Keeping Date With Kennedy Rugged Job
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield traveled through snow and fog to Florida to meet with President Kennedy aboard the Honey Fitz. A two-mile speedboat transfer from a Secret Service escort bridged a chilly Washington trip to a sunny intracoastal cruise, with Mansfield joining Kennedy for a two-hour voyage as the president’s yacht sailed along Lake Worth.
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Palm Beach
Fila
Kennedy
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Mansfield
Washington
Florida
Lake Worth
Honey Fitz
Mansfields
Secret Service
Air Force
Godfrey McHugh
Cmdr
Walter Sligh
Three Masked Gunmen Rob Texas Family
Three masked gunmen robbed a Plano home near Dallas on Wednesday night taking jewelry and cash totaling over $70,000. They tied the female homeowner Mrs. C. B. Hasford, her son C. B. Hasford Jr., and a house guest Merle Hannum with drapery cards. Hannum was struck with a blunt instrument, suffering a minor scalp cut. The haul included $1,100 cash and rings valued at $66,000 plus a gold bracelet and watch.
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Plano
Tex
Dallas
C. B. Hasford
Eastman Products Corp
C. B. Hasford Jr
Merle Hannum
Hannum
Three Children Plunge To Death Near Ogden Utah
Three youths died after slipping on icy rocks and plunging 500 feet from a mountain near their homes in Waterfall Can yon area two miles east of the base. Identified as Mark Way nine Shauna Southwick nine and Bonnie Ross eight, the children may have been holding hands as they slipped at the same spot.
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Ogden, Utah
UPI
Waterfall Canyon
Here
Weber County
Sheriff's Office
Mark Way
Grant Way
Shauna Southwick
Paul Southwick
Bonnie Ross
Aaron Ross
James Evans
Harold Shhiff
Cheshire
Europe
Mediterranean
Siberia
Portugal
Spain
Barcelona
Valencia
Italy
Alps
Sicily
Italian Alps
Trapelle
Copenhagen
Denmark
Paris
Germany
Oslo
Norway
Hammerfest
Nome
Alaska
Britain
Scotland
London
18 Die As British Trains Crash In Blinding Blizzard
London AP reports a pair of British trains collided in a severe blizzard near Coppenhall Junction southwest of Manchester killing at least 18. An eight nation death toll was noted across Europe as Arctic winds spread. Rescue crews ferried the injured by lamp light while chaos and frost gripped roads, towns, and airports.
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London
Europe
Coppenhall Junction
Manchester
Rescued Dog Bites Benefactor After Rescue Try
Barbara Foster, 20, a University of Illinois junior, swam 50 yards in the Potomac near Jefferson Memorial to save a dog stranded on an ice floe. The German shepherd bit her four times before a Fire Department boat hauled them to safety. Police called the dog an ingrate as traffic passed during evening rush hour.
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Washington
Potomac River
Barbara Foster
Jefferson Memorial
Miss Foster
University of Illinois
City Accepts FAA Grant For Airport
Monroe City Council approved a 36913 grant from the Federal Aviation Agency to buy 32 more acres at Selman Field for an approach zone and lighting. The meeting also rejected two bids for leasing 1100 agricultural acres, plans to re advertise, and awarded bids for three new automobiles for city officials.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Monroe
Selman Field
Haynes Harkey, Jr
E. H. Gentry
Tom Jones
Jones
H. W. McSherry
Twin City
Pontiac
Riley Buick
van Trow
W. L. Track Howard
W. D. H. Rodriguez
McSherry
Kennedy Meets Advisers On Defense Budget And Skybolt
President Kennedy and top advisers held a year end defense review in Palm Beach to discuss a $51 billion budget and the fate of the Skybolt missile. McNamara favored scrapping Skybolt while LeMay argued it could extend bomber life as tests at Cape Canaveral faced prior failures. Golda Meir met Kennedy on world affairs before his Honey Fitz cruise.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Joint Chiefs of Staff
White House
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
McNamara
Skybolt
Golda Meir
United Nations
LeMay
U.S
Cape Canaveral
Fire razes White Columns building in West Monroe
A large fire heavily damaged the White Columns headquarters off Warren Drive in West Monroe. The main safe and radio room survived, containing papers on land holdings, while the wing housing the forestry division burned. Fire crews from West Monroe fought the blaze past 10 p.m. with the toll expected to be in six figures. The building, owned by Olin Mathieson since 1955, was formerly Brown Paper Mill property and had served as a clubhouse and woodland division site.
