Avalanche Wipes Out Peruvian Towns In Eight Minutes
Rescue planes reached the Huaylas valley north of Lima as 3 000 to 4 000 people were feared dead after an avalanche of ice snow rock and mud destroyed Ramahirca Huarascucho and 14 settlements. Bodies were recovered far downstream and the number missing was estimated at 2 300 to 4 000 with at least seven communities wiped out.
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Peru
Andes
Huaylas
Caraz
Roberto Thorndike
Peruvian Red Cross
U. S
James Loeb
Ramahirca
Huarascucho
Cordillera Blanca
Santa River
Chimbote
Pacific
Ramahiroa
Huascaran
Lanaganuco
Ranrhirea
Space Agency in Leapfrog Decides on Super Saturn
The space agency has chosen a five-engine Super Saturn design with 17 million pounds of thrust on the first stage and a 110 ton payload capacity. NASA and Marshall Space Flight Center announced the plan, calling for a ready-to-launch advanced Saturn in 1965 for three-man Earth orbit, then lunar missions.
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Space Agency
Free World
Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marshall Space Flight Center
Moon
Earth
NASA
Rockefeller presses bid for 1964 and reelection
New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller spent a busy political day in Hartford Connecticut meeting reporters at a press conference attending two receptions being interviewed on CBS At the Source and speaking at a $100 a plate Republican State Central Committee dinner Rockefeller said his first objective is reelection this year but left the door open to a presidential bid in 1964
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Hartford
Conn
New York
Nelson’ A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
CBS
Republican State Central Committee
Student Nurses' Bizarre Sign Draws Attention
Tulsa hospital living quarters display a sign that reads The Student Nurses Bizarre, attracting notice at the facility and prompting curiosity about the event or group referenced.
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Tulsa
Okla
Man pays fine with pennies in Chaumont
A Chaumont man mailed 303 pennies to pay a $3 overtime parking ticket in Watertown. Police Chief Carl H. Green said the act was troublesome but that the extra three cents would be returned. The offender was not identified.
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Watertown Uwp
Chaumont
Carl H. Green
Warmer Weather Promised by The Associated Press
The Deep South faced a warming trend with lows near or below zero easing. Forecasts predicted 30s in Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and parts of Tennessee, following eight inches of snow earlier in the week. Widespread cold caused 130 deaths, mostly from shoveling, exposure, and traffic accidents. Roads reopened across the South but remained icy. Gas pressure drops and unusual fuel-use for heating prompted regulatory actions in Alabama. Grapefruit crop risk looms in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. heavy snow hit northwest Michigan and other northern areas.
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Snow hits Watertown while Syracuse ski meet canceled
Snow drifts and cold wave paralyze Watertown area as three foot fall strains roads and schools. In Potsdam, 26 year old college sophomore Gunter O Strauss held after attempting bank robbery at St. Lawrence County National Bank, stealing 1050 dollars before police stopped him. Weather and ice jams affect Niagara Falls power, river levels rise, and Cayuga Island flood worsens.
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Syracuse Plastic Surgeon Dips At 45
Dr Bernard J Sisson 45 a Syracuse plastic surgeon died Thursday at St Josephs hospital after choking on meat at lunch with friends His heart stopped but was revived by closed chest massage and a breathing tube though he never recovered consciousness
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Bernard J. Sisson
St. Joseph's Hospital
Sisson
Aid To Laos Resumed For Right-Wing Government
The United States today resumed economic aid to Prince Boun Oum's right-wing Laotian government in Vientiane, signaling a shift in policy amid regional tensions and Cold War alignments.
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Vientiane
Laos
United States
Prince Boun Oum
Geneseo Faculty Oppose Tuition Increase At State University
The Geneseo faculty declared overwhelming opposition to a proposed tuition charge at State University units. Governor Rockefeller endorsed tuition in principle but offered no concrete plan and said students unable to pay should not be barred from college. no action is expected this year.
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State University College At
Rockefeller
Congress Expected To Reject Half Of Kennedys Program
Congress faces a split verdict as Kennedy seeks to push a wide domestic and foreign agenda. Key House committees led by conservative Democrats may block bills, limiting passage of tax, health, and education measures while signaling mixed support for a balanced budget and tariff negotiations.
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Washington
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State of the Union
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Harry S. Truman
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Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Man killed in truck blast in Tonawanda
One man died and another was seriously burned Thursday night in a chemical tank truck explosion in Tonawanda, a Buffalo suburb. David Harrigan, 24, of Niagara Falls, was killed. Charles Enoch, 27, of Buffalo, was in serious condition at Kenmore Mercy Hospital. Both men were tank cleaners employed by Seaman Transportation and Chemical Tank Lines Co. The blast sparked a fire in the company building. Cause of explosion not immediately determinable.
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Buffalo
David Harrigan
Niagara Falls
Kenmore-Mercy Hospital
Charles Enoch
Seaman Transportation and Chemical Tank Lines Co
Smell from Speedway Short Triggers Theater Check
Patrons told theater operator Fred Mayer that the film Speedway smelled so real they could smell burning rubber. Mayer investigated and found a rubber belt in the theater’s heating equipment smoldering, prompting a safety check.
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Humboldt, Town
Fred Mayer
Traffic Changes Cut Hotel Value in Geneva New York
The New York Court of Appeals upheld lower courts that Geneva taxed the Hotel Seneca too high, reducing its 1959 assessment from 130000 to 85271. The change reflects highway diversions lowering traffic through Geneva core, with auto counts dropping from 9540 to 3827 daily between 1953 and 1959. The hotel showed profit in 1951 but losses in 1959.
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Albany
Geneva
State Court of Appeals
Seneca
State Supreme Court
Payroll checks worth up to 10 thousand stolen in Morrisville
State Police report a theft at the State University Agricultural and Technical Institute area in Morrisville. Thieves pried open a door and stole eighty four payroll checks valued from 10 to 196 dollars each, totaling 8000 to 10000 dollars. John Rouse Construction Corp of Gouverneur stopped payment on the checks. No cash was taken.
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State University Agricultural and Technical Institute
Madison County
John Rouse Construction Corp
Gouverneur
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