Selassie Set For Fight To Regain Crown
Emperor Haile Selassie prepared to reclaim his throne as loyal forces reportedly surround Addis Ababa. Dispatches place him moving toward Asmara Eritrea while reports of his location remain unconfirmed amid a coup in Ethiopia.
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Dennis Neeld
London
Haile Selassie
Selassie
Lion of Judah
Addis Ababa
Brazil
Khartoum
Sudan
Ethiopia
Liberia
Asmara
Eritrea
Lagos
Nigeria
Mengesha
Rome
Fort Lamy
Chad
Central Africa
Cairo
Crash kills 124 as two jets collide over New York
Two large airliners United DC8 and TWA Constellation collided in a snowstorm over New York. One jet struck a Brooklyn block igniting a blaze. the other hit Staten Island harbor area. Only one survivor reported among 125 aboard.
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New York
Brooklyn
United Air Lines
America
Trans World Airline
Constellation
Miller Field
Staten Island
Harbor
Staten
Flatbush and
8Th Avenues
Mitchell Field Air Force Base
Long Island
Agnes MacDonald
William Noble
Chicago
Idlewild Airport
TWA
LaGuardia Airport
Jaycees Offer Yale Decoration Prizes Here
Snyder Jaycees kick off Christmas decoration contest with religious theme under Religion in American Life program. Anyone may enter by mailing name and address on a postcard by Dec 21. First prize a gas yard light from Lone Star Gas Co, second prize $10, third prize $5.
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Snyder Jaycees
Gerald Pullig
The
Jaycees
Sixth Street
Lone Star Gas Co
Freeze Line Surges South Across Texas
Temperatures plunged to the 19 at Dalhart and the 20s in North and West Texas as a dry norther pushed through. Readings climbed into the 30s and 40s along the coast with Brownsville at 47 as a cold front cleared out a week of precipitation. A warming trend was forecast to begin Monday in several regions.
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Lufkin
Austin
Cotulla
Dalhart
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Brownsville
Gulf
Weather Bureau
North Central
Snyder
Southwest
Panhandle
C-C Elects 6 Directors
Six new directors were elected at the Snyder Country Club annual meeting. Officers will be named at a later called board meeting due to several directors absent. Elected to the board were Theo Lamb Sterling Parker Clyde Hall Leland Herod Ike Dolen and Bill Wilson with Mark McLaughlin presiding as 1960 president.
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Snyder Country Club
Theo Lamb
Sterling Parker
Clyde Hall
Leland Herod
Ike Dolen
Bill Wilson
Mark McLaughlin
Bond Set In Kennedy Bomb Threat Case In Florida
A 73 year old Belmont New Hampshire ex postal worker Richard Pavlick was held on 100000 bond in Palm Beach Florida after police seized dynamite in his car and motel room He faced a hearing before U S Commissioner George L Pink on a charge of intending to become a human bomb targeting President elect John F Kennedy and was said to have planned to kill himself as well Officials reported a nationwide alert aided capture and that Pavlick denied the accusations and complained of postal service conditions.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
John F Kennedy
Richard Paul Pavlick
Belmont
N.H
George L Pink
Pink
Pavlick
Palm Beach
U.S
Robert Rust
Miami
John Marshall
Secret Service
Lester Free
Rust
Marshall
N. H
Washington
Boston
Commissioner's Office
Surgeons Remove 258 Objects From Patient Stomach
Chicago AP reports surgeons removing 258 items from a mental patient stomach after medical checkup for swollen ankles. Items include 26 keys 30 nail files 3 rosary sets 16 religious medals a bracelet a necklace 3 metal chains a beer can opener a knife blade 4 nail clippers 3 tweezers and 88 coins an amorphous metal sludge mass over three pounds. Patient treated in a Brooklyn hospital. operation reported by Drs Kane Ginn Mora J. Despite iron load he had moderate anemia likely from iron deficiency.
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Chicago
Journal of the American Medical Association
Brooklyn, N.Y
Alan A. Kane
Benjamin Ginn
Bernardo A. Mora J
Kennedy Names Brother Bob Dillon To Posts In Cabinet
President elect John F Kennedy named his brother Robert Kennedy as attorney general and Douglas Dillon as secretary of the Treasury in his new administration. Dillon will be the first Republican in a Kennedy cabinet and White of Denver will join as deputy attorney general. Freeman and Goldberg named to labor and agriculture roles amid new food for peace program plans.
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Kennedy
Brother Bob
Dillon
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Douglas Dillon
Treasury Department
Senate
Byron Whivter White
Denver
Colo
White
Justice Department
Iflis
Cal
Hus
Secoeral
J. Edward Day
Los Angeles
Lon
Robert Kennedy
Georgetown
Eisenhower
France
Furculo
Freeman
Minnesota
Agriculture Department
Goldberg
Afl-Cio
George McGovern
DSD
McGovern
Laos War Rages as Rightists Try to Clear Vientiane
In Bangkok reports Gen Phoumi Nosavan’s anti Communist forces push to expel remaining leftist troops from Vientiane as artillery and shelling terrorize the city. A Savannakhet broadcast says two days more to root out pockets of resistance while Pathet Lao claims positions hold. Over 300 foreigners flee to Thailand, including 135 Americans, amid shellfire and cross river crossings. US pledges support to Prince Boun Oum and Gen Phoumi.
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Bangkok
Thailand
Phoumi Nosavan
Laos
Vientiane
Savannakhet
Phoumi
Pathet Lao
Kong le
Mekong
Fragmented Texas Weather Summary Across Regions
Weather summary shows scattered temperatures and wind notes across Texas regions. Frost risk tonight and colder nights due to retreating warmth, with gradual warming by Saturday in most areas.
Civil Rights Problem In North Highlighted In Detroit
Detroit AP report quotes John A. Hannah, chair of the U.S. Civil Rights Commission and MSU president, saying the toughest civil rights issue lies in large Northern cities as they push problems to suburbs. He urged a majority demand for change.
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North
Detroit
Mich
John A. Hannah
U. S. Civil Rights Commission
Hannah
Michigan State University
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Moon
Cape Canaveral
Merid Mengesha
Nairobi
Kenya
Aden
John Boren
Scurry County United Fund
Boren
Thomas Hartley
Sion
Lincoln School Cafeteria
Humble Oil Co
National Tank Co
Dayton
Columbus
Ohio
la Guardia
Idlewild Field
Idlewild
Queens
Idlewild Field Communications
Grand Canyon
United
New York Harbor
Narrows
Walter Reed Medical Center
Washington, D. C
YALE
Associated Press
C-C
Foster Furculo
Massachusetts
United States Senate
U.S. State Department
Prince Boun Oum
Gen. Phoumi
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