Living Costs Hit Record In November
Washington AP reports the consumer price index rose to 127.4 in November from 127.3 in October led by higher food prices. The rise, the first November increase since 1951, also came from higher movie admissions and hospitalization insurance tests. About 225,000 workers will gain two-cent hourly cost-of-living boosts, mainly in meat packing and aircraft missile sectors, under contracts tied to the government figure. Factory workers’ after-tax earnings fell due to shorter hours, with spendable earnings for a three-dependent production worker averaging $80.95 weekly.
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Kennedy names Walter Heller to chair the Council of Economic Advisers
President elect John F Kennedy selects Walter W Heller a Minnesota University economist as chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers elevating its executive role Heller a former tax adviser to Minnesota Governor Freeman says the job will be tough and complex with policy ideas including sliding tax rates to counter inflation and economic swings.
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Minnesota
Orville L. Free Mann
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Truman
Executive Branch
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Widow Denies Payoff Claims in Worcester Case
Mary Norton testified she never heard that Frank Norton received cash for Worcester state engineering contracts. She disputed former comptroller Philip Murphy who earlier testified he told her Norton was paid in small bills. The hearing reviews Worcester’s tax case and possible probation release versus jail for him.
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Worcester
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Highway sign taunts motorists with patrolman for chaser
A Sherman Texas highway sign posted for holiday motorists reads He who has one for the road has patrolman for chaser. The lighthearted warning suggests drivers with alcohol in their system risk police pursuit.
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Sherman
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UPI
Five Day Forecast Shows Cooler Week Ahead
Five day outlook projects average temperature around eight degrees, below the seasonal norm of twenty two. Temperatures dip Sunday through Wednesday with a slight warmup tomorrow. Snow is forecast again Monday or Tuesday, with persistent cold conditions across the period.
New Orleans Banks Free Teachers Pay Amid Court Order
Four New Orleans banks released long frozen school funds after a U S District Court order, enabling William Frantz and McDonough 19 schools to pay teachers and 54 administrative staff. The move also frees $728,000 plus $200,000 in taxed escrow, while lawmakers adjourn without backing payroll relief.
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James Redmond
U.S. District Court
Redmond
William Frantz
McDonough
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U N appeals for aid to avert Congo famine
UPI reports from LEOPOLVILLE that 300000 people in south Kasai face starvation in a famine triangle. U.N. official Dr Sture Linner warns daily deaths rise in Bakwanga as calls for large scale relief grow urgent. Red Cross plans a mercy airlift. rice and other food are critically needed. The U S has shouldered most costs amid Soviet and other Communist refusal to pay.
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UPI
United Nations
Kasai
Sture Linner
U.N
Bakwanga
Linner
Congo
Soviet Union
United States
Ginner
Red Cross
Phony Robbery Fails at State Department
Police accused storekeeper James Bailey of embezzling thirteen thousand dollars from the State Department Recreational Association and staging a phony robbery. Bailey, 28, had claimed two men intruded, stabbed him with a letter opener, and stole fourteen thousand, but confessed the tale was false and the money was taken over five months for clothes and entertainment.
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Washington
State Department Recreational Association
James Bailey
State Department
Bailey
Gromyko Seeks U.S. Soviet Accord With Kennedy
In Moscow, Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko urged improving U S Soviet relations ahead of Kennedy's inauguration. He blamed the Eisenhower Nixon era for tensions and urged a return to Roosevelt era warmth while denouncing Western colonialism and imperialism. Khrushchev attended but did not speak at the Supreme Soviet session.
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U.S
Andrei Gromyko
Supreme Soviet
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UPI
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United States
Johny F. Kennedy
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Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Supreme Soviets
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Khrushchev
Wie
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
U.S.S.R
Nixon
Truman admits lacking proof in MacArthur atomic claim
Former President Truman said he was expressing an opinion when reports said General MacArthur urged atomic use in Korea. MacArthur called the report completely false, and Truman said he has no documentation. He offered no further comment, noting history will judge.
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MacArthur
China
New York
UPI
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Truman MacArthur clash over Korea arms policy and atom bombs
In Chicago and elsewhere the two former leaders traded charges over atomic bomb use in Korea. Truman defended dropping the bomb to end World War II and warned against widening the war, while MacArthur denied ever considering atomic action in Korea and urged an end to the conflict with conventional means.
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Bank teller robbed at Alcatraz linked note from prisoner
Betty Adams received a Christmas ecard from a stranger before a August bank robbery at Bank of America in Point Reyes. The suspect, William Williams, was captured and confessed. The card came from Prisoner 1 1423 at Alcatraz Federal Prison.
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UPD
Betty Adams
William Williams
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Bank al, America
Alcatraz Federal Prison
Kennedy Cake Non-Union Falls Flat in Boston Area
Kennedy Cake non union collapse after union opposition derails plans for a 10 foot high display cake at a Kennedy inaugural event. Montilio’s Pastry Shop unpaid employees and prior anti union vote cited, as union officials pledge organizing drive.
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Quincy
Mass
UPI
Ernest Montilio
Montilio
White House
Kenneth McLellan
Stoneham
Bakery Union
McLellan
British team to hunt for more Dead Sea scrolls in Qumran
A British archaeology team plans to begin digs at Qumran near Amman next month seeking additional Dead Sea scrolls. The first scrolls were found in 1950 at the Essene settlement site, dating back about 2 600 years.
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Amman
Jordan
Qumran
Debut of a DA in Pittsfield murder case
In Pittsfield, Dist. Atty. Matthew J. Ryan prosecutes his first capital case in Superior Court leading to the conviction of three men. A profile in the "Name in the News" praises his evidence weaving and courtroom mastery. The piece notes board of Immigration and Naturalization appointment views by local observer Peter Arles and analysis by A. A. Michelson in a Beacon Hill Weekly column.
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Dist
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State Board of Immigration and Naturalization
Peter Arles
A. A. Michelson
Beacon Hill Weekly
Soviet Urges Britain to Press Washington on Laos
The Soviet Union asked Britain to join in appealing to Washington to halt U S interference in Laos. The note urged revival of the 1954 Geneva control commission to address the conflict, while Moscow accuses the United States of backing rebel forces and notes arms shipments to leftist groups. The British Foreign Secretary relayed Nehru’s recall proposal to Moscow amid concern over the Laos crisis.
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Soviet Union
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United States
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U.S
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Tha
Phoumi Na+ Savan
Nehru
India
Lord Home
Moscow
Sir Frank
North
Viet Nam
Souvanna Phouma
Phouma
Cambodia
Peiping Says Thailand Plans To Broaden War
Peiping radio quoting Pathet Lao claimed Thailand plans military operations north of Vientiane to broaden the war in Laos. It said Prime Minister Sarit Thanarat, Roun Oum, and Gen. Phoumi Nosavan met December 16–20 in Nong Khai to map a campaign against leftist forces. Gen Vo Nguyen Giap accused the United States of engineering the Laos civil conflict.
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Thailand
Prince Boun Oum
Vietiane
Laos
Sarit Thanarat
Roun Oum
Phoumi Nosayan
Nong Kha
Vientiane
Vo Nguyen Giap
Red North
Viet Nam
United States
Fire hits Dante's Infer no in Chicago for third time
Chicago fire officials report a blaze at the former nightclub Dante's Inferno, marking the third fire this year after two prior incidents led to its closure last March. The incident prompted investigations and inspections of nearby properties.
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