U S Rejects Ghana Food Aid Over Nkrumah Book Attack
Washington says it will not meet Ghana's request for 100 million dollars in surplus food shipments after protests over Kwame Nkrumah's neo colonialism critique. Officials tie aid rejection to tensions over the book and Ghana's anti U S rhetoric while Volta River dam and American aid programs loom.
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Chana
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Red Chinese Charge Violation By Indian Troops
London based UPI report says three Indian soldiers were killed after entering a Communist Chinese occupied Tibetan outpost and firing on civilians. Chinese agency says troops fired in self defense and all three Indians were killed on the scene.
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UPI
Tibet
Red China
New China
China
Soviet General Kazakov Named Warsaw Pact Commander
Soviet General Vasiliy Kazakov, aged 67, named commander in chief of the Warsaw Pact forces. He replaces Gen. Pavel Batov, 68, who left due to ill health, according to Tass.
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Moscow
Vasiliy Kazakov
Tass
Pavel Batov
Kasakoy
FASTEETH solves wobble false teeth with ease
A vintage advertising snippet promotes FASTEETH powder for denture care. It claims the alkaline formula strengthens grip, prevents plate slipping or dropping, and improves comfort. The ad urges readers to buy FASTEETH at drug counters.
Ho Chi Minh insists on withdrawal before talks
North Viet Nam's President Ho Chi Minh rebukes claims that talks could occur without U S troops leaving Viet Nam. In a letter to Nobel chemist Dr Linus Pauling the leader reaffirmed that the Viet Cong and Hanoi support for a Geneva style settlement hinges on US withdrawal, a condition he did not drop in substance.
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Viet Nam
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U.S
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Pauling
Pasadena
Calif
National Front For Liberation
North Viet Nam
Prince Refuses $6 Million Offer For Da Vinci Oil
Prince Franz Josef II of Liechtenstein declines a $6 million bid from Norton Simon for a Leonardo da Vinci portrait believed painted 1474 to 1478. The 42 by 37 inch painting, linked to Florence noblewoman Ginevra dei Benci, is deemed a Mona Lisa counterpart. The prince’s art dealer calls the Leonardo not for sale as the ruling family guards its national treasure collection.
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Lichtenstein
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California
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Leonardo
Josef Farago
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Improper Channels For French Leave
A British soldier sentenced to eight months in a military prison after attempting to cross the English Channel in an amphibious army truck to reach his family. He was arrested by the French Navy about three miles off Calais in early September while at the wheel.
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Germany
UPS
English Channel
Tommy
Calais
Belgians Mourn Passing Of Heroic Dowager Queen
Dowager Queen Elisabeth of Belgium dies at 88 after heart attacks. A German princess by birth, she aided Belgians in World Wars I and II, earned the French War Cross, supported arts and foundations, and was nicknamed the Red Queen for her political leanings and Soviet sympathies. Funeral planned for next Tuesday with lying in state through Monday.
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Europe
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Belgian Congo
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House Halts New Assaults On Volpe Tax Plan
Boston lawmakers halted further moves against Gov. Volpe sales tax program as house adjourned for holiday. Measures sought to add taxes on cigarettes and whisky, exempt gravestones, or require civil service status for tax administration staff. District reps from Berkshire stayed united against crippling amendments.
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Volpe
John F. X. Davoren
Freda Koplow
Brookline
Berkshire
Thant Orders Review of Gaza Peace Team
United Nations Secretary General U Thant orders a survey of the 40 man U N Emergency Force in the Gaza Strip amid an uncertain financial situation. A review team led by Lt General Sean McKeown and Jiri Nosek is to report back by December 10.
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U Thant
U.N
Gaza Strip
United Nations
Thant
Sean McKeown
Ireland
Jiri Nosek
Czechoslovakia
Rhodesian Ultimatum Halts Strike Planned by Negroes
In Bulawayo Rhodesia black workers halted a planned general strike after employers ordered "work or be fired" and absentees were warned they would be sacked. Police used tear gas on protests in Mpopoma Township where a demonstrator was killed, raising tempers but the city began returning toward normal as buses ran and factories opened.
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Dpittsfield
Massachusetts
Harvard Medical School
Bulawayo
Rhodesia
UPI
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Chamber of Commerce
Mpopoma
Smith
Britain
Salisbury
Zenith Awarded 15 Million in Market Damage Case
Federal judge Richard B. Austin awarded Zenith Radio nearly 15 million for loss of business in Great Britain and Australia due to patent pools. Zenith contends pools by Mazestine Research and Tune limited sales, estimating potential UK and Australian market shares. Total awards approach 34 million for Canada, Britain, and Australia losses.
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Zenith Radio Corp
Great Britain
Australia
Richard B. Austin
U.S. District Court
Zenith
Mazestine Research Inc
England
U.S
Hazeltine
Austin
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