Weather Satellite Tiros 8 In Orbit Over Cape Kennedy
The Tiros 8 weather satellite launched by a Delta rocket from Cape Kennedy reached orbit after a pre-dawn flight. NASA reports successful placement and early tests of its automatic picture transmission system to provide worldwide space weather data.
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Associated Press
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Tirose
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Delta
Space Agency
APT
Tiros 8
Frigid U S Weather Bureaus Record Sub Zero Cold Across Regions
Frantic letters to Santa reveal public longing for relief from sub zero conditions. The U S Weather Bureau reports temperatures as low as minus 26 in Grand Forks and predicts a cold winter with little relief for the last 10 days of autumn. The season opens with the winter solstice at 10 02 a m Sunday marking the shortest day of sunlight.
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Herald Press
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Weather Bureau
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Grand Forks
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House Returns Foreign Aid Bill With No Wheat Guarantee
Congress neared adjournment as Republicans blocked passage of the $3 billion foreign aid bill by sending it back to conference to reimpose a wheat financing ban. The deal would let the president authorize private grain sales to Soviet bloc nations if in the national interest, totaling $3.259 billion with last year’s unspent funds. Absenteeism shaped a tight vote with 26 Democrats and 115 Republicans for the motion and 133 Democrats opposing.
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U.S
Otto FE. Passman
Dla
John O. Pastore
D-R.j
Passman
Senate House
Export-Import Bank
Russia
Joyous Berliners Cross Border to Visit in East
West Berliners lined up in the cold to visit relatives in East Berlin as cross border passes rose for the holiday season. East German guards opened crossings early, with 9 900 applicants still waiting outside when offices closed Friday. Tass praised the shift in policy while Berliners spoke of relief and renewed hope for reunions.
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Associated Press
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Red Wall
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German Democratic Republic
Tass
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Goodby
Wolfgang Paul
East Berlin
Oberbaum Bridge
Be Thankful Over Holiday Says Hughes
Des Moines Iowa Governor Harold Hughes urged Thanksgiving gratitude praising record harvests prosperous farms clean towns growing cities in a Saturday address. He emphasized appreciation for Iowa's economic progress and community improvements.
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Des Moines
Harold Hughes
Christmas Lights Signal End of National Mourning
Washington ends national mourning for President Kennedy as a candlelit tribute begins at Arlington and the Lincoln Memorial. President Johnson will join a memorial service and ignite the national Christmas tree before plans to depart for the Johnson family ranch.
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Tex
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Berlin Couple Reunited Briefly After Wall Separation
An East West Berlin story recalls a husband’s attempted reunion with his wife Anni after 20 years apart due to the Berlin Wall. The couple faced police barriers and timing limits at the barrier, with a midnight deadline forcing another separation.
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Red Wall
Anni
Vopos
Peoples Police
Minnesota Traffic Toll Soars to Record Office Deaths
The Associated Press reports Minnesota’s traffic deaths reached 768, 43 above the prior yearly high and 95 more than last year. Separate accidents claimed two lives early today and three more Friday, with victims including A W Neubert in Mankato, Wayne Estenson near Grand Forks Minnesota, Harold Lee near Caledonia, and Larry Frederickson near New York Mills. Trucker Jerome Hanson escaped with minor injuries.
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Associated Press
Minnesota
A. W. Neubert
Mankato
Wayne Dennis Estenson
Climax
Minn
Minnesota Highway 220, Some 18 Miles Southeast of Grand Forks, N.C
Roland KE
Hart
Grand Forks
Ralph Anderson
Minne
Harold Lee
Caledonia
Larry R. Frederickson
Savage
New York Mills
Elizabeth Taylor Eddie Fisher Divorce Delayed by Money Dispute
Elizabeth Taylor says divorce from Eddie Fisher may not occur until January 1964 due to a wage dispute over profits from the Cleopatra film. Fisher, once her partner in a production company, seeks half of her Cleopatra earnings while Taylor offers about 1 million to speed up the proceedings as negotiations continue.
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Puerto Vallarta
Mexico
Elizabeth Taylor
Eddie Fisher
Richard
Burton
Fisher
Minnesota appoints John McMillan as court administrator
John McMillan a 40 year old former Ohio judge has become administrative assistant to the Minnesota Supreme Court. He will collect statistics and work to cut case delays through pre trial meetings and settlements. He can recommend judge assignments to balance workloads.
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Minnesota
Supreme Court
Republicans seek tax cut if Johnson budget cuts pass
Washington AP reports GOP leaders say a Johnson budget with promised economies could pave the way for a tax cut next year. Frankfurt AP notes West Germany’s largest war crimes trial recessed to December 30 after preliminary questioning of seven of twenty one defendants, mostly former SS members.
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Johnson
Frankfurt
Germany
West Germany
Night spot Lake Shore Supper Club destroyed by fire
The Lake Shore Supper Club in Keokuk Iowa was gutted by fire with no injuries. Damages are undetermined and officials have yet to estimate loss while investigating the cause. In New Delhi India Prime Minister Nehru rejected a Communist claim that I S warships in the Indian Ocean would force a change from nonalignment.
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Keokuk, Iowa
Lake Shore
New Delhi
India
Nehru
I. S
Indian Ocean
Green Dies at 53 in Philadelphia Hospital
Rep. William J. Green Jr., 53, D-Pa., died in a Philadelphia hospital after a week with peritonitis. A 16-year veteran of Congress, Green also served as Democratic City chairman in Philadelphia.
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D-Pa
Philadelphia
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