Space Capsule Fired In First A-1 Test
CAPE CANAVERAL (API) The United States launched an empty Project Mercury capsule on a Redstone missile for a suborbital test over the Atlantic. The capsule floated down by parachute about 16 minutes after firing and was recovered by helicopter from USS Valley Forge. Six astronauts watched the launch as the goal remains a manned spaceflight early next year.
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East Germany Issues Travel Ultimatum Over Berlin
East Germany threats tied to a trade pact threatening all traffic to West Berlin. Neues Deutschland says by January 1, 1961, without a pact, traffic and civilian movement could be affected while Berlin‑transit deals may be offered for military use. Negotiations have stalled over West Berlin status.
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Ulbricht Proposes Ten Year Peace Pact For Germany
East Germany's Walter Ulbricht urged in Neues Deutschland a 10 year peace pact between East and West Germany. He asked Kennedy's support, proposed renouncing force, halting war propaganda, and stopping rearmament during a 20 year peaceful period. He backed Moscow’s summit line and a future Berlin peace conference.
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Kennedy Aides Meet on New Administration Program
Palm Beach Florida UPI President elect Kennedy opened talks with Democratic leaders on the next Congress program. Lyndon Johnson and Lady Bird arrived from Austin to stay at the Kennedy villa. Rayburn Mansfield and other leaders planned dinner talks as McCormack could not attend. Cabinet decisions near completion with J Edward Day named Postmaster General and sub cabinet moves anticipated.
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Massachusetts
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D-Wis
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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Naval Officer Reels From Nail Incident At Sea
In Trieste Italy hospital officials report 22 year old naval officer Timme Woeroes is recovering after swallowing nails that accidentally fell into his soup aboard the Swedish ship Zetos Sunday. The incident prompted medical attention and a safety review of galley procedures.
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Zetos
National landmarks list expands to include capitol and white house
Interior Secretary Sea ton announced 70 more sites as registered national historic landmarks. The list includes the White House and the U S Capitol Building among sites nationwide, part of six new theme studies by the National Park Service.
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UPI
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Hartford
Conn
Massachusetts
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Springfield Armory
Springfield
Mass
Constitution
Baston
Lawyers Begin Pleas In Koza Murder Case
Judge Francis J. Quirico denied defense motions for directed verdicts of not guilty in the Michael Koza murder trial. The bench conference opened as the court started at 16 a.m. with jurors to deliberate by tomorrow, allowing holiday travel. Defense attorneys for Kiley and Dougherty and for Polearo outlined their schedules as the prosecution, led by District Attorney Matthew J. Hy an Jr., spoke after Attorney Lerner, who questioned witness Benoit and Corl and stressed grave doubt of Kiley's guilt.
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Michael Koza
Bernard J. Kiley
Joseph T. Dougherty
Pittsfield
Anthony Polcaro
All- Smale
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Maurice I. Lerner
Riley
Peter J. Genovese
Daugherty
John N. Albert
Polearo
Dist
Atty
Matthew J
Hyan Jr
Lerner
Benoit
Lee
Eugene D. Benoit
Commonwealth
Bridgewater
Calvin €. Corl
Corl
Kiley
Record probes into New York air tragedy
More than 100 federal and civil investigators examined the catastrophe that killed 134 or more people as two airliners collided high above New York. Recovery teams searched debris while high officials sought to determine radar proximity and any warnings given to pilots. The DC 8 from United and the TWA Constellation crashed into Brooklyn and Staten Island, with all aboard presumed dead and many victims on the ground.
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Mike Monroney
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Subcommittee On Aviation
Fire Hits Navy Yard In Brooklyn
A blaze on the flight deck of the unfinished aircraft carrier Constellation at the Brooklyn Navy Yard forced evacuation of about 200 workers. Fire started when a flammable liquid punctured and exploded, with 40 injured and 20 casualties reported. Navy personnel were accounted for as crews brought the blaze under control before noon.
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Art Nehf Dies, Giants Era Left Handed Pitcher Passes
Former left hander Art Nehf died at 68 in Phoenix after a career spanning the Boston Braves Giants Reds and Cubs. He starred with the Giants during their pennant years 1921 to 1924 and is survived by his wife two sons a daughter and five grandchildren.
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Gray Madison Sr
Christmas Spirit? Bus Fist Fight Halts Rush Hour Jam
In Philadelphia a bus driver reports hellish rush hour when he bumped a car at a traffic light. The car did not move and the other driver exited and struck him. Police were alerted as the altercation involved a fist in the face during holiday traffic.
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UPI
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Stewart
NATO Chiefs Weigh Atom Force Offer Amid JFK Wait
NATO foreign and defense ministers defer a U S plan to field a Polaris based nuclear force until President elect Kennedy weighs in They seek a spring Oslo meeting and possible Western leader summit as France pursues its own atomic strike capability and McMahon law issues cloud funding.
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Sugar Growers Vote to Boycott Castro Congress
In Havana Cuban sugar cane growers unanimous to boycott Premier Fidel Castro's sugar congress defying an elder brother Ramon Castro warning of possible consequences. Nearly 65,000 member Cane Planters Association delegates warned by Ramon Castro. saboteurs burn eastern Camaguey fields as mills push to salvage from burnt cane. growers fear nationalization and conversion to government cooperatives.
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Five Day Forecast With Cold Spell Through Thursday
Five day outlook shows average temperatures about 15 degrees Fahrenheit below normal this week with a cold spell lasting through Thursday. Snow flurries expected tomorrow and again on Wednesday and late Thursday or Friday, with a slight warmup Friday and Saturday.
France and Israel deny atomic bomb plans in peace talks
Paris and London issued denials that Israel seeks a bomb and that France aids weaponization. Officials insist French aid funds a peaceful research pile with safeguards. Israeli officials say their reactor is for industrial and scientific use and open to inspection. Washington and London reports mention possible covert cooperation and be noted by McCone.
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Navy Heisman winner Bellino engaged to Winchester sweetheart
Midshipman Joseph M. Bellino, famed Navy back and Heisman winner, is engaged to Anne Tansey of Winchester. Mr and Mrs Joseph Tansey announced the betrothal at their home last night. Bellino, a Navy star from Winchester, was acclaimed as the nation's outstanding football player this season.
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Joe
Anne
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