Kennedy picks for cabinet clear Senate panels approve young RFK and others
The Senate Judiciary Committee approved Robert F. Kennedy as attorney general despite GOP doubts about his legal background. Arthur Goldberg won Senate Labour approval as secretary of labor. Other nominees including Douglas Dillon, Abraham Ribicoff, Orville Freeman, and Stewart Udall advanced, with final votes pending inauguration.
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Washington
Senate Judiciary Committee
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Senate Labor Committee
Afl-Cio
Arthur J. Goldberg
Barry Goldwater
Rariz
Goldberg
Senate
Douglas Dillon
the Treasury
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Welfare
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Agriculture
Stewart L. Udall
D-Ariz
Dillon
Ribicoff
Freeman
Udall
John F. Kennedy
Senate Finance Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D. Va
Byrd
Federat
Dean Rusk
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Robert V. McNamara
Defense
Luther W. Hodges
North Carolina
Commerce
J. Edward Day
Police Probe Into Fatal Fire In Montreal Shanty
In Noyan Quebec a mother and 11 of her 15 children died in a post Christmas fire. Able Vosburgh 63, the father and sole survivor, is held as a material witness as police probe rumors and the disaster. The 12 bodies were exhumed to confirm identities amid a baffling torso discovery and a mistaken burial of the family dog.
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Montreal
UPI
Able Vosburgh
Noyan
Que
Marjorie Vosburg
Tremor Felt Across Los Angeles Area Friday Night
The greater Los Angeles area was jolted by a sharp local quake at 10 26 p m EST with no damage or injuries reported. Police and sheriff’s switchboards in Los Angeles Glendale and Pasadena were flooded with calls from residents who felt the shock. The Hollywood bureau of United Press International also registered the tremor. The California Institute of Technology seismograph in Pasadena was unmanned at the moment. A student described the shake as quite sharp but could not gauge its intensity.
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Los Angeles
UPD
Glendale
Pasadena
Hollywood
United Press International
California Tech
Sixth Ouster Attempt Fails in New Orleans Schools
Three federal judges issued a restraining order blocking the Louisiana Legislature from ousting the elected New Orleans school board and Dr. James F. Redmond. The move follows six attempts to remove the board over its desegregation stance, with Wright ordering school integration to take effect and limited current attendance at Frantz and McDonogh 19. Redmond returned to work amid the dispute.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
New
Orleans
Mack Avants
James F. Redmond
U.S
M. Hepburn
Jimmie H. Davis
Redmond
J. Skelly Wright
William Frantz
McDonogh No. 19
Avants
Wright
Orleans Parish
Eisenhower requests record 42.9 billion defense budget
The White House announces a peacetime defense budget of 42.9 billion dollars for the new fiscal year starting July 1, marking a 1.4 billion increase yet still below the forces' demands. The plan prioritizes the Air Force with 19.3 billion, while missiles, space programs, and modernization receive continued funding amid personnel totals around 2.49 million.
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Washington
UPS
Eisenhower
Congress
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Air Force
Army
Navy
Office
Secretary of Defense
Louisiana Licensing Board Payroll Tied to Relatives
Louisiana's Licensing Board of Contractors shows 86 personnel labeled building inspectors, excluding director Fred Hightower Sr. and his assistant. Relatives and political connections appear, with Hightower's son and nephew on the payroll, plus Lloyd Wardries and Otis Passman among others.
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Louisiana
Licensing Board of Contractors
Fred Hightower Sr
Jimmie H. Davis
Otto E. Passman
Hightower
Davis
Monroe
Jerome Hightower
Arthur L. Swanson Jr
Swanson
L.T.J
Arthur L. Swanson Sr
Northeast State College
Pittsburgh Piirates
Lloyd Wood‘ries
White House honors Ramblin Downsville captain O J Avant
Army Captain O J Avant of Ramblin Downsville receives a White House certificate for service on the President's staff. The certificate recognizes his excellent period of service as a helicopter pilot with the White House staff. Jacquelyn Masur of Dallas Texas elected vice president of the Umphrey Lee Student Center at SMU for 1961 spring and fall semesters.
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Downsville
Army
O. J. Avant
White House
Jacquelyn Masur
Jack Masur
Point
Umphrey Lee
SMU
Miss Masur
Neville High School
Delta Delta Delta Sorority
Avalanche of Mail Brings 20000 Cards to Terminally Ill Girl
Brenda Sue Priddy, a child with a progressive brain and nervous system disease, received over 20 000 letters in one week after her mother appealed to readers. Messages came from all 50 states plus Australia Canada and several European nations. Brenda gained honorary titles from Lt. Gov John Donahey and airman honors from Pease AFB. Her condition and mood improved as letters arrived and prayers poured in.
