New church to host Christmas services after fire loss
In Ripley Mississippi white students and Black participants unite to attend Christmas services in a new church to replace the one burned Oct 30 after a civil rights meeting. The reconstruction follows a week of day work and night guard duties at the airfield area where the old church stood ready to be replaced.
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Ripley
Memphis
Tenn
Antioch Baptist Church
Oberlin
Ohio
Louis Pellissier
University of Massachusetts
Pellissier
Fog Cripples Northeast Air Travel Amid Dense Fog
Dense fog crippled Northeast air operations delaying thousands of travelers across New York Newark Philadelphia Boston and Washington. Major airports Kennedy La Guardia and Newark shut down while planes faced delays diversions and cancellations. Some flights diverted to Bermuda and trains and buses picked up stranded passengers.
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New York
Kennedy International
la Guardia Field
Newark
Philadelphia
Boston
Washington
Bermuda
New Jersey Turnpike
George Washington Bridge
American Airlines
Nordic Christmas Battle Of Gluttons headline clash in Sweden ends slim win
In Stockholm a two hour eating duel between defending champ Sten-Ake Cederhoek and challenger Ake Eriksson produced a razor thin verdict. Cederhoek claimed victory by a quarter ounce after devouring eight pounds fifteen ounces to Eriksson's eight pounds four and a quarter ounces.
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Dick Soderlund
Stockholm
Sweden
Sten-Ake Cederhoek
Ake Eriksson
Eriksson
Cederhoek
Cederock
Rockefeller Jr Estate Appraised At 149 Million Plus
The late John D. Rockefeller Jr is listed with an official estate value of 149 096 455 dollars with gross assets of 160 598 584 dollars The bulk of assets are securities over 151 million The widow Martha Baird Rockefeller receives a life income from a trust fund of about half the estate The remainder largely goes to the Rockefeller Brothers Fund Inc for charity The five sons and a daughter receive personal property The estate faced federal taxes around 10 million and state taxes slightly over 3 million Rockefeller supported projects include Rockefeller Center Fort Tryon Park the Cloisters New York site for the United Nations and Williamsburg restoration The will was amended after its 1958 creation
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Cially
Rockefeller
Tucson
Ariz
State Transfer Tax Department
Martha’ Baird
New York
Abby Greene Aldrich
Rockefeller Brothers Fund, Inc
John D. 3Rd
Nelson A
Laurance S
Winthrop R
David R
Abby Rockefeller Mauze
Rockefeller Center
Fort Tryon Park
Cloisters
United Nations
Williamsburg
Shippers See Partial Return as Longshoremen Walkout Spreads
Houston and Galveston dock workers complain only a fraction of ILA members returned to work amid holiday absenteeism. Federal mediators visited Galveston to avert a general strike, as West Gulf workers expect ILA South Atlantic and North Atlantic districts to join.
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Houston
UPIS
International Longshoremen’s Association
ILA
Galveston
Atlantic
West Gulf
South Atlantic
North Atlantic
No Room On The Plane In Miami Christmas Farewell
Manolo and Carla Lopez waited at Miami International Airport hoping to return to Puerto Rico for Christmas. Carla is pregnant and all flights were booked for Thursday. Private cargo pilot Mario Terrafel offered them space on his plane to San Juan.
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Miami, Fla
Miami Herald
Manolo
Carla Lopez
Miami International Airport
Puerto Rico
Carla
Mario Terrafel
San Juan
Flood Crisis Looms on Willamette and Columbia Rivers
The Willamette. 10 feet over flood stage at Portland, predicted to rise further. Debris removal and bridge protection efforts continue as tugs move debris and more than 275 people are rescued from flooded homes in Oregon counties. Washington’s Columbia nears spillover at Kalama while sandbagging expands near Camas Washougal and Grays Harbor.
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Willamette River
Oregon
Columbia
Washington
Far West
Willamette
Portland
Yamhill
Marion
Kalama
Grays Harbor
Camaswashougal
Northwest Floods Leave Homes Hot Wrecked and Bridges Down
Sweeping floods across Washington California Idaho and Nevada caused displaced residents loss of heat and extensive damage. Washington estimates exceed 2 million with Humboldt County hit hardest at about 150 million. Relief efforts include aircraft carrier helicopters and a destroyer with emergency power repair equipment arriving near Eureka.
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Washington
Civil Defense
California
Humboldt
del Norte
Eureka
Humboldt County
Idaho
Portneuf
Pocatello
Police Report Details Weapon and Assault Charges
Monroe police booked Le Ray Gay 23 of 1213 Benson St West Monroe on a concealed weapon charge. Bobby Carter 17 of 809 N 7th St West Monroe was charged with aggravated assault with a butcher knife. State police said two teenage boys escaped from the parish detention home about 615 p.m. Thursday.
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Monroe
le Ray Gay
Benson St
West Monroe
Bobby Carter
N. 7Th St
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Ouachita Humane Society
John Fogleman
Syracuse
N.Y
Virginia
Dulles International
Friendship
Baltimore
Bonanza
John D. Rockefeller Jr
THE
Associated Press
Lieved
Nevada
Truckee
Sierra
Reng
Doug Tillman
Quachita Hearing Aid Center
Bernhardt
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