Smith to fill Kennedy Senate seat in Massachusetts
Benjamin A. Smith II a 43 year old former Gloucester mayor and Harvard roommate of John F Kennedy was named by Gov. Foster Furcolo to fill the Massachusetts Senate seat for two years until the 1962 election. Kennedy resigns Jan 3 with Smith taking over for seniority.
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Benjamin A. Smith II
Harvard
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Senate
Smith
Gloucester
Seaport
Foster Furcolo
Furcolo
Winthrop House
Torbert H. MacDonald
Pacific
Assembly In Recess Soviets Balk At U N Vote To Split Congo
The U N General Assembly recessed after approving a budget plan requiring all members to share Congo operation costs. The Soviet Union vowed to refuse any part of the 48.5 million dollars, voting 46 to 17 with 24 abstentions. Dag Hammarskjold may spend up to 24 million in early 1961.
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U.N. General Assembly
U. N. Congo
Soviet Union
Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
A. A. Roshchin
Security Council
United Nations Command
United States
NATO
Kennedy picks Gilpatric as deputy defense chief in new admin
Palm Beach Florida President-elect John F Kennedy selected Roswell Gilpatric 54-year-old Democrat to be deputy secretary of defense. He will serve under Robert Mc Namara as secretary and brings long defense experience and Yale Law background. The move accompanies planning talks on the budget amid a slowing economy and Kennedy aides prep for January transfer.
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Roswell Gilpatric
Air Force
Truman
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Gilpatric
New York
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Robert S. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Defense Establishment
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
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National Defense
Yale
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The
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New York State
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Tanker Breaks In Two Off Cape Hatteras In Heavy Seas
The American tanker split in two 90 miles east of Cape Hatteras as violent Atlantic seas battered the area. The Artemis reported the distress and aid was requested while Navy destroyers and the carrier Valley Forge race toward the scene. Coast Guard cutters and a plane joined the search as the Liberian vessel Melika also moved toward the distress site.
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N. C
Coast Guard
Atlantic
Artemis
Baltimore
Maryland Port Authority
Navy
Valley Forge
Norfolk
Melika
Hodge Seeks Early Parole During Christmas Week
Orville Hodge, serving 12 to 15 years for embezzling state funds, petitions the Illinois Parole and Pardon Board for early parole or sentence reduction. His attorneys request a five year term, with immediate parole if granted. Board meets Jan. 10 as Gov elect Kerner assumes office Jan. 9.
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Orville Hodge
Illinois Parole and Pardon Board
Otto Kerner
Hodge
Robert G. Heckenkamp
Wiliam Fullen
Springfield
Menard
Infant Dies After Beating Sparks Murder Charge
Champaign Illinois December 21 AP a man 22 Donald Bohlen a carpet layer was charged with murdering 19 month old Marie Driggers in Urbana hospital after beating the child repeatedly from 11 p.m. Tuesday to 2 15 a m and striking the mother when she tried to intervene. The child died soon after admission. Bohlen had been living with the child's mother Judy Driggers and the baby in the apartment. The father Charles Driggers is jailed on burglary charges. Bohlen was arrested at an all night recreation parlor.
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Champaign
Marie Driggers
Urbana
Donald Bohlen
Virgil Burgess
Don Wikoff
Charles
Champaign County
Bohlen
Driggers
Judy
Carle Memorial Hospital
Dwight Man Killed in Car Crash on Illinois 7
Michael J. Snyder, 28, of Dwight, Illinois, died after his car struck a bridge railing on Illinois 7 west of Dwight on Tuesday.
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Dwight
Michael J. Snyder
Illinois 7
Policeman Arrested In Hit-Run Death
Berwyn police arrested Detective Leroy Bozan after a hit run that killed 81 year old James Pavek. Capt. Henry Tupa said Bozan admitted driving the car and was suspended on reckless homicide and leaving the scene accusations.
