Sabers clash as Brussels strike turns violent
In Brussels 3000 demonstrators faced mounted police near Sabena Airlines as violence surged during Belgium's general strike. One person died and 12 were injured in clashes blamed on Communists as King Baudouin and Socialist leaders pressed to quell the crisis.
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Brussels
Belgium
Gaston Eyskenshbitter- Ty
Congo
Baudouin
Leo Collard
Socialist Party
Spain
Sabena Airlines
Ieaders
Sabena
Brussels Grand Place
Continent
Legislators Said Fo Get Share of Turnpike Funds
Boston AP report on Massachusetts Turnpike Authority Chairman William F Callahan testifying in federal court about lawmakers receiving a share of commissions on turnpike bonds. He denies money from Worcester contact man Frank Norton. probe into Worcester money and public officials. The hearing questions connections to former Public Works head and subpoenas potential GOP figures.
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Boston
William F. Callahan
Massachusetts Turnpike Authority
Callahan
U. S. District Court
Thomas Worcester
Worcester
Frank C. Norton
Atty
Paul T.smith
Department of Public
Wyzanski
Worcester Company
U. S
Smith
Committee On UN- American Activities
Negro Slated For High Post With Kennedy
President elect John F. Kennedy plans to appoint Robert C. Weaver a New York Negro as administrator of the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency. Weaver, on his way to Palm Beach, would take one of the highest Negro positions in the executive branch. he is currently a member of the New York City Housing and Redevelopment Board.
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Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
New York
Robert C. Weaver
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Weaver
Kennedy
Housing Agency
New York City
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Douglas
High School and College Invitational Basketball Results
Oneonta Invitational results Montrose Pa beat Adams 84 to 55. Commerce defeated Dalton 54 to 49. Springfield Tech over St Josephs 56 to 36. In Springfield Invitational, UMass beat Amherst 67 to 57. Williams won 89 to 77 over Springfield. Afternoon Consolations saw Columbia 76 over AIC 53. Assumption 66 over Albright 61. NBA-like scores followed with Boston 120, New York 106. Cincinnati 136, Philadelphia 130. Detroit 121. Syracuse 112. St Louis 107. Los Angeles 99.
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Montrose
Adams
Commerce
Dalton
Springfield Tech
St. Joseph’s
Boston
New York
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Detroit
Syracuse
St. Louis
Los Angeles
Peru Breaks Relations With Cuba
Peru cuts diplomatic ties with Cuba after a government message to the Senate cites suspected Cuban financing of Communist activity in Peru. La Prensa reports Cuba spends about 20000 a month to aid pro Communist efforts amid broader regional speculation.
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Lima
Peru
Cuba
Louis Alvarado Garrido
Moscow
Fidel Castro
la Prensa
Pedro Beltran
Peruvian Communist Party
Luis] Alonso
Castro
Latin America
Chile
Colombia
Venezuela
Argentina
Harriman Named Roving Envoy for Kennedy Administration
Palm Beach AP reports Averell Harriman named ambassador at large for special missions abroad, with flexible duties and close work with the president and secretary of state. Kennedy envisions Harriman aiding contacts in Asia and Africa while preparing for the January 20 inauguration. Separately, Laos reports seven Red North Vietnamese battalions crossed into northeast Laos, attacking Nonget and prompting talks of international aid if aggression continues.
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Nonget
Korea
Associated Press
Kennedy Finlay
Kennedy
Palm Beach Country Club
Harriman
United States
Washington
Asia
Africa
McGeorge Bundy
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University
Gordon Gray
Eisenhower
Erest Vandiver
Georgia
Vientiane
Prince Boun Oum
jAieng- Khauang
Daisposal
Radio
Hanoi
Yankee Atomic OK on Reactor Changes Without Hearing
An Atomic Energy Commission examiner ruled that Yankee Atomic Electric Co. of Rowe Massachusetts may implement certain technical changes to its reactor without a public hearing. The decision centers on adjustments that do not affect safety or operation beyond approved limits and were deemed routine by the examiner. The ruling allows continued work while preserving regulatory oversight.
Unusual Tower Slab Design Chosen for F D R Memorial
William F Pedersen and Bradford Tilney won a design contest for a Franklin Delano Roosevelt memorial in Washington. The plan features eight hollow concrete slabs 8 to 12 inches thick arranged like oversized bookends between the Lincoln and Jefferson memori als. The tallest slab would reach 156 feet and inscriptions of Roosevelt's writings would run along the slabs. The design awaits review by the National Capital Planning Commission and Congress, with possible unfavorable reactions and a chance it may not be used.
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Washington
New York
Franklin Delano
Roosevelt
Lincoln Memorial
Jefferson Memorial
National Capital Planning Commission
Congress
William F. Pedersen
Bradford
Tilney
Seven-Death Crash Triggers New Mexico Auto Slaughter
A two-car crash on a rain slick highway ten miles west of Alamogordo, New Mexico, Friday night killed seven and injured three as the New Year weekend began. Police warned holiday revelers to drive carefully and many communities put police on alert. The National Safety Council estimated 340 traffic deaths over the 78 hour weekend, far above nonholiday levels but below last year's three day average.
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New Mexico
Alamogordo
National Safety Council
Associated Press
Holyoke Mechanic Fatally Struck Walking After Call
A 35-year-old Holyoke garage mechanic Anthony Boron was fatally struck by a car while walking along a road after completing an emergency repair. The driver James O'Donnell, 22, was held on $1,000 bail on a charge of driving with 50 endangerment and is to appear in district court Saturday.
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Holyoke
UPI
New England
Anthony Boron
Boron
James O’donnell
O'Donnell
World population may hit three billion in 1981
The British Medical Journal projects a world population of three billion by 1981 if current birth and death rates persist. The forecast uses a birth rate of 35 and a death rate of 18 per thousand.
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London
The
British Medical Journal
Weekend Snow Flurries Forecast Over Berkshires
Cloudy skies over the Berkshires give way to snow flurries tonight and tomorrow as the Albany Weather Bureau notes a chance of light snow late Sunday. Warmer temps reach the upper 30s today then dip to teens to 30 degrees tomorrow. New Year’s Day looks cool or cold nationwide with occasional snow from the plains to the Great Lakes and rain in the southern snow belt.
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Berkshires
Albany Weather Bureau
Central Plains
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes
North Atlantic States
Missouri
Tennessee
Ohio
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