Death Toll Rises to 136 in New York Air Disaster
In New York the collision of a United Airlines jet and a Trans World Airlines Constellation over Brooklyn and Queens left 136 dead, with 128 aboard and eight on the ground. Investigators sought causes, noting one plane may have been off course while both were descending to land. A lone survivor child died after more than a day, and authorities continued a massive CAB probe through the wreckage and debris.
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New York
New York City
Brooklyn
Staten
Stephen Baltz
Wilmette
Ill
Ruth Alexander
S. Jackson
Butte
Alexander
United Air Lines
Whippany
N.J
United Air Lines Des
Trans World Airlines
Federal Aviation
Phillip Goldstein
Civil Aeronautics Board
TWA
LaGuardia Field
Idlewild
Goldstein
Highway Patrol Seeks Daytime Speed Limit Authority
Montana Highway Patrol requests legislative power to set daytime speed limits in harmony with road conditions. Patrol Supervisor Alex Stephenson also seeks an implied consent law for alcohol testing tied to driver license applications. The move would let the Patrol Board establish zones with daytime limits above 65 mph, reversing 1959 legislative stripping of such power.
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Montana
Castro seeks 30 year terms for four Americans in Havana espionage case
A Cuban military court in Havana finished the espionage trial of four Americans accused of tapping the New China News Agency offices to learn about a trade treaty and Cuba China relations. The court will announce verdict Monday and prosecutors urged 30-year prison terms, claiming the defendants spied for the United States.
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Havana
Red China
New China
Fidel Castro
Eustace Danbrunt
Baltimore
Eastchester
N.Y
Mario Nadio
U.S
New York City
New China News Agency
Cuba
Fernando Flores
United States
Mysterious Finds Hidden in Chatham Bar Piano
In London the AP reports tuners at a Chatham bar found items tucked inside a piano including three sailor hats a soldier belt four beer glasses ten pennies an old sandwich and eight bars of candy pointing to a past patrons or crew member hoard hidden in the instrument.
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London
Chatham
Munich air crash kills many including U S students
An American military air transport crashed into a Munich street, killing 50 to 60 people. Eleven University of Maryland students aboard perished along with seven crew, a civilian, and numerous bystanders as the plane hit a church steeple and streetcar. Police fear many more deaths as bodies burn in the wreckage.
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Munich
Germany
England
Convair
University of Maryland
Munich- Riem
One Hospital Expansion Planned in Butte
St. James Community Memorial Hospital will be enlarged adding 100 beds and other department expansions while St. James Hospital will eventually close as a hospital. Sisters Cornelia and Ann Dolores announced plans pending architectural consultation with a conference planned next week. Closing not until expansion completes.
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Butte
Butte’s
St. James Community Memorial Hospital
St. James Hospital
Community Hospital
Cornelia
Leavenworth
Kan
Sisters of Charity of
Montana
Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth
Joint Commission On Accreditation of
St. James Community Hospital
Community Memorial Hospital
Anaconda Co
Ann Dolores
Kennedy names Day postmaster general in youth centered cabinet
President elect John F Kennedy completed a youthful cabinet choosing J Edward Day of Los Angeles as Postmaster General. The 10 member group averages 47.3 years, the youngest in the century, with Kennedy at 43 and McNamara among the oldest at 44. The group includes Ribicoff Hodges Udall Rusk McNamara Goldberg Freeman Dillon Kennedy and Day.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
J. Edward Day
Kennedy
Day
Post Office Department
Health, Education and Welfare
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Arizona
Dean Rusk
Rockefeller Foundation
Robert §. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
Afl-Cio
Agriculture
McKinley
Eisenhower
Montana East and West Weather Outlook Weekend Snow
The Montana forecast shows mostly cloudy skies with scattered snow from Sunday through Monday. East region highs range 20 to 35 with lows 5 to 15. west region similar with some valleys dipping to 10 below.
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Montana
Jetliner Slips Into Snowbank at Logan Airport
An American Airlines 707 arriving from Los Angeles swerved into a snowbank at Logan International Airport. None of the 103 onboard was injured. The jet traveled about 6000 feet on a 10000 foot runway before veering, and passengers were bused to the terminal while the plane was removed and the airport reopened.
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Boston
SAP
American Airlines
Logan International Airport
Los Angeles
Mansfield and Kennedy Back Overhaul of Election System
Senator Mike Mansfield urged a sweeping reform of U S elections with President elect Kennedy backing a direct popular vote for president and a national presidential primary. He would also shorten campaigns and seek government funding for major parties, with inaugurations moved to December after elections.
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Washington
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
John F. Kennedy
Mansfield
Kennedy
Senate
Butte Students Head Home for Christmas
A group of Montana State College students from Butte, including Glen Carter Nancy Grimm Karen Horton and Al Ossello, are pictured homeward bound for Christmas in Bozeman. The page note mentions more homeward bound collegians appear on Page 1-B.
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Montana State College
Bozeman
Butte
Glen Carter
Nancy Grimm
Karen Horton
al Ossello
Clyde Park Man Hurt as Train Hits Truck at Crossing
A Clyde Park man, Marvin Jones, was seriously injured when his one ton delivery truck was struck by the Mainstreeter passenger train at a crossing three miles east of Livingston. The collision wrecked the truck, scattering debris over about 50 yards, and he was hospitalized in Livingston in serious condition.
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Livingston (Ap
Clyde Park
Livingston
Northern Pacific
Marvin Jones
Selassie Returns In Triumph to Ethiopia Capital
Emperor Haile Selassie flew into Addis Ababa aboard a special flight as reports swirled that a palace revolt had collapsed. Diplomats in London said several ministers were shot as hostages and rebels suffered heavy losses in street fighting, with Gen Mulugeta Bulli reportedly dead and Ras Imeru either arrested or dead.
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London
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Lion of Judah
Asmara
Brazil
Defense and Commerce
Mulugeta Bulli
Ras
Prince) Imeru
Soviet Union
India
Clark Mollenhoff
Washington
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Des Moines Register and Tribune
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Castro
Dischord
Kathy Fagan
Santa
Kathy
Dell Empey
Butte Post Office
William Fagan
Zarelda
Clerk Empey
Dewey
Ayor Hans Jochen Vogel
U. S
Bayerstrassers
Sisters of Charity
JFK
Orville L. Freeman
Minnesota
By Jack Bell
Alabama
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Oloe Beac
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