Reds Halt Convoy on Autobahn
Soviet checkpoint delays a six-vehicle section of a U S convoy on the Berlin to West German route for 1 hour 14 minutes after a travel document error. The move follows two earlier sections passing through with no incident as U S forces shuttle 150 men between West Berlin and West Germany for training. The U S Army plans further movements while Tass brands the action provocative and NATO linked.
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No Evidence Earhart Did Not Land On Saipan
An official Japanese government report found no evidence Amelia Earhart ever landed on Saipan. Rep. John F. Shelley said Japan released the report after a State Department request. An anthropologist at the University of California studies teeth and bones from a shallow grave in Saipan found by CBS News’ Fred Gearner, possibly Earhart and Noonan.
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Fred Gearner
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Fred Noonan
Jobless Centers Show Decline Across Major Cities
The Labor Department reported a drop in metropolitan areas with substantial unemployment in November. The number of cities and metros with jobless rates above 6 percent fell to 60, indicating the lowest level of the year for centers with high joblessness.
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Labor Department
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Reservists See Little Faults in 32nd Wisconsin Guard
Army reservists from 10 states asked what’s all the fuss about as the 32nd National Guard division, stationed at Lewis since late October, faced ongoing inspections by VIPs at civilian and military levels.
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Wisconsin
32Nd National Guard
Postman May Ring Only Once Daily During Christmas
The Post Office Department plans a single daily delivery during Christmas rush while keeping fast service and lower costs. A regu lar carrier will break routes to deploy temporary extras who will sort mail and deliver once daily, after all mail is sorted. The scheme, tested last year, saved about 12 percent in delivery costs.
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Enos the Chimp Shuns Cameras at Bermuda Press
Enos the chimpanzee astronaut avoids attention at his first public appearance after spaceflight. He arrived aboard the destroyer Stormes to Kindley Air Force Base Bermuda and refused a cartwheel for reporters. A veterinarian notes he is fine and will undergo full medical results after return to Cape Canaveral. He resumes training on a banana pellet diet with a small fruit bonus as reward.
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Syrians vote in landmark parliament election and constitution
Syrians went to the polls under heavy guard to choose from 1,876 candidates for 167 parliamentary seats and to approve a proposed constitution for the Syrian Arab Republic. The election follows the army uprising that ended Syria's three year union with Egypt two months earlier.
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Syrian Arab Republic
Egypt
Andersen Seeks Settlement On Redistricting
Gov. Elmer L. Andersen urges Senate and House redistricting committees to hold a weekend session to approve a plan. If agreed, a special session before year end could be called. He calls redistricting a Christmas present and notes an imports and exports hearing in Washington. He also announces a statewide Governor's Conference on Human Rights for Dec. 9 at Coffman Union with Luther Youngdahl and Ernest Dunbar as principal speakers.
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Robert Nickoloff
Hibbing
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University of Minnesota
Luther Youngdahl
Ernest Dunbar
Look Magazine
Expert Says Reds Will Outdistance U.S. Satellites
Dr Walter Dornberger a former German army general and missile official told an aerospace symposium at Louisiana Tech that the Soviet satellite program is advancing faster than the United States He warned Russians could intercept and shoot down U S satellites within a few years while the United States could not easily counter theirs Dornberger a Bell Aerospace executive cited the Soviet pace as the basis for his prediction
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United States moves to keep Communist China out of U.N.
The United States ends postponement and pushes a two thirds vote to seat Chiang Kai-shek's Nationalists while opposing Peiping. The showdown in the General Assembly opens with the Soviet bid to seat Peiping and US resolve to keep China question as a substantive issue. The 103 nation body faces a high stake clash as diplomacy tests alliances and voting blocs.
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Opposition Strikes Deepens as Cadre Defies Military Order
The Dominican Republic faces a widening crisis as the National Civic Union rejects a military summons ending a four day general strike. Balaguer vows to stay unless opposition accepts proposal. Troops clash with demonstrators. one youth killed and 20 women burned by noise bombs. Civic Union pushes for Balaguer to step aside for a provisional council.
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Katanga Leader Says Trooper Punished For U.N. Officials Assault
President Moise Tshombe stated a Katanga paratroop officer who beat U.N. officials George Ivan Smith and Brian Urquhart has been severely punished. He claimed provocation and blamed U.N. presence for unrest while noting local parties near Gen. Norbert Moke’s house during a gathering for U.S. Senator Thomas J. Dodd.
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Moise Tshombe
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U.N
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Brian Urquhart
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Urquhart
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U.S
Thomas J. Dodd
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Three Minnesotans Die In Separate Crashes On Thursday
Three Minnesotans were killed in traffic crashes, including Vincent Martineau 28 Sawyer who faced a criminal negligence sentence, Leland Kallunki 21 Crystal, and Ida Peterson 70 Milroy. The state toll rose to 673 for the year, as crashes occurred near Cloquet, St Paul suburbia, and Milroy.
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Sawyer
Leland G. Kallunki
Crystal
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Cloquet
Carlton County
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Walker Troop Education Program Tied to Secret Cold War Directives
Army major Arch E. Roberts testified that Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker’s Pro-Blue troop education program was based on a classified cold war directive, not the John Birch Society. Roberts said he drafted the program at Walker’s direction and delivered a 29 page address largely drawn from the Congressional Record to about 90 members of Washington’s Young Americans for Freedom.
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John Birch Society
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