Sullivan Paar TV Feud Sparks Rating Duel Offer
Ed Sullivan offered to settle his price war with Jack Paar over performers’ fees by staging a ratings duel on NBC. Paar challenged Sullivan to a head to head TV night, proposing shared salaries go to a needy-actor fund. Sullivan countered with a different time and weapons, praising Paar’s show while defending his own.
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New York
Ed Sullivan
Jack Paar
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Sullivan
CBS
NBC
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Missing Girl Found After Abduction Charge Filed
In New York a five year old girl missing since Wednesday was found with Theresa Ramos Rivera in a Bronx apartment. Rivera, 19, faces a kidnapping charge as police say she acted with a perverted “mother complex” while the girl’s mother Juana Betancourt, 31, said she bears no bitterness toward Rivera. The child Helen Castro was reunited with her mother Thursday after a relative let Rivera take the child for a walk Tuesday.
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Juana Betancourt
Theresa Ramos Rivera
Helen Castro
Theresa
Bronx
Helen
Quckly
Lima Man Killed In Car Crash Near Lima
George E. Nicholson age 38 of near Lima was killed Thursday when his car struck a concrete bridge railing and broke into four pieces, his body flung into a creek along Buckeye Road south of the city.
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George E. Nicholson
Lima
Buckeye Road
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Hospital bills top $40 million for 1960, SW Blue Cross reports
Cincinnati AP Earl H. Kammer, executive director of Hospital Care Corporation, said that hospital bills for members of the Southwestern Blue Cross plan topped $40 million during 1960. The figure was released today.
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Cincinnati
Southwestern Blue Cross Plan
Earl H. Kammer
Hospital Care Corporation
Eight Navy aircrew missing after Lake George crash
A Navy P2V patrol bomber crashed five miles west of Seville Florida during a night anti submarine drill. The plane was recovered in 10 to 150 feet of water in Lake George near the bombing range about 65 miles south of Jacksonville. Cmdr. C H Boldt led the search but eight crewmen remained missing as divers prepared to dive once a rescue craft arrived. A second plane on the mission reported its mate plunged into the lake, broke up, and burned near a target ship.
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Seville
Girl, 13, Locked in Room Seven Years in Santa Cruz
Elaine Kensinger, 13, claimed she was confined to a 10 by 12 foot room with a nailed shut bath, no baths, and a coffee can toilet for seven years. Parents Elmer and Mrs Kensinger face $2500 bail each on child neglect and contributing to delinquency charges as siblings live at Santa Cruz County Juvenile Hall.
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Elmer J. Kensinger
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Robert
Santa Cruz County
Sue Curtis
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Curtis
Elizabeth Taylor Off Danger List After Pneumonia Fight
Elizabeth Taylor, 29, was removed from the danger list after a weeklong battle with pneumonia in London. She breathed without an oxygen machine for the first time, her pulse and temperature normal, and she was described as further improved and smiling, though still aided by a throat tube for breathing.
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Elizabeth Taylor
Sue Cardozo
Miss Taylor
Whch
Elizabeth
Doctors expect breathing tube removal soon after emergency surgery
Doctors said they likely would remove the breathing tube placed during emergency surgery last Saturday within a day or two. After a 15 minute visit, Dr. Victor Ratner, one of seven physicians caring for Miss Taylor, said her condition continues to improve and tests to keep her off oxygen have been very successful.
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Victor Ratner
Weather overview predicts mild weekend and near normal week
The forecast calls for a mild Saturday with warmth rising into Sunday and a cooler finish. Five day temperatures average 2 to 5 degrees above normal 57 high and 27 low, with precipitation under two tenths of an inch and scattered showers on Sunday Tuesday and late Saturday and Monday. Snow flurries are likely Sunday and Tuesday with tonight’s low near 30. Saturday remains cloudy but warmer. Thursday's high reached 40 and overnight low 26 by 7 30 p.m.
Africans Press For Congo Talks At United Nations
African delegates at the United Nations push for immediate debate on the Congo as big powers stall over agenda. Ghana and other African nations seek an early debate next week to keep the Assembly moving, with Yugoslavia reported to back the move.
