Ship Officers Defend Crew on Lakonia Fire
Captain Mathias Zarbis and first mate defended their conduct aboard the Lakonia, saying no one panicked as 886 rescued, 91 dead, 64 missing after the blaze. First officer Dimitri Valmas praised the captain’s calm and said only some nervousness occurred, halted by the crew.
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Spain
Lakonia
Mathias Zarbis
Zarbis
Dimitri Valmas
Canary Islands
Valmas
Tunisia To Recognize Red China
AP report from Rabat notes Premier Chou En-lai, in his Africa tour, says Tunisia will recognize Red China. A Chinese Tunisian communique says Tunisia will establish diplomatic relations during Chou’s route back from Albania. The move could aid Beijing’s outreach to Mali Guinea Ghana and others.
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Chou En-Lai
Dar Es Salam
Morocco
Africa
Hassan II
Moulay Abdallah
Chen Yi
Rabat
Tunisia
China
Chou
Algeria
Peking
Tunis
Albania
North Africa
U.S
Mali
Guinea
Ghana
China says 1963 oil output goal largely met
Communist China claims its crude oil production target for 1963 was more than fulfilled, according to a New China News Agency broadcast monitored in Tokyo. No precise figures were released.
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Peking
Tokyo
China
Fair Play for Cuba Group Nearing Disbandment
New York based pro Castro FPFC quietly moves to dissolve after 27 months marked by street clashes, congressional probes and links to Lee Oswald. Original sponsors dwindled from 29 to few, with a peak mailing list around 6,000 and active members about 1,500.
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Cuba
New York
UPI
Fair Play For Cuba Committee
FPFC
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Congress
John F. Kennedy
PFC
Dallas
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Waldo Frank
Carleton Beals
James Baldwin
Simone de Beauvoir
Jean Paul Sartre
Norman Mailer
Robert G. Colodny
Donald Harrington
Robert F. Williams
Raleigh
N.C
NAACP
Washington
Oswald
United States Accepts Philippine Mediation in Cambodian Rift
Washington said it would use Philippine President Macapagal as an intermediary to heal strains with Cambodia without conceding to Sihanouk’s demands for an apology. Officials stressed the mediator would be used without conditions, amid accusations of U.S. aid to enemies and concerns over Communist influence in the region.
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United States
America
Cambodia
Diosdado Macapagal
State Department
Richard S. Phillips
Norodom Sihanouk
U.S
Sihanouk
John F. Kennedy
Washington-Phnom Penh
South Viet Nam
Thailand
Wood Alcohol Kills 20 on Skid Row
Philadelphia officials report twenty skid row deaths from wood alcohol poisonings over three days. City Medical Examiner Joseph W. Spelman said hospitals treat several more victims and an investigation into the source of the lethal wood alcohol has begun with police cooperation.
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Philadelphia
UPS
Joseph W. Spelman
Spelman
Museum For McArthur Opening Soon
The MacArthur Memorial in Norfolk Virginia will open to the public on January 26 with Gen Douglas MacArthur attending a dedication on May 30. The $650000 memorial houses swords guns furniture paintings flags books papers and even the generals corn cob pipe and cap.
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MacArthur
Douglas MacArthur
Cyprus Cypriots clash as patrols form amid language divide
Fighting in Nicosia and southeastern Laranca leaves multiple wounded as Greek and Turkish Cypriots accuse each other of provocation. Three commanders met but failed to agree, with language issues delaying mixed patrols. Turkish Cypriots claim 66 dead. Greek Cypriots call that figure inflated. Tensions stem from Greek constitutional changes seen as eroding Turkish minority veto rights.
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Cyprus
Larnaca
West Berlin tensions cited in first page debate
West Berlin controversy centers on Western Allied status and German sovereignty. Mayor Willy Brandt and Lemmer of the Christian Democrats faced questions as the Soviet stance and East German leadership pressured for direct contact with East Berlin. The Reds urge Berlin autonomy, risking Western claims to hold the balance in a city split by the wall.
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Ing
Willy Brandt
Lemmer
East Berlin
West Berlin
Wall
Berlin
East Germany
Teacher Poseur Held on Armed Robbery Charges
Frank Winoski Jr., 26, of Holyoke, was ordered held on $50,000 bail for grand jury action on three armed robbery thefts from the Westinghouse Credit Union in 13 months. Police said his wife and neighbors believed he taught in Suffield, Connecticut, though Suffield authorities never heard of him. A 1955 Springfield High School graduate and former Springfield College student, he is accused of stealing a total of $11,000.
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Springfield
Mass
Frank Winoski, Jr
Holyoke
Winoski
Suffield
Conn
Springfield High School
Springfield College
Westinghouse Electric Co
U.S. Envoy Sees Setback After Sofia Legation Attack
Mrs. Eugenie Anderson, U.S. minister to Bulgaria, calls Friday mob attack on Sofia legation a real setback for Bulgaria-U.S. relations. She reports 3,000 Bulgarians damaged embassy property and cars, protests lodged in Sofia and Washington, and questions about police response and delay in appointing a chargé d’affaires. Planning to return to Sofia by Jan. 8, plans may change.
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Eugenie Anderson
U.S
Bulgaria
Sofia
United States
Legation
Regation
Richard Johnson
Lindbergh Daughter Weds French Student in Secret Ceremony
Anne Spencer Lindbergh, 21, daughter of Charles Lindbergh, secretly wed Jacques Feydi, 21, a French student, in Douzillec Dordogne with Mayor Rene Barnaud officiating. The ceremony was kept quiet at the bride’s instruction, news confirmed after leakage.
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Douzileac
France
UPI
Anne Spencer Lindbergh
Charles Lindbergh
Here
Miss Lindbergh
Jacques Feydi
Douzillec
Dordogne
Louthwest
University of Paris
Feydi
Rene Barnaud
Lindbergh
Tubercular Drug Warned Against for Pregnancies
British doctors urged to avoid giving ethionamide to pregnant women due to potential deformities in offspring observed in animal tests. May and Baker Ltd. notes two preparations Trescaty and Trescazide contain the drug, not sold in the United States.
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London
May and Baker Ltd
United States
U S Protests Continue From First Page
Washington officials remain uncertain about the true aim of the latest incident as Vienna readers speculate that Bulgarian communists, aligned with de Stalinization efforts, seek to distance themselves from the Red China bloc amid the ongoing Peking Moscow tensions.
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Ington
Vienna
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