Bitter Cold Strikes Broad Areas Across Nation
Bitter cold and heavy snow paralyzed large parts of the country from Montana to Florida. Snow drifts up to 20 feet compacted city streets while hundreds of schools closed and travel halted. Deaths exceeded 50 with property losses in the millions as forecasts warned of more cold and snow. Florida citrus groves faced freezing temps as hotel guests watched the weather, and retailers boosted heater sales amid widespread winter supply runs.
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Rockies
Montana
Atlantic Ocean
Florida
Canada
Indiana
New York State
Watertown
Pennsylvania
Erie
West Viginia
Kentucky
Tennessee
Smoky Mountains
Gatlinburg
New Orleans
South Miami
Keys
Miami
Last Body Is Found After Robena Mine Disaster
In Carmichaels Pennsylvania on December 11 AP reports the last of 37 miners entombed by the Thursday methane gas and coal dust explosion at U S Steel Robena No 3 mine has been recovered after a five day search. 44 workers escaped unhurt in a separate section of the mine.
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U. S. Steel Corporation
Robena No. 3
Pittsburgh
U. S. Steel
Record Low Temperatures Hit Southern Illinois After Snowfall
Dec 11 saw a record low as two inches of snow blanketed Southern Illinois with Sparta at 2 degrees, Marion and Williamson County Airport at 5, Carbondale 6, and Murphysboro 9. A 62 year old Creal Springs woman was injured in a crash on Rt 13 near Carbondale. Road crews spread sand and cinders as buses ran on time and forecasts remain cold with lows 5 to 10 above zero.
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Illinois
Sparta
Marion
Williamson County
Carbondale
Murphysboro
Gertrude Largent
Creal Springs
Doctors Hospital
Rt. 13
Southern Illinois
Kennedy Sets Bipartisan Panel to Review Foreign Aid
President Kennedy creates the Committee to Strengthen the Security of the Free World a bipartisan group led by Lucius D. Clay to review the 4 billion dollar annual foreign aid program and its goals. Members include Robert Lovett George Meany Edward Mason Eugene Black Robert Anderson L F McCollum Herman Phleger and Clifford Harden.
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Washington
Kennedy
Lucius D. Clay
West Berlin
White House
The
Free World
United States
Fowler Hamilton
Foreign Aid Agency
Agency For International Development
Hamilton
David E. Bell
Clay
Defense
Robert A. Lovett
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Harvard
Edward S. Mason
Eugene Black
World Bank
Robert A. Anderson
the Treasury
L. F. McCollum
Continental Oil
Herman Phleger
San Francisco
State Department
Clifford Harden
University of Nebraska
U.N. Moves Toward Action Over Katanga Secession
U N secretary general Thant signaled a move to force Congo unity by seeking a trade boycott to halt Katanga secession. U N Congo chief Gardiner warned Katanga President Tshombe that Thant will urge member states to stop what is called secession and civil war.
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Thant
U.N
Katanga
Robert K. A. Gardiner
U. N
Congo
Moise Tshombe
Congo Unity
Tshombe
IPAC Reports Irregularities In Cook County Relief Cases
The Illinois Public Aid Commission heard a contested report showing irregularities in 27 of 250 relief cases in Cook County. IPAC noted the 10.8 percent ineligibility or excessive aid, while Cook County relief director Raymond Hilliard called the findings unscientific.
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IPAC
Illinois Public Aid Commission
Cook County
Richard N. Hosteng
FBI
Raymond Hilliard
Hilliard
Harold 0. Swank
U S to Start Three Month Welfare Probe in January
Social Security Commissioner Robert M. Ball announced a nationwide three month review of about 21 000 aid for dependent children cases. The study, conducted by 450 to 500 state welfare staff with 60 federal supervisors, aims to test each state's investigation methods and cost about 1 25 million dollars.
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Washington
Social Security
Robert M. Ball
Senate Appropriations Committee
District of Columbia
Ball
Carbondale Woman Found Strangled and Forcibly Sexually Assaulted
Miss Elsie Louise White age 76 was found murdered in her home at 405 N Washington A Carbondale. Coroner said autopsy showed rape and death by strangulation in the early hours. Police investigations focus on footprints in the snow from back door to alley. Funeral set at Huffman Funeral Home with burial at Oakland Cemetery.
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Carbondale
Elsie Louise White
Washington A
Marvin
Floyd Crawshaw
Miss White
Jackson County
Roy Bain
White
She
Ella Kelley
Flint
Mich
Pearl Sistler
Berwyn
John
Herrin
George
Denver
Huffman Funeral Home
Willard G. Foote
Oakland Cemetery
US Not Pushing Reds On Cuba Pull-Out Pace
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said Soviet troops in Cuba are being withdrawn slowly, with about 9 000 to 15 000 personnel estimated on the island. He stressed Washington will press Moscow if pace does not speed up and noted the Soviet force is modest but well armed.
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Cuba
U. S
United States
Russia
Dean Rusk
Caribbean
Rusk
Paris
North Atlantic Council
Washington
Dec
Cold spell lingers in Southern Illinois into Wednesday
Cold conditions continue for Southern Illinois with clear to fair skies tonight and Wednesday. Low temperatures range from zero to 5 above, with a high around 20 for Wednesday.
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Southern
Illinois
Pentagon sets February draft quota of 4000 to Army
The Pentagon announced a February draft quota of 4000 men and said all will be assigned to the Army. A Defense Department spokesman indicated higher calls are likely to begin in March.
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Pentagon
Army
Defense Department
British troops recapture Seria and free hostages in Borneo
British forces retook Seria, closing in on a police station where 50 rebels held nine Europeans as hostage. Several rebels killed or captured, no British casualties reported, amid the revolt's first major counterattack. Indonesian leaders voiced support for the rebels in British Borneo.
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Brunei
Seria
A. G. Patterson
Shell Oil Co
Rend Lake Conservancy District seeks larger lake and stable level
The Rend Lake Conservancy District asks the Corps of Engineers to build a 410 foot lake instead of 405 and to limit level fluctuations to five feet. The request aims to expand surface area from 18 900 to 25 000 acres and protect industrial and recreation use while keeping costs manageable. Rep. Kenneth J. Gray says a formal letter will go to offices in St Louis Vicksburg Washington after district approval.
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Rend Lake Conservancy
Corps of Engineers
Corps
Corps of Engineer
St. Louis
Vicksburg
Miss
Washington, D. C
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West Frankfort
Gray
Conservancy District
Congress
China Claims Sabotage Amid Himalayan Border Clash
New Delhi reports China accusing India of deliberate sabotage as Nehru rejects Beijing terms for settling the Himalayan border fight. China alleged Indian reconnaissance over Tibet and Chinese-held zones while Nehru warned of a long war but promised victory and called for complete Chinese withdrawal. News centers on Ceylon crime talks and non aligned nations meeting.
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China
Nehru
Peking
India
Tibet
Ladakh
New Delhi
Ceylon
United Arab Republic
Ghana
Indonesia
Cambodia
Burma
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Sally Wren
South University
Sally
South 14Th St
Carmichaels, Pa
U.S
United Nations
N.Y
Chicago
Swank
Peter W. Cahill
Michael J. Howlett
Cahill
State Housing Board
Slayer
White Home
General Telephone Co
Eastern Star
John M. Hightower
Britain
Ernesto Guevara
Borneo
Jakarta
British Borneo
Roeslan Abdulgani
Rend Lake
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