Munich Plane Crash Death Toll May Rise Beyond 49
Munich mourns after a U.S. Air Force Convair crashed into a street in Martin-Greifstrasse. Forty-nine known dead, including 20 Americans and 12 University of Maryland students. Officials fear more bodies as identification proves difficult. President Eisenhower and Chancellor Adenauer expressed condolences.
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Stevenson Will Shake Up UN Delegation
Adlai E. Stevenson, designated U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, says he plans personnel changes in the American delegation to improve representation. He expects changes later next year and urges his friend William McCormick Blair Jr. to take a State Department UN post, though Blair has not decided.
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French Doctor Killed In Viet Nam Ambush
In Saigon a French doctor, Dr. Claude Aine, 42, was shot while boating with his family on the Saigon river. He died as the fourth foreigner killed by Communist terrorists in South Viet Nam in four months. His wife and three children survived by jumping into the water. a French air line pilot also present escaped.
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Selassie Forgives Rebels Amid Ethiopian Uprising
London dispatch reports Emperor Haile Selassie offered to forgive rebels who admit their errors after a three day revolt in Ethiopia. Death toll estimates range from 1,000 to potentially up to 7,000, with leaders killed or imprisoned and loyal forces hunting remaining insurgents. Crown Prince Asfa Wassen was exonerated from involvement.
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Pro Western Government Patches Up Laos Wounds
Pro Western Premier Boun Oum works to stabilize Vientiane as an American airlift brings in food medicine and building supplies. The city suffers after a four day battle with pro Red forces and Kong Le followers leaving scores dead and hundreds wounded.
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Portugal Blasted For Colonialism Blamed by Moscow Radio
London AP reports Moscow radio accuses Portugal of attempting to drown in blood as African colonies press for freedom. Broadcast asserts violence in Mozambique and Angola with leaked reports of shootings and mass arrests dating back to March 29, 1959.
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Nantucket Girl Flown Home After Another Operation
Nancy Richards, a Nantucket high school sophomore, is flown home to spend Christmas in a cast after spine operations at Boston Children’s Hospital. The Aviation Section of the 6th Artillery Brigade at Fort Banks provided the flight with festive gifts including a Army insignia ram and a set of pilot wings pinned to her coat.
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Result Sure, Totals Not, As JFK Electors Convene
Washington UPI reports the electors convene to confirm Kennedy's slim popular victory. With 337 electors, Kennedy's expected total nears 300 while Nixon remains at 223 as unpledged Southern electors add uncertainty. Final counts in Hawaii Missouri South Dakota and Utah widen Kennedy’s margin to 112,981.
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Sixteen Mass electors meet in Boston to affirm Kennedy win
In Boston the Massachusetts Senate chamber hosts sixteen electoral college members declaring John F Kennedy carried Massachusetts. The ceremony mirrors states nationwide and precedes the president elect's taking office. Massachusetts has sixteen electoral votes from 14 congressmen and two senators.
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