Probers Seek Cause Of NYC Air Crash
Investigators in New York search for the error or malfunction that caused two planes to collide over the city. The toll rises as 136 dead, including 128 aboard and on the ground, with 300 police and firefighters still sifting through wreckage in a Brooklyn neighborhood. Officials note one plane was monitored on radar while the other was not, amid a sweeping inquiry described as the Civil Aeronautics Board’s most extensive.
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New York
Staten Island
TWA
Brooklyn
UAL
la Guardia
Idlewild
George W. Cornell
Stephen Baltz
Wilmette, Sr
Tule
Federal Aviation
Phillip Goldstein
Civil Aeronautics Board
Guardia Field
United Air Lines
Goldstein
Vogel
Cnry
Hurt Youth Walks Two Miles For Aid
A Hernleigh youth walked nearly two miles with a fractured hip and broken limbs to summon help for a girl trapped in a wrecked car that plunged from a bridge on a dirt road 13 miles southwest of Snyder. Donald Paul, 17, shuffled in freezing weather, collapsed at a door, then led highway patrol and ambulances to the scene as Nelda Pevehouse, 16, was helped from the overturned vehicle. Both were hospitalized at Cogdell Memorial in stable condition as relatives criticized the bridge lacking rails and markers.
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Snyder
Donald Paul
J. J. Mengwasser
Mengwasser
Will Cleveland
Ivy Daniel
Bolger
Quaid Richburg
Nelda Pevehouse
Ira
Cogdell Memorial Hospital
Cogdell Memorial
Tom Machen
Denson
Lion Oil Camp
Hermieigh
Fuel Oil Import Increase Authorized by Interior
The Interior Department authorized four million extra barrels of residual fuel oil to meet demand from unusually cold weather. The daily allocation for Q4 1960 rises to 458000 barrels, up from 440000 barrels a day in Q4 1959.
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Washington
Interior Department
US Air Force Plane Crashes in Munich Killing Dozens
A Convair transport crashed into central Munich after hitting St Pauls church steeple, igniting a streetcar and surrounding buildings. Fifty to sixty people were killed, including 13 student passengers from the University of Maryland jr college, with many more injured.
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Munich
Germany
US Air Force
University of Maryland
Hans Jochen Vogel
Bayer Strasse
Martin Grief Strasse
St. Paul's Church
Maria Theresienwiese
England
Munich-Riem
Northhold
Paul's
Hamlet Explosion Rocks Arkansas Town After Freight Derailment
A freight train derailment near Traskwood Arkansas triggered a explosion that injured at least 17 people and damaged many homes. The blast sent flames and smoke 1500 feet high as debris fell up to half a mile away. Police evacuated the area and railroad officials awaited details on the cargo.
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Benton
Ark
Traskwood
Missouri Pacific
Trashwood
Malvern
Pine Bluff
Weather synopsis for Texas regions with temps and days
Readings show M0 degrees and a 7 am low of 20 in parts of Northwest Texas. Saturday warms to the high 50s in North Central and Northeast Texas with a 63 degree high in some areas Sunday. Southwest Texas sees generally fair conditions with warmer highs into the upper 60s.
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Snyder
Texas
Central
Kennedy selects young cabinet members for record era
President elect Kennedy completes a notably youthful cabinet averaging 47 years. J Edward Day becomes postmaster general, with a lineup including Ribicoff Hodges Udall Rusk McNamara Goldberg Freeman Dillon and F B Kennedy. The group promises efficiency reforms and a pre inauguration meeting plan.
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Palm Beach
Filia ‘Ap
John F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
J. Edward Day
Kennedy
Day
Post Office Department
Postal Service
Health, Education and Welfare
Abraham A Ribicoff
Connecticut
Commerce
Luther H Hodges
North Carolina
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Arizona
Dean Rusk
Rockefeller Foundation
Robert F Kennedy
Prudential Life Insurance Co
Western Operations
Pierre Salinger
William McKinley
Woodrow Wilson
McKinley
Statewide Clear Skies Warm Sunday Forecast
Fair crisp weather dominated Texas with clear skies statewide and slightly higher afternoon temperatures expected Sunday. A few scattered clouds touched central and upper coasts and far South Texas while the Panhandle reported freezing temperatures before dawn? No rain was observed or forecast.
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Texas
Holidays Observed on Mondays in Snyder
The Snyder Chamber of Commerce reports Christmas and New Year’s Day will be observed on Mondays this year since both fall on Sundays. Merchants favored the shift, and holidays are generally observed as public holidays in the city.
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Snyder Chamber of Commerce
Selassie Returns to Addis Ababa as Rebel Bid Erodes
Emperor Haile Selassie lands in Addis Ababa after a failed palace revolt, while rebels and several ministers are reported dead or missing. Diplomats in London hear four hostage ministers were shot, and clashes in the capital leave significant damage with no American casualties.
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London
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Lion of Judah
Asmara
Bac
Brazil
Defense and Commerce
Clark Mollenhoff
Washington
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Mollenhoff
Goodfellows Aid 150 Families In Christmas Drive
The Scurry Goodfellows plan to help about 188 people with toys clothing and shoes as applications rise past 118 with 30 more expected. Donors include Diamond M Foundation Bruce Taylor and Red's Service Station among others adding to the drive as mothers shop at the depot for their children.
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Scurry Goodfellows
Goodfellow Depot
Fellows Depot
Diamond M Foundation
F. FE. Newnham
Bruce Taylor
Vance Morgan
Hulbert Starnes
Joan Gatlin
S T. Kennedy
F. Sears
Ruby Anderson
Earl Davis
B. Grimmett
R. B. Sears
Claude Graham
Red
U S Demands Release of Two Aboard Downed RB47
Washington reports a new U S demand to the Soviet Union for the release of two American airmen held since July after an RB47 jet crash over the Barents Sea. State Department officials said Secretary Hare noted U S hopes for their swift release and stressed the desire for peaceful resolution. The captains were identified as CTS Olmstead of Elmira New York and John R. McKone of Kan.?
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Barents
Senate
John R. McKone
Kan
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By Douglas B. Cornell
Robert 8. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Arthur J. Goldberg
Afl-Cio
Secretary of Agriculture
Gev Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Fisenhower
Robert
Salinger
George G. Corelyou
Commerce and Labor
Theodore Roosevelt
Elizabeth Smith
Kentfield
Calif
Ivy Baker Priest
Smith
Gov. Brown
State Division of Labor Law Enforcement
TMH
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San Antonio
del Rio
Lufkin
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Ras Prince’ Imeru
India
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