Fires Mar Coming and Going of Christmas Day
Spectacular fires marred both the coming and going of Christmas Day. Baltimore firemen fought a six story dormitory fire housing a wholesale produce firm south of downtown, with several overcome by smoke and taken to hospitals. In Nashville the Maxwell House Hotel burned Monday night, five hours of effort failed to save guests, with one elderly runner unaccounted in the confusion.
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Nashville
Associated Press
Baltimore
X Wholesale Produce
Downtowwn
Tenn
Maxwell Hote
Anfe
Gov Erbe to Get New Car and Memorial Plans
Des Moines reports the State Executive Council approved purchasing a 4962 Buick Electra for Gov Norman Erbe at 3000 dollars, preferring outright purchase over lease. The council also endorsed plans for a 560000 outdoor amphitheater by the 24th Infantry Division Memorial Foundation on the Statehouse grounds and recommended rerouting the Court Street Viaduct near the Capitol. In other items, a tragic fire killed five at a log home near Bat Creek, and Maxwell House history noted, among other details, the Civil War use of its incomplete structure.
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Nis
Erbe
Herschel Loveless
24Th Infantry Division
Statehouse
Saldiees Sind Sailces
24Th Division Memorial Foundation
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Capitol
Nashville
Maxwell House
Dan Hicks
al Croton
N. Y
Bat Creek
Yancey County
N.C
Curtis Honeycount
Fantina
Mia
Bill Wilson
Ex Solon Owen Brewster Dies at 73 in Retreat
Former Maine U S Senator Owen Brewster, a lifelong foe of Franklin D Roosevelt and the New Deal, died at 73 after a week at a Christian Science Benevolent Association House. A conservative Republican, Brewster clashed with many opponents over reciprocal trade and other policies.
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Solon Owen Brewster
FDR
Boston
U.S
Owen Brewster
Maine
Franklin D. Roose
Vell
New Deal
Christian Science Benevolent Association House
Hig
Brewster
Franklin D.roosevelt
Vehicle Deaths Reported in Associated Press Brief
A brief Associated Press item from December 24 reports multiple vehicle-related deaths. Details are sparse due to damaged text but identify fatalities and the AP as the source.
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Jowa
Associated Press
Four Vehicle Crash Kills Woman and Injures Others
Bernhardt Peters 52 of Oakland died when a stalled semi blocked Highway 6 near Lewis Monday night. Peters, a passenger in her son Rog Bl er’s car, left one 11 month old child in critical condition. The crash involved a Des Moines semi owned by Ricks and Sons and a Holdrege Nebraska driver, plus a second car driven by Gerald Kleinstine. A second Christmas travel fatality occurred when Jack E. Sweezy of Independence died Sunday after his car skidded on a highway south of Cedar Rapids.
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Highway
Lewis
Charles Ferris
Holdreize
Neb
Peters
Gerald Kleinstine
Jack E. Sweezy
Independence
Cedar Rapkis
Drivers Shear Off Road Signs West of Wilton
Art Glene, Wilton Mumrnnal, called for assistance from highway maintenance at 1:00 a.m. Christ day adler bewildered moll isis, driving in heavy snow and fog, had sheared off traffic control signs at the upper junction of highway 6 and 3 west of Wilton. Glese reported vehicles were driving off the end of the T junction faster than they could be pulled out. No injuries were reported.
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Art Glene
Wilton
Mumrnnal
Highway Onnditenance
Era
Adler
Moll
Isis
Glese
At Least 50 Die In Colombian Bomb Explosion
In Bogotá region a Christmas Eve bombing at an artillery battalion square in Buga killed at least 50 worshippers during a religious procession. About 110 injured, arrests reported as security forces hunt terrorists. General Rue Novor linked the attack to inside access and theft of arms.
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Colomba —Um
Colombia
Esquare
Buga
Alberto Rue Novor
Papal Bull Sets Plan for Ecumenical Council
Pope John XXII issued a papal bull formally convoking an ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church to meet next year in St. Peter's Basilica. The worldwide gathering will address internal church affairs and Christian unity though no exact date was set, with expectations for late 1962.
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St. Peter's Basilica
Yule Messages by Western Leaders Call Peace
Western leaders from the United States and Europe urged peace and unity in Christmas messages. President Kennedy promised Berliners the beacon of free Berlin would shine for years, while West Berlin’s Willy Brandt praised resolve to defend convictions and principles amid a tense division. Churches in Berlin were filled to capacity as the concrete barrier separated East and West.
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Associated
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Kennedy
Christmas tensions shadow a fractured world report
Break Thwarted 4p to divide the city was softened by the first Christmas in five years. About 800 lighted trees line the Western wall for East Berliners. Queen Elizabeth urges patient efforts to dispel anxiety. Violence flares in Jerusalem and Bethlehem as pilgrims gather. In Algeria, a Christmas truce is proclaimed amid deadly clashes leaving 11 Algerians and 14 Europeans dead, 33 Algerians and 24 Europeans wounded. Messages from Queen Juliana and President Sukarno reflect rising tensions over West New Guinea.
