African Pilot brings Cuban refugees to Port Everglades
The freighter African Pilot docked at Port Everglades with 922 Bay of Pigs relatives, reuniting with loved ones in the United States. The ship, once used for ransom supplies to Castro, carried refugees under guard and faced seasickness and a mild measles outbreak.
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Miami
Fla
Port Everglades
Fort Lauderdale
Fidel Castro
United States
Havana
U.S. Coast Guard
RED Cross
Ensor Bignatti
Florida
U.S
Village weighs next move in trailer park clash
Bennington Village trustees face a stalemate as developer Joseph Corcoran has not removed two trailers and a sign from his planned trailer court at Morgan Street and Imperial Avenue. An unfilled trench remains, and village officials await guidance from James B. Gibney before a special Monday meeting to discuss action and possible water and sewer service requests.
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Bennington Village
Joseph D. Corcoran
McKinley St
Corcoran
Morgan Street
Imperial Avenue
Reuben Levin
James B. Gibney
Levin
Village Board of Trustees
Hilda Hurley
John B. Harte
Traffic toll for Christmas holiday reaches six hundred forty six
Chicago AP reports 646 traffic deaths over four days of Christmas with 107 fire fatalities and eight other accidents. Safety experts blame cold, snow, sleet and rain for much of the toll while NSC estimates 420 to 480 more deaths may occur during the New Year weekend. Final tally trails 706 from 1956.
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Chicago
National Safety Council
Fadhli State replaces sultan with Ahmed Bin Abdulla
A communique says the Fadhli state council deposed Sultan Abdulla Bin Othman and installed Ahmed Bin Abdulla Fadhli as sovereign. The new sultan has served as minister for national guidance and in formation in the government of the South Arabian Federation, a collection of British protected sultanates and tribal regions.
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Aden
State Council
Fadhli
Abdulla bin Othman
Ahmed bin Abdulla Fadhli
South Arabian Federation
South Arabian Peninsula
Soviet Commentator Urges Early Voluntary Test Ban
Moscow report says Alexei Popov of Novosti Press Agency urged nuclear powers to voluntary ban tests by January 1. He argued such a move would create a favorable climate for Geneva talks on a nuclear test ban.
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Moscow
Alexei Popov
Novosti
Pravda
Geneva
Castro sets $5 million food ransom for Cuban prisoners
Exiled Cuban newsmen report Fidel Castro offered six top political prisoners a ransom of food valued at five million dollars. The Syndicate of Free Newsmen of Cuba says Castro sent agents to Mexico City to present the deal to exiles on Wednesday night.
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Mexico City
Fidel Castro
Syndicate of
Free Newsmen of
Cuba
Castro
Refugees Leave After Christmas Deal With Castro
Refugees aboard a transport were allowed to depart with relatives after a Christmas bonus agreement by Castro. The group included Angla Ceballos de Marero, 89, grandmother of a prisoner, and a baby born 22 days ago, while life-saving equipment remained inadequate.
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Angla Ceballos de Marero
India-Pakistan Kashmir talks open amid China pact shock
In Rawalpindi Indian and Pakistani ministers begin Kashmir negotiations under a new cloud after a Pakistan China accord on the border length in Kashmir. Swaran Singh says India might consider a plebiscite while Ayub Khan seeks clarity to ease regional tensions. Britain and the United States urged a settlement to calm nonaligned India and reassure Pakistan.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Kashmir
India
Railways
Sirdar Swaran Singh
China
Sinkiang
U.N
New Delhi
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Ayub
Red China
Subcontinent
Britain
United States
Four More Escape to West Crashing over Berlin Wall
Berlin report says four young East Germans evaded the wall during the night, raising Christmas holiday escapes to 14. A 26-year-old slipped over the eight foot border in Neukoelln while three men breached the British sector fence. A bus rammed through Babelsberg barriers, freeing four adults and four children led by Hans Weidner, a 40 year old war cripple. One border guard also escaped in uniform with a tommy gun on Christmas day.
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West
Berlin Wall
Babelsberg
West Berlin
Hans Weidner
Kennedy weighs defense budget as Bay of Pigs participants arrive
President Kennedy faces final decisions on a 51 billion dollar defense budget with military chiefs, while Treasury officials press tax cut details. Also meeting five released Bay of Pigs participants, including Cubans, amid broader White House deliberations on Skybolt missile opposition.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Pentagon
Kennedy
Congress
Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
The
Treasury
the Treasury
Henry Fowler
Stanley S. Surrey
Dillon
Hobe Sound
Robert S. McNamara
Aspen
Colo
Washington
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Maxwell Taylor
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Joint Chiefs
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
Harold Macmillan
Treasury Department
White House
Kermit Gordon
Secretary of Treasury
Stanley Surrey
Walter Heller
Council of Economic Advisors
Theodore Sorensen
Urbophrenia: City Living Linked to Health Decline
Philadelphia reports say Dr. Igho Hart Kornblueh of the University of Pennsylvania warns urbophrenia from indoor living and crowded urban climates. He cites fatigue, reduced productivity, and social stress from sheltered, urban life. Arthritis researchers also note weather-related pain links, shown in controlled chamber tests.
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Philadelphia
Igho Hart Kornblueh
University of Pennsylvania
Green House
Kornblueh
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Graduate Hospital
Josephee Hollander
Red China Aims to Lead Communist Tide
Washington AP Assistant Secretary of State W Averell Harriman says Communist China is openly bidding to take over the leadership of the global Communist movement from the Soviet Union. He warns differences will grow as the struggle for leadership continues. Harriman notes China may pose a more dangerous threat to the Free World.
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Washington
W. Averell Harriman
China
Soviet Union
Harriman
Moscow
Kennedy
Eastern Air charges Northeast with fare undercutting
Eastern Air Lines filed a federal suit accusing Northeast Airlines and eight Miami Beach hotels of conspiring to undercut jet fares from New York to Miami. The airline says Northeast planned $40 group flights for 75 or more and that hotels sold group space tied to hotel bookings, causing more than $100,000 in lost fares. The suit cites the federal aviation act and notes the lowest legal one way fare is $56.65.
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New York
Eastern Air Lines
Northeast Airlines
Miami Beach, Fla
Miami
Eastern
Northeast
Manhattan
Japan rejects NATO oil pipe export halt to Soviet Union
Foreign Minister Masayoshi Ohira said Tokyo cannot halt oil pipe exports to the Soviet Union at NATO's request. He stated the Japanese government cannot interfere with such actions.
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Tokyo
Masayoshi Ohira
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
Europe Economy Boom Amid Cheerful Consumer Mood In 1962
Special report notes European growth around four percent next year, led by France and Spain with high consumer spending. Britain trails with October production drops and 2.5 percent unemployment in mid-December, sparking parliamentary gloom. Europe accounts for substantial U S exports and imports, aiding global trade outlook. Jean Monnet cited as father of the Common Market.
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Brussels
L’innovation
Salvation Army
European Economic Community
EEC
Europe
Britain
The
Wall Street Journal
Cuba
Jean Monnet
Organization For Economic Cooperation and
France
Spain
Italy
Great Britain
U.S
Inside Brazil evolution or communist revolution tale
On the Inside examines whether Brazil will move by evolution or upheaval amid growing political tension. The piece weighs factions, reforms, and public mood shaping the nation’s future.
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Brazil
South America
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