Army-AF Fire Brigade Units Due Airlift to Germany
The United States will airlift two infantry battle groups to Germany in mid January as the first overseas airlift by the new unified Army-Air Force fire brigade. About 4,000 Army troops plus Air Force planes will participate. units drawn from the 4th Infantry Division at Ft. Lewis. The move may become a several months deployment, with planes from several bases nationwide.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Strike Command
Army-Air Force
4Th Infantry Division
Ft. Lewis
Wash
Army National Guard
Air Force
Pentagon
Berlin
Europe
U. S
Outstanding Texan awards honor Wacoan Jarrell McCracken
Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce selects five outstanding Texans for 1961. Waco resident Jarrell McCracken president of Word Records Inc receives the honor along with Judge T R Thornton of Bell County and three other professionals. banquet set for Odessa. Paul Harvey to speak.
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Texas Junior Chamber of Commerce
Waco
Jarrell McCracken
Word Records Inc
T. R. Thornton
Bell County
Odessa
Paul Harvey
McCracken
Ward Records
Baylor University
Judy
Lisa
Pine Avenue
Waco Jaycees
National Foundation
Robert Lee Smith Jr
Texas A&m
Craig Woodson
Brownwood Bulletin
First Baby of 1962 Is a Boy in Waco
Bradford Wesley Bateman, son of Hugh and Martha Bateman, born at Providence Hospital in Waco at 7 22 a m weighing 7 pounds 7 9 ounces, first baby of 1962 for the city. Lee Ann Arnold, a girl, born at Hillcrest Hospital at 7 33 a m, grandmother Lucille Seale and Clyde J Arnold listed as relatives.
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Waco
Bradford Wesley Bateman
Hugh Bateman
Colcord Avenue
Brad
Bateman
Providence
Martha Maly
Fred Maly
San Antonio
J. C. Patterson
Lee Ann Arnold
C. J. Arnold
Morrow Avenue
Hillcrest Hospital
Lee Ann
Lucille Seale
Ferris
Clyde J. Arnold
Hope, Ark
Algerians Open Year Violently in Attacks Across Algeria
On New Year day in Algeria at least 12 people were killed and 37 wounded in 25 incidents across several cities. The first victim was a European man shot by unknown assailants in Bone, eastern Algeria, according to reports.
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Algiers
Algeria
UPI
Bone
Council Meets Today in Waco for First 1962 Session
Waco city council convenes at 1 15 p m today in city hall for routine business in the first meeting of 1962.
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Waco
Weather Brief for Waco and Vicinity
Forecast for Waco and radius 25 miles calls for clear to partly cloudy skies with a warmer trend today tonight and Wednesday. High near 60 this afternoon with a low around 35 tonight. The 24 hour rainfall ends none, monthly total none, year to date .09 inch deficit remains. River stage Monday morning was 4.7 feet. A full moon is noted for January 6 at 6 36 a m.
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Waco
Vicinity
Weatherman Delivers Pleasant 1962 Start for Waco
Wacoans welcomed a sunny New Year with a forecast of clear to partly cloudy skies and a warming trend through today and tomorrow. Highs near 60 degrees, with tonight’s low around 35, while other Texas cities registered single digits in cold spots.
Blood center open today from 9 to 1 for blood drive
Waco Regional Red Cross Blood Center at 23 North Eighteenth Street invites Central Texans to donate blood from 9 a m to 1 p m. for the new year. The first 1962 opening urges volunteers to help with urgent blood needs including O negative for holiday accident victims.
Penne Percy Receives Southwest Conference Sportsmanship Award
Newly crowned Maid of Cotton Penne Percy presented the 1961 Southwest Conference sportsmanship award to Texas Tech at halftime in the Cotton Bowl. Carlyle Smith, Tech student body president, accepted. It marked the second straight year Tech won the honor. Percy is a University of Texas coed from Waco and was crowned King Cotton's goodwill ambassador last week.
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Dallas
UPI
Maid of Cotton Penne Percy
Texas Tech
Carlyle Smith
Tech
Lubbock
Miss Percy
University of Texas
House Fire and Wrecks Mark Busy New Year in Waco
A New Year day in Waco saw a house fire and two car wrecks injuring five people. Clarence H. McMillan Jr. remained in Hillcrest Hospital after a two car crash on Thirty-fourth Street and West Waco Drive. Alice Costello Allison and Mrs FE Campbell were treated and released after a second two car crash at Twenty-seventh Street and Reuter Avenue. Fire units battled a house fire at 1326 Connor Avenue starting at 7:35 a.m.
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Waco
Hillcrest Hospital
Clarence H. McMillan Jr
Bosque Boulevard
McMillan
Thirty-fourth
West Waco Drive
Charlie B. Allbritton
West Waco
Allbritton
MecMillan
Roxy
Summer Avenue
Twenty-seventh Street
Reuter Avenue
Hillcrest
Allison
Campbell
A. P. Vahalik
Waco Fire Department
Connor Avenue
Bomb Scare Clears Sherman Theater Patrons
Sherman Texas police received an anonymous call claiming a bomb would detonate at midnight in a Sherman theater. Officers evacuated patrons and searched the building but found no explosive.
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Sherman, Tex
North Central
Texas
Sherman
Heavy Snow Grips Dixie Area Ranks Across South
A surprise New Year storm hit a Dixie belt leaving 3 to 6 inches in western peaks and snows in Tennessee Georgia North Carolina South Carolina Virginia and Alabama. Power and phone lines failed in North Carolina townships as temps plunged to single digits in the Midwest and Great Lakes.