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Judean Hills
Bethlehem
Algeria
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Algewhare
Joana
Netherlands
Sukarno
Indonesia
West New Guinea
Accused Slayers Fail in Desperate Jailbreak Attempt
William J. Weller and Lawrence Nutley, both of Chicago, with Richard Nickl, also of Chicago, attempted a jailbreak at Dane County’s maximum security jail. They seized keys, fled to a sixth floor corridor, but were foiled when an alarm was triggered and guards responded. All three await trial on first degree murder charges in the August 21 shooting of Patrolman James Janta and wounding of Officer Delton Kohl.
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Lawrance Nutley
Top
William Welter
Chicago
Dane County
Madison
Wisconsin
Sauk County
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William J. Weller
Lawrence Nutley
Noline
Nutley
Richard Nickl
Sauk
James Janta
Lake’ Delton
Bob ~ Kohl
Aim
Nick
Harold Pinger
Welter
Billeyes
Lucy Johnson
Sheriff's
Richard Telefson
Madison Police
Grim Footnote to Christmas Joy Traffic toll rises
Christmas holiday traffic deaths far exceeded early estimates, reaching 321 by Monday midnight, with 689 violent deaths overall during the period. Weather hindered travel as ice and snow made highways perilous, and notable crashes near Hearne Texas and Warren Pennsylvania produced multiple fatalities and orphans.
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Associated Press
Kennedy visits father in hospital for checkup
President Kennedy visits his seriously ill father at St. Marys Hospital in West Palm Beach for about 24 minutes. He will undergo a routine back checkup and prepare for a last look at the 1963 budget as advisers arrive to craft the State of the Union message.
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Fla
Kennedy
Preston Wade
New York
Joseph B. Kennedy
St. Mary's Hospital
West Palm Beach
Ed'mand M. Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Joseph Kennedy
Eller Kennedy
Salinger
Wade
Chester V. Clifton
Washington
State of the Union Mesgage
Ninety Congolese Soldiers To Wear U N Berets
Leopoldville Congo Ninety Congolese soldiers will join the U N army at Kamina base Wednesday gaining the same status as other national contingents in the U N Congo force They will be part of more than 900 Congo troops to serve under the U N flag Their duties include guarding the Kamina base and routine reconnaissance with Indian Swedish Norwegian and Canadian troops They are prohibited from offensive actions against Tshombes secessionist government The move may heighten Tshombes fears of U N support for re occupying Katanga by force
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The
Congo
United Nations
U.N
Kamina
U.N. Congo
Kaeyanga
Uralanga
Moise Tshmobe
Tshombe
Katanga
Ex-Con Admits Youths Slaying in Arkansas Case
Clyde Orton, an ex convict, admits shooting a 13 year old Frank Craigh of Blytheville Ark and 17 year old Brenda Joyce Raines of Holland Ma found dead near Holland County road Saturday. Raines was injured earlier and died from the incident.
Trading Stamps Bring Bus for Young Patients in Michigan
Northville State Mental Hospital in Worthville, Mich special relief as trading stamps from 4,000 donors totaling 2,201,600 stamps funded a bus for patients. The Hawthorn Northville chapter of the Michigan Association for Emotionally Disturbed Children arranged the gift to enable schooling at Hawthorn and trips to Detroit area sites.
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Mich
Northville State Mental Hospital
Hawthorn
Woo
Detroit
Hawthorn-Northville
Michigan Association For Emotionally Disturbed Children
Parients
Officer Denies Beating Wife and Resigns Force
Des Moines patrolman Gaylord T. Brooks, 30, denied beating his wife and resigned for personal reasons after his wife accused him of assault. Brooks, jailed on bond, had been suspended pending action. Chief Wear V. Douglas said he would seek discharge. Brooks, a six year veteran and father of five, had argued with his wife on Saturday with the incident occurring Sunday morning.
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Des Moines
Wear
Douglas Raw
Gaylord T. Brooks
Douglas
Brooks
Will Be 34 When She Notes 25th Wedding Anniversary
Treadway Tennessee Mr Charlie Johns will be 34 years old when he and Eunice Winsted celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary next month. Johns, who was 22 when he married Eunice in 1937 near this east Tennessee mountain farm, says he has never regretted it. The couple has nine children and live on a farm that sustains the family. Evelyn, their eldest daughter now 15, married last year to John Henry Antrican. Charlie says they get along well and would likely do it again, adding he does not trust many people but considers their life good and private.
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Tenn
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Eunice Winsted
East
Tennessee
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Knox ‘Ville
Evelyn
John Henry Antrican
Charlie
Eunice
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