Ships Collide in Kattegat Sink Capitaine Lou Is Malbert
Eight crewmen of the French freighter Capitaine Lou is Malbert are presumed drowned or missing after a foggy collision with the Danish tanker Rosborg in Kattegat Sound. Danish Swedish and Soviet vessels recovered 18 survivors. the Capitaine Lou is Malbert sank five miles from Lille Middle Ground north of Anholt Island.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Louis Malbert
Kattegat Sound
Sweden
Lille Middle Ground
Anholt Island
Hodges predicts 1964 economy to rise and hold prices steady
Secretary Luther Hodges releases the annual economy outlook saying growth may reach 5 percent in 1964 and prices stay fairly stable. He notes personal income has climbed by about 300 dollars per person over three years and could rise another 100 in 1964, with current per person income averaging 2,500 dollars annually.
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Washington
U.S
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Cease fire on Quemoy island to span New Year period
The Nationalist Chinese command on Quemoy Island announced a 3-day cease-fire from December 81 to January 2 to allow Chinese Communist forces to celebrate the new year as servicemen in the Republic of China do. Cease-fires on special occasions are common, with shelling intermittent from the mainland, and no major Communist shelling occurred on offshore islets in 1963.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Island
Republic of
China
Quemoy
Fire destroys two story Gilbert Building in Greenville
An early morning fire leveled the two story Robert Gilbert Building in Greenville with the city clerk’s office inside. Fire crews from Newnan LaGrange Manchester and Warm Springs battled the flames from about midnight until 2 a.m. Damage ran into thousands of dollars.
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Robert Gilbert
Gilbert
Soviet Union pledges aid for Algeria independence economy
The Tass news agency said Moscow would help Algeria build an independent economy. It did not outline new Soviet terms, and notes Algeria received a $100 million loan in September.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Algeria
Tass
Icelandic volcanic island forming off south coast
An emerging volcanic island is believed forming off Iceland's south coast after three underwater volcanoes erupted Sunday about 13 miles off Vestmannaeyjar. The activity occurred a mile north of the Surrey volcanic islands that formed on November 4.
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Peyrkjavik
Iceland
Vestinan-raeyare Lands
Surrey
Fortunate escape from Roosevelt Hotel fire in Jacksonville
Thomasville couple Mr. and Mrs. R P Singletary narrowly escaped injury when a blaze swept the Roosevelt Hotel in Jacksonville Florida. The Singletarys arrived with Mr and Mrs W O Bell of Cairo and helped others flee as fire trucks arrived. Residents offered shelter and aid while survivors warmed up at a church and received food and clothing.
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Thomasville
R. P
Bobby] Singletary
Wheet St
Roosevelt Hotel
Jacksonville
Fla
Salvation Army
Datcksonville
Swick couple among 21 dead in Jacksonville hotel fire
Former Thomasville residents James Jackson Swick and his wife of Alachua Florida died in the Jacksonville hotel fire that killed 21. Swick a Sunnyland Packing Co. salesman and UF booster left a son and two daughters, plus four sisters and 12 grandchildren. Funeral services set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at First Baptist Alachua with multiple ministers officiating.
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Thomasville
Jacksonville
James Jackson Swick
Alachua
Fla
Florida
Swick
Sunnyland Packing Co
Copeland Sausage Co
Fort Myers
Georgia
Dalton
First National Bank of
Gainesville
Florida State Chamber of Commerce
National Independent Meat Packers Assn
First Baptist Church
Charles Marchant
Alachua Church
Allen Stuart
Alachua Methodist Church
Alachua Cemetery
J. F. Herring
Frank Herries Sr
Herrin
Marjorie Powell
Albert Powell
Arthiun Knapp
Alday
Thommasville
Opeland Sausage Co
Lorena Baker
Rena Swick
Roosevelt Hotel Fire Deaths List Names 21 Victims
The Jacksonville AP list provides 21 names of those who died in the Roosevelt Hotel fire. The deceased include J R A Patrick of Macon and Huntsville, Max E Kahn Jr of Atlanta, J R Remedy of Jacksonville, J R Hill Jr of Fast Point, Walter DuPre of Atlanta, Wallace McLemore of Vidalia, James J Swick of Alachua, Irene Swick of Alachua, Douglas Robertson of Madsden, William G Carpenter of Orlando, Mrs Carpenter of Orlando, J C Cohen of Atlanta, Mrs Cohen of Atlanta, Wade W Hildinger of Buffalo, Marian Curry of Santiago, Murray Sherman of Jacksonville, Mrs Sherman of Jacksonville, Gail Kahn of Atlanta, Paul Arant of Pageland SC, Ida Fish of New York, and Sadie Citren of New York.