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Dixie
Middle West
Miami
Fla
Pasadena
Calif
New Orleans
Tennessee
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Alabama
Great Smoky
Blue Ridge Mountains
Bryson City
Hendersonville
N.C
Lone Rock
Wis
International Falls
Minn
Moline
Madison
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Maine
New England
Pacific Northwest
West
Great Plains
Waco Man Arrested As Ticket Scalper
Five undercover agents arrested four ticket scalpers in Dallas area hotel lobbies and Cotton Bowl gates. The largest operation was a 26 year old Lake Charles Louisiana man selling 14 Cotton Bowl tickets at three for 25 dollars. Additional arrests included a 36 year old Texas City man and a 36 year old Waco man with two tickets each offered at 20 dollars.
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Police Special Service Bureau
Cotton Bowl
Lake Charles, la
Texas City
Waco
Nation records five New Year deaths as year begins
The Nation reports five deaths over the New Year holiday with no setup for a heavy toll from traffic. President Kennedy likely to seek Congress authority to alter income tax rates to combat inflation and recession. A right wing coup in Lebanon fails as troops round up leaders, while a rebel attack on an army barracks in Southern Portugal is quelled. The Dominican Republic establishes a provisional regime to govern through 1963. Benjamin Fairless, former U S Steel board chairman, passes away.
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Kennedy
Congress
Lebanon
Portugal
Dominican Republic
Benjamin Fairless
U. S. Steel Corp. Board
Kennedy weighs tax authority to fight recession or inflation
The Kennedy administration seriously considers asking Congress for limited presidential power to cut or raise income tax rates as a temporary tool against economic slowdowns. Affected rate would hinge on specific triggers and would require congressional approval to take effect.
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Washington
Congress
Federal Reserve
Treasury Department
President's Council of Economics Advisers
Good News On Father Cheers JFK
Palm Beach reports President Kennedy’s father shows signs of recovery from a paralytic stroke with slight motion returning and moving in a wheelchair at St Mary’s Hospital. Kennedy attends Mass with Secret Service and backs top level defense talks as Johnson and McNamara join. The President plans a Columbus speech and Washington visit after vacation.
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Green Bay Packers
New York Giants
Kennedy
St Edward's Roman Catholic Church
Lyndon B. Johnson
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Rosewell Gilpatric
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Armed Services
Salinger
Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. Disalle
Washington
Portuguese Rebellion Is Smashed In Beja Barracks Clash
A 40 man dissident group led by Capt Joao Gomes attempted to seize Beja military barracks in southern Portugal as a first step to revolution. They were repelled after a three hour battle in which Lt Col Jaime Fonseca, the under secretary for war, was killed. Gomes was wounded. ally Manuel Serra status undisclosed.
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Beja
Portugal
Joao Maria Paulo Varela Gomes
Jaime Filipe da Fonseca
Lisbon
Capt
Gomes
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
Manuel Serra
Serra
Last Rites for Mrs Woorow Wilson Held in Washington
A brief service at Washington Cathedral honored Mrs Woorow Wilson widow of the WWI president who helped shape the League of Nations. Her body was moved to a columbarium for burial and later to a crypt beneath her husband’s tomb. about 600 mourners attended including Secretary of State Dean Rusk and his wife.
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Washington
Woorow Wilson
League of Nations
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Beiru t Ends Rightist Seizure After Army Sweep
Lebanese army units seized three village strongholds and arrested 120 people in a mop up of rightists who attempted a power grab in Beirut. About 400 arrested nationwide. weapons seized included 300 machine guns and 20 rifles. Two rebel captains Fuad Awae and Shawki Kairala fled toward Syria after clashes at the Defense Ministry.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Popular Social Party
Syria
Fuad Awae
Tyre
New Year Kiss Riot Shocks Reno Downtown
In Reno Nevada on New Year’s Day 1962 about 1000 revelers clashed with police after officers halted a teenage kissing spree. Tear gas and fire hoses disabled the crowd as 45 were arrested including 12 juveniles and 16 airmen from Stead AFB. Over 30 injured, two officers hurt by debris, and two flower pots toppled amid the chaos.
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Reno
Nev
Stead Air Force Base
Virginia Street
Harold's Club
Parolman Charles Watkins
Sinking of Hyder Passenger Boat Causes Heavy Loss
In a river accident south of Bombay the Hyder with about 180 passengers sank near Mhapal port on the Savithri. Official counts ranged from 70 to 140 deaths, mostly women and children, with several men surviving from the upper deck while many lower deck passengers perished.
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Bombay
India
Savithri
Hyder
Bankot
Dasgaon
Ratnagiri
Mhapal
Traffic Toll At High Pace Ends New Year Safe Period
A three day New Year period ends with rising traffic deaths and record fire fatalities. The National Safety Council notes the toll could exceed its estimates as 269 deaths were reached before the period closed. Multiple families die in fires in Buffalo Highstown Childersburg and Oklahoma. Weather and ice worsen driving across the eastern U S.
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National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Buffalo
N.Y
Highstown
N.J
Childersburg
Ala
Associated Press
Five Die in Placedo Crash Involving Train
Five members of a Port Lavaca family died in a collision between their car and Missouri Pacific’s Eagle passenger train near Placedo ten miles southeast of Victoria. The fatal crash raised New Year holiday deaths to 27. three children burned fatally, others died of varied causes.
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Victoria, Tex
Port Lavaca
Missouri Pacific
Victoria
Onesimo Vargas Jr
Mary Lou
Patsy
Evelyn
Jesse B. Escamillo Jr
Vargas
Escamillo
Placedo
Eagle
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