U. S. Carrier Ablaze At Brooklyn Navy Yard
Fire broke out on the flight deck of the 60 000 ton carrier Constellation under construction at Brooklyn Navy Yard. About 1 000 men were aboard when seven alarms rang. New York Fire Department sent two fire boats and 30 units of gear, plus a 100 man marine unit and five tugs. One tug ferried workers off the aging vessel as the blaze lit the sky. The incident follows a recent DC 8 collision near Brooklyn. The carrier, Forrestal class, cost an estimated 150 million dollars when completed.
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New York
UPI
Constellation
Brooklyn Navy Yard
New York Fire Department
Carol Moran
United Airlines
Holden Mine Disaster Tops 1960 State News
West Virginia's top news of 1960 includes the Holden No. 22 mine disaster in Logan County where 18 miners died after a roof collapse and fire. Rescue efforts stretched across days amid toxic fumes, while Kennedy's West Virginia primary bid loomed large in national coverage.
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Holden
West Virginia
J. Richard Toren
United Press International
Charleston
UPI
Mabel
Holden No. 22
Logan County
W. Va
Kennedy
Skeen — Barron
Crime Commission
Art Lewis
WVII
Rosemary
Isners
Red-Aided Laos Forces Routed in Capital Crisis
In Bangkok, pro-Western forces under Gen. Phoumi Nosavan drove Communist backed troops from Laos capital Vientiane. Kong Le's paratroops retreated toward northern Red strongholds as the U N denounced U S interference while Moscow and others level protests.
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Bangkok
Thailand
UPI
China
U.S
Laos
Vientiane
Kong le
Phoumi Nosavan
Pathet Lao
Nnst
North Viet Nam
North Korea
United States
Russia
Area Highways In Good Shape After Snowfall
Snowfall in the morning prompted the State Road Commission to deploy cinder crews to various county sections as a precaution leaving area highways in good condition. SRC cited keeping known slick spots from worsening. About 50 skiers turned up at Bald Knob Ski Slopes Sunday despite poor conditions. Artificial snowing machines were unreliable. Manager Tom Minter warned no skiing before Friday unless six inches more natural snow falls and temperatures drop to 25 degrees or lower to permit artificial snowmaking.
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State Road Commission
SRC
Bald Knob
Tom Minter
Minter
West Virginia Weather Brief and Five Day Forecast
West Virginia sees fair cold tonight with lows 5 to 15. Tuesday warms to more cloud cover and continued cold. Five day forecast shows temperatures 6 to 10 degrees below normal. highs around mid 40s, lows in teens. Snow flurries likely Wednesday, about one quarter inch water. Beckley high 36 yesterday, low 16. Oak Hill high 38, low 13. River Greenbrier normal and clear, lake frozen. 1.2 gates open, gauge 1.7 ft.
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Beckley
Oak Hill High
Greenbrier
Normal
Cleer
Toll Revised Downward Air Disaster Rubble Sought
New York aviation disaster reports show over 100 federal and civil investigators probing the crash of an United Airlines DC8 and a TWA Constellation. Authorities seek whether one plane was off course and if controllers warned pilots. debris moved to LaGuardia for mock assembly as 84 perished on the ground. Investigators expect to determine the crash cause with precision while tracing radar proximity and possible warnings.
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New York
APS
Brooklyn
United Airlines
TWA
New York City
la Guardia Field
Staten Island
Munich Crash Kills 49 Americans Germans Mourning
Americans and Germans mourn 49 dead after a U S Air Force Convair 131 crashed into a Munich streetcar. Officials probe cause while sympathy pours from Eisenhower to local commanders for the victims including 20 Americans and 29 Germans, with 16 injured. Twelve U S students were aboard, en route to England with parents.
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Munich
Germany
Eisenhower
U.S
Sophie Eurich
England
Holdup Artists Put To Flight By Grocer
In Huntington a grocer Mansour Tweet wrestled with one of two men who entered his shop Sunday night and demanded money. As the tussle began the pair fled, with Tweet in pursuit. police had not located them by today.
U S Rockets Unmanned Capsule Flight At Cape Canaveral
At Cape Canaveral the United States launched an unmanned space capsule on a planned 220 mile suborbital test. The mission aims to enable manned Mercury flights within months as seven astronauts watched the 83 foot stack return to Earth after a previous ground test failure.
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Cape Canaveral
Aps
United States
U. S
Ber
Redstone
Free World
Committee Eyes State Ailments
Charleston report on distressed areas outlines immediate aid actions for West Virginia coal fields. The six member WV sub committee of the Kennedy committee, chaired by Harry Hoffmann, will seek executive order measures and long range congressional steps. They may urge reactivation or disposal of Morgantown ordnance works and the South Charleston Naval ordnance plant. Recommendations go to the full committee for a year end report.
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Charleston
UPS
West Virginia
Kennedy Committee
Harry Hoffmann
Charleston Gazette
Morgantown Ordnance Works
South Chareston Naval Ordnance Plant
Kennedy
Sen
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Blessed Art Thou Mary series opens in Raleigh Register
A five part Christmas series by George Cornell begins on Page 6 in the Raleigh Register, tracing the Mary and Joseph story and the divine love theme alongside God’s love for humanity. The writer draws on Christ time context and apocryphal sources like the Protevangelion of James.
