Cambodia Says It Would Break U S Ties
Phnom Penh Prince Norodom Sihanouk said he would be happy to break diplomatic relations with the United States amid a protest delivered by U S Ambassador Philip Sprouse. Washington denied a protest and demanded clarification of a radio broadcast. Sihanouk recalled Ambassador Nong Kimmy, citing deteriorating ties over U S and South Viet Nam support for Cambodian rebels.
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Phnom Penh
Cambodia
Norodom Sihanouk
United States
Sihanouk
U.S
Philip D. Sprouse
Takeo
Washington
Deartment
Prouse
Kennedy
Ngo Dinh Diem
Thailand
Sarit Thanarat
Sprouse
Nong Kimmy
South Viet Nam
Reorganization Aims to Reshape Alliance for Progress
Washington reports President Johnson plans a sweeping reorganization of the Alliance for Progress to make U S relations with Latin America more dynamic. A congressional source foresees top echelon changes and new operation methods. White House aides caution any specifics remain undecided, with talk of possible high level shifts and a role for Thomas C Mann. The Alliance, created by Kennedy, seeks broad social economic and political reforms in Latin America.
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Washington
Johnson
Alliance For Progress
Devel
U.S
Latin America
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Teodoro Moscoso
Moscoso
Thomas C. Mann
Mexico
Mann
John F. Kennedy
Soldier's Nap Proves Costly in Pueblo Incident
Army Sgt. Robert Johnson, 31, was found asleep in his running car parked on a street. Awaking en route to the station, he cried that someone was stealing his car. Judge Allan Asher found him guilty of drunkenness and fined $50.
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Pueblo
Colo
Army
Robert Johnson
Johnson
Allan Asher
Space Program Boosted and Delayed by Rocket Tests
The Titan 2 flight provided a boost to the U S man in space program as unmanned TIROS 8 weather satellite aims to give near realtime cloud images to over 50 stations. Saturn 1 two stage launch delayed due to cracks in pneumatic line fittings, delaying a crowded 1964 schedule.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
United States
U.S
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Police Arrest Auto Theft Gang
ATLANTA AP Police rounded up a gang of 21 youths in connection with the theft of at least 50 automobiles. Detectives said 18 cars have been recovered, all wrecked, and a 14 year old boasted he could drive, triggering a three car wreck and then fleeing. The group worked in teams of three with a driver, a gas pedal operator, and a gearshift hand.
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Atlanta
Writer Recounts Sinatra Kidnapping Chronology
AP writer James Bacon presents a detailed chronology of Frank Sinatra Jr.’s 54 hour kidnapping from Lake Tahoe to Bel-Air. The piece recounts the door intrusion, the ransom of 240000, and the involved FBI response as authorities traced the complex, cross state case. The narrative notes challenges posed by snowbound Sierra roads and the abductors route toward Sacramento and Los Angeles. James Bacon, longtime Sin at ra family friend, provides a hospital of behind the scenes context and timeline.
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Reno
U.S. 50
Sacramento
Los Angeles
Young Sinatra
Bel-Air
Frank Sr
Sinatra
Palm ‘Springs
Charlie Mapes
Mapes Hotel
Politicians promise bridges where no river exists
A wry note suggests politicians everywhere pledge grand projects like bridges where none are needed. The quip, credited to Gen. Fea, lampoons grandiose public works promises across nations.
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Gen
Fea, Corp
Storm Deluge Triggers String Of Local Car Crashes
A snowstorm in Biddeford and Saco slowed roads causing multiple crashes. Five vehicles on Pool Street near Alfred Street tumbled into a chain collision starting with a rear hit on a 1962 panel truck driven by Frederick H. Shields Jr. of Kennebunkport. Others involved included Ronald Chretien, David Atwater, Paul Laverriere, and George S. Nemet. Additional incidents occurred at Adams and Jefferson Streets, Main and Elm, and Beach locations with various sedans and trucks. Continued on Page Two.
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Biddeford
Saco
Pool Street
Alfred Street
Frederick H. Shields Jr
Kennebunkport
Ronald Chretien
Guinea Rd
David Atwater
Common St
Atwater
Paul Laverriere
Mason St
George S. Nemet
Grant St
Bidden
Rita A. Scott
Scammon St
David H. St. Amand
Adams and
Jefferson Streets
Main and
Elm Streets
Elwood L. Carrier
Kennebunk
Paul FE. Cyr
Carll St
Old Orchard
Pleasant St
Beach
George Lakake
High St
Robert M. Bissonnett
Alfred St
Driver Dies In Turnpike Collision In Maine Snow
Pasco A. Delfarno 24 of North Providence Rhode Island died after his lead Delfarno Co. truck clipped a slower tractor and veered into the center strip on the Maine Turnpike in blowing snow. His cousin George Delfarno 19 sustained a back injury and was at Central Maine Medical Center. A second Delfarno truck driven by Ralph Nero 54 could not stop and skimmed two other rigs in the crash involving three tractor trailers en route to New Brunswick for Christmas trees.
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Rhode Island
Maine
Pasco A. Delfarno
North
Providence
George F. Delfarno
R.1
Central Maine Medical Center
Pasco Delfarno
Delfarno Co
New Brunswick
Bernard Dunham
Bangor
Ralph Nero
Delfarno
Suspenseful Motel Door Breaks Silence For Sinatra Jr Family
A knock on the motel door and room service initiate 54 hours of terror for Frank Sinatra Jr. and his kin. AP writer James Bacon chronicles the sequence. The piece also notes a mix of space program gains and delays, plus Cold War era diplomacy and Latin American outreach by the Johnson administration.
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James Bacon
Sinatra
Frank Sinatra Jr
Nevada
California
Hollywood
Lake Tahoe
U.S
Pentagon Seeks 33 Base Closings Under McNamara Plan
The Pentagon advances a batch of 33 base shutdowns and cutbacks directed by Assistant Secretary Thomas D. Morris with McNamara aiming for about 424 million dollars annually in savings. Over three to four years this would trim roughly 8,500 civilian jobs and 7,800 military personnel, with further efficiency drives expected in Navy yards and overseas installations.
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Washington
Pentagon
Thomas D. Morris
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Morris
McNamara
Defense Secretary
Navy
Associated Press
Defense Department
cNamara
Rusk Heads To Paris For NATO Ministers Meeting
Secretary of State Dean Rusk departed Washington for a Paris conference with NATO foreign ministers to review changes in the Communist bloc and Western security. He carries Johnson’s message and is to meet French President de Gaulle. agenda focuses on cooperation in military research civil emergency planning and East West relations.
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Washington
Pentagon
Johnson
Alliance For Progress
U.S
Latin America
Dean Rusk
Paris
Atlantic Alliance
International
la Paz
antiAtlantic Alliance
Conference of
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Rusk
NATO
Robert S., McNamara
Robert S., McNamara and Secretary of the Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Om Rusk
Pariley
Charles de Gaulle
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Gilbert R. Boucher
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