ICC Approves C and O Control of B and O via Stock Deal
The ICC authorized the Chesapeake & Ohio to take stock control of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad, denying petitions to merge the case with pending mergers of New York Central with Pennsylvania and Norfolk & Western with Nickel Plate. The decision allows up to 2,055,398 C and O common shares at 25 dollars in exchange for B&O stock, aiming to strengthen B&O and fund necessary improvements. The commission may still decide on consolidation with Penn Central and N&W proceedings.
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Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Washington
Wisconsin
Wyoming
Connecticut
Beards and the Rise of Folk Singers in Greenwich Village
S I Washington reports on Peter Paul and Mary amid folk music’s growth. The piece notes beards as talk of voice, describes their move from coffeehouse gigs to royalties, and predicts folk acts adding bass and even orchestras as the scene expands.
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Washington
UPI
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Mary
P.P
America
Greenwich Village
New York City
Exchange
Maine Storm Traps Thousands in Blizzard Across Northeast
A fierce blizzard buried northern Maine and New Hampshire under four feet of snow with winds to 75 mph. The extreme cold spread from the Great Lakes to New England as 13 weather related deaths were reported. Rescue planes and helicopters aided marooned travelers, fishermen, skiers, and lumbermen while state police battled deep drifts to reach stranded motorists. Roughly 2,000 people were trapped within a 50 mile radius.
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Maine
UPI
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Mt. Washington
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Michigan
Florida
Virginia
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Long Island Sound
Northport
N.Y
Air Force
Population growth estimate for New Year
Washington based UPI reports the Census Bureau estimates the U S population will reach 188 045 000 on New Year s Day a gain of 2 755 000 or 1 5 percent from the previous January This marks continued growth across the nation according to census figures released today by the agency.
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Washington
UPI
Census Bureau
U.S
Bus Plunge Kills 38 In Iraqi River Collapse
A school bus plunged into the Euphrates River in southern Iraq as a bridge cable parted while crossing. Thirty eight people died, including twenty nine schoolgirls, eight teachers, and the headmistress, with 77 aboard.
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Baghdad
Iraq
UPI
Euphrates River
West Virginia five day forecast shows cold clear weather
The state will be cold with high temperatures mostly in the 40s and 50s, some snow flurries in the northeast, and a warming trend midweek. Precipitation totals 0.1 to 0.2 inches with fair but below normal temps through Tuesday, plus possible snow or rain Thursday. River gauges show Greenbrier muddy and above normal, Lake above normal and muddy.
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Seeersseecoess
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Hinton
B. E
Benny) Watters Jr
Woodrow Wilson High School
Amere Gas Co
Corcoran Named West Virginia GOP Committeeman
WSAZ-TV reports GOP State Chairman Howard V. Corcoran of Wheeling will become West Virginia’s new Republican National Committee member succeeding the late Walter S. Hallanan. The meeting date remains unset. Corcoran would also retain party chairmanship and lead the 67-member executive committee. Corcoran has served since 1961 as state chairman, with prior roles in 1958 and 1960 campaigns.
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Charleston
UPI
Howard V. Corcoran
Wheeling
West Virginia
Wsaz-Tv
Corcoran
Walter S. Hallanan
Britain Wracked by Worst Winter in 15 Years
Britain endures its harshest winter in fifteen years as New Year’s Eve travel grinds to a halt. Winds up to 88 mph whip drifts, with 20 foot accumulations paralyzing roads and trains. A rising death toll across Europe due to accidents and exposure underscores the storm’s harsh reach.
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Wpi
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Europe
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Germany
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Southern Region Railway
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Iron Curtain
Soviet Union
Radio Moscow
Vladivostok
Khrushchev urges NATO flag swap in West Berlin
Soviet Premier Khrushchev asks for com promises on East West issues and proposes replacing the NATO flag in West Berlin with the United Nations flag. In Washington Christian Herald defends full page contraceptive ad as addressing a serious social problem in impeccable taste. Also Justice Douglas warns that Pentagon secrecy could threaten press freedom and the public’s right to know.
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Khrushchev
NATO
West Berlin
United Nations
Washington
Christian Herald
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Pentagon
Tiny Letters Taboo Odd Shaped Ones Too
Washington reports new Post Office rules ban non rectangular mail under exact dimensions starting at midnight. Mechanization aims to improve machine processing across 35 000 post offices while affecting only about 1 or 2 percent of mail. Officials target novelty cards shapes like animals cars heart valentines and tiny birth announcements.
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Washington
UPI
U.S
Khrushchev Urges Compromises To Avert Nuclear War
In a New Year interview with the London Daily Express via Tass Khrushchev calls for concession for concession as a path to resolve East West problems including Berlin and disarmament. He renews a halt to Soviet nuclear testing if the West agrees, and backs UN troops in West Berlin as a compromise. The Cuban crisis is seen as shaping a new era in international relations.
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API
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Berlin
London Daily Express
Tass
United Nations
West Berlin
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
Protest Bombs Rock E. Berlin Demonstration
Anti Communist activists exploded two bombs in a Soviet exhibition hall and near Red police HQ in East Berlin. A third device was found and disarmed. The group Peter Fechter Action Group claimed responsibility urging Germans and the free world to support their anti wall protest.
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Berlin
UPI
Red Police
Peter Fechter
Search Called Off For 13 Navy Seaplane Crewmen
The Navy abandoned its search off the Baja California coast for 13 crewmen of a twin engine seaplane that crashed Wednesday. All 13 airmen are presumed lost at sea in the line of duty, with no survivors announced by the Navy.
