Survivors Recall Breakup Of Tanker At Sea
Survivors from the tanker Robert E. Lee describe the bow snapping off with a loud pop as they waited in the stern. Corpus Christi crewmen recount panic and calm moments while helicopters airlifted them to safety and they hoped for Christmas at home.
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Chester Reed
Corpus Christi
Tex
I. H W. Hulsey
Admissips
Coast Guard
Robert J .Weeks
Savannah
Albert C. Buffington
Brooklyn
Buffington
Robert E. Lee
Trinidad
New York
Conway
Coast Guard halts search for tanker survivors at sunset
TI ship agents bus survivors to downtown hotel as seven crewmen of the forward section of the tanker Pine Ridge are presumed lost after capsizing. Coast Guard cutters Androscoggin and Chillicothe suspend search at sundown while tugs move the stern section and attempt towing. Smoke from Pine Ridge indicates self-help efforts. engines in the aft section may still be operable.
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Hope
Coast Guard
Androscoggin
Chilul
Androscoggi
Pine Ridge
Cherokee
Curbs
Lamberts Point
New Orleans Teachers Payday Crisis Amid City Hall Clash
Banks and city officials were ordered to deliver school funds to the board after a federal court ruling. Some teachers received back pay while others at integrated and segregated schools faced four weeks overdue wages, triggering complaints from educators and NEA support. Schools closed for Christmas through Jan. 2.
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Frantz
McDonagh
James Redmond
Redmond
Samuel I. Rosenberg
New Orleans
National Education Association
NEA
Emma McLendon
Louisiana Teachers Association
William G. Carr
Coal output dips in week to 7.26 million tons
The National Coal Association reports weekly bituminous coal production fell to 7,255,000 tons for the week ended December 17, down from 7,535,000 the prior week and 9,569,000 in the same week last year.
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Washington
UPI
National Coal Association
Monroe Court Logs Light Docket with Fines
Monroe City Court tried 12 cases with multiple defendants fined for battery with a board drunkenness and other offenses. Bertha Tucker received 50 and Walter Rowlan 425 plus costs for DUI. Sam Crawford Dewey Washington Jr and Cora Lee Johnson faced fines for fighting resisting arrest public drunkenness and disturbing the peace. West Monroe saw similar activity with public drunkenness and stop sign offenses. Coy Knox A V Kinney and William Hicks among those fined.
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Monroe
W. M. Harper
Bertha Tucker
Calypso St
Walter Rowlan
Lilac St
West Monroe
Sam James Crawford
Marx St
Dewey Washington Jr
Coleman St
Cora Lee Johnson
Coy Knox
Corpus Christi
Tex
A. V. Kinney
Birmingham
Ala
William C. Hicks
Evergreen St
Christmas Holiday Auto Fatalities Prompt Police Crackdown
Christmas weekend saw heavy traffic as state police patrolled the area to deter speeding and drunk driving. A seven year old boy, Frank Dennis McElduff, was struck on Natchitoches Street, suffering a collarbone fracture and head injuries, while multiple other accidents sent several injured to St Francis Hospital.
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Monroe
Bastrop
Point Pleasant Road
National Safety Council
Frank Dennis McElduff
Natchitoches St
West Monroe
St. Francis Hospital
Walter Thomisee Jr
Montgomery St
C. R
Newman
South Grand Street
St. Francis
Charles Burpo
Cypress
Billy R. Hargiss
Illinois Central
N. 3Rd St
Conroe Nash
John Canady Jr
Andy Dell Jackson
Church St
Canady
L. E. Pace
Bossier City
Aged LaSalle Woman Dies From Burns
An elderly LaSalle woman died after a fire in the Aimock community near Olla between 2 and 3 p m Ambulance or doctor arrival was too late Mrs Roark of Aimock was funeralized at 2 30 p m at Aimock Baptist Church with burial at the church cemetery Funeral director was Riser and Sons of Columbia Survivors include a daughter and two sons Jamey Roark and Eddie Roark of Jena and ten grandchildren twelve great grandchildren
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Andrews
Columbia Hospital
Aimock
Olla
Roark
Aimock Baptist Church
Church
Riser and Sons Funeral Home
Columbia
Jamey Roark
Eddie Roark
Jena
Rules Group Membership May Change
A proposal to alter rules group membership could shift the Senate balance by adding two liberal Democrats and one Republican. The change would likely tilt toward Kennedy programs. In the Senate a similar clash looms as northern liberals push to curb filibusters. Senator William A. Proxmire said northern Democrats can move to outlaw filibusters without endangering Kennedy's program.
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Kennedy
Senate
William A. Proxmire
D-Wis
Yule Cash Jingles Merry Europe Tune
Christmas across Europe sees high spending and feasts from Britain to Scandinavia. Royal households and armed forces join in celebrations as air travel surges and holiday weather brings mixed travel risks.
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Yule Cash
Europe
Britain
Scandinavian Peninsula
Queen Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Sandringham
Holland
Queen Juliana
Prince Bernhard
Scandinavia
Copenhagen
Helsinki
Lapland
Sweden
Denmark
Norway
Finland
U.S
Germany
West Germany
Bri
Plan Manufacturing to Start Air Units in 1961
Plan manufacturing air conditioning units and domestic electric fans in 1961 under a license with Westinghouse Electric International Co. The China Cold Storage and Engineering Co. of Hong Kong will execute the agreement in New York.
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New York
UPI
China Cold Storage and Engineering Co
Hong Kong
Westinghouse Electric International Co
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W.T. Carole
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Barbara Parker
Margherite McWilliams
Micky McWilliams
Bernite
Anne McWilliams
Linda and
Sharon
Marion
Methodist Church
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Cud T. Baird
Jim LeDoux
Jan Monroe
T. B. Miller
G. W. Myers Sr
W. L
Jack” Howard Meyer
H. W. McSherry
Pinence & Utilities
William Rodriguez
Streets & Parks
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Rh. Ff
Tobler’s
Switzerland
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Rae
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