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Chicago
Berwyn
Henry Tupa
Leroy Bozan
James Pavek
Tupa
Bozan
Red China backs Laos aid as Kong Le troops brace for showdown
Reports from Vientiane say Captain Kong Le’s 800 rebels halt retreat and dig in along a line to Vang Vieng. Soviet air drops supply Boun Phong and Vang Vieng as Pathet Lao forces and Kong Le’s group clash north of the capital.
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Boun Phong
Vientiane
Vang Vieng
Viet Nam
Bangkok
Saigon
New Satellite Would Detect Missile Shots
Discoverer XIX lifts off from a California pad to study earth heat radiation. The 81-foot two stage rocket placed the 2,100-pound second stage into a 93 minute polar orbit 130 to 400 miles up. The craft carries electronic gear to measure normal heat, enabling future Midas missiles to detect hostile launches by infrared heat flashes.
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Midas
Venezuelan revolt ends with army crack down
A brief uprising in Venezuela aimed at freeing imprisoned officials of the deposed Perez Jimenez dictatorship was crushed by loyal forces under President Romulo Betancourt. One rebel was wounded in a 50 minute battle. Lt Lizardo Marqueza Perez led the effort and was captured after seizing a National Guard post at La Guaira and being intercepted on the Caracas La Guaira highway.
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Romulo Betancourt
Lizardo Marqueza Perez
National Guard
la Guaira
Caracas
Marquez Perez
Caracas-La Guaira
Congo Plans No Invasion of Oriental Province
Col. Joseph Mobutu announced there will be no immediate military action to oust the pro Lumumba government in Oriental Province. He said the rebel StanLyville regime would fall from economic blockade, as road, river and air travel to Oriental are halted and supply lines are strained.
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Joseph Mobutu
Oriental Province
Equator Province
Oriental
Stanleyville
Central Congo
Leopoldville
Mobutu
Joseph Kasavubu
Antoine Gizenga
Patrice Lumumba
Soviet Protest Over U S Destroyer Mock Attack
Moscow reports the Soviet Union protested a U S destroyer attack on a Soviet freighter in the Mediterranean on November 4. The note, delivered to the U S Embassy, cites destroyer Cory No. 817 and demanded severe punishment for those responsible.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Mediterranean
Cory
Public expects hardship on family finances in early 1961
A Princeton Gallup poll indicates more unemployment ahead in the next six months and persistent price rises. In July 1960 and today the public shows pessimism about jobs, with 29 percent predicting more unemployment and 34 percent saying prices will be higher, while fewer expect relief.
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Princeton
N.J
Gallup
Bellevue Crash Claims Amos Scahy Life In Snow Slicked Slope
Amos Scahy aged 48 from near Peoria was killed and his wife Gertrude aged 131 injured when their car collided with a bus on a snow slick incline in Bellevue on Tuesday.
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Amos Scahy
Peoria
Gertrude
Bellevue
Below Zero Readings Follow Snow After Storm
Near zero temperatures and clear skies followed a major snowstorm that snarled Illinois traffic and closed Midway Airport for 12 hours. The storm dumped 12.5 inches at Chicago Midway, 4 to 5 inches at O'Hare, caused seven deaths from accidents and heart issues, and blanketed Aurora, Dixon, Freeport, Rockford, and Decatur with several inches of snow.
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Chicago
Midway Airport
O'Hare Field
Midway
O’hare
Aurora
Dixon
Freeport
Rockford
Decatur
Weather and Winter Storm Impacts Across Illinois and Nation
Northern Illinois faced subzero temperatures with Chicago at 1 below and O'Hare 5 below. Widespread power outages followed heavy snow and high tension wire breaks. Dozens of high school games were postponed as counties recorded record cold. Temperatures also fell across Iowa Missouri and Ohio while California and New York reported mild to moderate conditions and lingering snowfall in Maryland and New Jersey. At least 16 storm deaths were noted nationwide with continued cold through Thursday.
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