Emergency Opens Hearts And Homes
In Crossett Arkansas a stranded Continental Trailways bus during a snowstorm led to a community sheltering Mae Lee Johnson and her granddaughter Gwendolyn Faye. White and Black residents offered lodging and meals. a radio broadcast prompted widespread offers of help and hosts for the two-night stay.
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Crossett, Ark
Mae Lee Johnson
Bourbon
Miss
Gwendolyn Faye
Continental Trailways
C. C. Barrow
Texarkana
Ark
Barrow
Barlow
Hans
Avalanche wipes out villages in Peru’s Hanaylas valley
Air rescue efforts hampered by fog as two planes reached Caraz. Officials estimate 2,300 missing, 4,000 feared dead. Ramahirca and Huarascucho buried under mud and rock, 7,000 to 9,000 residents affected. Bodies recovered along Santa River. many unidentifiable. Avalanche from Mt Huascaran plowed through the Lana canuco canyon. Survivors report a dynamite-like blast to start the disaster.
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Lima
Peru
Hanaylas
Caraz
Peruvian Air Force
Roberto Thorndike
Red Cross
U.S
James Loeb
Ramahirca
Santa River
Chimbote
Pacific
Mt. Huascaran
Lanaganuco
Ranrhirea
Weather County Forecast Fair and Warmer This Afternoon
Fair and partly cloudy with a warmer trend this afternoon and tonight. Increasing clouds Saturday with cooler air, and a chance of snow Saturday night.
Ottawa PTA Panel to Discuss School Unification
The Ottawa Junior Senior High PTA hosts a panel Monday at 7 30 p m in the Senior High auditorium on school unification and the expansion of the Ottawa district. Panelists include Robert A Anderson Robert B Wellington and Robert B Anderson with H L Larson also on the subcommittee and Anderson as moderator. Mrs Nelda Saathoff PTA president will lead a short business meeting before the panel and urges all interested in school unification to attend.
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Ottawa
PTA
Robert A. Anderson
Robert B. Wellington
Franklin County
Robert B. Anderson
Ottawa School Board
H. L. Larson
Nelda Saathoff
Ottawa Warm-Up Lifts Spirits in Hint of Warmer Days
Ottawans woke to a night not colder than 14 degrees and a 29 degree morning in the business district by 11 a.m. The weather bureau forecast temperatures climbing into the 30s today and tomorrow, signaling a warm-up after a spell of freezing weather in the deep south.
Rails Have Problems On Merger Plan
New York AP report on the Pennsylv a nia and New York Central railroads negotiating a merger. Directors from both firms meet separately to weigh financial terms of the union involving about 5.5 billion in assets. Even if boards approve, major obstacles and lengthy steps remain before consummation amid related merger considerations for Chesapeake & Ohio Baltimore & Ohio and Norfolk & Western interests.
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NEW York
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Pennsy Central
Pennsy
Philadelphia
Central
Chesapeake & Ohio
Baltimore & Ohio
Norfolk & Western
Nickel Plate
Inquest Opened On Missouri Couple Deaths Near Kingston
An inquest was opened into the deaths of Claude Grove, 60, and his wife, 42, found frozen in their Caldwell County farm home after a gas furnace fumes explosion. The house, four miles southeast of Kingston, showed soot and a clogged chimney screen. Floyd Grove of Excelsior Springs, son, reported trouble after days of heavy blizzard snow blocked access and cold temperatures.
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Kingston, Mo
Claude Grove
Kingston
Missouri Highway Department
Grove
Polo
Floyd Grove
Excelsior Springs
Highway Department
Mrs Grove
Yankee Ridge Road
Caldwell County
Traffic Toll Topeka 24 Hours End Friday Morning
Kansas traffic death log lists 24-hour period to 9 am Friday with 1 death in January 1962. The comparable 1961 period shows 17 deaths. Data reflects state traffic fatalities and trend comparison between years.
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Topeka
Kansas
Thrust Of 1.7 Million Pounds In First Stage
In Huntsville Alabama the space agency chooses a super Saturn with five engines in the lift off booster delivering 1.7 million pounds of thrust surpassing the 1.5 million from the earlier Saturn first stage. The rocket would carry about 110 tons, twice a railroad box car capacity.
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Huntsville
Ala
Space Agency
Free World
Cape Canaveral. Fla
JEK Praises Report of Committee on Labor and Tech Change
Washington report notes a joint call by industry leaders and labor chiefs for balancing automation with worker protections. Kennedy approves the plan, urging technological progress while safeguarding human values. NASA announces Saturn advanced stage design with five engines for first two stages and a single engine on the third.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Clark Kerr
University of California
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Marshall Space Flight Center
Earth
Moon
Tough Going For Some JFK Plans
President Kennedy faces an election minded Congress likely to approve fewer than half of his domestic and foreign programs. Bipartisan praise for the Berlin stance and a balanced budget pledge contrasts with doubts that major proposals will pass. Possible enactments include lower tariffs talks, tax revisions, expanded U.N. bonds, and a three year funding plan for Latin America, while curb on federal standards and civil rights moves appear unlikely. Democratic and Republican leaders offer mixed views on Kennedy's agenda and methods.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
State of the Union
Berlin
Latin America
Administration Farm
Turkey Committee formed to oppose government controls
About 100 representatives from the turkey industry formed the Turkey Committee for Less Government in Dallas. George Nicholas of the National Turkey Federation was elected chairman, with 18 states represented. The group opposes any turkey marketing order or government control, planning to counter a potential spring vote. The committee noted 37 NTF directors voted against controls, and warned marketing orders grant the secretary of agriculture near absolute power by vetoing industry board nominations.
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Dallas
Turkey Committee
George Nicholas
National Turkey Federation
NTF
Secretary of Agriculture
Basketball Tonight at Ottawa Junior High gym
Varsity faces Ottawa Cyclones and Atchison Redmen in a Northeast Kansas league clash at Ottawa Junior High School gym. B team opens at 6 30 followed by the varsity game at 8 in Ottawa.
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Ottawa Cyclones
Atchison Redmen
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