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San Diego
Calif
Battle resumes between U N and Katanga troops near Kamina
UPI report says fighting erupts near Kamina as U N forces, backed by Swedish and Ghanaian troops, press Katangese positions. Katanga President Moise Tshombe heads back toward Katanga to lead resistance, while U N planes and ground forces secure key sites. Thant endorses no action against Tshombe if he returns, aiming for total pacification and reintegration of Katanga.
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U. N
Kamina
Elisabethville
Swedish Defense Ministry
Stockholm
Saab
Mitobwe
Lukoka
Tshombe
Salisbury
Rhodesia
Katanga
Thant
New York
U.N
Robert Gardiner
Congo
Castro Demands Flights Resume Before Exiles Leave
Fidel Castro set a price for further departures by relatives of Bay of Pigs invaders, demanding Pan American World Airways resume scheduled Havana flights. Pan Am said no immediate plans exist. A Castro office statement said exiles may leave once flights resume, denying talks of UN visits or broader releases. Nearly 1,000 relatives previously sailed to Florida before the ban.
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UPI
United States
Fidel Castro
Castro
Pan American World Airways
Cuba
Miami
Pan American
Pan Am
James B. Donovan
New York
Donovan
Lake Placid
N.Y
Red Cross
United Nations
Florida
Havana clashes after embassy march for exit aid
Scattered violence erupted in Havana as police dispersed about 5000 demonstrators outside the Swiss Embassy seeking help to leave the country. The event marks a rare street confrontation amid growing international concern over the exodus.
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Havana
UPI
Protestant Publication Runs Birth Control Ad
Louis Cassels reports a leading Protestant magazine, the Christian Herald, ran a full page birth control advertisement for Emko Co, maker of aerosol vaginal foam. It marks a potential first for a nationally circulated family magazine amid lingering Comstock Act legal context.
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Louis Cassels Washington
UPI
United States
The
Christian Herald
Daniel A. Poling
Emko Co
St. Louis
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Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
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Indiana
Iowa
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Maine
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Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Clarence B. Boutell
Free Coffee for West Virginia Turnpike Travelers
Free coffee will be served to all New Year’s Eve travelers on the West Virginia Turnpike from 10 p.m. December 31, 1962, to 7 a.m. January 1, 1963. Glass House restaurant operators host the break and toll collectors will hand out notices to entering travelers to combat driver fatigue.
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West Virginia Turnpike
Glass House
Tragedy Surges in New Year Holiday Death Toll
United Press International tallies 184 traffic fatalities over the 102 hour holiday. California leads with 22 deaths, followed by Texas 18 Illinois 10 Michigan New York Pennsylvania Virginia nine and eight respectively. Notable losses include six in a Greyhound bus truck collision near St Regis Montana and five children under five killed in a suburban Washington, D.C. fire.
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United Press International
California
Texas
Illinois
Michigan
New York State
Pennsylvania
Virginia
Greyhound
St. Regis
Mont
Sheriff's Deputies
Washington
D.C
Two Die In Fire Three In Traffic In West Virginia
Five people died during the 102 hour New Year holiday in West Virginia as two brothers Floyd Bayer 42 and Claude Bayer 38 perished in a Ripley frame house fire likely while asleep. Three others died in separate highway crashes Sunday, boosting total highway fatalities to 424 for the year so far.
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United Press International
West Virginia
Jackson County
Floyd Bayer
Claude Bayer
Ripley
Police Expect Quick Solution In Rogers Case
Oak Hill state police say they expect the murder of 18 year old Michael Rogers to be solved soon. Sgt. I P Richardson heads the investigation and reports suspects are being questioned as the public cooperates. Rogers’ body was found dismembered along Route 60 near Hawk’s Nest and Chimney Corner after he was reported missing December 19. Two others, Edward Gwinn and Samuel Smith, are missing and may be tied to the case, though their bodies may not have been dismembered. Autopsy results due early this week.
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Oak Hill
RNS
I. P. Richardson
State Police
Michael Rogers
Richardson
Rogers
Route 60
Hawk’s Nest State Park
Chimney Corner
George Dilly
Edward Gwinn
Samuel Smith
Scarbro
Mad Strangler Strikes 8th Time in Back Bay
In Boston a young woman was found slain in Back Bay, believed the eighth victim of a mad strangler. The killer has terrorized the city for six months, with the late December slaying near the Soph ie Clark case. Most victims were elderly women and some were raped. The killings began June 14 with the first victim, Mrs. Anna Slesers, 55.
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Boston
UPI
Back Bay
Sophie Clark
Clark
Anna Slesers
Centennial Art Show Opens at Morris Harvey College
The West Virginia Centennial Elementary Art Show began Sunday at Morris Harvey College in Charleston and runs through January 14. It features art by pupils in grades one through six from schools across the state.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
Morris Harvey College
WVU to Play in 1962 Los Angeles Classic
West Virginia University will join UCLA, Southern California, Illinois, Michigan, New York University, Pittsburgh and Yale in the 1962 Los Angeles basketball classic set for December 26 to 28. The field adds WVU to a lineup featuring top national programs in a prominent early season event.
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LOS Angeles
UPI
West Virginia University
UCLA
Southern California
Illinois
Michigan
New York University
Pittsburgh
Yale
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