Holiday traffic toll tops six hundred thirty two deaths
The Associated Press reports that during a four day Christmas weekend at least 632 Americans died in traffic crashes. Total fatalities reached 820 across all causes with 105 fire deaths and 2 other deadly incidents. Illinois logged 38 highway deaths, led by a Chester two car crash that killed 26 year old Keith Runge.
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National Safety Council
Ilinois
Associated Press
Illinois
Keith D. Runge
Chester
Pickets Return as Longshoremen Strike Resumes on Coast
The international longshoremen strike resumes with picket boats ready only if a vessel attempts to sail. Incoming ships may dock. about 60,000 workers are idle. A freighter carrying 3 million pounds of potatoes in Charleston faces spoilage as the stoppage enters its fourth day. Coal and grain shipments into Atlantic and Gulf ports halt nationwide.
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New York
International Longshoremen'’s Association
Maine
Texas
Sone
Glenview
Charleston, S.C
Washington
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
Ruff Named Mines Chief
Louis L. Ruff of Collinsville was appointed by Gov. Otto Kerner to succeed William J. Orlandi as director of the State Department of Mines and Minerals. Ruff has served as inspector-at-large in the department since March 1.
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Springfield
Louis L. Ruff
Collinsville
Otto Kerner
William J. Orlandi
State Department of Mines and Minerals
Ruff
Police Seek Clues In Brink's Hijacking
Des Plaines authorities and federal agents pursue clues in the Christmas Eve hijacking of a Brink's armored truck with about $100,000. Snow and cold hampered the search as footprints and tire tracks were analyzed before fresh snow obscured evidence. the truck was abandoned with its driver handcuffed and blindfolded in a vacant lot.
Kennedy calls defense chiefs for meeting in Palm Beach
President Kennedy summoned Defense Secretary McNamara and the Joint Chiefs for a year end review of the military situation and budget to be held Thursday in Palm Beach Florida. Deputy Defense Secretary Gilpatric will accompany. A separate tax policy discussion was not expected to yield final decisions.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Robert
McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Honevitz
Mansfield
White House
Pierre Salinger
Joint Chiefs
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Salinger
Robert Frost
Peter Bentthony Celebrezze
Brigham, Hospital
Record Cold Grips Midwest With Historic Low Temps
A brutal cold wave swept the Midwest driving temperatures to historic lows across multiple states. Milwaukee hit -14 tied or broke a 83 year record while Madison posted -22 the coldest for Dec 26 in 78 years. Snow fell in parts of the Great Lakes and Ohio River regions as freezing rain and ice affected Texas and the southeast.
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Midwest
Weather Bureau
Grant Lakes
Milwaukee
Madison
Wis
Green Bay
Caig
Eagle
Colo
Hibbing
Minn
Internaional Falls
Oklahoma
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Great Lakes
Ohio River
Buffalo
N.Y
Atlanta
Atlania
Toccoa
Gainesville
Cornelia
West Texas
Texas Panhandle
Tennessee
Memphis
Nashville
Kentucky
Southern Minnets Weather Update Tonight and Thursday
Fair to night becoming partly cloudy to cloudy Thursday. Not much change in temperature tonight with a low around 20 to 25 degrees. Warmer Thursday with a high near 30 to 34 degrees.
Guard Plans Recruit Drive
The Army National Guard will launch an aggressive recruiting drive in the new year to meet a 400000 strength goal, about 25000 short, aiming to counter Secretary McNamara’s skepticism. Earlier proposals would have trimmed Guard and Reserve by 58000, with the Guard losing 33000 and the Reserve 25000 if enacted.
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Washington
Army National Guard
McNamara
Robert S. McNamara
Army Guard
Hoffa Attacks Judge and Prosecutor as Jury Deadlocks
Detroit December 26 Hoffa criticizes Judge Miller and U S Attorney James Neal in a taped WWJ TV interview after a Nashville trial ends in a hung jury. He claims prejudice and accuses Kennedy of trying to move his next appearance from Tampa to Miami.
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Detroit
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
Nashville
Hoffa
William Miller
Robert F. Kennnedy
Ven Marshal
Wwj-Tv
Owen Brennan
Teamsters
Michigan
Ind
Miller
James Neal
Hofa
Justice Department
Atty
Gen. Kennedy
Miami
Tampa
Kennedy
Escape by armored bus into West Berlin
Eight East German refugees aboard an armored bus broke through three border barriers near dawn and drove 120 miles to West Berlin, dodging fire from guards. The group, including owner, driver, wives, and four children aged 1 to 13, were unharmed except for a man injured by flying glass. The bus entered West Berlin through Dreilinden and was taken to a reception center for official interviews.
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West Berlin
Berlin
Neugersdorf
Oder-Neisse
East Germany
Poland
Babelsberg
Dreilinden
Kin of Bay of Pigs prisoners await voyage home
About 1000 relatives gathered at Tlavana harbor to board the freighter African Pilot for the United States. The crowd included many women and children, with nine in eleven percent of the group under heavy heat and emotion. Eight Red Cross officials accompanied cots and blankets for the overnight voyage to Florida.
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George Arleld
Associated Press
Tlavana
Bay of Pigs
United States
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Soviets again lash embassy over spying charges in Moscow
Soviets accuse the U S Embassy in Moscow of espionage and demand stops. U S Ambassador Kohler rejects the charge as unfounded and accuses Russians of an anti American press and TV campaign. Three American embassy staff remain in Moscow after one was expelled and another sent home. The Moscow film Along the Black Path is shown on television amid the spy dispute.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U. S
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Kohler
Oleg Penkovsky
United States
Greville Wynne
Hungary
Air Force
Alexis Davison
Atlanta
Robert German
Dallas
Tex
Hugh Montgomery
Springfield
Mass
Moscow Television
Tak
Unsus
Garrett Law
Ifter
Evansville janitor admits plea linked to attack on sisters
In Evansville Indiana Douglas Fairbanks Garrett 23 confessed to the attack on sisters Vicky Sibert 13 and Patricia 11 after police traced a plea scribbled on a wall. He faces preliminary assault and battery with intent to kill charges as doctors report the girls remain in critical but improving condition.
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Evansville
Ind
Douglas Fairbanks Garrett
Welborn Memorial Baptist Hospital
Vicky Sibert
Patricia
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