Joyful Christmas Reunion at West Berlin Crossing
West Berliners streamed through the Berlin Wall to meet relatives in East Berlin amid a Communist welcome and loudspeakers heralding a Christmas truce. Guards treated visitors cordially as 1,000-plus passed in hours with plans for up to 800,000 to visit relatives before the deadline.
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Katharine
W. Berliners
Associated Press
Berlin
Germany
Wall
West Berlin
East
ADN
Sonnenallee
Senate House clash over aid bill hindering adjournment
Washington AP report details a battle over foreign aid funds and a proposed grain sale ban to Russia. McCormack predicts at least one more day of talks as conferees pursue a compromise between House 2.8 billion and Senate 3.27 billion dollar totals, with Johnson urging moderation.
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Congress
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
McCormack
House
Senate
Russia
Johnson
Export-Import Bank
Charles A. Halleck
Jeader
Mike Mansfield
Len Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Morse
Four Guardsmen Charged With Bombings Near Alabama Campus
Four Alabama National Guardsmen on federal duty faced charges for triggering minor blasts near the University of Alabama dorms housing Vivian Malone as court-ordered desegregation continued. Arrests followed the Kennedy federalization period. no injuries reported.
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Touscaloosa
Ala
Alabama National
Kennedy
Alabama Guard
George Wallace
James T. Perkins
Holt
Tuscaloosa
High Court Disbars Mill City Lawyer
Minnesota Supreme Court disbars Leo Edward Melrin of Minneapolis, 75, convict in Hennepin County District Court for perjury on April 6, 1962. No appeal or review requested. referee recommended disbarment. Melrin admitted the conviction but argued evidence insufficient to justify it.
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High Court Disbars Mill City
ST. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
Leo Edward Melrin
Minneapolis
Melrin
Hennepin County
State Board of Law Examiners
Medal to Policeman Ralph Ogan Jr Posthumously
National Police Officers Association awards the Medal of Valor posthumously to Grinnell Police Officer Ralph Ogan Jr who died in a Nov 13 burglary inquiry. Three suspects were later captured near Dubuque and charged in the shooting. A $1,000 check will be given to Ogan's widow and family. A separate report from Minneapolis notes T Eugene Thompson's counsel plans an appeal to the Minnesota Supreme Court after district court motion denials.
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Grinnell
Iowa
National Police Officers Association
Ralph Ogan Jr
Dubuque
Ogan
Minneapolis
T. Eugene Thompson
Minnesota Supreme Court
Merrell Company Indicted Over MER-29 Statements
A federal grand jury indicted The William S. Merrell Co. for making false statements to the government about the anti-cholesterol drug MER-29 and the safety tests conducted. In Minnesota, Gov Karl Rolvaag said he plans a late January vacation, with details undecided, possibly to Puerto Rico.
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Washington
William S. Merrell Co
Sign at Mower County Jail Shows Busy Holiday Intake
A joke sign outside Mower County Jail joked that the county was busy during the holidays yet about half the cells were vacant. Sheriff Doyle Lindahl and deputies left the sign by the door for humor. The sign will join the sheriff’s evidence room until claimed.
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Mower County
Doyle Lindahl
Commission backs lowering voting age to 18 nationwide
The President's Commission on Registration and Voting Participation urged states to set the voting age at 18 and to abolish poll taxes and literacy tests. Led by Richard M. Scammon, the panel also noted low turnout among ages 21 to 30 and cited Georgia and Kentucky as examples.
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Associated Press
Washington
Richard M. Scammon
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
Hawaii
Robert Forsythe
Republican Party
Minnesota
Auschwitz trial opens with 21 accused in mass murder
West Germany launches its largest war crimes trial as 21 men face charges of murder or complicity in gassings and shootings at Auschwitz. The court seeks evidence from roughly 250 witnesses, including survivors, with Dr Franz Bernhard Lucas absent and tried separately.
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Associated Press
Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Poland
Adolf Hitler
Franz Bernhard Lucas
Camp
Robert Mulka
Mulka
Auschwitz
Rudolf Hoess
Hoess
Monsanto to Expand at Muscatine Plant
Monsanto Corp expands its Muscatine chemical plant to produce a new weed killer. The operation will be housed in a three story building under construction and largely automated requiring few new employees. The product was developed experimentally at the St Louis plant.
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Muscatine
Iowa
Monsanto Corp
Tom K. Smith
Smith
Monsanto
St. Louis
It’ll Be A Cool Christmas Across The Nation
Arctic cold grips the nation from the Rockies to New England as temperatures plunge well below normal. Minnesotans face 8 to 16 degrees below normal through Christmas Day while Dakotas run 5 to 12 degrees under. Weather Bureau warns no quick warmup. travel hazards linger from lake snow to stalled traffic on the New York State Thruway.
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Associated Press
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Grand Forks
N.D
Devils Lake
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Dakotas
Hibbing
Alexandria
St Cloud
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Aberdeen
Mason City
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Rockies
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Midwest
Weather Bureau
Bemidji
Minn
Buffalo
Man Says Threat to Kennedy Was a Joke in Fort Worth
Russell W. MacLarry, 21, jailed on a charge of threatening President Kennedy, says the remark was a joke. Authorities found no link to the assassination and he remains in county jail on 2500 bail. Secret Service noted no known connection to Lee Harvey Oswald. Ruby’s trial set Feb. 3.
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Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Russell W. MacLarry
Secret Service
U.S
Sanders
McLarry
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Oswald
Jack Ruby
Ruby
Mc Larry
John F. Kennedy
United States
Dallas
Association
Charles E. Kunkel
Bill Atkins
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