Renewed Fighting Rages Over Laos Capital Vientiane
Fighting in Vientiane between pro Communist and anti Communist forces continues with Gen Phoumi Nosavan loyalists advancing from the north and Capt Kong Le’s mixed force resisting. Telegraph and VOA dispatches describe light shelling and little foreign casualties amid political turmoil after Aug eight actions and rapid shifts in control.
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Phoumi Nosavan
Kong le
Pathet Lao
U.S
Washington
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Cambodia
Hanoi
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Boun Oum
Phoumi No. Savan
Savyannakhet
Berkshire Teenage Ski Center at Shaker Village
The Berkshire Teen-age Ski Center offers teen only skiing and recreation at Mount Lebanon Shaker Village. Sessions begin December 26 with resident lodging, meals, and full access to slopes and activities supervised by a mature staff. Enrollment limited ages 13 to 17. holiday two day programs cost 10 with optional instruction and equipment rental. Reservations required via P.O. Box Pittsfield, Mass listing Lebmon Springs NY contact.
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Mt. Lebanon
Shaker Village
Arthur Hoe
Berkshire
Tiny Aures
Pope Extends Christmas Greetings at Audience
Pope John XII spoke before about 2000 people in a general audience at the Vatican. His left jaw was swollen from the loss of two teeth as he delivered a Christmas greeting in a calm, extended address.
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Vatican City
John XII
Herter Leads U S Delegation to NATO Review in Paris
Paris AP Herter arrives from Brussels to head the American delegation at the annual NATO review. Secretary of State Christian A. Herter will oversee U S participation in the proceedings involving alliance members and observers.
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Paris
U. 5
Christian A. Herter
Brussels
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Turkish mine disaster near Zonguldak claims 12 dead
Twelve miners died and 53 remained trapped after a gas explosion in a coal shaft near Zonguldak on the Black Sea coast. Rescue teams battled toxic gas and collapsed tunnels as daylight faded. Local authorities urged patience while teams worked to reach the trapped workers.
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Zonguldak
Turkey
Black Sea
Commons Backs Close Defense Ties With US
The House of Commons voted 318 to 163 against a Labour motion censuring Britain’s defense ties to the United States. Fifty Labour abstentions, split among unilateral disarmament supporters, helped the Conservative government secure a victory amid debate led by Michael Foot. Foot warned Britain risks a collision of nuclear juggernauts while condemning American control over nuclear decisions.
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London
Labor Party
Macmillan
United States
House of Commons
Labor
Michael Foot
Ebbew Vale
Foot
Britain
World Jurists Condemn Apartheid Policy
Geneva based International Commission of Jurists condemns South Africa’s apartheid as morally reprehensible and a violation of the rule of law and human rights. In a 239 page report after a year of study the group warns of a potentially explosive situation and rising violence. The NGO featuring 37 000 lawyers judges and law teachers sends the report to the UN and many member states.
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Geneva
International Commission of Jurists
South Africa
Commission
United Nations
World Organization
Jean-Flavien Lative
Anti-U.S. Riots Across Five Ecuador Cities
In Quito Cuenca Azogues Guayaquil and Santa Elena mobs attacked symbols of the United States as protests over a long standing border treaty intensified. President Velasco Ibar and Interior Minister Araujo faced rioters while demonstrators in Quito staged a “march of justice” amid anti American, pro Communist cries and calls to end the pact with Peru.
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Ecuador
UPI
Jose M. Velasco Ibar
United States
Manuel
Araujo
U.S
Peru
Cuba
Russia
March of Justice
White House
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Radio Missile Control Near Launching by Trains at Hand
Seattle report details a jam-proof underground radio launch control system for Minuteman missiles. Gen. Bernard A. Schriever says the system could guide trains as mobile missiles, with 150 on rails and 450 in silos. Tests near Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg planned next year. rail tests soon.
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Bernard A. Schriever
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Air Research and Development Command
America
Minuteman
Boeing Airplane Co
Cape Canaveral
Fla
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif
Ratoff Dies Famed Actor And Director
SOLOTURNS Switzerland AP American actor director Greg ory Ratoff 63 died in Solo thurn Citizens Clinic of blood cancer He wrote many original scripts for stage plays and films he directed Born April 20 1907 in Petrograd now Leningrad Russia he began on stage Then went to New York 1932 to appear on Broadway He produced and directed the stage hit About Eve and films Black Magic The Heat s On Operation X He acted in Broadway shows Blossom Time Tenth Avenue Castles in the Air He lived in Milan with wife Maria Kostes He was treated by Prof Sven Moeschlin diagnosed with leukemia He helped budding stars Ingrid Bergman Linda Darnell Susan Hayward known for his accented speech He joked I speak French German Russian I murder Italian English I only man slaughter
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Switzerland
Gregory Ratoff
SoLothurn Citizens’ Clinic
Ratoff
Petrograd
Leningrad
Russia
New York
Milan
Italy
Maria Kostes
Sven Moeschlin
Switzerlans
Ingrid Bergman
Linda Darnell
Susan Hayward
Adenauer Returns to Office After Illness
Bonn chancellor Konrad Adenauer, 85 next month, planned to resume duties today after a 16 day illness with a cold and sinusitis. He left his home for a garden walk Tuesday, marking his first outing since illness.
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Bonn
Germany
UPI
Konrad Adenauer
West German Named To NATO Committee
PARIS AP Gen Adolf Hes singer of West Germany yesterday was named chairman of the watchdog Permanent Military Committee of NATO. He replaces Gen B R PL FL Hasselmann of the Netherlands. The committee is made up of delegates named by each chief of staff and provides continual military guidance to the Western Alliance.
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Paris
Adolf Hes’singer
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
B. R. PL FL Hasselmann
Netherlands
NATO
Western Alliance
Man Trapped In Cistern Is Freed In Holly Springs
In Holly Springs Mississippi rescue crews freed Harry Miller a 4 Negro man trapped for almost 24 hours in a 20 foot cistern of wet sand. Workers labored since Tuesday noon descending into the trench risking collapse to uncover and hoist him to safety. Miller remained conscious and was taken to a hospital after the scary ordeal. The rescue involved white and Black workers working in alternating teams under dangerous conditions near Memphis Tennessee.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Harry Miller
Miller
Memphis, Tenn
Cuban Finance Chief Visits East Germany
Ernesto Guevara head of the Cuban National Bank arrived in East Germany with a trade delegation for important economic negotiations. He had recently visited Moscow and Peiping in the preceding weeks.
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Berlin
UPI
Ernesto Guevara
East Germany
ADN
Guevara
Cuban National Bank
Moscow
Peiping
Hunt the Spy Game in East Berlin Youth Drill
Communist youth groups in East Berlin plan a large semi military hunt the spy exercise for Sunday using portable radio receivers with directional antennas to locate a short wave transmitter. The report condemns apartheid as morally reprehensible and lawless, noting its universal humiliation and human suffering affecting whites and nonwhites alike.
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East Berlin
Union
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