Northeast Storm Toll Rises Across Six States
The Associated Press reports bitter cold and gale conditions across the Northeast with at least 20 deaths in Pennsylvania New York New Jersey and Rhode Island. Arctic winds shut New Year celebrations in Times Square and left vessels sunk and crews frozen in Long Island Sound.
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Associated Press
New York State
Pennsylvania
New York
New Jersey
Rhode Island
Weather Bureau
Times Square
Long Island Sound
Coast Guard
Gwenolyn Steers
Highland Falls
N.Y
Sauk
Hudson River
British Urge Tshombe To Aid Congo Unification
London urged Moise Tshombe to return to Elisabethville at once to lend his authority to a peaceful solution amid Katangan tensions. Foreign Office said his presence would help finalize arrangements for unification and stability. Lord Alport conveyed the request as Tshombe was in Salisbury.
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London
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Elisabethville
Congo
Foreign Office
Tshombe
Lord Alport
Central African Federation
Salisbury
Congo Reconciliation Plan Defined by U Thant
Tshombe is in Kolwezi about 150 miles from Elisabethville as U N Secretary General U Thant clarifies a Congo policy. Britain questions ending Katanga secession by force while Thant says the UN will pursue a reconciliation plan giving the central government a share of copper riches.
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Rhodesia
Tshombe
Kolwezi
Elisabethville
Foreign Office
U.N
U Thant
Congo
Britain
Katanga
Thant
New York
United Nations
Fort Worth man wounded in farm gun accident near Hermleigh
Cc G Collins of Fort Worth was wounded when a 12 gauge shotgun fell to the ground and discharged as he and two Arlington companions unloaded dogs from a pickup at Frank Kubala farm. He received emergency care then was moved to Hendrick Hospital Abilene and later Baylor Hospital Dallas for an artery transplant.
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Frank Kubala
Hermleigh
Fort Worth
Cc. G. Collins
B. F. Pruett
C. W. Collins
Arlington
Collins
Cogdell Hospital
Bell Ambulance Service
Hendrick Hospital
Abilene
Bell
Baylor Hospital
Dallas
New Year Celebrations Around the World In 1963
Crowds in Times Square faced bitter cold as about 300 000 welcomed 1963. Tokyo drew 330 000 at Meiji Shrine and thousands filled four other shrines while Rome’s revelers hurled dishes from windows at midnight. Khrushchev sent New Year greetings to Kennedy. The Kennedys joined friends in Palm Beach for a champagne toast.
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Associated Press
New York
Times Square
Japan
Tokyo
Meiji Shrine
Imperial
Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Charles B. Wrightsman
Rome
New Year Holiday Road Death Toll Rises Slowly
Traffic fatalities during the four day New Year weekend near 381 with ongoing risk of a record low. The National Safety Council lowered its preholiday forecast to 350 380 as hazardous conditions and various unrelated disasters emerged and regional totals were reported from Montana New Jersey Iowa and New York.
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National Safety Council
Superior
Mont
Jersey City
N.J
Ilinois
First 1963 Baby Arrives At 3 05
Snyder’s first baby of the new year arrived at 3:05 this morning at Cog dell Hospital. Lt. and Mrs. George Leonberger welcomed George Henry Leonberger III, an 8 pound 14 ounce son described as a fine young man by a nurse. The father, serving with the Transportation Corps in Thailand, left for overseas in October and will likely miss 1963. The hospital auxiliary plans to send a few pictures to the father, and Snyder merchants are gifting items such as a bottle warmer, baby gift sets, mother’s shampoo, meals, gift certificates, diapers, and more.
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Snyder
Cogdell Hospital
George Leonberger
George Henry Leonberger III
Transportation Corps
United States Army
Thailand
Snyder Merchants
Hall Drug
J&j
Stinson Drug
House of Charm
Cale
Record Is Claimed For Pool Jumping
HONOLULU AP If you're fleet of foot and a fast swimmer you can take dip in 41 swimming pools in 55 minutes on Hawaii's Waikiki strip Two Waikiki beachniks dipped in all the pools public and private inside an hour to set what they call a world record for pool jumping Nobody has tried to better the effort of George Schmitz a Honolulu employment agency operator and Poli Tonkin a travel adviser who have held their world championship for more than a
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Honolulu
Hawaii
Waikiki
George Schmitz
Poli Tonkin
Termites Aid In Disposal Project In Decatur
Macon County officials sorting disposal records find termites are chewing through about 20 volumes in a basement vault of the county building. County Clerk William Tangney called in a pest expert who says termites entered through a gap between wall and floor.
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Decatur, Ill
Macon
William Tangney
Paroled Slayer Marries on Honolulu Honeymoon
James E Majors 35 married Dee 29 in a church ceremony a week after his release from Oahu Prison. Mary Jane Kanahele 25, the bride, met Majors in 1956 when her mother began missing the prison.
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Honolulu
James E. Majors
Dee
Oahu
Mary Jane Kanahele
Majors
Safety Pin Demand Dips in U S Tariff View
The U S tariff commission reports the domestic safety pin industry stays steady over 15 years with only a slight consumption decline since 1948. Imported pins held 28 to 36 percent of the market, facing duties of 35 percent historically, with a 22.5 percent rate during the 1970s Geneva talks and a 35 percent rate restored in 1957 via a presidential order.
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Washington
U. S. Tariff Commission
Kennedy
Geneva
Weather snapshot across Texas with varied conditions
Readable fragments show a Texas weather bulletin. Multiple regions report clear to partly cloudy skies with temperature ranges from the high 60s to the 20s and 40s. Winds generally light to moderate, with some areas noting no significant change today and Wednesday.
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Snyder
Texas
Upper Panhandle
Mild Weather Across Texas on New Year Day
The state saw mild temperatures on January 1 with early readings near freezing in the Panhandle and 40s in most areas. Skies were clear in West Texas while East Texas remained cloudy with showers along the upper Gulf and Beaumont region. highs expected in the 60s to 70s.
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Pacific Northwest
Central Plains
Mississippi
Great Lakes
Atlantic Coast
Florida
Pacific Coast
Colorado
Utah
Texas
Desert
Associated Press
West
East
Upper
Gulf
Lone Star
Panhandle
Beaumont
Think Cuba Seeks Safety Valve
U S officials say Fidel Castro may push to resume U S airline flights to Cuba as a dollar source and safety valve for unrest. The Cuban government says departures will resume only after Pan American Airways restarts service, with ongoing U S concerns about safety and counter risks.
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Cuba
Washington
Pan American Airways
State Department
Lincoln White
U.S
America
Castro
Havana
United States
Miami
Pan American
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