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Joseph and
Mary
God
Jesus Christ
George Cornell
Associated Press
Raleigh Register
Cornell
Joseph
Jesus
James
Christ
National Religious Publicity Council
The
Religious Heritage of America
Sherwood Glutz on tears and the weaker sex
A quotation attributed to Sherwood Glutz argues that a woman's tears can be the most effective water power, while claiming the weaker sex deserves credit for guiding men. The remark contrasts emotional influence with the idea of women making fools of men.
Electors to Meet in Confirming Kennedy Victory
Washington reports that 537 presidential electors will meet in state capitals to cast ballots. Kennedy leads Nixon 300 to 223 with 269 needed for election, while unpledged Southern electors from Mississippi and Alabama threaten the outcome and may push the race toward a House decision.
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Illinois
Nixon
White House
Kennedy
Mississippi
Alabama
Harry F. Byrd
Virginia
Dixie
House of Representatives
Demo Leaders Kennedy Meet Talk Strategy
Democratic leaders meet President elect John F Kennedy in Palm Beach for strategy talks on the new administration's legislative program. Kennedy to set tone and outline early plans on aid for low income areas and medical care for the aged. Johnson and Rayburn travel to join Tuesday discussions as talks focus on detailed legislative recommendations for the new Congress.
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Merriman Smith
UPI
White House
Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Texas
Sen
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Senate
Johnson
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Congress
Clement J. Zablocki
D-Wis
House Rules Committee
Huntington Gas Main Explodes Near Tri State Airport
A 30 inch natural gas line at United Fuel Gas Co sub station near the Tri State Airport exploded, sending flames high into the sky and waking Huntington residents. No injuries reported. Fire was contained within about an hour and gas service remained active. Damage limited to broken windows and burned lines. area shut off to curiosity. Flames were visible across Ohio, Kentucky, and Charleston up to 50 miles away.
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Huntington
W. Va
UPI
United Fuel Gas Co
UFG
Tri- State
Ohio
Kentucky
Charleston
West Virginia Officials Meet for Revenue Ideas
Gov. Erect W. W. Barron chaired a 1 p.m. conference in Charleston with about 175 business labor government and education leaders to generate new state revenue and outline steps to improve the economy. Pennsylvania Commerce Secretary William Davlin will discuss his state’s Industrial Development Authority as Barron favors forming a similar West Virginia group.
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Charleston
Barron
Pennsylvania
William Davlin
Fire destroys Colcord Elementary School in West Virginia
A two room Colcord Elementary School burned early today in Raleigh County. Fifty four students will transfer to other schools as officials assess transportation and space needs. icy roads hindered efforts and no damage estimate was given.
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Colcord
RNS
Raleigh County
Sherman C. Trail
Whitesville
Trail
Earl Riner
Parent
Clear Fork River
Rock House
Beckley
Board of Education
Fire destroys Cole's Grocery in Coal City
In Coal City at six am today, Cole's Grocery owned by Ira Cole was leveled by fire with estimated losses of $20,000. Insurance partly covers merchandise. Sophia Fire Department fought the blaze but could not save the store. Cause not yet determined, believed to have started in the rear, affecting three to four rooms including groceries clothing and stock.
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Coal City
ANS
Cole’s
Ira Cole
Sophia Fire Department
Cole
Dan Pinson
Bold Hood Gang Robs Bank at Suburban Mall
Three hooded gunmen forced a teller to open the Mahoning National Bank branch at a suburban shopping center plaza and fled with about 50 000 dollars. Police halted the trio at a roadblock an hour later. FBI and local officers questioned the suspects as details remained scarce. The teller, Robert MacAuley, said the men waited for him when he returned home with his wife and two sons. They bound the family and ripped out telephones, then took MacAuley’s car, found abandoned nearby.
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Youngstown
MacAuley
Hippo Phanny Is Separated From Mother at Bronx Zoo
At the Bronx Zoo the 400 pound hippo Phanny is moved away from her mother Phoebe to avoid interference with Phoebe's new pregnancy. Keepers used a water jet to separate the two after Phanny slept through her mother's departure, prompting an irate reaction from Phanny.
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New York
UPI
Phanny
Mama
Bronx
Phoebe
Weekend Fires Kill 30 Across Nation
A weekend spree of deadly fires across the United States left at least 32 dead and many injured. Florida and Texas each reported six deaths while Kentucky, Missouri and others tallied multiple fatalities. A Dade County fire killed a deputy sheriff, his wife, and her mother as faulty Christmas tree wiring and neglected cigarettes were blamed. In Missouri a subdivision fire killed three children, and in Texas a family of five perished in a Tyler blaze. A Louisville blaze at a recreation center claimed three firefighters.
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United Press International
Florida
Texas
Kentucky
Missouri
Illinois
Nebraska
Minnesota
Maine
Georgia
Calisate
New Hampshire
Oklo
George Owens
Dade County
Springdale
St. Charles
Patty Beck
Kenneth
Pinks
Corene
Pauline
Virginia
Tyler
Houston
Carleen Head
Donna
Black Square
Louisville
Joseph Buren
Jesse Wilson
Riley
Kennedy buys Glenora estate for weekend retreat
President elect John F Kennedy completed a lease for Glenora a 600 acre Virginia hunting country home near Middleburg about 60 miles from Washington to be used as a weekend retreat. Separately diplomats abroad sent Christmas wishes to children worldwide via the Voice of America in Washington.
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John F. Kennedy
Glenora
Virginia Hunt
Middleburg
Kennedys
Washington
Voice of America
Nikita Khrushchev
Paris
NATO
Alliance
United States
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