Furcolo attacks Bundy as unqualified for security post
Boston Governor Foster Furcolo sharply criticized President-elect John Kennedy’s expected choice of McGeorge Bundy as national security affairs special assistant. The Harvard dean, 41, is a Republican and foreign affairs specialist. Furcolo called Bundy completely unqualified and said Kennedy could not have him in any trusted role.
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Boston
UPI
Foster Furcolo
John F. Kennedy
George Bundy
Kennedy
Furcolo
Bundy
Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University
Furcola
McGeorge Bundy
Conn. Mother Charged With Children Slaying
Granby mother Joan Gronwaldt, 28, was charged with two counts of first degree murder after allegedly shooting her two young children. Police served the warrant at McCook Hospital where she was undergoing a second psychiatric evaluation. A coroner's inquest will be held soon to determine responsibility and potential grand jury action.
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Hartford, Conn
UPI
Joan Gronwoldt
McCook Hospital
Noisy Driver Fined in Massachusetts Traffic Jam
Bruce Knox aged 19 of Medford was fined 10 dollars by Somerville authorities for excessive horn blowing as his car remained stuck in a traffic jam.
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Somerville
Mass
UPI
Bruce Knox
Medford
Twin donation saves Canadian girl kidney transplant
An 11 year old girl from Steinbach Manitoba Johanna Nightingale received a healthy kidney from her twin Lana in a two team operation at Brigham Hospital. The donor twin showed excellent progress and was out of bed. Doctors reported the transplanted kidney was functioning.
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Boston
UPI
Johanna Nightingale
Steinbach
Manitoba
Petex Bent Brigham Hospital
Lana
Toure to Belgrade for Yugoslav visit in January
President Sekou Toure of Guinea, praised as a new African leader in Moscow, will visit Belgrade in Yugoslavia as a guest of President Tite from January 5 to 9. The trip marks a diplomatic outreach during Africa's postwar decolonization era.
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Sekou Toure
Guinea
Moscow
Tite
Pension Cut For Soft Coal Retired Workers
Washington AP The pensions of retired bituminous coal miners were cut from 100 to 75 dollars a month starting with February payments. More than 65 600 retired miners are affected as 40 cent royalty income on coal declined. Anthracite pensions dropped from 100 to 50 dollars due to worse conditions in the industry. Welfare fund faced 18 million deficit the year ended June 30 and 15 million prior year. Reserves fell to 116 million, far below a year's payments of 148 million last year. Outlays included 78 988 000 for pensions and future earnings hinge on rising retirements versus dwindling royalties.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Welfare Fund
UMW
ICC approves 3.5 million loan guarantee for New Haven Railroad
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved a government guarantee of a 3.5 million loan to the New Haven Railroad, added to a 4.5 million guarantee from last October. The funds reimburse capital expenditures since January 1, 1957, and should cover obligations due through March 31, 1960, with expected benefits from state and municipal actions thereafter.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
New Haven
ICC
Mother on Tuesday, Woman Becomes a Grandma Next Day
Mrs. Wilmer Taylor of Chinocoteague Virginia gave birth to a pound fourteen ounce girl early Tuesday at Peninsula General Hospital. Her daughter Mrs. Larry Kemp Raatz of Williams Virginia followed Wednesday with a six pound three ounce son and shared the same room with her mother.
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Baltimore
Wilmer Taylor
Peninsula General Hospital
Larry Kemp Raatz
Taylor
Chinocoteague
Rantz
Williams
Space Agency Urged To Lead Global System
Washington President Eisenhower directs the civilian space agency to lead the earliest possible development of a global satellite system for commercial radio telephone television and telegraph transmissions. He calls for government and private enterprise cooperation and private industry mobilization to advance research and commercial use of space technology for civil communications.
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Space Agency
Washington
Eisenhower
Civilian
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Postal rates and address changes notice
By carrier six cents per week by mail the Berkshire Eagle offers rates. change of address instructions urge readers to notify the local post office and the Berkshire Eagle to avoid interruption of service. Second class postage paid at Pittsfield Massachusetts.
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Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Massachusetts
Tent City Negroes Celebrate Ruling on Evictions
In Somerville Tennessee displaced Negroes near here celebrate a federal court order halting sharecropper evictions in Haywood County. The 6th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary injunction sought by the Justice Department, tying to a broader effort to protect voting rights amid a Black registration drive.
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Somerville
Tenn
Haywood County
Justice Department
jQveners
6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Cincinnati
Ohio
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Marion
Boyd
Memphis
Fayette County
Fayette
Discipline Problem in Schools No 1 for Teachers Everywhere
New York AP report cites Dr. Lawrence E. Vredevoe stating classroom discipline is the top challenge for teachers worldwide. He notes varying causes and solutions, a Europe trip revealing a private school billed for caning as a medical expense, and that caning and paddling are waning while U.S. factors complicate enforcement such as school mobility, longer required attendance, and varied home attitudes toward law and authority.
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New York
Johnny
Lawrence E. Vredevoe
University of California At Los
Europe
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Dr. Vredevoe
Middle East
U.S
New A-Sub Joins Atlantic Fleet
Charleston, D.C. AP The atomic powered submarine Patrick Henry left for duty in the Atlantic with Polaris missiles aboard joining sister ship George Washington which had loaded 16 hydrogen missiles in November. Patrick Henry, commanded by Capt. Harold Shear, is to patrol submerged for three months before crew changes as Adm. Burke bid farewell. Navy plans 43 more Polaris subs. discipline hampered by shortage of capable teachers.
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D.C
Patrick Henry
Atlantic
George Washington
Harold Shear
U.S
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Shelter Island
N.Y
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Arleigh Burke
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