Conservative government pushes modernization and social service plans
In a throne speech opening parliament Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home vows modernization of British industry to exploit automation and broad social service upgrades. The queen’s speech also backs world peace and West Berlin freedom as Parliament reconvenes amid high political suspense between Douglas-Home and Labour leader Harold Wilson. Polls suggest a Labour win if elections were held now.
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Yale Professor Barghoorn Arrested in Moscow Spy Case
The Soviet Foreign Ministry announced the arrest of Yale University political science professor Fred C Barghoorn on espionage charges. The 52 year old New Haven resident previously worked at the American Embassy in Moscow and arrived in the USSR on a tourism visa last October. The embassy pressed for details while noting he was last seen October 12 in Tbilisi.
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U.S
Foreign Office
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Foreign Ministry
Banghoorn
Alma Ata
Kazakhstan
Barghoorn
Tbilisi
Tiflis
New Haven
Conn
Yale
State Department
Germany
Sever
Bitter mother opposes daughter's leg saving surgery
Christine Simko, a 14 year old girl with a malignant tumor in the right hip, underwent a life saving leg and hip amputation after juvenile court authorization. Four surgeons operated five hours as her mother Lily Simko, blocked by illness and grief, watched from a hospital corridor. Judge Walter G Whitlack granted permission when consent could not be obtained.
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Christine
Tors
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Simko
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State universities urged to prepare for enrollment surge
The Little Hoover Commission urges Ohio state universities to tighten operations and unify under the new State Board of Regents. It projects 1966 fall enrollment at 73,323, rising to about 103,000 in a decade, with potential cost cuts and centralized purchasing to save roughly $1 million.
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Little Hoover Commission
Teens slain in lover's lane murder probed by Toledo deputies
Four detectives investigate the deaths of Edward Lee Mitchell 18 and Mary Caldwell 17 found in a burned car west of Toledo. Mitchell was shot at least three times and Caldwell suffered multiple skull fractures. Investigators seek matching glass fragments and questioned friends as they probe the crime scene. Nixon vows no presidential bid while stating he could be a constructive critic. A 6 month old girl dies after a fall at her christening party in Lakewood, amid reports of an earlier struggle near the car in Cleveland.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
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Rockefeller
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Big Lift Repatriates 2nd Armored Division Troops
The U S Air Force began returning soldiers from Operation Big Lift. A C135 jet carrying 73 men led the descent from Rhein Main AFB with 1st Lt Alden L Haswell commanding. Capt Robert K Potter piloted the craft as it set for McGuire and Bergstrom bases. A second C118 transport with 60 troops departed Ramstein AFB.
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White Plains
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Robert K Potter
Salt Lake City
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Bergstrom Air Force Base
Texas
Five Year College Plan Outlined by Educator
University of Rhode Island president Francis H. Horn called for extending college education to five years with delayed specialization. He urged broader exposure to humanities and sciences, arguing students should study multiple fields rather than deep work in one area. The proposal was presented at the Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges meeting.
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Francis H. Horn
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Horn
U.N. Effort to avert U S Soviet disarmament clash
A group of eight small nations briefed U S delegates on Monday’s talks with Soviet Ambassador Noukoy to bridge gaps over changes in a U N disarmament plan. The sponsors seek UN General Assembly unity amid a Russian revision ruling out specific measures and a standard of principles. U Thant questions engaging Communist China on world peace matters.
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State Board delays decision on centralized school bus plan
The Ohio State Board of Education again postpones a vote on centralizing bus purchases. The revised plan would have the state bid chassis and bodies separately with multiple bidders to set price ceilings and salvation for school districts. In Los Angeles, Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu, exhausted, delays a Rome trip to be with her children.
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Los Angeles
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Rome
Supreme Court to Hear Districting Appeals This Week
The Supreme Court akan tackles eight appeals on state legislative and congressional districting with over 17 hours of arguments this week and into next. Central issue is metropolitan voter dilution by rural favored divisions. Cases from New York Alabama Maryland Virginia lead. Georgia New York next week. Delaware Dec 9.
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Convoy Travels East Germany Despite Soviet Autobahn Tightening
A US Army convoy of 13 vehicles and 54 men moved across East Germany to West Germany from Berlin without Soviet obstruction, arriving mid afternoon after leaving the checkpoint this morning. In Chicago a father and his four young sons perished in a West Side apartment fire Monday night with three others injured. In Cleveland police disrupted a juvenile gang calling itself The Secret Crooking Society which allegedly mandated theft by members.
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East Germany
West Germany
Chicago
West Side
Cleveland
Battle Lines Set for GOP Rivals
In Washington two rival camps push for the 1964 Republican nomination. Rockefeller backers aim to spread Gov. Nelson Rockefeller's gospel from a lobbying office on Connecticut Avenue while Goldwater supporters operate a national draft HQ nearby with 15 staffers seeking dollars and delegates for Sen. Barry Goldwater.
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Alexander M. Lankler
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Lankler
Goldwater
National Draft Goldwater
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Senators Resume Look At Billie Sol's Deals
The Senate Investigations subcommittee reopens its probe into Billie Sol Estes with Estes expected on the witness stand in PeCos Texas. Leadership weighs a possible brief closed session before the public hearing as Estes contends rights to decline testifying.
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Senate
Billie Sol Estes
Texas
Senate Investigations Subcommittee
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