Range Safety Checks After Wild Polaris Flight Failure
The Polaris A3 test went off course with a runaway second stage and landed in the Atlantic 300 to 350 miles northeast of Cape Canaveral. No nuclear device was aboard. destruct systems worked but wiring may have prevented full detonation. The Navy notes six failures in as many flights, with stakes rising as Polaris range increases to 2,875 miles. Titan 2 also failed in a separate Cape Canaveral launch.
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Iowan Caught Cutting Park Trees For Nativity Scene
D P Bellinghausen of Laurens was arrested after cutting four pine trees in Rush Lake State Park to use in a backyard nativity. He was fined $100 per tree, with $300 suspended if he plants four trees in the park by next June.
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Iowa
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Laurens
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Justice of the Peace
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Twin City Bus Strike Looms After Rejected Offer
Twin City bus riders face a 4 a.m. Tuesday strike deadline after drivers and inside workers rejected Minnesota Enterprises Inc. offer 754 to 98. Union leaders demand 12-cent hourly hikes for three years plus better holidays vacations and health benefits. A strike would affect about 220 000 riders in Minneapolis and St Paul during the holiday shopping season.
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Twin City
Transit
Minnesota Enterprises, Inc
St. Paul
White House Dog May Be Pregnant
Washington AP report says Pushinka the White House dog may be pregnant after tests. Press Secretary Pierre Salinger notes results due in about ten days. The Khrushchev gift is one of three President Kennedy family dogs. Strelka lineage is claimed. No father is announced.
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Pushinka
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Pierre Salinger
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Hoffa Trial Set to Stretch Into 1963 in Nashville
James Hoffa and co defendant William Bufalino foresee the racketeering conspiracy trial extending into January after Judge Miller recessed proceedings for a secret session amid armed marshals. Hoffa, 49, survived a pellet attack in court by Warren Swanson, who was ordered confined for mental observation. The case concerns alleged concealed payoffs from Commercial Carriers Inc. to secure labor peace.
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U.S
James Neal
Hoffa
Warren Swanson
Commercial Carriers, Inc
Kappel Elected Chairman of Business Council
Frederick R. Kappel, 60, board chairman of American Telephone & Telegraph Co., was elected chairman of the Business Council at the council’s two day meeting in Washington. The action was taken Thursday at the close of the sessions.
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Frederick R. Kappel
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Business Council
Kappel
Quiet Day of Infamy Observed at Pearl Harbor Remembrance
On December 7 1941 Pearl Harbor observed a quiet Day of Infamy. Navy actions focused on sport with a Ford Island golf course opening and a Bloch Gym boxing program featuring five amateur Japanese fighters. Memorial rites were restrained with no speeches, while flowers were laid for the 1102 men entombed in the Arizona. The Arizona flag rose at dawn and the carrier Constellation led a Pacific salute as 4000 crewmen honored the battleship. The attack killed 2403 Americans and sank four battleships. Utah rests as a rusting tomb. one survivor Gerald Wells recalled the moment with a sense of attending his own funeral.
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Adenauer to Retire From Office Next Fall
Bonn Germany AP Chancellor Konrad Adenauer will retire next fall. Heinrich von Brentano said the CDU leader, age 87 in January, announced the plan at a party meeting. A coalition with the Free Democrats is likely while a Socialist coalition is rejected.
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Konrad Adenauer
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Free Democrats
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Pope Leaves Vatican to Attend Council Schedule
Pope John XXIII, visibly tired, left his apartment to attend Vatican Ecumenical Council sessions in St. Peter's. Officials said he would participate in weekend ceremonies including a closing session and a brief canonization for three new saints Pierre Julien Eymard Antonio Maria Pucci and Francesco Maria de Camporosso, while health remains fragile.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican Ecumenical Council
St. Peter's
Vatican
Amleto Cardinal Cicognani
Pierre Julien Eymard
Antonio Maria Pucci
Francesco Maria de Camporosso
Eymard
Soviets Build Cuba Airports and Fortifications
New York Times reports Soviet troops in Cuba expanding underground fortifications and additional airfields. A Havana-sourced dispatch cites continued Soviet units and advisers on the island, with 5,000 to 10,000 troops believed present and many technicians staying to aid Cuban defenses.
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Cuba
New York Times
Washington
Tad Szule
Havana
Kennedy
Moscow
the Times
Duluth Teen Dies in Truck Crash En Route to Ski Club
In Duluth Minnesota a 16 year old Joseph Wilson Rutter was killed when a panel truck carrying five youths lost control and struck a tree. Four other youths were injured including 15 year old driver James W Surrell. Rutter was an East High School student and the group was en route to a ski club meeting.
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Joseph Wilson Rutter
Duluth
James W
Surrell
Rutter
East High School
Nehru Faces Opposition Over Red China Talks in Parliament
In New Delhi prime minister Nehru faced sharp questions from opposition MPs about India’s diplomacy with Red China. He defended diplomatic exchanges while noting China violated a cease-fire last week and in November, killing two or possibly three Indian troops. He said no compromise on withdrawal positions and ruled out American troop involvement.
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India
Nehru
Red China
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Foreign Ministry
United State
Five Japanese Die in Explosive Plant Blast at Yokohama
An explosion at a Yokohama explosives factory killed five workers and injured about thirty others. The plant manufactures explosives for coal mining and construction. Police reported the blast cause was not immediately known as flames engulfed the facility.
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