Pentagon Officials Score Shakeup in Defense Dept
Washington AP reports opposition from top Pentagon leaders to a sweeping Kennedy era reorganization. The Symington plan would abolish separate departments, create a single chairman, three functional commands, and streamline defense structure while retaining names and uniforms.
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Woman Killed in Sioux Falls by Neighbor
SIOUX FALLS N D A AP A Sioux Falls woman was shot to death while answering a sick call A neighbor Kenneth J Ziegler 29 was held for arraignment in municipal court He operated a lathing company until it closed and was found incoherent after the shooting of Mrs Duane Wolsky 25 mother of three Police said the motive was not learned and the couple have four children
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De Gaulle’s 1.2 Billion Nuclear Strike Force Bill Passed
Paris AP reports the National Assembly approved De Gaulle’s controversial plan after three rejections by the Senate. The law, backed by Socialist and Radical deputies plus others, came amid censure motions that failed, despite opposition votes totaling 215. The measure aims to create France’s independent nuclear arsenal for prestige and alliance commitments.
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Australia to donate 750000 dollars to Congo fund
Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced in Canberra that Australia will contribute 750000 dollars to the United Nations Congo fund, informing the House of Representatives.
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Fire damages Spring Valley home. uninsured structure, helpers aid
In Spring Valley Minnesota a fourth blaze in three years damaged the Hefren home at Washington and Franklin. Firefighters and volunteers moved furniture from the yard as tenants evacuated with children. Nearby, County Auditor Graham Uzlik announced Austin homestead taxes rose about 3 percent with the school mill rate up 9.00 mills to total 317.61 mills.
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Soviets Push for Lumumba Release at United Nations
At the United Nations in New York the Soviet delegate Valerian Zorin failed to secure an emergency night session on Congo. Western delegates denounced his move as arbitrary. Dag Hammarskjold asked for an immediate Congo report and for Red Cross access to Lumumba, who is reported injured and held under harsh conditions after Mobutu arrested him. The issue faces both the Security Council and General Assembly with pressure from India and Nigeria to act.
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Victory for Khrushchev seals peace coexistence in world communism
The world Communist movement backed Khrushchev's peaceful coexistence line at a 21 day Kremlin summit ending after the US elections. China and eight other parties endorsed the stance, urging unity with other leftist groups and nonviolent avenues to socialism while noting possible non peaceful paths.
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Eisenhower Kennedy Hold Long Transition Talks at White House
President Eisenhower and Senator John F. Kennedy spent about 32 hours discussing the national transition from Eisenhower's administration. Kennedy described the talks as cordial and said Eisenhower offered future help and shared his views on problems facing the nation after Kennedy takes office January 20.
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Kennedy Salutes Female Reporter at Kennedy Eisenhower Meeting
In Washington AP report, a woman reporter covering the Kennedy Eisenhower meeting is noted for her long watch at the hospital where John F. Kennedy Jr. and Mrs. Kennedy stay. The president elect greeted her with a quip about abandoning his child.
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John F. Kennedy Jr
Number of U S Cities Over 100000 Reaches 130
The Census Bureau reports 130 U.S. cities exceed 100000 population after the 1970 census figures. Twenty seven cities joined the group in ten years, while Wilmington Delaware Reading Pennsylvania Fall River Massachusetts and Somerville Massachusetts dropped out. Madison Wisconsin and Rockford Illinois both tie for ninth with 126706.
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Quakes Shake Northern Chile Span 500 Miles No Damage
A sequence of earthquakes rattled a 500 mile stretch from Arica near Peru to Antofagasta in northern Chile but caused no injuries or damage, according to the Seismological Institute. The strongest shocks were reported along the area previously hit by severe quakes last spring.
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