Battle Dressed GIs Watch Gates Narrowed
Berlin reports describe 2,500 East German workers widening seven crossing points and fortifying the Berlin wall with concrete. U S forces under Maj Gen Albert Watson II protest the action as illegal and observe Allied traffic amidst a tense border deployment. Senator Miller and other officials toured East Berlin, with mixed reactions from Soviet soldiers on the street.
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East Berlin
Interior Ministry
East Germany
U.S
West Berlin
Free World
Albert Watson II
Andrei I. Solovyev
Watson
Berlin
The
East
New Hampshire Group Plans Stand Against Death Penalty
An Episcopal clergyman announces a statewide group to abolish capital punishment and will hold its first meeting December 12 in Concord. The effort follows the scheduled January 10 hangings of Rhode Island men Nelson and Martineau in Nashua and cites the governor and state court actions as context.
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Concord
Lester Kinsolving
New London
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Kinsolving
Episcopal
Colby Junior College
Ard Shuster
New Hampshire Profiles
Mr. Kinsolving
St. Andrew’s Church
Gov. Wesley Powell
Rhode Islanders
Russell Nelson
Fred Martineau
Nashua
State Supreme Court
Powell
Nelson
Martineau
Mississippi
Suspended Sentences Imposed for Fraud
Laverne L. Coulter a 29 year old Cambridge N Y resident had not guilty pleas to seven counts of fraud and one petty larceny. He was ordered to Waterbury State Hospital for observation then found sane and returned to face charges. He later plead guilty and Judge Eugene V Clark imposed suspended 2 to 5 year House of Correction terms on the felonies and a 30 day suspended sentence for the larceny with probation and restitution. Ralph W Thomas Jr a 19 year old North Adams Mass man faced additional counts after earlier arraignments on breaking and entering at night and grand larceny.
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Laverne L. Coulter
Cambridge, N.Y
Atty
Stephen H. Gilman
Coulter
Waterbury State Hospital
Eugene V. Clark
Nole
Clark
House of Correction
Ralph W. Thomas Jr
North Adams
Mass
No Progress In Dominican Political Talk
In Santo Domingo talks resume on a unity government to end the crisis but opposition leader says negotiations have not advanced. A seven day general strike supports the National Civic Union demand for a provisional junta as air force officers press removal of the armed forces chief.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
National Civic Union
Joaquin Balaguer
Air Force
Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria
Armed Forces
Rodriguez Echavarria
Nelson Gonzalez Pomares
Three Lufthansa Crewmen Die in Jet Crash Near Mainz
A Lufthansa four-jet Boeing 720B on a training flight crashed near Ebersheim west of Mainz just after noon. All three aboard, two captains and a flight engineer, were German and killed. No passengers were aboard the plane.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lufthansa
Mainz
Ebersheim
Merchants Set Retailing Plans Here Tonight
Nearly 100 Bennington retailers bankers real estate and automobile dealers are expected to gather tonight at Mt Anthony Country Club for a dinner meeting of the Merchants Bureau of the Greater Bennington Association. They will unveil the 1962 retail program with a monthly promotional plan and hear guest speaker David L Turner on revitalizing a small metropolitan shopping district. Paul J Short will introduce Turner. Tickets available from several GBA figures or the GBA office.
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Bennington
Mt. Anthony Coun
Merchants Bureau of the
Greater Bennington Association
David L. Turner
Fitchburg
Mass
Chamber of Commerce
Paul J. Short
GBA
Turner
Paul J. Fairley
Grover C. Williams
Harold Gordon
John Kennedy Jr
OAS Expected to Approve New Action Against Cuba
The article notes the OAS move toward new measures against Cuba amid ongoing Cold War tension. It reports Soviet threats to resume nuclear testing unless Western powers halt all tests, including underground ones, and mentions the US testing actions and Geneva talks stalemate. President Kennedy signals potential atmospheric tests if needed for Western defense.
