Mine Rescue Efforts Aim to Save 18 Trapped
Rescue teams battled worsening weather to reach 18 miners trapped in a Kentucky area mine. Snow, freezing temperatures, and slick roads hampered efforts as eight crews and police coordinated outside the mine. Two men near the air shaft escaped after crawling through a 14 inch ventilation passage for about three hours. William K. Donaldson, mine safety director, oversaw survival tactics guidance. Relatives gathered, weather slowed progress, and authorities called road crews and plows to clear routes toward the scene.
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Princess Margaret to wed Antony Armstrong-Jones May 6
Princess Margaret and Antony Armstrong-Jones will marry May 6 in Westminster Abbey with the Archbishop of Canterbury presiding. Clarence House announced the couple’s engagement, and Prince Philip will give the bride away. Public enthusiasm runs high as plans for pageantry unfold.
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Antony Armstrong-Jones
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Canterbury
Geoffrey Fisher
Clarence Mouse
Prince Philip
Elizabeth 1
Elizabeth
Scotland Yard
Armstrong-Jones
Smarquess
Hewlett Embezzlement Case Details Revealed at Trial
Taylor testified Hewlett embezzled through cashier’s checks while Hendrickson and Hendrickson enterprises profited from the scheme. He noted $4.6 million in illicit gains before Hewlett’s death by suicide, with $81,053,089 repaid to the bank and a total shortage of $3,707,233. Witnesses included FBI agents and Hewlett’s widow Esther.
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U. S. Atty. Brueg
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Hendrickson
Hendrickson Enterprises
San Rafael
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hewlett and
FBI
Esther
Death Penalty Debate Draws 300 at Hearing
Testimony opened on a bill to end capital punishment drawing a capacity crowd of about 300 in a theater like committee room. Opponents argued the need to deter crime while supporters included lawyers for Caryl Chessman and actors, with police alert for possible protests and a hunger striker present.
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Fountain of the World
Edwin J. Regan D. Weaverville
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Rudea
San Francisco
Powell Trial Jury Seated in Tax Case
An all white jury including nine women and three men was chosen in the federal income tax evasion trial of Rep. Clayton Powell Jr. of Harlem. The congressman, indicted in 1958, faces charges of falsifying returns for his wife Hazell Scott and attempting to evade taxes in 1952. Four alternate jurors remain to be selected. If convicted, Powell could face up to 15 years in prison and a $30,000 fine.
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Clayton Powell Jr
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Powell
Hazell Scott
Interest on Debt Reaches 26 Million Daily
New York report states the federal debt will total about 280 billion dollars by end of fiscal 1961. Daily interest is estimated at 26,027,300 dollars, equating to 15 cents per person per day for all Americans.
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Tax Foundation Inc
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Airliner Skids at St Louis Airport No Injuries Reported
An Eastern Airlines DC6 carrying 146 aboard skidded off a runway in a snowstorm at St Louis municipal airport after a nose wheel collapsed on landing. All passengers and crew escaped unharmed.
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Demo Wins Big in Bronx U S House Race
Democratic State Senator Jacob H. Gilbert won a landslide victory in New York’s 23rd congressional district in the Bronx. Complete returns show Gilbert with 4,579 votes, Republican Simon M. Koenig 575, and Liberal Heeler Mathew Pot 41, in the special election to fill the vacancy left by Isidor Doallinger.
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Jacob H. Gilbert
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Gilbert
Simon M. Koenig
Heeler
Mathew Pot
Isidors Doallinger
Aty Formey
Food Machinery buys stake in Lucent S A of Sens France
San Francisco based Food Machinery and Chemical Corp acquires a substantial interest in Lucent S A of Sens France. Lucent manufactures electrification equipment and petroleum industry gear among other industrial products.
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Kennedy Stock Votes Soar in New Hampshire Primary
Kennedy led New Hampshire Democrats with 28 332 votes while Kefauver tallied 72 085 in 1956. Nixon drew strong GOP support but Kennedy’s margin boosted talks of a Democratic nomination. Delegates split 22 for each party with 11 votes in play for Democrats.
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Neuberger Dies in Portland Home
Oregon Senator Neuberger dies at home after battles with shingles and cancer. His death follows a long public career noted for hydro electric and wildlife conservation efforts. In 1954 he won an election amid national tension over Senate control, and his health decline prevented a return to politics. Maurine Neuberger and family were with him in his final days.
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J. Neuberger
James Jane. Goodsell
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Guy Cordon
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