Plane Collision Toll Marks Worst U S Aviation Disaster
In Brooklyn and Staten Island a jet and a propeller plane collided killing at least 136. One survivor, Stephen Baltz of Chicago, remained critical. Investigators from CAB and FAA recovered the jet flight recorder and pursued causes amid questions about air traffic advisory info. An army search dug through rubble as authorities examined maintenance records and flight plans.
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Salvation Army May Cut Yule Food Allotments
Salvation Army warns it may reduce Christmas food allotments if kettle donations do not pick up next week. Mrs. Thomas Woodcock says kettles fund the packages and snowstorms hurt collections. 135 applications have been received, with more expected. Packing Day Friday will prepare staples, fruit, coffee, and a cake for needy families.
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Legionnaires To Play Santa for City Children
The Francis Scott Key Post American Legion will deliver toy packages Christmas Eve to hundreds of city and county youngsters. William H. S. Miller notes rising requests, with about 100 families sending lists of children and ages, and warns last minute demand may be heavy.
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Eastern U S Faces Cold, Snow Across Regions
The Eastern U S shivers under below freezing readings from the Rockies to the Gulf states with subzero temps in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Snow flurries are forecast for the Great Lakes and Ohio Valley with heavier snows possible east of the Great Lakes and into northern New England.
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Stewardess Traded Her Way To Death
Stewardess Augustine Louise Ferrar, 25, made three trades to secure a seat on the plane that collided with a United jet over New York. She hoped to reach Columbus for Christmas, while families of crew members mourned the loss and described plans for a triple birthday celebration for Richard E. Prewitt’s children.
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Veterans to Get Early Santa Visit in Martinsburg Area
Veterans at the Baker Center in Martinsburg W Va are receiving an early Santa visit. Six city posts and four county posts join a 40 and 8 locomotive trip delivering fruit baskets and cigarettes to 25 to 30 residents at the center.
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Roads Crews Battle Drifts As Winds Close County Roads
County roads crews toiled to clear drifts whipped into highways by a strong Friday wind. Though most roads were opened, winds redeposited snow and caused renewed closures. Local weatherman expected a sunny day after a cold start with 11 degrees at State Police barracks and 14 degrees in Oakland overnight.
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Bus Crash in Baltimore Kills Woman and Injures Son
Mrs. Teresa Howell, 52, died in a collision between a Greyhound bus and a car in Maryland. Her son William Howell, 17, and passenger Constance Gear, 14, were injured. The bus carried 45 others who were unhurt and continued to New York.
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Vigil Held For Airline Crash Survivor Boy
A Chicago boy, Stephen Baltz, 11, lay in critical condition in a Brooklyn hospital after surviving a Friday crash of a United DC8 jet. Firefighters and police saved him from flames, and his parents kept vigil as doctors said he faced serious burns and possible internal injuries but had a good chance of recovery.
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Evangelist Anna Edwards Dies After Illness at 48
Anna Edwards, longtime evangelist and radio host known for Old Familiar Hymns, died this morning at Western Maryland Chronic Hospital after cancer battle dating to March 1959. Born in Philadelphia, she and husband Raymond Edwards built a ministry with jail visits, hospital outreach, and two Christian book centers. Surviving are husband, son David, three sisters, and her parents. Funeral arrangements by Etchison and Son.
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Powell Marries White Secretary in San Juan Civil Ceremony
Congress member Adam Clayton Powell and Ivette Diageo wed in a civil ceremony conducted by Judge Edwin Cortes in San Juan. Powell, 52, and Diageo, 29, are both on their second marriages after his recent divorce from Hazel Scott. Diageo previously worked as a clerk at Condado Beach Hotel.
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Trujillo Wins Santiago Province Governorship Victory
Dominica Republic strongman Rafael Trujillo, ruler for 30 years, wins the election for the governorship of Santiago Province. He had relinquished the presidency years ago but retains iron control over the country.
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Munich Plane Crash Kills 40 Near Streetcar
A U S Air Force transport plummeted into central Munich near a streetcar, killing at least 40 people. The crash occurred four minutes after takeoff from Munich Riem Airport during busy pre Christmas shopping. Police report and witnesses describe a chaotic scene with flames, fires, and injuries scattered across Bayer Street and the surrounding area.
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Wrights watch first flight anniversary amid memorial center opening
Kitty Hawk North Carolina observed the 57th anniversary of Orville Wright's first heavier than air flight at 10 37 am a 12 second hop above sand A new visitor center and administration building valued at 275000 was dedicated at the Wright Brothers National Memorial Gov Luther Hodges and officials from state and federal levels attended The event followed the New York air disaster the previous day which killed 127 of 128 aboard two airliners The article notes Wright diary entries describing the erratic course of the original flight
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Kennedy selects Day as postmaster general
President-elect Johan F. Kennedy announced the cabinet including J Edward Day of Los Angeles as postmaster general. Day, 46, a Democrat and former law partner of Adlai Stevenson, was at Kennedy’s ocean-front Palm Beach home for the announcement.
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Castro Attacks Cardinal as Judas in Cuba Speech
Fidel Castro called Manuel Cardinal Arzega a Judas during a 34 hour tirade as he pressed Cuba deeper into the Soviet orbit. He claimed the cardinal aided Batista and praised the dictator’s fate while mentioning a new Soviet economic pact.
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