Congress Highlights Second Session Agenda and Leadership
The Associated Press outlines the second session of the 87th Congress convening at noon. Key items include Kennedy tariff reform for the European common market, Social Security aged medical care, a 100 million U.N. bond purchase for Congo ops, tax revision to spur investment, education aid, farm program revisions, and foreign aid. Leadership details show Democrats holding large majorities in both chambers, with McCormack as speaker and Mansfield as Senate majority leader. The State of the Union is due 12:30 p.m. Thursday with a budget around 92 billion dollars. Upcoming elections will see 37 senators, 435 representatives, and 34 governors elected.
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Associated Press
Washington
Kennedy
U.N
Congo
State of the Union
Joint Session
Congress
Snow Prediction Sparks Southern Florida Mockery
A Florida weather bulletin forecasts snow for the northern portion of the central Florida zone while Sarasota in the south faces a cold front with a 40 degree low. Ted Swalm notes legislators will travel south to Sarasota for a conference, joking that the northern area will be much colder and that winds and cloud cover will shield the south.
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A. J. Ruttenber
U.S
Tampa
Miami
Florida
Chambers of Commerce
Central Florida
Ted Swalm
Sarasota County
Hernando County
Sarasota
Swalm
Bitter national cold grips vast regions with heavy snows
A massive cold wave locks wide parts of the nation in freezing weather with up to 24 inches of snow in places. Schools close, heating demand soars, and many deaths are attributed to the conditions from exercise and traffic accidents on icy surfaces. The Midwest endures the worst of the cold, with Chicago at -11 degrees, among other record lows across cities.
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Associated Press
Two Blazes Gut dwelling and Dry Cleaner's in Sarasota
A three bedroom frame house at 3131 N Osprey Ave gutted by fire, occupant Jessie Mae Barber, owner John J Stokes, ruled total loss. Fire started from a flooded fuel oil heater. no injuries. Separately Tropical Cleaners at 2053 Ringling Blvd suffered a second fire in a second floor rear supply room. investigation underway.
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N. Osprey Ave
John Stone
City Fire Department
Jessie Mae Barber
John J. Stokes
Stone
Tropical Cleaners
Ringling Blvd
Sarasota
Francis Graham
Dayton Motors
Cleaners
Wrecks Plague Railroads Two Trainmen Lost Lives
A UPI report details multiple rail accidents across the United States on Tuesday. Aurelia Iowa saw a fatal wreck with one dead and two seriously injured as ice or broken rails were blamed for a speeding Illinois Central passenger train derailment. Merle Flynn the local conductor died at Agnew Illinois when a fast freight struck halted cars. No injuries were reported at Sylva North Carolina where icy tracks may have caused an 18 car derailment. Delaware Ohio saw a 69 car Chesapeake and Ohio freight car drop to rails but no injuries. Bellwood Indiana saw a derailment blamed on a frozen switch crushing cars on a parallel train. Officials described several other incidents with varying injuries.
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United Press International
Aurelia
Iowa
Agnew
Ill
Bellwood
Delaware
Ohio
Sylva
N.C
Illinois Central
John Nelson
Sioux City
Agnew, Ill
Chicago and Northwestern Railway
North Carolina
Southern Railway
Chesapeake and Ohio
Indiana Harbor
Ford Board Declares 90 Cent Dividend and 2 for 1 Split
Ford Motor Co. directors announce a first quarter dividend of 90 cents per share and recommend a 2-for-1 stock split. They also propose doubling authorized capital stock and reducing par value from 5 to 2.50 dollars. Record date is Jan 30 with payment March 1. A May 24 stockholders meeting will consider these actions.
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Dearborn, Mich
Ford Motor Co
Ford
New Welfare Program Aims To Move Needy Onto Payrolls
The Kennedy administration details a welfare program to move needy families off relief and onto payrolls. Ribicoff secured general support from House and Senate leaders. Mills and Byrd signaled early committee action and acceptance of changes to public assistance laws.
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Washington
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Senate
House
Ribicoff
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Senate Finance Committee
Byrd
Fire and blast injure eight at Kentucky rubber plant
A fire sparked by an explosion at the American Synthetic Rubber Co. plant near Louisville injured eight men, with one, Joseph Lane, 28, listed in serious condition from burns. Firefighters confined the blaze after about three hours and protected nearby railroad cars loaded with explosive chemicals.
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Louisville
UPI
American Synthetic Rubber Co
Joseph Lane
Catholics Aid Jewish Mother Reaches Baptist Hospital
Irby Cooper and his wife faced snow blocked streets in Memphis when Sammy Aiello and Dan Serritella, Chicago students, led a car-by-car dash to clear a path. They guided the car through ice and helped push stalled vehicles aside, allowing Cooper to reach the Baptist hospital in time for the birth of a 7 pound 14 ounce girl.
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Memphis
Cooper
Republican Leader Urges Party Unity at Sarasota Luncheon
I Lee Potter, chairman of the Republican Party's Operation Dixie, urged unity and fiscal responsibility at a Women’s Republican Club of Sarasota County luncheon at Sarasota Bay Country Club. He cited rising deficits and compared multiple budget estimates from Eisenhower to Kennedy, signaling concern over the nation’s fiscal trajectory.
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I. Lee Potter
Republican National Committee
William E. Miller
Potter
Golden Host Motor Lodge
Sarasota
G. M
Gus) Nelson
GOP
Marjorie M. McKinley
Ralph Erickson
Republican Party
Dixie
Women's Republican Club
Sarasota County
Sarasota Bay Country Club
Manatee
Florida
Texas
Arkansas
Virginia
Forida
Ex-Con Honored by New York Academy of Sciences
The New York Academy of Sciences investigated how Swiss ex-convict Frederic Wichtermann received an honorary fellowship. Officials questioned nominations and possible clerical errors after Swiss press noted a 1958 fraud conviction and a 1959 release, with Wichtermann allegedly practicing as a quack in Herisau.
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New York
UPI
New York Academy of Sciences
The
Academy
Frederic Wichtermann
U. S
Bern
Robert McKinney
Wichtermann
Federal Health Office
Wichterman
Herisau
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John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Sam Rayburn
Carl Albert
D-Okla
McCormack
Charles Halleck
R-Ind
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D-Mont
Everett M. Dirksen
R-Ill
Republican Policy Committee
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R-N.h
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Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
House Atomic Committee
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Tex
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Dow
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Merle F. Flynn
Clinton
Kentucky
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Dillon
Merle Flynn
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