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OAS
Cuba
Moscow
United States
Tass
Geneva
Kennedy
Nehru urges church leaders to seek peaceful approach
Prime Minister Nehru addressed the World Council of Churches assembly calling for a friendly spirit to face international issues. He urged religious leaders to offer guidance for peace, warning the cold war method worsens conflict. The gathering, first to include Vatican observers, represents 350 million members across 198 denominations.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
General Assembly of the World Council of Churches
Vatican
Crash Demolishes Auto Driver Slightly Injured
A 1953 Plymouth driven by Daniel X. Stannard, 22, of Manchester Center left U.S. 7 north of Shaftsbury Village, rolled over after a culvert collision, ended on its top, and was towed to Putnam Memorial Hospital with fractured ribs suspected. Trooper James Elrick and Trooper Howard Parizo investigated.
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U.S. 7
Shaftsbury Village
Daniel X. Stannard
Manchester Center
Putnam Memorial Hospital
James Elrick
Elrick
Howard Parizo
Shaftsbury
Stannard
Holbrook
Six Policemen Said to Resign In Bookie Case
Boston police and officials discuss rumors that six officers turned in their badges after a Swartz Key Shop raid on Massachusetts Avenue. Gov Volpe plans a private viewing of a TV film about the incident and lawmakers seek a five member Law Enforcement Commission to probe crime. Suffolk Grand Jury will hear film-derived evidence as public safety officials note raids have been curtailed.
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Boston
Francis J. Hennessy
Swartz Key
Massachusetts Avenue
Hennessy
Volpe
California
Harrison Chadwick
Winchester
Dist
Garrett H. Byrne
Suffolk Grand Jury
Public Safety
Frank S. Giles
Key Shop
Conference Weighs Red Threat in Hemisphere Meet
The Organization of American States considers a Colombia proposed conference of foreign ministers to address Communist influence in the region. Fidel Castro affirmed Marxist Leninist loyalty, prompting some nations to revisit intervention stances as the council eyes a controversial January 10 target.
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Washington
Hemisphere
Foreign Ministers’ Conference
Cuba
Organization of American States
OAS Council
Colombia
Fidel Castro
Castro
Jose Joaquin Caicedo Castilla
OAS
U S and Israel Clash Over Arab Refugee Issue at UN
At the United Nations General Assembly a dispute unfolds over the 1.15 million Palestine Arab refugees from the 1948 war. The U S backs a 13 year old plan allowing refugees to choose home return or compensation while Israel opposes mass resettlement. Jordan Lebanon Syria and the UAR push to expand the conciliation commission with equal Western and Communist representation.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
Israel
General Assembly
U.N. Relief and Works Agency For
John H. Davis
Assembly
Jordan
Lebanon
Syria
United Arab Republic
Conciliation Commission
France
Turkey
Goldfine Prober Resigns From Tax Evasion Probe
Fred G. Pastore who led the government inquiry into Bernard Goldfine’s tax evasion case announced his resignation, effective December 15, from Boston. Pastore, Treasury group supervisor in Boston, declined further comment.
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Boston (Ap
Fred G. Pastore
Bernard Goldfine
Pastore
Treasury
Boston
Two Phone Companies May Sell Businesses
General Telephone and Electronics Corp of Johnstown New York has begun talks to buy the common stock of Rutland County Telephone and Telegraph Co and Hartland Telephone Co Inc both Vermont firms serving 1275 exchanges.
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Rutland, Vt
General Telephone & Electronics Corp
Johnstown
N.Y
Vermont Telephone Companies
Rutland County Telephone and Telegraph Co
Hartland Telephone Co. Inc
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D-Nev
Jack Miller
Iowa
Concord, N.H
Viriato A. Fiallo
Civic Union
Fiallo
Balaguer
Soviets
West
State Department
Ahmad Shukairy
Golda Meir
Goldfine Prober
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