Deadly jet collision rocks New York City area
Two large airliners collided in a snowstorm and crashed into Brooklyn and Staten Island, igniting fires and killing at least 124 people with a lone survivor. The United Airlines DC8 and TWA Constellation split apart as flames engulfed blocks and harbor waters, prompting citywide emergency response.
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New York
Edward F. Cavanagh Jr
Brooklyn
United Air Lines
America
Trans World
Miller Field
Staten Island
Harbor
TWA
Darton
Columbus
Ohio
la Guardia
Chicago
Idle
Grand Canyon
United
Flatbush
8Th Avenues
Mitchell _Fielh Air Force Base
Long Island
Agnes MacDonald
William Nobie
DCS
Idlewild
LaGuardia
New York Harbor
Narrows
Artillery Rakes Vientiane as Pro Reds Fight for Control
Fire from artillery raked the Lao capital Vientiane in a four day battle as Gen. Phoumi Nosa van’s forces pressed to drive leftist factions from the city. U.S. informants alleged Russian or North Vietnamese guns aided the attack. refugees fled toward Bangkok amid embassy fires and shelling.
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Laos
Bangkok
Thailand
Vientiane
Phoumi Nosavan
Phoumi
U. S. State Department
Prince Boun Oum
Pathet Lao
Kong le
Savvanakhet
Phoumy
Wet Snow and Rain Hit New York State
Wet snow and rain moved across New York with hazardous road conditions expected statewide by nightfall. Temperatures fell to the low 30s, NYC at 36, with 5 to 15 degrees possible tonight and continued snow squalls off Lakes Ontario and Erie.
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Albany
New York State
Weather Bureau
New York City
Newburgh
Mercury
Lakes Ontario
Erie
Hold Man in Human Bomb Plot Aimed at Kennedy’s Life
A 73 year old Belmont New Hampshire man Richard Pavlick was held on 100000 bond in Palm Beach Florida on charges he planned to turn himself into a human bomb to kill President elect John F Kennedy. He was arrested after authorities found seven sticks of dynamite and other materials in his car and motel room.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Richard Paul Pavlick
Belmont
N.H
U.S
George L. Pink
Pink
Payvlick
Palm Beach
Robert Rust
Miami
John Marshall
Secret Service
Pavlick
Lester Free
Rust
Marshall
Haile Selassie Supporters Regain Control in Ethiopia
Reports from Addis Ababa and Nairobi claim loyalist forces backed by Emperor Haile Selassie have overrun rebel authorities. Mengesha announced loyalist surrounds and urged arrests while Selassie appeared near Addis Ababa to reclaim the throne. Conflicting broadcasts and chaotic scenes described heavy fighting and civilian casualties. A separate item notes Raymond A. Goldbach, 36, killed in a Depew car crash.
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Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
London
UPA
Addis Ababa
Haile Selassi
Nairobi
Kenya
Merid Mengesha
Voice of Ethiopia
Mengesha
Lion of Judah
Voice of
Aden
Lagos
Nigeria
Selassie
Eritrea
Cairo
Asmara
Roberts Field
Liberia
Brail
Harar
Buffalo
Raymond A. Goldbach
Cheektowaga
Depew
Dillon Named Secretary of Treasury in Kennedy Cabinet
President elect John F Kennedy selected Douglas Dillon as secretary of the Treasury and named Robert F Kennedy attorney general. Byron White was chosen deputy attorney general. Dillon, 31, previously under secretary of state and a Republican, returns to private life only to join the cabinet. Kennedy plans to fill his Senate seat later, with a successor to be named.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Rober F. Kennedy
Douglas Dillon
Treasury Department
Robert F. Kennedy
Senate
U.S
Kennedy
Byron
Whizzer) White
Denver
Colo
White
Justice Department
Dillon
J. Edward Day
Los Angeles
Robert Kennedy
S. Dillon
Georgetown
Eisenhower
France
Foster Furculo
Massachusetts
Cabinet at a Glance
President elect John F Kennedy has named initial Cabinet picks Dean Rusk as Secretary of State Robert McNamara as Secretary of Defense Luther Hodges as Secretary of Commerce Stewart Udall as Secretary of Interior Abraham Ribicoff as Secretary of HEW Orville Freeman as Secretary of Agriculture Arthur Goldberg as Secretary of Labor No appointments yet for Treasury Attorney General or Postmaster General
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Dean Rusk
The
Rockefeller Foundation
Defense
Robert 8. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
D-Ariz
Health, Education and
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
LABOR
Arthur J. Goldberg
Afl-Cio
Kennedy
the Treasury
U S Prelate Among 4 New Cardinals Named by Pope
Pope John XXIII named four new cardinals including Archbishop Joseph E. Ritter of St. Louis. The others are Italian Msgr Giuseppe Ferretto and Latin Americans Luis Concha Cordoba of Bogota and Jose Umberto Quintero of Caracas. Elevation set for Jan 16 at Vatican. Cardinal Ritter increases U S representation to six in the College.
