Fatal Berlin Wall Shooting Sparks West German Outrage
In Berlin a fatal shooting by East German guards of escapees from the West provokes protests and condemnation from Allied authorities. Heinz Schoeneberger died after his car hit a wall opening as guards fired from a watchtower. A second man was wounded, and a West German driver died minutes later. West Berliners mourn and neighbors note holiday disruptions.
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Berlin
UPI
Berlin Wall
Heinrich Rheine Strasse
Bifa Zeitung Today
United States
Heinz Schoeneberger
Schoeneberger
Wall
Viet Nam tribunal orders executions for four Montagnard rebels
In Pleiku, a military tribunal ordered four Montagnard rebel leaders executed by firing squad in a public square. Twenty Montagnard soldiers faced trial for uprisings across four central Viet Nam provinces. Remaining defendants received varied sentences from life imprisonment to hard labor and banishment. one was acquitted.
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Pleiku
South Viet Nam
Upi
Central Highlands
Viet Nam
Military spokesman cites clemency option for condemned four
A military spokesman said the four condemned men would not be shot immediately. He said they have the right to ask for executive clemency though there is no appeal from the tribunal verdict.
Transit Workers Union Votes For New York City Strike
Members of the Transport Workers Union voted unanimously on Sunday to strike the city bus and subway system on New Year’s Day. More than 500 transit workers gathered at Manhattan Center to cheer the strike plans led by union chief Michael J. Quill. Joseph F. O’Grady, chairman of the transit authority, announced he would retire after labor issues are settled, stressing the decision is not tied to the strike and noting he had informed Mayor Wagner of his intent last summer.
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New York
UPI
Transport Workers Union
Manhattan Center
Michael J. Quill
Joseph FE. O’grady
City Transit Authority
O'Grady
Robert Wagner
Iraqi Denies Air Violation Claims Over Border Chase
In Damascus Iraqi officials rejected reported claims that Iraqi air force planes violated Tranian airspace while pursuing rebel Kurdish bands across the border. A Baghdad Radio quoted government spokesman called the reports absolutely without foundation.
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Damascus
Syria
Baghdad Radio
Peking accuses US and USSR of collusion at UN session
Tokyo reports Communist China denounces Western powers as colluding to thwart its UN bid. Peoples Daily says the United States and Soviet Union acted as one to push anti China agenda, citing backroom talks on Viet Nam, Dominican Republic, Rhodesia and more.
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UPI
China Today
United States
Soviet Union
United Nations General Assembly
Peking Peoples Daily
U.N
New China News Agency
Assembly
Peoples
United Nations
Viet Nam
U.S
Dominican Republic
Rhodesia
China
Andrei Gromyko
Gromyko
Dean Rusk
United Press
U.S. Jet Downed by SAM in North Vietnam Dec 19
A U.S. Air Force spokesman reports the F-4C Phantom was hit by a second missile after debris from the first explosion, marking ten U.S. planes downed by Soviet-made SAMs since bombing began last February. The strike targeted the Bac Au bridge, 75 miles north of Hanoi, with two missiles fired. both missed, and debris hit the aircraft. Russia and Red China spend large sums on propaganda via Voice of America, yet audiences in North America remain small.
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Aps
U.S
North
Viet Nam
U. S
Bac Au Bridge
Hanoi
Washington
UPI
Russia
Red China
United States
Voice of America
John Chancellor
Moscow
Peking
North America
Weekend Briefs on 1964 philanthropy and law school integration
Fortune data show U S philanthropists gave near 11 billion in 1964 with religious gifts dominating. Businessmen supplied most gifts while living individuals contributed about one fifth. Separate report from the American Association of Fund-Raising Counsel notes 85 billion from individuals, 819 million from foundations, 410 million from corporations, and 671 million in bequests. The Association of American Law Schools reports race segregation ended in all U S law schools, yet serious academic deficiencies among Negro applicants and students persist, making Southern schools struggle to recruit and some may lower standards to admit Negroes.
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New York
Fortune Magazine
U.S
American Association of Fund
Washington
Association of American Law Schools
Association
Court rules confession can be used to challenge credibility
U S Court of Appeals holds an illegally obtained confession may be used by prosecutors to attack the credibility of a defendant who testifies falsely. The ruling upholds the 1961 Brooklyn bank robbery conviction of Peter Columbus Curry Jr., a 24 year old ex convict, in which a bank guard was killed.
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New York
U.S. Court of Appeals
Peter Columbus Curry Jr
Brooklyn
CORE Director To Resign Amid White House Literacy Plan
Washington report states James Farmer will resign as national director of CORE on March 1. He will lead a new nationwide literacy and job training program funded by federal anti poverty funds. A CORE spokesman Greg Harris notes a successor is being chosen by the action committee.
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Washington
James Farmer
Congress For Racial Equality
Farmer
Greg Harris
Action Committee
Court Okays Birth Control Instructions by Mother
The Cuyahoga County Court of Appeals upheld a mother's right to instruct her minor daughter on artificial birth control. It overturned a Juvenile Court ruling and a $200 fine for contributing to the delinquency of a minor. The case began after the 33-year-old mother claimed her pregnant 16-year-old daughter was incorrigible and did not follow contraception instructions, marking the girl’s third pregnancy.
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Cleveland
Cuyahoga
Stewart to Head Institute for Oceanography
Dr Harris B Stewart Jr will head a government set up Institute for Oceanography equipped with research ships and computers. The unit will perform sea watching for satellites as a step toward a unified analysis of interacting physical forces of the environment.
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Washington
Harris B. Stewart Jr
Quiz Sponsors To Be Sued For Damages
New York court allows University of North Carolina professor Joseph L. Morrison to sue sponsors and networks of the rigged show Twenty-One for 275000 dollars. Morrison says he entered as a contestant over seven years ago unaware others were fed answers. In 1962, ten contestants admitted testifying before a grand jury.
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New York
State Supreme Court
Joseph L. Morrison
University of North Carolina
Chapel Hill
Morrison
Four Cuban Officers Defect On Freeing to America
Four Cuban officers deserted a Cuban freighter in Osaka and sought political asylum in the United States. They alleged orders to load military equipment bound for Communist North Vietnam and said they refused to risk their lives supporting the shipment. The Cuban Embassy called them traitors and claimed ships merely carried general merchandise. The four were granted asylum and handed to Japanese police before being to fly to the United States. The freighter had been in dry dock since October after a collision off Panama.
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Japan
U.S
Viet Nam
Carga
Tokyo
North Viet Nam
Shanghai
North
Cuba
United States
Panama
Amoskeag Bays Rail Interest in Maine Central Railroad
Boston AP Frederic C. Dumaine Jr president of Amoskeag confirms the holding company has acquired about 20 percent of Maine Central common stock. Maine Central has 120,000 shares outstanding. Amoskeag and the Dumaine family also hold large stakes in Bangor Punta Alegre Sugar Corp and other rail lines including Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific.
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Amoskeag Co
Maine Central Railroad
Frederic C. Dumaine Jr
Amoskeag
Maine Central Common
Duaines
Bangor Punta Alegre Sugar Corp
Bangor and
Aroostook
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