Kennedy Reviews Budget and Cuba Crisis During Holiday
President Kennedy returns from Thanksgiving with family plans to review the Cuban situation and budget. He invites Budget Director Bell and the National Security Council executive committee to Washington for sessions. Also noted are pardons, appointments, a Christmas four day weekend, and VA insurance dividends.
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Hyannisport
Mass
Kennedy
Congress
David Bell
Washington
National Security Council
Robert F. Kennedy
Presi
Robert M. Morgenthau
U.S
New York
U.S. Senate
National Service
Veterans Administration
Argentina reports thwarting anti-Peronist coup plot
Buenos Aires says an army faction aimed to derail elections set for June and remove President Jose Maria Guido. Eight alleged conspirators were arrested, with retired Gen. Benjamin Mendez named as leader. Peronist opposition in Madrid supports a return to power, while officials say elections will proceed under law.
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Buenos’ Aires
Argentina
Jose Maria Guido
Juan D. Peron
Guido
Benjamin Mendez
Peron
Arturo Frondizi
Mariano Grondona
Madrid
Spain
Night of terror rocks South African wine town
In PAARL, South Africa, more than 100 natives attacked the town, killing two Europeans, looting and assaulting businesses, and storming the police station. Police fired on the mob, killing six. 18 suspects were arrested as authorities prepared for a heavy lockdown and air surveillance. The violence marked the worst since the Sharpeville killings of 1960.
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Paarl
South Africa
UPI
Cape Town
Renda Vermeulen
Frans Richard
Sharpeville
Area Economy Neither Shaky Nor Vigorous
The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston reports the New England economy in Q3 1962 was neither vigorous nor shaky. Nonfarm payrolls totaled 3,815,600 with unemployment near 5.5 percent. insured unemployment lower than a year earlier. Manufacturing index rose to its best since 1956 and hours worked averaged around 40.6 to 40.9 weekly. Capital spending by manufacturers may exceed 1961 by about 10 percent.
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Boston
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston Today
New England
Reserve Bank
Monthly Business Review
Adenauer pledges troops for Berlin defense in crisis
Chancellor Adenauer told about 10,000 CDU supporters in Berlin that West German troops will stand on the front line to defend Berlin if the Soviet Union uses force to settle the city dispute. He warned the West not to lower its guard despite Khrushchev’s Cuba stance and predicted a temporary lull.
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Berlin
Konrad Adenauer
Khrushchev
Cuba
Adenauer
Soviet Union
Christian Democrats
Deutschland
Britain
Rudolf Augsten
Soviet Proposal Seeks U.S Aid on Cuba Crisis Resolution
United States and Soviet officials discuss a joint declaration to end the Cuban crisis. U.S. negotiators resist asking to discuss Guantanamo base withdrawal, while the plan envisions U N verification of Soviet weapons withdrawal with U Thant mediating talks among the three nations. The proposal echoes Khrushchev and Kennedy letters from late October.
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Cuba
Guantanamo Naval Base
Fidel Castro
U.N
U Thant
Kennedy
Khrushchev
U.S
Kennedy Macmillan Likely to Meet Soon
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan is considering an early meeting with President Kennedy to discuss major international issues. He is expected to cross the Atlantic shortly after Christmas for a meeting in Washington or Bermuda.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Kennedy
Atlantic
Washington
Bermuda
AEC Projects Big Savings from Nuclear Power
The U S Atomic Energy Commission forecast lower electricity costs for Americans before 1990 due to more and better nuclear plants. By 1990 annual savings could exceed 2 billion dollars and by 2000 total savings might reach 30 billion.
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Washington
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Kennedy
Nehru Vows Not to Lose Territory Demanded by Reds
India braces as the army moves fresh troops to the Himalayas during a nine day cease fire with Red China. Beijing seeks to cede Ladakh 12 000 square miles while India vows to fight on and regain border areas. Nehru appeals for sacrifice as observers warn of renewed war with wider support.
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Tezpur
India
Bomdila
Northeast Frontier Agency
Himalayan
Nehru
New Delhi
Himalayas
Red China
Peking
Ladakh
China
Ladak
U.S
Y. B. Chavan
Tshombe Plans Talks With African Leaders
In Elisabethville Katanga President Moise Tshombe said he will meet African leaders in a few days to discuss a Pan African movement and denied Rhodesian reports that he accepted an invitation to be vice president in a unified Congo republic.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Congo Republic
Thanksgiving Traffic Toll Rises to 227 Nationwide
The Associated Press reports 192 highway deaths during the Thanksgiving period, up from 168 last year, with multiple- fatality crashes across states including Texas and Illinois. A cross-checked AP survey tallies 459 highway deaths from 6 p.m. Wednesday to midnight Sunday, plus 30 fire deaths and 113 miscellaneous, totaling 602.
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Texas
Illinois
University of Omaha
Union Pacific
Omaha
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Eight Die in New England Holiday Traffic Toll
Eight people die in highway crashes and one in a shooting accident with another from smoke inhalation as rain slicked interstates and heavy traffic mar the Thanksgiving holiday. The toll rises from 6 p.m. Wednesday and runs through midnight Sunday.
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New England
Military plane crashes en route to Lisbon killing 18
A Portuguese military transport crashed minutes after takeoff from Saint Thomas Island in the Atlantic. Of 32 aboard, 18 died, including five Lisbon showgirls who had entertained troops in Angola. The plane was on a flight from Angola to Lisbon with Saint Thomas as a refueling stop.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Saint Thomas Island
Lusitania
Angola
Saint Thomas
Portuguese Guinea
Ban Extended On Medicines Called Unsafe
London reports Italy banned preludin and other drugs suspected of causing birth deformities after a British Medical Journal note linked preludin to deformed babies. The British College of General Practitioners warned of suspected drugs beyond thalidide and said manufacturers were notified.
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London
Italy
British Medical Journal
British College of General Practitioners
Canada
Walker ruled mentally fit to stand trial in federal case
U S District Judge Claude F Clayton ruled Edwin A Walker is mentally competent to stand trial on federal charges of seditious conspiracy and inciting an insurrection. The decision followed a two day hearing and a Dallas mental test plus in court observations. The court order for a mental test will stay in the record and no trial date has been set.
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Oxford, Miss
Edwin A. Walker
U.S
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