Pro Reds Dominate Laos Capital In Fast Moving Fight
Reports from Vientiane say pro Communist Kong Le battles with Phoumi Nosavan forces for control of the capital. Fighting began Tuesday noon and by nightfall pro Western troops seemed to hold, but Kong Le’s battalion rallied by dawn. Telegraph and shelling hinder communications and no foreigners were reported killed.
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Washington
Vientiane
Phoumi Nosavan
Kong le
Phoumi
U. S
Voice of America
State Department
Associated Press
Roy Fisovan
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Cambodia
Hanoi
Pathet Lao
Savang Vatthana
Boun Oum
Savannakiet
Reed Shifts Aim To Sales Tax Funds In Maine
Gov. Reed said Maine must look to sales tax revenue to fund a $6 million program of new services and educational improvements. He plans budget recommendations from his January 12 message and seeks a harmonious legislative session with Republicans. Reed opposes an income tax and will meet Kennedy in Washington to discuss reapportionment reducing Maine’s Congress seats to two by 1962.
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Augusta
Reed
Maine
Ono—Fee
Kennedy
Washington
Jeweled Royalty Jam Belgium Gala Before Royal Wedding
Europe’s royalty gathered in Brussels for King Baudouin’s gala pre wedding ball with five kings, four queens, 46 princes and many counts. Dozens of jewelers glittered as brides wearers vied for diamonds and pearls while Dona Fabiola de Mora y Aragon stood by as the couple prepared to wed.
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Brussels
Belgium
Europe
Baudouin
Fabiola de Mora Y Aragon
Snowstorm Claims Six Lives In Maine
Maine fatalities tallied at six after a 26 hour blizzard that hit Monday and Tuesday. Victims include Percival C. Davis 73 of Auburn and five others from Portland Westbrook Friendship Bremen Rumford and a seven year old coasting death in Rumford. Transportation gradually returned to normal as snow removal continued in near zero temperatures. Coastal regions bore the worst snow with 15 inches in Portland and Brunswick while inland areas reported 3 to 4 inches.
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Portland
Maine
Percival C. Davis
Auburn
Clarence E. Sweeney
Leo Laviolette
Westbrook
Albert G. Jameson
Friendship
Charles EF. Gale
Bremen
David Perkus
Rumford
Brunswick
Eastern storm recovery borders on normal as new blizzard strikes Southwest
Eastern United States wrestles with record autumn storm while a new system hits New Mexico and the Southwest. Deaths exceed 220 and costs run into millions as towns clear snow and vehicles. New York Governor Rockefeller calls National Guard to aid snowed streets.
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New Mexico
Moscow
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
State National Guard
New York City
Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Seaboard
Kennedy Hodges discuss commerce staff for new administration
President elect John Kennedy and North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges met about thirty minutes at Kennedy’s Georgetown home to discuss Hodges staff for under secretary of commerce and international trade roles. Hodges said no decisions were made and none expected soon with more cabinet appointments possible later.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Kennedy
Georgetown
Moon Orbitary Delayed By Technical Trouble
Cape Canaveral reports a postponement of the Atlas-Able lunar satellite launch due to technical difficulties. The 388 pound spacecraft aimed to study the moon’s environment and radiation, magnetic fields, and micrometeorites during a five day favorable window. If unresolved, a Thursday retry is possible or the next ideal period 28 days away.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Moon
Trapped Man Rescued From Mississippi Cistern
Harry Miller, 44, trapped in a 20 foot cistern near Holly Springs for about 24 hours, was pulled free by mixed white and Black rescue crews. He remained conscious and calm, treated at a hospital, as workers risked collapses and cold night conditions to free him.
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Holly Springs
Miss
Harry Miller
Miller
Memphis
Tenn
Levan
Austins
Algerian Riots Bring Gravest Crisis Yet
Algerian unrest surges as a 5000 strong mob storms Casbah in Algiers shouting nationalist slogans. Looting erupts near a Jewish synagogue while clashes leave dozens wounded and several dead. Oran reports quiet as strikes shake the economy and De Gaulle reaffirms home rule plan.
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Algiers
Casbah
Abbas
Fehrat Abbas
Algeria
Associated Press
Andrew Borowicc
David Mason
Casibah
Mason
Borowiec
France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Paris
Bone
French Foreign
Oran
New York
Soviet Union
United Nations
United States
United Effort Supplies Blood For Biddeford Woman
An emergency call from Biddeford Red Cross led seven St Francis College students to donate type O positive blood for Mrs Hervey St Amand at Notre Dame hospital. Four matched, supplying needed blood, and the patient rests comfortably this morning as college staff express thanks.
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Biddeford
Hervey St Amand
Govoni
Notre Dame Hospital
Sister Vezina
Daniel Lepage
Auburn
William
Magee
Brooklyn
N. Y
Hugh Murphy
Meriden
Conn
Hervey Johnson
Elizabeth
N. J
Roger |Laperle
Lewiston
Leo Murphy
Auburndale
Mass
Robert l Curuck
East Providence
R. I
Lepage
Murshy
Johnson Govani
Mss Curran
Red Cross
Mrs. St. Amand
Miss Curran
Notre Dame
McNamara Leaves Ford for Kennedy Defense Post
Robert S. McNamara announces he will resign as Ford Motor Co. president after a month to join President elect Kennedy's cabinet as defense secretary. He will forgo about $3 million in Ford stock and options to take the $25,000 a year post, citing duty to the president and public. An Air Force veteran, McNamara helped Ford organize postwar operations and statistical controls.
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Detroit
Robert Strange MacNamara
United States
McNamara
Ford Motor Co
John F. Kennedy
Ford
Kennedy
Air Force
Byrd Opposes Deficit-Funding Tax Cut Ahead of Kennedy
President elect Joan F Kennedy faces Sen Harry F Byrd D Va who warns against any tax cut financed by deficits. Byrd, head of the Senate Finance Committee, argues deficit financing would weaken confidence in the dollar abroad and trigger gold outflows after touring Europe.
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Washington
Joan F. Kennedy
Harry F. Byrd
Dva
Byrd
Senate Finance Committee
Virginia
Europe
Eisenhower
Beecome
Kennedy
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Merton Ira Staples Amvets
Frederick O'Neil, Jr
Mary Clopper
Pool
Marshall Goodwin
Philip Roux
Eastern Seaboard
Youland
Youland’s Dept Store
Main Street
Timothy Crowley
Saco
French
United Effort
Gen
Fea, Corp
Biddeford-Saco
W. W. Pomerleau
Republican City
Linoleum Co
Alfred Street
Nichols’ Club
Nichols
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