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Vatican City
John Xxiie
Joseph E. Ritter
St. Louis
Msgr
Giuseppe Ferretto
Vatican Curia
Luis Concha Cordoba
Bogota
Jose Umberto Quintero
Caracas
Ritter
U. S
Francis Cardinal
Spellman
New York
Albert Gregory Cardinal Meyer
Chicago
James Francis L. Cardinal
McIntyre
Los Angeles
Richard Cardinal Cushing
Boston
Aloisius Cardinal Muench
Fargo
N. D
John Cardinal O'Hara
Philadelphia
Pope John
Surgeons Remove 258 Iron Items From Patient Stomach
Doctors in Chicago report a Brooklyn patient with swollen ankles had 258 iron items retrieved from his stomach. The haul included 26 keys 39 nail files 16 religious medals a bracelet a necklace three metal chains and more plus a three pound amorphous metal mass. Anemia noted despite the iron in stomach.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Brooklyn, N. Y
Alan A. Kane
Benjamin Ginn l
Bernardo A. Mora Jr
Herter cites Cuban military buildup at NATO talks
American Secretary of State Christian A. Herter told the North Atlantic Council of Foreign Ministers in Paris that Cuba now has ten times as much military equipment as under Batista. He said arms have streamed in from behind the Curtain, aided by the Soviet bloc.
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Paris
Christian A. Herter
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Tron
American Statesman
North Atlantic Council of Foreign Ministers
Sad Christmas Looms for Families of 7 U. S. Airmen
The piece profiles seven American airmen held or missing in the Soviet Union and their families. Wives and parents express sorrow and hope as they prepare for a muted Christmas, sending packages and planning visits while awaiting word on the fate of Lt. Oscar L. Goforth and others.
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U. S
George W. Cornell
New York
vPi
Soviet Union
Oscar
Maria Gofarth
Topeka
Kan
Oscar L. Goforth
Puerto Rico
Linda
Theodore Sola
Aguada
Goforth
Sardis
Okla
Barents Sea
Goodby
Eugene E. Posa
Santa Monica
Calif
Dean B. Phillips
Inwood
N. X
UN Studies New Proposal to End Congo Deadlock
United Nations and nations moved to end the Congo deadlock with a plan to place Congolese troops under UN command and free Patrice Lumumba. The resolution, to be discussed by the General Assembly, faces Western and Russian opposition over sovereignty and UN authority amid Congo financing disputes.
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Congo
United Nations
U. WP
India
Yugoslavia
U. N
Patrice Lumumba
General Assembly
Ceylon
Tunisia
Dag Hammarskjold
Lumumba
Jon Tune
United States
Mahoney Open to Welfare Law Compromise in Albany
Senate Leader Mahoney says compromise is possible on welfare residency limits but will press for curbs on aid to newcomers. He and Republicans discussed tightening rules for nonresidents and reaffirmed tax relief talks, including a proposed 10 percent state income tax cut.
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Albany
Senate
Majori
Walter J. Mahoney
Stile
Justins
Rocke
Feller
Mahoney
Rockefeller
New York State
New York
French search west German freighter near North Africa
The Association of German Shipowners said French naval vessels stopped and searched another West German ship in international waters off the North African coast despite Bonn protests. No injuries reported and the incident underscores postwar tensions on maritime routes.
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Hamburg
Germany
Bonn
North African
Association of Gererman Shipowners
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Herter
NATO
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John R. McKone
Tonganoxie
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Lubyanka
Francis Gary Powers
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