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Louisville
Brenda Sue Priddy
Madeline Priddy
Union
Australia
Canada
England
New Zealand
Brenda
Pease Air Force Base
New Hampshire
Ohio
John W. Donahey
Brenda Sue
Mrs. Priddy
Unemployment Worst Since 1940 in December
The Labor Department reports December unemployment rose by about 500000 to 4.54 million, with total employment at 66.009 million. The idle figure is seen topping 5.5 million in January as year over year totals show about 1 million more unemployed. The seasonally adjusted rate rose to 6.8 percent from 6.3 percent.
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Washington
Labor Department
Paul H. Douglas
D-Il
Senate
Seymour Wolfbein
Clouds Drift Over With Mild Weekend Warmth
Partly cloudy skies are forecast with a high near 64 and a low around 42. Winds remain variable as overcast conditions persist into the night. The Friday high was 61 with a low near 32, indicating little change.
Six Records Set By U.S. Jet Bomber
A U S jet bomber the B38 Hustler flew over a 621 mile closed course near Edwards AFB and set six world speed records averaging 1200.194 mph. The aircraft carried a 2000 kilogram payload and surpassed records for no payload and for 1000 kilogram payload held by the Soviet Union.
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Air Force
Los Angeles
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
R. R. Wagener
H J. Deutschendorf, Jr
W. L
United States
Soviet Union
Radar Station Detects Suspicious Object From Russia
Air Force said a Shemya Island Alaska radar detected an object with missile characteristics coming from the Soviet Union and moving southeast over the Pacific. Officials were unsure if it was a space satellite or a missile targeted at the Pacific testing range.
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Washington
UPS
Air Force
Alaska
Russia
Pacific
Navy
Hawaii
Shemya Island
Soviet Union
Mobutu Suppresses Unrest as Lumumba Remains in Custody
Leopoldville report says Col. Joseph Mobutu flew to Thysville army camp to quell unrest that threatened revolt and Lumumba's release. Lumumba remains jailed, Mobutu maintains control, while pro Lumumba factions push into Stanleyville and neighboring provinces ahead of Kennedy’s inauguration.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
UPI
Col
Joseph Mobutu
Thysville
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Mobutu
Stanleyville
Oriental
Kivu
Equatorial
Equatoral
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Wiseacre’s Proverb Sparks Townsfolk Grin
A witty medieval quip circulates, satirizing loud talk and grand claims. The couplet mocks those who boast endlessly yet lack action. Citizens respond with lighthearted chatter and a shared chuckle.
Stahr Named Army Secretary Pick by Kennedy
Congressional sources say President elect Kennedy plans to appoint Elvis J. Stahr president of West Virginia University as secretary of the Army. Stahr, 44, served as a combat liaison officer in World War II and led WVU since 1959 after roles at the University of Pittsburgh and the President's Commission on Education Beyond High School.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Elvis J. Stahr
West Virginia University
Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Stabr
North Africa
India
China
University of Pittsburgh
Missing pilot returns after crash vanish acts clarifies case
Marine pilot Captain Ernest Brace reappeared at FBI Baltimore after vanishing for 10 days following a training plane crash near the Choptank River on Maryland's eastern shore. Brace, married with three sons, gave his account and will face a Marine board of inquiry.
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Quantico
Brace
Marine Corps
Patricia
Dumphries
Bruce
FBI
Easton
Baltimore
Judge orders readmission of two University of Georgia students
Federal judge W A Bootle restrained state and university officials from suspending Charlayne Hunter and Hamilton Holmes again and terminated the withdrawal order effective January 16. The injunction bars suspensions or expulsions on grounds of safety due to campus violence. The decision says law and order remain intact in Athens and that constitutional rights cannot be overridden by mob activity.
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Macon
University of Georgia
W.A. Bootle
Charlayne Hunter
Hamilton Holmes
Bootle
Lg A
Holmes
C. C. Aderhold
Athens
No Violence Warning at Georgia U for Readmission
University of Georgia officials issued a no violence warning as two Negro students return to classes under a federal court order. Dean Sr Joseph Williams said Gov Ernst Vandiver would use state resources to maintain order and outsiders or students involved in violence would be removed. FBI agents will question inflammatory statements and the university aims to honor Bootle's readmission order while urging calm among 7000 students.
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Athens
LPI
University of Georgia
Joseph Williams
Ernst Vandiver
FBI
C. C. Aderhold
Bootle
Williams
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