Gizenga faces censure in Congo Parliament over neglect and exile
Deputy Premier Antoine Gizenga, Lumumba's political heir, is censured by 44 deputies for deserting duties and defying Parliament. The motion could trigger his removal from Premier Cyrille Adoula's government and possible arrest as Gizenga remains absent from Leopoldville since October.
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Antoine Gizenga
Patrice Lumumba
Gizenga
Cyrille Adoula
Communist Bloc
Stanleyville
Congo River
Thaw Dampens Ski Resort Action Across New England
A weekend rainfall in southern Vermont disrupted ski conditions after an earlier run of excellent snow. Resorts in northern New England reported varying levels from good to fair with Prospect Mountain and Mount Tom maintaining good to excellent on lower slopes. Berkshire and western Massachusetts locales show mixed readings from good to fair while northern Vermont areas like Middlebury Bowl and Smugglers Notch report good skiing.
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Mount Tom
Big Bromley
Dutch Hill
Magic Mountain
Snow
Stratton Mountain
Bennington
Berkshire
Becket
Mass
Bousquets
Pittsfield
Russell
Fair
Jiminy Peak
Middlebury Bowl
Mount Mansfield
Spruce Peak
Smugglers Notch
Republicans urged to court labor and minority groups
Strategy for 62 Labor, Groups GOP's Targets outlines plans to win more seats by appealing to labor unions and minority communities. The NRCC sessions forecast 44 possible House pickups, with a focus on boosting union voter share and expanding minority outreach. Senator Gordon Allott and Ray Bliss endorsed the approach.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
GOP
William E. Miller
National Republican Committee
Congress
Ohio Gop
Ray C. Bliss
Republican Union
Gold Coins Shipped From Indonesia to London
An air freighter carrying about 1,585,000 pounds worth 4.438 million in gold coins arrived in London for banking, guarded by two armed security guards. The Indonesian Embassy offered no information about the consignments, following a larger shipment last week valued at 15.4532 million.
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London
Jakarta
Spencer accuses road chief of passing buck in garage fund row
Democratic State Chairman John M. Spencer charged Highway Commissioner William Peeter with dodging responsibility to shield Governor Keyser over a $2 million highway fund surplus and a $160,000 transfer from the garage to the construction fund. He cited the Sept. 19, 1961 Emergency Board approval as proof of the administration’s role.
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Montpelier
John M. Spencer
William Peeter
Keyser
Spencer
Laine C. Vance
Danville
Gov
Peeter
Public Supports J F K s Message
The White House reported hundreds of telegrams about President Kennedy s State of the Union message to Congress. Press secretary Pierre Salinger said the first 100 telegrams mostly praised the speech with only two critical, highlighting specific praised aspects.
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Huaraz
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Yungay
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Manuel Prado
Peru
Red Cross
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Colombia
Charles de Gaulle
France
Two Largest Railroads Plan Merger
The Pennsylvania and New York Central agreed to merge into the Pennsylvania New York Central Transportation Co with $5.4 billion assets. The deal creates about 20,300 miles of track and faces antitrust scrutiny and union opposition.
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Justice Department
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Cleveland
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Detroit
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Indianapolis
Oran Faces New Crises In Turmoil
Oran, Algeria, tightens under crisis as unemployment rises and capital drains away. About 20,000 Muslims laid off in three weeks as European employers cut staff, with hunger protests and a halt in private construction.
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Oran
Algeria
Adm Burke to Lead Off Military Censorship Probe
Retired Adm Arleigh Burke likely to be first of about a dozen witnesses at a Senate probe into Pentagon censorship of anti Communist speeches by officers. Hearings set to begin Jan 23 under Sen John Stennis with Walker not invited initially.
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Arleigh A. Burke
Naval Operations
Senate
Pentagon
John Stennis
D-Miss
Stennis
Edwin A. Walker
Walker
Burke
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Adm
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Department of Defense
Fort McNair
Washington, D. C
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Robert T. Stafford
U. S
Stafford
Congress
Federal Judge Orders Release Of Jailed Man
Brattleboro Vermont AP A federal judge ordered Frank Brown a 57 year old Brattleboro resident released from Windsor State Prison on bail of 5000 pending a state appeal. The judge Timothy Williams of New Haven denied a stay and allowed the state's appeal to the U S Circuit Court of Appeals. Brown was sentenced to life in 1959 for arson death in the Brattleboro store apartment fire.
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Brattleboro
Frank Brown
Windsor
U.S
U.S. District Court
William Timbers
New Haven
Engineers Fail To Break Niagara River Ice Jam
Niagara Falls engineers struggle to clear a massive ice jam closing the Niagara River above the falls. Frontal pushes, flooding plans, crane work, and reversing flow all failed, leaving output near 200 000 kilowatts from a near 1.75 million peak. Canadian officials also attempted a surge by altering river levels but to no avail.
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Niagara River
Niagara Falls
N.Y
Niagara Power Project
U.S
Landslide in Peru obliterates 16 villages and towns
A massive Andean avalanche from Mt Huascara n wipes out 16 settlements near Huaraz 200 miles from Lima. Death toll estimates range up to 2000 with hundreds missing as aid and relief efforts mobilize.
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Lima
Peru
Luis Urrelo
United States Catholic Relief Society
Andean
Death Valley
Mt. Huascaran
Ranrahirca
Huarascucho
Debevoise Named To FCC Post
Washington AP Thomas M Debevoise 32 former Vermont attorney general was named technical advisor to Federal Power Commissioner Charles R Ross Debevoise served as Vermont AG 1960 start of year previously deputy AG 1959 and assistant U S attorney 1954 56 He is a New York City native Ross took office Sept 29 and Debevoise will earn 13730 annually
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Thomas M. Debevoise
Vermont
Charles R. Ross
Debevoise
U.S
New York
New York City
Ross
Vermont Public Service Commission
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