Kennedy picks Kennedy brother for cabinet roles
President-elect John F Kennedy announced his brother Robert F Kennedy as attorney general and C Douglas Dillon as treasury secretary. Dillon previously served as ambassador to France and is a Republican. Byron White named deputy attorney general. Orville Freeman chosen as secretary of agriculture. Arthur Goldberg named secretary of labor.
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Jets Collide Over New York Kill 324 in Snowstorm
In a dense snowstorm two big airliners, United Flight 626 from Chicago and TWA Flight 226 from Dayton to Idlewild and LaGuardia, collided over New York. At least 324 people died with one boy survivor, as fires spread through Brooklyn and Staten Island.
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Horror Follows Crash Over Staten Island
New York December 16 AP scene in fall of a United Airlines trans World crash on Staten Island after a plane collided with a Trans World Airlines craft. Residents described a wall of flames and a city block wrecked by burning debris. Witnesses spoke of a boy missing or injured, adults crying, and several onlookers stunned by the blast and smoke.
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Coordinating Board Proposed to Oversee Six Illinois Universities
A unanimous Dinors Commission of Higher Education proposal calls for a governing board with 11 governor appointed members to unify expenditures and oversee budgets for the six public universities in Illinois. The plan, to be presented to the 1961 legislature, keeps existing boards but shifts fiscal control and potential new campuses and departments to the new body.
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Leftists Flee Laos Amid Capital City Battle
Artillery fire pounded Vientiane as anti Communist forces under Gen Phoumi Nosavan fought to drive leftist remnants from the capital. American informants attributed the strikes to Russians or North Vietnamese members serving the guns. Washington pledged support for Laos' new government of Prince Boun Oum and Phoumi and readiness to aid Laos in maintaining its freedom as diplomats reported Phoumi consolidating control in the southern sector.
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Partly Cloudy For Southern Illinois Weather Note
Partly cloudy tonight with generally fair conditions on Sunday. No major temperature changes expected. low tonight in the 20s, Sunday high around 32, yesterday’s low 31 and 7 am 30, p.m. yesterday 35, high yesterday 36. Report notes encounters with insurgents and paratroopers near the northwestern sector. Guerrilla activity and a small advance by Parhet Lao forces under Capt Kong Le noted. some resistance slowed progress at sunrise.
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Human Bomb Threat To Kennedy Held West Palm Beach
A 1 year old man with white hair faced 100000 dollar bond on charges he planned to turn himself into a human bomb targeting President-elect John Kennedy. Richard Paul Pavlick, a retired postal worker from Belmont New Hampshire, received a hearing with U S Commissioner George L Pink after Palm Beach arrest. Police reported he had dynamite blasting caps wiring and paraphernalia in his car and motel room and talked freely about his motive saying Kennedy won the White House through money.
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Rebels Overthrown Claim Sows Instability in Ethiopia
London dispatch reports Addis Ababa rebel government claims of overthrowing Emperor Haile Selassie the Lion of Judah. Selassie vows to reclaim throne, defends action, and asserts forces surround the capital. Ethiopian embassy notes he is returning from a Brazil state visit via Khartoum.
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