Reds Charge U.S. With Ship Attack
Moscow reports a U S destroyer identified as Corry conducted a hour long mock attack on the Soviet freighter Faleshty in the Mediterranean on November 4 almost causing a collision. A protest note to the U S Embassy demanded severe punishment for those responsible.
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Soviet Union
U.S
Mediterranean
Corry
Faleshty
Odessa
Marseille
France
U. S
Early Gift Is Fatal Weapon in Detroit Tragedy
Susan Hooker, 9, was killed in her Detroit home when a Christmas shotgun given to her brother Michael, 13, discharged. The father had taught Michael to clean and load the weapon. Michael said the gun did not work, but while he checked it Tuesday night it suddenly fired, striking Susan in the head.
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Detroit
Mich
Susan Hooker
Michael Hooker
Michael
U.N. Recesses After Congo Budget Clash
The United Nations General Assembly recessed the 15th session after approving a Congo operation budget of 48.5 million with a 46 to 17 vote and 24 abstentions. The session adjourned for an 11 week recess as Soviet opposition and charges over a NATO dominated UN Command persisted. Dag Hammarskjold was authorized to spend up to 24 million in early 1961.
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United Nations, N. Y
U. N. General Assembly
U. N. Congo
Soviet Union
Assembly
Dag Hammarskjold
Congo
Khrushchev
Hammarskjold
A. A. Roshchin
Security Council
United Nations
United States
NATO
Valerian A. Zorin
U. S
James J. ‘Wadsworth
Kennedy names Gilpatric as new Defense Department No 2
New York lawyer Gilpatric to be deputy secretary of defense under Robert McNamara. A former undersecretary of the Air Force, he has led studies for Kennedy on defense and national security, and chairs the board of Spacetech Aerospace Corp. with ties to Yale Law School and Cravath, Swaine & Moore.
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Gilpatric
New York
Pentagon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Air Force
Defense Establishment
Rockefeller Brothers Fund
A M. Jackson
D-Wash
Castro Targets Cuba Judiciary With Surgical Cuts
The Cuban cabinet, led by Fidel Castro, decreed a 45 day suspension on laws protecting judges, enabling Castro and ministers to fire and reassign judges. It cut the Supreme Court from 31 to 15 members and stripped jurisdiction over several matters. Supreme Court President Emilio Menendez, who sought asylum in the Argentine Embassy, was escorted into exile after accusing the government of totalitarian practices.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Osvaldo Corticos
Supreme Court
Emilio Menendez
Storm Pelts Laos Battle Looms Near Vientiane
Rebel Captain Kong Le, 800 fighters, backed by Soviet arms, dig in from Boun Phong to Vang Vieng as Pathet Lao forces tighten their grip north of the capital. Two Soviet transports supply the area while Vientiane endures days of shelling and displacement.
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Vientiane
Laos
APJ
Kong le
Boun Phong
Vang Vieng
Viet Nam
Mobutu Abandons Invasion Plan Amid Blockade Stand
Col Joseph Mobutu stated no immediate invasion to topple Stanlyville's pro Lumumba faction. He said the regime would fall by Leopoldville ordered economic blockade on Oriental Province, cutting roads rivers and air travel, leaving rebel supply lines untenable. The blockade aims to oust Antoine Gizenga's government without bloodshed, Mobutu claiming shortages plague Oriental troops. In York County, the Fish and Game auxiliary elected officers at a December meeting in Saco with Barbara Gilbert as vice president and Natalie Kerns as incoming president.
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Congo
Antoine Gizenga
Patrice Lumumba
Leopoldville
Oriental
Mobutu
York County Fish and Game Association
Mina Wright
Main Street
Saco
Barbara Gilbert
Natalie Kerns
Ethel Bedard
Charlotte Wilson
Charlotte Potter
Claire Gagne
Yvonne Adams
Madeline
Penobscot GOP nominates Treworgy for Foxecutive Council
In Bangor the Penobscot County Republican delegation advanced Harry Treworgy an Orono department store manager to the Foxecutive Council on a 10-7 vote over county GOP chairman Judson Jude of Newport. No endorsements were made for other state offices.
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Bangor
Penobscot County
Harry T. Treeworgy
Orono Department
Foxecutive Council
Treworgy
GOP
Judson Jude
Newport
Alleged Auschwitz Commandant Baer Arrives for Trial
FRANKFURT Germany AP Richard Baer 49 the last commandant of Auschwitz is brought to Frankfurt in handcuffs to face charges of murdering thousands of Jews in gas chambers. He was arrested Tuesday at Dassendrof near Hamburg where he had been working under an assumed name as a master lumberman and proclaimed I am an officer. He was manacled with a heavy guard and sent by train to Frankfurt.
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Germany
Richard Baer
Auschwitz Concentration Camp
Baer
Auschwitz
Dassendrof
Hamburg
Rudolf Hoess
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