessee and New England. The cold and last week's blizzards have caused at least 70 deaths nationwide from exposure, accidents, and fires, with severe frigid readings in Minnesota, Connecticut, Virginia, and Georgia while Alaska enjoys milder weather.
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Sheldon bankers jailed in embezzlement case
Harold Eugene Kistner Jr. former bank president and Burnice Geiger longtime bank official are jailed in Sheldon Iowa on embezzlement charges. Geiger admitted draining funds from the bank while Kistner allegedly aided by writing checks without deposits. Roosevelt, economic adviser to Northern Biochemical Corp, said to address employees. Bond set at 25000 for Kistner and 10000 for Geiger. Geiger visited by husband and represented by two Sioux City attorneys.
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Harold Eugene Kistner Jr
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Sioux City
Burnice Geiger
Elliott Roosevelt
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Geiger
Wallace
Frank Margolin
Inside Pages and Society Notes Preview
A compact scan of the newspaper interior highlights sections on deaths funerals editorials and society items. The page includes a house of the week markets radio and women’s page features with a focus on community notices and social events.
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Campbell spouses survive Titusville crash in icy conditions
Emer son T. Campbell and his wife Marjorie of Titusville were warming their cars on a cold Sunday. Mrs Campbell left for a brief ride, turned back, and on the way home collided head on with a car driven by Campbell who had just started out. Neither was hurt.
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Titusville, Pa
Emerson T. Campbell
Marjorie
Titusville
Phyllis McGuire Hospitalized For Observation
Phyllis McGuire of the McGuire sisters was admitted to New York Hospital for observation after feeling unwell. Her hospitalization led to the cancellation of the sisters' Ed Sullivan appearance. CBS-TV reported she complained of illness during rehearsal.
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Cold Wave Grips Ohio With Snow Across Region
The Weather Bureau reports a prolonged cold spell with temperatures 10 to 15 degrees below normal for at least five days. Light snow expected all week keeps a fresh white ground cover. Tonight may drop to 5 above, with a high of 25 possible tomorrow. Yesterday’s official high was 22 and the morning low 11, while total snowfall since Friday morning reached about 1.3 inches.
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Navy Constellation crash kills three on ground crew
An Air Force Constellation crash at Barber's Point Naval Air Station Hawaii left 16 of 22 crew members alive with minor injuries. Three ground crew members died in the fire after the aircraft touched down, swerved, flipped, and burst into flames while patrolling from Midway to the Aleutians. Missing and presumed dead were six aircrew and six others named, with investigators seeking the cause.
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Goldberg On Job Quickly Ends New York Harbor Strike
A two week harbor strike by railroad tug and ferry boat workers against 11 railroads serving New York harbor ended in a tentative agreement. Mediators including Arthur J. Goldberg and President Kennedy’s labor secretary met in a four hour marathon session and announced settlement at 6 18 a m. The strike crippled city commuting, forcing about 100000 people to seek other means to work.
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Kennedy
Arthur J. Goldberg
New York Harbor
Chuckle Cartoons and a Quip on Work Success
A witty line on luck and labor notes that good luck is a lazy estimate of a worker's success. The remark frames effort as the true driver behind outcomes, contrasting chance with consistent work.
Tragic Fire Kills Seven Children and Kin in Maryland
In Pasadena Maryland a frame house fire claimed the lives of seven Black children and their caregiver relative, with one child escaping. Victims named include Donald Green nine months and siblings Maryland two, Winifred three, Yvette four, Joeline five, Aaron six, cousin Regina Wright ten and uncle Bernard Green thirty three. Lawrence Green eleven escaped barefoot from a second floor window as fire crews fought the blaze blamed on a faulty soil furnace.
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Regina Wright
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Lo Legree
Seven die in Brooklyn tenement fire
In New York Brooklyn a mother Anna Fancher 36 and six of her nine children were killed by a blaze possibly started by a 4 year old boy. The father Howard Fancher 42 and three daughters survived. Cecilia 13 recounted waking to smoke and asking Charlie boy why he started the fire.
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Fancher
Senate Considering Bowles Connally Face Opposition
Senate leaders seek confirmation today for 13 Kennedy nominees below Cabinet. Sen Morse opposes Connally for Navy secretary citing oil links. Sen Cotton opposes Bowles as undersecretary of state over China policy questions. Mansfield aims to finish confirmations as Armed Services approves Connally and eight other Defense appointees. Connally says he will serve as executor of Sid Richardson estate without fees.
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John B. Connally Jr
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Cotton
Red China
Mike Mansfield
Morse
Connally
Lyndon B. Johnson
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Labor walkout disrupts railroads in Maine and New York
Three Maine unions with 664 workers walked out on January 10, nearly halting New York Central and New Haven railways. The roads aimed to resume service by Tuesday morning as officials praised new labor secretary Goldberg for helping secure a settlement. Goldberg flew to New York within four hours of joining Kennedy's Cabinet.
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Adlai Delivers His Credentials at UN Mission
Adlai E. Stevenson hands his credentials to Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, beginning his role as chief U.S. delegate to the United Nations. He arrived in New York Sunday night and is slated to debate Congo in the Security Council later this week.
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Kennedy Eyes U S Defenses In New Administration Review
President Kennedy begins a multi part review to shape a master plan for a safer peace while strengthening U S defenses. He meets with Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Defense Secretary Robert McNamara as Moscow signals warn of ongoing East West tensions and potential conflicts in Laos the Congo Cuba and Berlin. Paul Fay Jr is named Navy undersecretary along with two assistant commerce secretaries Hickman Price Jr and Rowland Burstan. The cabinet moves follow Eisenhower critiques and Kennedy pledges rapid military buildup.
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State Chairman Seeks Ike Advisory Role for Pa Party
Pennsylvania Republican chair George S. Bloom said he will ask Dwight D. Eisenhower to advise the party. Bloom plans to visit Eisenhower at Gettysburg after church to discuss how the former president can contribute his experience and popularity to Republican aims in the state.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
George S. Bloom
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Kennedy
Eisenhower Heads to Georgia for Quail Hunt
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower, seeking warm weather, leaves Gettysburg by private plane to Albany, Georgia for quail shooting on W. Alton Jones’s 15,000 acre plantation. He may stay a week or two before joining Mrs. Eisenhower for a Desert Palm retreat in Southern California. The couple attended church in Gettysburg before departure.
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