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U.N. General Assembly
Congo
Assembly
Ghana
Yugoslavia
Koca Popovic
Castro Demands Morgan Death in Cuban Treason Trial
Maj. William Morgan once hailed as a Cuban hero faced a firing squad verdict demand as he stood trial for aiding anti Castro rebels. Mario Marin testified Morgan conspired to ship arms to rebels while in contact with Escambray forces. Morgan denied seeking U.S. embassy aid and claimed innocence.
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Cuba
Jon
Marin
Morgan
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Marin J
Escambray
Evolution answers inner space probe begins off California
San Diego California AP Scientists launch Operation Mohole to drill into the ocean floor off Guadalupe Island near northwest Mexico seeking Earth’s ancient crust and mantle material. Cores from 3 000 feet below the sea aim to reveal how life began and Earth formed. The project, funded by the National Science Foundation, plans deeper work over years and millions of dollars.
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Guadalupe Island
Mexico
Lhrust
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National Science Foundation
Police Board Suspends 2 Cincy Officers
Cincinnati AP report says a police board suspended two young officers after a two day hearing into a fatal shooting. William Steckel 25 and Ronald Hummeldorf 24 turned in their badges but offered no comment on the suspension. Hummeldorf fatally shot Denver England 23 of New Baltimore after a fracas following an evening bowling outing. The officers said England knocked down Steckel, seized his revolver and fired. Hummeldorf returned fire with three of five hits. A hearing is set in the next five days.
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William Steckel
Ronald Hummeldorf
Hummeldorf
Denver
England
New Baltimore
Stoeckel
Gold Medal Proposed for Dooley
WASHINGTON AP A gold medal honoring the late Dr Thomas A Dooley is proposed in a bill prepared for introduction today by Sen Hubert H Humphrey D Minn Dr Dooley who won fame for his medical aid to Southeast Asia died of cancer in New York last Jan 18 at the age of 34 He had founded two hospitals in Laos and was one of the organizers of Medico Inc a voluntary organization which established 17 medical projects in 12 countries Humphrey asked Congress to recognize Dr Dooley s gallant and unselfish public service.
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Thomas A. Dooley
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
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Southeast Asia
New York
Laos
Medico Inc
Humphrey
Congress
Washington Post acquires Newsweek magazine
The Washington Post Co. has purchased Newsweek magazine for about $8 million and appointed Philip L. Graham, 45, as operating head. Graham is president of the Washington Post and Times-Herald. Newsweek, the field’s second largest weekly with a circulation of 1,442,836, was sold Thursday.
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The
Washington Post Co
Newsweek Magazine
Philip L. Graham
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Washington Post
Times-Herald
Cuba Flu Vaccine Row Sparks Kennedy Criticism
Revolucion, the Cuban semi official paper, accused Kennedy of cynicism for distributing outdated polio vaccine to Cuban Red Cross workers in eastern Cuba. It claimed a Dec 16 1960 expiry sticker appeared on the vaccine and cited eight polio cases with one death in Guantanamo City.
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Red Cross
Cuba
Revolucion
Kennedy
Edward J. O'Donnell
Guatanamo Bay
Guantanamo City
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Guantanano City
Irish St Patrick Day dinner lineup in Memphis
In Memphis Tennessee the Irish Society lists the St Patrick's Day dinner program with Eddie Bousson and Jimmie Demonpolous set to sing Irish songs. Louie Pierini and his orchestra will perform while Rudy Willing, a Jewish master of ceremonies, will announce events.
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Memphis, Tenn
Eddie Bousson
Jimmie Demopolous
Louie Pierini Malian
Rudy Willing
Rebels Free 11 Kivu Captives in Leopoldville Jail
Eleven leaders of Kivu were released from a Stanleyville jail, signaling a shift in rebel attitude, while UN reports on Gizenga deposing rumors remain unconfirmed. UN Congo mission negotiates return of troops to Banana and Matadi ports, with joint air traffic control discussed and Matadi opening terms sought.
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Stanleyville
United Nations
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Victor Lundula
Jean Foster Manvikzla
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Banana
Matadi
Newsy
Sean McKeown
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Todays Chuckle About Gas Fatalities
The past year saw thousands die of gas. A few inhaled it, a few more lit it, but most of them just stepped on it.
Laos leaders seek peace talks and elections
Neutralist former Lao premier Souvanna Phouma and Gen. Phoumi Nosavan reached a plan for conferences and national elections to end the civil war. The proposal calls for a three-nation neutral watchdog commission, meetings among all factions, an international conference, and Laos neutralization with elections.
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