Medical Care For the Aged Is Revived
President elect John F Kennedy met with Rep Hale Boggs who predicted the new administration’s medical aid for the aged would travel through Congress. Boggs said the program would move along, though a similar proposal failed before the election. Kennedy, Jacqueline, and John Jr left for Florida as plans for a secretary of state and U.N. ambassador were discussed.
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John F. Kennedy
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
Kennedy
Stevenson
Georgetown
Associated Press
Washington
Boggs
John Jr
Florida
Georgetown University Hospital
Jacqueline
John F. Kennedy Jr
Lowella Hennessy
Adlai E. Stevenson
U.S
United Nations
U.N. Post
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations
Dean Rusk
Rockefeller Foundation
Five Bay Forecast Predicts Cooler Week Ahead
Through Werner day temperatures average six degrees below normal of 26 degrees. Light temperature modification tomorrow with cold conditions Sunday through Wednesday. Some locations may see snow tomorrow and again around Tuesday.
Witness Claims Polearo Wanted Koza Hospitalized
A prosecution witness testified in Superior Court that Anthony Polearo told him he wanted Mike Koza's arms and legs broken and him put in the hospital. The defendant, Polearo, faces murder-related charges as witnesses are kept separate from the main trial.
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Superior Court
Anthony Polearo
Mike
Calvin C. Carl
Summer St
Michael Koza
Corl
Polcaro
Golden Tap
Columbus Avenue
Carl
Benoit
Albert D. Luce
Francis J. Quirico
Edwin J. Blair
Palcaro
Koza
Joey
Joseph T. Dougherty Jr
Marshals Escort White Pupils to Frantz During School Integration
Federal marshals escorted eight white children to William Frantz School in New Orleans amid boycott threats. Deputies also planned to escort a white child and a Black girl to the newly integrated school as tensions eased briefly.
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New Orleans
William Frantz
Marshall Edward J. Petithon
Jane Negro
Frantz
Tere
Massachusetts Auto Insurance Rates Up 11 Percent
Boston AP Massachusetts Insurance Commissioner Otis M Whitney issued rate schedules showing compulsory automobile liability insurance will rise about 11 percent over last year. He also urged repeal of the compulsory law in favor of a financial responsibility act, saying the system burdens the public and the law should be replaced. The rates reflect high claims relative to insured cars, with minimum requirements of 5000 per person and 10090 per accident under existing law.
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Boston
Massachusetts
New York
Otis M. Whitney
Whitney
Man cited for drinking while driving on Turnpike
Albany man Louis Dydo, 40, said a trooper on the Massachusetts Turnpike warned he would arrest him for drinking while driving. Dydo, a hospital equipment salesman, allegedly handed over a can he was nip from. The label showed Metrecal, an eight ounce non fat powdered milk product.
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Albany
UPI
Massachusetts Turnpike
Louis Dydo
De Gaulle in Algeria Stirs Wide Rioting
Algerians confront De Gaulle during a six day tour as riot police clash with thousands of demonstrators in Algiers and Oran. The Front for French Algeria calls a general strike while the army moves to preserve order and prevent shop seizures as Algeria faces a staged vote on De Gaulle’s policy.
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Algeria
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Oran
Cites
Front
Valgeria
Ain Temouchent
Spain
Pierre Lagaillarde
Paris
Reds Seize Laos Capital in Coup Trial Run
Red kerchiefed paratroopers seized control of Vientiane in a swift coup rebound. Premier Souvanna Phaumā remained in his palace as rival factions clashed, while Kong Le’s men, in red kerchiefs, confronted pro Communist troops at Camp Chinaimo amid tensions from a six year civil war.
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Vientiane
Laos
Kong le
Souvanna Phauma
Kouprasith Aphay
Vient Tiane
Chinaimo
Kouprasith
Camp Chinaimo
Souvanna
Red Ring
Pathet Lao
French Indochina
GE Opens 74 Million High Voltage Line Along Housatonic
The Eagle reports GE has switched on a 74 million dollar extra high voltage project running nearly five miles along the Housatonic River in Lenox and Lee. Pier Abetti, the program’s dynamic manager, is featured in Name in the News as the effort aims to use existing rights of way to deliver growing power needs. Also noted are efforts to expand Berkshire woodland access with a 2000 acre private sportsmen’s reservation on Fast Mountain near the Sheffield Great Barrington line, described by Thomas W. Bleezarde of the South Berkshire Weekly.
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Housatonic River
Lenox and
Lee
Pier Abetti
Berkshire
Fast Mountain
Sheffield-Great Barrington
Karl §. Jones
Great Barrington
Thomas W. Bleezarde
South Berkshire
Ultimatum Demands Lumumba Be Freed
In Stanleville Congo a rebel leader Bernard Salumu threatens to behead Belgians if Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba is not released within 48 hours. U N and world powers scramble to protect 2,000 whites as Salumu seizes Stanleyville, with Ethiopian forces under Gen Mendasha dispatched to assume command.
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Leopoldville
Congo
Bernard Salumu
Stanleville
Patrice Lumumba
Salumu
Lumumba
Stanleyville
Orientale
United Nations
Joseph Kasavubu
Joseph Mobutu
Her Kasavubu
Kasavubu
Mobutu
Pa Rice
Lurmiumba
Mendasha
Yassou
U.N
Four-Degree Above Zero Record Marks Cold Dec 9
PCC Pittsfield Airport logged four degrees above zero at 7:45 am making it the coldest December 9 in 23 years of official records. Hinsdale reported five below zero while other towns ranged from zero to four above. Historic lows include 20 below in 1942 and 23 below in 1943. Forecast calls for warmer tonight with a mid-20s high tomorrow and a continued cold spell through Wednesday with little precipitation.
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Pittsfield
Weather Bureau
Hinsdale
St. Louis
Stanleyville
Lumamera
Leopoldville
New England
Tron
Congo
Mt. Wash
Salumu
Stoningtonleyville
Lumumba
Antoine Gizenga
Louis
Daddy's Boy
An 84 year old man in Nashville applied for Social Security benefits for his soon to be 65 year old son who is recuperating from an illness. Pettus, a Social Security beneficiary, explained the situation Thursday.
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Nashville, Tenn
APF
L. L. Pettus
Zip the bloodhound helps nab two escapees at Menard prison
Zip, the top bloodhound at Menard State Prison, tracked and cornered two escaped convicts in a woodland area on Wednesday. After forcing their capture, the dog reportedly licked one fugitive on the face, demonstrating loyalty as a training success.
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UPI
Menora State Prison
Zip
Man
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Marshals Aid
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N.Y
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U.N. Congo
George J. Bulgarelli
U.S. Weather Bureau
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Western Plains
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India
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