East West showdown likely in Laos
Laos stands at a potential East West showdown as six years of jungle warfare persist. The United States has backed anti communist forces under Souvanna Phouma while Britain and France push for stronger support for the neutralist regime. China and North Viet Nam threaten intervention as Pathet Lao forces gain ground. Premier Prince Boun Oum hedges on diplomatic ties with the Soviet Union, saying outcomes depend on the big powers.
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Soviet Union
Japan
United States
Laos
Southeast Asia
Hong Kong
Roy Elsoyan
Selimd Boun Oum
Souvanna Phouma
Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
Kong le
Souvanna
Soun Oum
Boun Oum
Sonavanna
Britain
France
Katanga Denies U.N. Report On Rebels Entering Province
Elisabethville Congo AP Katanga Province spokesman rejected a United Nations report that rebel troops from Stanleyville entered northern Katanga and attacked Baluba tribesmen. The U.N. Command denied Bukama massacre claims and noted no attacks by rebels near Bukama. The dispute between U.N. Command and Katanga authorities persisted.
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Katanga
United Nations
Stanleyville
U.N
Leopoldville
Baluba
Moise Tshombe
Bukama
Elisabethville
Patrice Lumumba
Oriental
Kivu
U.N. Command
Congo
Irish Guard Increased For Queen
Irish police chiefs briefed 25 detectives to guard Princess Margaret on arrival for a 10 day visit to Ireland. The princess will be first royal in 32 years, with heavy security to deter possible demonstrations by Irish extremists. Margaret and Antony Armstrong Jones will fly to Shannon Airport and stay with Armstrong Jones’ mother at Birr Castle in County Offaly.
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Dublin
Ireland
Princess Margaret
Discoverer XVII Satellite Burned Up Over North America
The National Space Surveillance Center reports the Air Force Discoverer XVII satellite burned up in the earths atmosphere Thursday. Officials say it was consumed between its 720th and 725th revolution after last being observed at revolution 719 by a radar in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.
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Mass
National Space Surveillance Control Center
Air Force
Prince Albert
Sask
Millstone Hill
Westford
Space Spy To Be Knighted In New Year Honors
Queen Elizabeth II to honor 2,200 Britons in a New Year list including Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell director of Jodrell Bank and famed space radio astronomer. Lovell tracked satellites and spoke to the moon from a 750 000 light year distant galaxy, earning knighthood as part of a broad honors package across arts medicine sports and public service.
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London
England
Alfred Charles Bernard Lovell
Jodrell Bank
Lovell
Tne
Alexander Fleck
Advisory Council On Nuclear Safety
Conductor Stokowski Undergoes Hip Surgery
New York AP reports conductor Leopold Stokowski, 74, underwent hip fracture surgery at the Hospital for Special Surgery. The hospital said his postoperative condition is excellent. He entered the hospital Thursday.
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New York
Leopold Stokowski
Stokowski
British Group Urges Aid to Hungry China
London based signers including Canon L. J. Collins J. B. Priestley and Anthony Greenwood called on the West to offer massive aid to famine stricken Red China. They urged funding by cutting defense spending and nuclear programs while stressing urgent relief and a shift away from self destruction. Peiping radio cited drought typhoons and plagues as the cause of farm devastation claiming 50 million acres affected.
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London
Red
China
Sigmers
Canon L. J. Collins
St. Paul's
J. B. Priestley
Anthony Greenwood
Peiping
Red China
Radio Peiping
U.S. Says China Woes Not All Bad Weather
Washington reports State Department view that China faces issues from Communist mismanagement as well as weather problems. The brief note notes official acknowledgment of broader problems beyond climate.
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U.S
China
Washington
State Department
Mother and Son Die in Pembroke Crash
In Pembroke Massachusetts a Duxbury woman and her son were killed when the teen driver collided a truck while en route to work. Victims were Mrs Catherine E Corcoran 49 and her son Michael 18 a UMass freshman home for holidays. They were headed to Quincy where she worked for New England Telephone and Telegraph Co. The crash occurred on Route 3 near Route 139.
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Pembroke
Mass
UPI
Duxbury
Catherine E. Corcoran
Michael
University of Massachusetts
Felice
Quincy
New England Telephone and Telegraph Co
UPI Official Retires After 34 Years in Boston
Kenneth D. Gil more will retire Saturday as Northeastern Division representative of United Press International ending a 34 year career with the agency in Boston.
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Boston
UPI
Kenneth D. Gilmore
United Press International
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