U N Seeks Peace in Katanga Conflict
In Elisabethville mobs raided the U S consulate and stoned the U S embassy in Brussels as the U N called a peace overture to end fighting in Katanga. General Sean McKeown, commander of the U N task force, said Katanga President Moise Tshombe has lost ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leopoldville, the Congo
U.S
Elisabethville
Brussels
United Nations
Congo
Sean McKeown
U.N
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
New Snowstorm Tests Southwest with 55 Deaths
A new storm from the Rockies brings heavy snow and cold across the Southwest and Midwest. At least 55 deaths are linked to recent winter weather as roads close and schools cancel, with snow depths up to 22 inches in eastern Arizona and Missouri and Alabama flooded by rain.
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Rockies
Midwest
Arizona
San Juan
New Mexico
Raton
Nageezi
San Juan County
Wyoming
Dakotas
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Texas
Missouri
Turner Turnpike
Oklahoma City
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
New England
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Mobile
Ala
Jackson
Dorm Fire Claims Student at Rogers Hall in Lowell
Capable 18 year old Clare Langford died as a fire destroyed Rogers Hall dormitory at the Capital Area School for Girls in Lowell Massachusetts. Twenty one others escaped unharmed as flames swept through three stairwells. The structure suffered extensive damage with estimates at 75 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rogers Hall
Lowell
Mass
Clare Langford
Averill Park
N.Y
Lowell, Mass
Fashionable Rogers Hall School
Robert H. Langford
Charles Fairbanks
Thomas R. King
Four Part Gift to Putnam Memorial Hospital Totals $100000
The Irene Heinz Given and John LaPorte Given Foundation gives Putnam Memorial Hospital nearly $100,000 in four parts. Funds cover equipment, student nurse loans, a general practice residency grant program, and post graduate nurse education, with each grant restricted to its purpose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Irene Heinz Given
John LaPorte Given
Robert D. Stout
Stout
Supreme Court Overrules Sit-ins Convictions in Louisiana
The Supreme Court, in a unanimous ruling by Chief Justice Warren, overturned the 16 Negroes’ convictions for sit-in demonstrations aiming to end lunch counter segregation in Baton Rouge Louisiana. The court held the convictions lacked evidentiary support and violated due process under the 14th Amendment.
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Supreme Court
Baton Rouge
High Tribunal
South
Warren
Talks Faster Strike Expected To Continue In Dominican Republic
In Santo Domingo the opposition accused Balaguer of dictatorship and warned the general strike would resume after talks ended in definite impasse. They blamed Balaguer and armed forces chief Rodriguez Echavarria for betrayal and said the people will not accept him or his regime.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Balaguer
Cuba
National Civic Union
Armed Forces
Pedro Rodriguez Echavarria
The
Civic Union
Rafael Trujillo
Rodriguez Echavarria
Soviets End Diplomatic Ties With Albania
Washington reports Soviet Albania break widens rift in Communist bloc. U.S. experts foresee possible expulsion from Warsaw Pact and wary reactions from China. Albania's Enver Hoxha rejects Western aid while Moscow-Tirana split signals broader bloc tensions and unknown alignments. Albania borders Yugoslavia and Greece, with 1.5 million people.
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Washington
Albania
Soviet Union
U.S
Tirana
United States
Yugoslavia
Poland
Red China
Enver Hoxha
Ata
Maryland
Greece
Moscow
Stalin
Cominform
Four Thousand One Hundred Forty Eight Deer Taken in Doe Season
In six southern Vermont counties hunters bagged 4148 deer during the December 2 single day doe season. The tally included 995 male with small antlers and 3153 does. Bucks totaled 11323 in the regular 16 day season with county marks listed.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Fish and Game Department
Bennington
Orange
Rutland
Washington
Windham
Windsor
Msgr Flanagan Invested Sunday by Bishop Joyce
The ceremony at St Francis de Sales Church invested Rt Rev Msgr Francis B Flanagan as a Domestic Prelate. Bishop Joyce directed the investiture with papal bull read by Rev Louis E Gelineau. The event featured choirs, Knights of Columbus honor guards, and clergy including Msgr Lynch.
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St. Francis de Sales Church
Francis B. Flanagan
Robert F. Joyce
Burlington
John XXIII
Flanagan
Thomas J. Burke
Joyce
Louis E. Gelineau
St. Francis de Sales
Harry R. Hurley
Thomas Donovan
St. Francis Academy
M. Cecelia Marie
Knights of Columbus
John A. Lynch
Rutland
Msgr
Msgr. Lynch
Bennington
Gerard M. Brennan
Anthony H. Brackett
W. John Frader
William Sennett
David Chaffin
Daniel Higgins
Frederick Torrisi
John Kornitzer
John Baldwin
Walter
Walter Miller
St. John the Baptist Church
North Bennington
William J. Beston
CSC
The
Holy Cross Novitiate
Holbrook
Eichmann Convicted on Major Counts in Israel Trial
An Israeli court found Adolf Eichmann guilty of crimes against the Jews and humanity, war crimes, and membership in the SS and SD. The 15 count indictment followed four months of trial after his capture from Argentina.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Eichmann
Hitler
Moshe Landau
Argentina
New Rupture Follows Dispute Over Stalinism
Moscow severs diplomatic ties with Albania in a major bloc split. Khrushchev’s denunciation at the October party congress triggered the withdrawals, with Albania’s envoy said to have left Moscow and the Albanian note exchange ending on the notice of the Soviet embassy and commercial staff’s departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Communist Bloc
Tirana
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Albania
China
Viet Nam
North Korea
Ata
Moscow
Enver Hoxha
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Big Three Begin Berlin Congo Talks
Western Big Three foreign ministers met in Paris to resolve policy divides and push for a united peaceful Congo. Delegates including Dean Rusk Lord Home and Maurice Couve de Murville discussed Congo and Southeast Asia while Berlin negotiations loomed.
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Paris
Congo
U.S
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
Gerhard Schroeder
Berlin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Southeast Asia
Paul- Henri Spaak
Belgium
U.N
U Thant
Katanga
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Associated Press
McKeown
Tshombe
Thant
Adlai E. Stevenson
Britain
London
Kennedy
Lukafu
Jadotville
Christophe Mwamba
Leopoldville
Capital Area
Albany, N.Y
Mutual of New York Life Insurance Co
Practical Nursing
High Court
Red
Balkan
George W. Ball
Moscow-Tirana
Nazi SS
France
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