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Max E. Kahn Jr
Cloudland Drive
Atlanta
Empire Distributing Co
J. R. Remedy
Linden Ave
Jacksonville
John R. Hill Jr
Windburn Drive
Fast Point
F. W. Woolworth Co
Walter DuPre
North Ave
DuPre Manufacturing Co
Wallace Henry McLemore
Vidalia
Piggly Wiggly Co
James Jackson Swick
Alachua
Copeland Sausage'o
Irene Swick
Douglas Robertson
Madsden
Ala
William G. Carpenter
Oakhurst Ave
Orlando
General Electric
Leslie Cohen
Roswell Drive
Wade W. Hildninger
Buffalo
N. Y
National Gypsum Co
Marian A. Curry
Santiago
Chile
Greensboro
N. C
Murray William Sherman
Jacksonville News Club
Sherman
Gail Kahn
Paul Arant
Pageland
Ida
Fish
New York
Ity
Board of Education
Sadie Citren
Lexington Avenue
Fire devastates Hotel Roosevelt ballroom in Jacksonville
Ashes and charred debris point to the ballroom as the fire’s origin in the 12 story Hotel Roosevelt. Twenty one died and six were hurt as residents and guests fled through smoke and stairs. Navy helicopters rescued many from the roof while Miss America 1964 Donna Axum and chaperone were among the hospitalized.
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Donna Axum
el Dorado, Ark
Lucile Previtt
Reverend Markerson to Speak at Penecostal Holiness Church
The Rev. C B Markerson of Cairo will be guest speaker at special services at Penecostal Holiness Church 400 Colton Ave Tuesday. Ladies Auxiliary plans New Year's Day services with Mrs Roy Bloodsworth and Mrs Alberta Roberts as guest speakers. Rev B T Haggard is pastor and Mrs Earl Murkerson auxiliary president.
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C. B. Markerson
Cairo
Penecostal Holiness Church
Colton Ave
Roy Bloodsworth
Alberta Roberts
B. T. Haggard
Earl Murkerson
Holidays End All Good Things Must Come to an End
Children and teachers in Thomasville and Thomas County were reminded today they were expected back at their little red schoolhouses. Continued on page 2.
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Thomasville
Thomas County
Inside Classifieds Highlights and Comics
A compact page overview lists Inside Classifieds along with Comics Crossword Dear Abby Editorials and Sports. Women’s News is featured with concise briefs and column notes reflecting the era’s community focus.
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Dear Abby
Khrushchev sees possible accord in 1964
Premier Khrushchev expressed reasonable prospects for U S Soviet agreements in 1964 including arms reductions military spending cuts non aggression pacts between NATO and Warsaw Pact zones free of nuclear weapons and foreign troop reductions He cited Soviet hopes for peaceful settlement of international problems and improved U S Soviet relations.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
United States
Soviet Union
North Atlantic
Lyndon Johnon
Agatrs County
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Eicht
Rosborg
Greenville Fire
Greenville, Ga
Singletary
Singletary Tire Service Inc
N. Madison St
Smoke
Winecoff Hotel
Bell
J. J. Swick
Jacksonville, Fla
J. R. A. Patrick
Macon
Huntsville
Frito-Lay Co
J. C Cohen
Adams Street
Main Street
Swicks
Wade Hhildinger
N.Y
Haydon Burns
Hete Oi William Or
Joes
Rodaryes
Meyer Hintel
Iata
Johnson
Marian Curry
Thanies
Cal
Henry Shapiro
United Press International
Khirushchev
Sha- Po
Tae
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