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Olin Mathieson
Forestry Division
White Columns
Warren Drive
West
Monroe
West Monroe
CC. H. Little
Hicks Street
Brown Paper Mill
Woodlands
Olin
McDonald
Brown
New England
Massachusetts
Thunderbolt Division seeks 30000 WWII veterans
The famed 83rd Infantry Thunderbolt Division launches a nationwide search to locate about 30,000 former members uncontacted since World War II. Many hailed from Louisiana and are urged to write the national secretary as noted on page 8A.
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83Rd Infantry
Louisiana
Government Tobacco Probe Pledges Industry Aid
George L Allen president of the Tobacco Institute pledged industry cooperation with a government study on smoking and health and with an American Medical Association review. He said the Tobacco Industry Research Committee will continue to back independent scientists and noted the complex factors in lung cancer beyond smoking.
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Washington
George L. Allen
The
Tobacco Institute, Inc
American Medical Association
Allen
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
Len
Surgeon General
Today’s Chuckle Employer Recruiting Veteran Manager
An executive seeks men aged 25 to 30 boasting 40 years of experience, a humorous paradox reflecting hiring quirks. The ad plays on unrealistic requirements, highlighting workplace satire and recruitment absurdities.
Unidentified Donors Help Cuban Prisoner Exchange Fund
Washington across the last minute drive raised 25 to 40 unidentified Americans pledging to fund the Castro demand for 2.9 million dollars to free 1113 Bay of Pigs prisoners. A million dollar donor and Kennedy aided the effort as Clay led the fundraising. pledges continued with banks stepping in to lend while weather reported mostly cloudy with highs near 44 to 48 and a Friday high of 52 to 56.
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Washington
UPI
Robert F
Clay
Castro
Justice Department
Kennedy
Cuban Families Committee
United States
Monroe
Youth Awaits Arm Operation At Massachusetts General
Everett Knowles Jr. a 13 year old from Boston awaits another surgery on his right arm. Dr Ronald Malt of Massachusetts General Hospital plans the operation possibly early in January. The medical history surrounding his case weighs on the upcoming procedure and his readiness remains steady.
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Boston
Everett Knowles Jr
Ronald Malt
Massachusetts General Hospital
Knowles
Somerville
Malt
Khrush Accuses Adenauer of War Provocation
Khrushchev accuses Adenauer of provoking war by Berlin policy and calls for Allied troops to leave Berlin with UN forces replacing Western garrisons. He blasts West German leaders for plans that risk lives and raise the danger of a new European conflict in a letter broadcast by Moscow radio.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Konrad Adenauer
Berlin
Adenauer
United Nations
You Know Caliph Applies for Akr Succession
The title You Know Caliph, used by the head of a Moslem community, was applied for the first time to akr as successor of Moham ey according to the media Britannica.
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Akr
Moham“ey
Media Britannica
Cargo at Orleans docks worries amid longshoremen strike
Port officials warn cargo at New Orleans docks may suffer from the five day strike as the public grain elevator plans limited loading from barges and rail. Port Director W. J. Amoss cites storage limits and potential grain and bulk sugar spoilage while other notes mention a $1.6 trillion renovation project and a labor board complaint against Banana Handlers locals in New York.
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New Orleans
UPI
W. J. Amoss
Standard Fruit Company
National Labor Relations Board
Interna
Sey Xewe York
1,000 More Hope To Leave Island Soon
Miami reports a ship bringing 921 relatives of Bay of Pigs prisoners from Cuba to welcome them. Officials hope Fidel Castro will permit at least 1,000 more to depart Cuba. Guillermo Ara Alonso, released Cuban attorney, is aboard. The scene at Miami's Vekay Auditorium showed a restrained but warm welcome, reflecting the tense post airlift mood.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Guillermo Ara Alonso
Havana
Ve Kcy
Uba
Sorta Barreto de Los Heros
Cuban Families Committee
New Cloud Of Mistrust Covers Kashmir Talks
Rawalpindi reports new negotiations between India and Pakistan underway under a cloud of distrust after a vague Pakistan China accord. Ayub Khan summoned the Indian delegation as both sides sat to confer, amid Western urging to resume talks over the disputed state and security in the Himalayan region.
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Kashmir
Rawalpindi
Pakistan
China
Sinkiang
Ayub Khan
Tani
Ayub
Secur
Subcontinent
India
Britain
United States
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John G. Warner
Geon
Everett
Young Knowles
Khrush
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Soviet Union
East Germany
Orleans
Hiness
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