Landslides Ravage Quebec Gaspe Peninsula Area
A second earth movement buried homes near Tourelle Creek, swallowing a truck with four Therrien brothers and three houses into mud and the St Lawrence River. Police evacuated ten houses as mud and ice blocked roads and a highway bridge collapsed. Fishermen rescued at least six people from flooded homes while officials searched for additional fatalities in the frozen, near zero conditions.
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Gaspe Peninsula
Quebec
Tourelle Creek
Johnny Therrien
Raymond
Benoit
Onesime
Martin Gauthier
Tourette’ Creek
St. Lawrence River
Gasp
Government forces mass for potential attack on Bolivian miners
In La Paz Bolivian officials prepared for a possible assault on rebellious tin miners at Catavi after a 48 hour ultimatum expired. Interior Minister Arce and Defense Minister Rodriguez Bidegain led operations while miners warned of readiness with dynamite. Hostage release for four Americans and 11 others remained unresolved as talks with union leaders and the Catholic and student mediators continued.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
UPI
Catavi
Interior
Jose A. Arce
Luis Rodriguez
Bidegain
Arce
Rodriguez
Huanuni
Oruro
Louis
Bishop equates racism with Salem witchcraft at Boston talk
Bishop James J.K. Mathews of the New England Methodist Church said future generations may view racial injustice as shameful as Salem witchcraft and urged faster local and national racial equality. He spoke at the Zion Herald anniversary dinner, urging open churches and selective ministerial appointments to areas of racial tension.
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Boston
James J.K. Mathews
Methodist Church
New England
Salem
Mathews
Zions Herald
New York City custodians see huge pay rises at public schools
In testimony at a public hearing, NYC school custodians reported salaries rising from $10,785 to $17,6 and some to $53,000, using a $4.75 million maintenance budget increase to boost pay. Officials noted custodians earned two to five times private industry wages while overseeing cleaners, handymen and other staff. Local 891 members oversee school upkeep and staffing under yearly allotments with variable amounts.
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New York
New York City
Special State Investigation Commission
Frederick Hill
International Union of Operating Engineers
Board of Education
Snowfall of Six Inches Expected in the Berkshires
The U S Weather Bureau forecast calls for about six inches of snow by tonight in the Berkshires with two inches already on the ground by noon. Road crews are clearing streets as traffic remains steady but may become hazardous as temperatures dip to around 15 degrees. Snow should stop tonight with flurries tomorrow and colder weather. December 22 marks winter’s official start and the shortest day, with daylight totaling nine hours six minutes.
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Berkshires
U. S. Weather Bureau
Boston Museum of Science
Cook Quits Jail Closes in Hersfeld Germany
BAD HERSFELD Germany UPI Judge Hans Doring ordered the city jail closed inmates transferred to another prison and the facility converted into an unspecified use.
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Bad Hersfeld
Germany
UPT
Hans Doring
Hostages in Catavi Bolivia Share Loose Health Hopes
Four Americans and 11 others held by Bolivian tin miners describe cramped 18 by 12 foot quarters as they await release. They appear in good health but are anxious and frustrated by imprisonment. The group includes a West German and a Dutchman. U S officials say they were seized after a dinner at a mine manager’s home.
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Oruro
Bolivia
Catavi
Irineo Pimentel
Federico Escobar
Mine Union
Thomas Martin
New York
US. Information Service
Cornelius Bloot
Michael A. Krustula
Cadillac, Mich
Alliance For Progress In
Cabinet Included In Economy Campaign Push
President Johnson orders all federal departments and agencies to reexamine budgets for the upcoming fiscal year to seek further cuts. Reports are due by Friday to Budget Director Kermit Gordon as the aim remains a budget between 98 and 103 billion dollars.
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Washington
Johnson
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Kermit Gordon
No Navy Yards Included in Order
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara announced an economy action ordering 26 U.S. bases and seven overseas bases to close or shrink, with planned savings of about $108 million annually and 8,500 civilian jobs cut. The move will affect 14 Army, 12 Air Force, and seven Navy sites across 14 states and three foreign countries.
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Heller
Washington
Robert 8. McNamara
United States
McNamara
Defense
Army
Air Force
Navy
New York
California
Texas
Louisiana
Alabamia
Arizona
Arkansas
Georgia
Illinois
Mississippi
Nevada
New Hampshire
North Carolina
Ohio
Boston
Philadelphia
San Francisco
John W. McCormack
D-Mass
Massachusetts
Feling
Boston Navy Yard
White House
Pennsylvania
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Pentagons
Defense Department
Congress
Conte Passman Tangle Over Foreign Aid Bill
Special to THE EAGLE. Washington reports Congressman Silvia Conte of Pittsfield, Massachusetts accuses Rep Otto Passman of attempting to subvert the foreign aid bill by delaying final action. Conte warns cuts could hamper world commitments and harm U S foreign policy, targeting military aid Alliance for Progress and Development Loan Fund programs. Conte cites hearings finished August 19 and says Passman aims to cut from 3.6 billion to 2.8 billion, risking economic assistance.
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EAGLE
Washington
Silvia
Conte
Pittsfield
Mass
Otto Passman
D-La
House Committee On Appropriations
House
Passman
Pasman
Senate
U.S
Alliance For Progress
Subcommittee
C of C Head Backs Federal Spending Cut
Edwin Neilan president of the U S Chamber of Commerce urged local business leaders to support Johnson’s budget cuts and help repurpose closed defense bases. He praised the President’s control of spending, encouraged adaptation of abandoned bases for private use, and urged considering national interest over protests. He hinted he might vote for Johnson next year and commended the White House approach to economy moves.
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Johnson
Pentagon
Pat Johnson
White House
Walter W. Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
Washington
UPI
Edwin Neilan
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Weve
Wisked
Neilan
Newborn Kenya Celebrates Independence Amid Challenges
Kenya marked its independence as Africa's 35th nation with jubilant cries and a midnight ceremony led by Prime Minister Jomo Kenyatta. Yet frontier warfare, tribal tensions, and economic woes loom as Zanzibar also gained independence. Prince Philip represented Queen Elizabeth II in both events.
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Kenya
Africa
Naira ‘D
Freedom
Britain
East Africa
Jomo “Kenyatta
Zanzibar
Prince Philip
Elizabeth II
Kenyatta
Johnson halts holiday airline strike with emergency board
President Johnson orders an emergency board to resolve a wage and rule dispute in a six airline walkout threat. The board will investigate the machinists union dispute with Braniff Continental Eastern Northwest Trans World National, delaying any strike for at least days as talks continue. A quick collapse was feared at National Airlines with a strike deadline looming minutes after midnight.
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Washington
UPD
Johnson
Machinists’ Union
Braniff
Continental
Eastern
Northwest
Trans World Airlines
National
National Mediation Board
National Airlines
Pauling urges U N control of nuclear weapons at Nobel talk
Dr Linus C Pauling, 1962 Nobel Peace Prize winner from Pasadena, urged the United Nations to share control of all nuclear weapons to lower war risk. He spoke at the Nobel Institute in Oslo on Wednesday night, presenting his proposal as part of his peace prize discourse.
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Oslo
Norway
Linus C. Pauling
America
United Nations
Pasadena
Calif
Nobel Institute
Pauling
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Soviet Union
Robert S. McNamara
C. of
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Malcolm MacDonald
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