National Guard Plans Aggressive Recruiting Push
The Army National Guard aims to raise strength to 400000, about 25000 short, with a tougher recruiting standard. Officials say final Pentagon governors talks on Guard restructuring could speed a January meeting with Defense Secretary McNamara.
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Army
Pentagon
Army- McNamara
Peace Theme Prevails In Christmas 1942 AP Report
The Associated Press notes a peaceful Christmas mood amid global tensions. Moscow radio wishes goodwill to the United States while nuclear tests continue in Sweden. Cuban invasion captives gain freedom and family travel is approved. Ongoing conflicts in Viet Nam, Yemen, the Congo, and Berlin’s wall persist, with India China border quiet. Canadian PM Diefenbaker frames hope and faith in the manger’s message as Pope John XXIII’s remarks follow.
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Moscow
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Sweden
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Uppsala
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Cuba
Viet Nam
Yemen
Congo
Berlin
India-China
John Diefenbaker
John XXIII
East German refugees flee to West Berlin in dramatic bus breach
Eight East German refugees including the bus owner, driver, wives, and four children escaped by crashing through three border barriers near Berlin before dawn. Bullets shattered the windshield. one child injured by flying glass. The group traveled 120 miles from Napagent near the Oder Neisse line, protected by metal plates, and entered West Berlin at 5:30 a.m. They were taken to a reception center for interviews.
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Oder-Neisse Oder
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Poland
Babelsberg
Dreilinden
Marriage makes it possible for a man to learn
A chuckle line notes that marriage reveals what kind of husband a wife would have preferred. The quip credits a syndicated feature and hints at humorous social observation without naming individuals or places.
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Sen
Fea, Corp
Maine Reels From Snow Storm and Holiday Tragedies
Maine ended the Christmas weekend as regular life resumed after a heavy storm that blanketed the state with up to 14 inches of snow and a White Christmas. Six accidental deaths occurred, including two girls in a Pittsfield house fire and a highway fatality on U.S. Route One in a Wisccasset area. Other deaths followed at home from burns, gas asphyxiation, and carbon monoxide poisoning, with hazardous roads and mixed precipitation noted. The International Longshoremen’s Association strike affected Portland harbor, as the Swedish freighter Carlsholm observed Christmas ashore.
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Associated Press
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Pittsfield
Karen Ettinger
Teresa Roundy
Hartland
Ettingers
Karen's
Donald
Guantanamo Navel Base
Cuba
NEA
Pearle Jr
Mexico
Laura Sineyr
Portland
Erlon Crockett
Eastport
U.S. Weather Bureau
International Longshoremen’s Association
Carlsholm
Exiled Cubans Await Joyous Exodus From Castro Island
About one thousand relatives of Bay of Pigs invasion captives released before Christmas prepare to flee Cuba tonight for south Florida. Hundreds of Russians formerly stationed in Cuba also depart Tuesday night aboard the Admiral Nasimov, with no Cuban official announcement of mass movement. A Pan American plane carries Red Cross nurses and supplies to aid the African Pilot’s ransom trip to Port Everglades. Relatives may carry only wearing clothes, surrendering possessions upon departure, officials say.
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U.S
Officials Meeting JFK Grounded
President Kennedy delayed a planned mid morning tax talks with Douglas Dillon and others as fog and snow in Washington postponed a jet transport. The conference aimed to push a 1963 tax cut, with officials including Walter Heller Henry Fowler and Stanley Surrey joining Kennedy in Florida via the delayed flight.
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the Treasury
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Economic Club of New York
Traffic Death Toll From Christmas Weekend Rises
National Safety Council reports 626 traffic fatalities during a 102 hour Christmas period ending at midnight. Weather and heavy travel pushed the toll higher with 160 deaths in the last 24 hours. Historical comparisons show 706 in 1956, 535 in 1945, and 524 in last year’s three day holiday.
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National Safety Council
Three Born On Holiday At Webber Hospital
Three Christmas Day births reported at Webber hospital Biddeford two girls and a boy. Cindy Jean Camire arrived 12:07 a m weighing 10 pounds 13 ounces parents Roger R Camire West Kennebunk Dr J Robert Downing attended. Scott Allen Lee arrived 3:47 a m weighing 7 pounds 10 ounces parents Kim T Lee Seavey Landing West Scarborough Dr Carl Haas attended. Terry Ann Mullens arrived 6:03 a m weighing 5 pounds 9 ounces parents Joseph R Mullens Freeport Dr Germain Binette attended. No other area hospitals reported holiday births.
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Webber Hospital
Biddeford
Cindy Jean Camire
Roger R. Camire
West Kennebunk
J. Robert Downing
Scott Allen Lee
Kim T. Lee
Probation Given In Driving Count
A 17-year-old Biddeford youth received a suspended sentence to the Men's Reformatory in South Windham and two years probation on a driving charge in Biddeford Municipal Court. David Chasse, 17, of 572 Elm Street pleaded guilty to operating to endanger. Judge Gerald C. Nason ordered no driving for two years as a probation condition and fined him.
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Biddeford
South Windham
Gerald C. Nason
David Chasse
Elm Street
Nason
Weather on Rampage Across Nation Brings Deep Cold
Frigid air from the west swept across the country dropping temperatures below zero in many regions. Snow and freezing rain coated vast areas from the Pacific Northwest to the Southeast, with subzero readings in Minnesota Iowa Wisconsin Illinois and Illinois and Iowa. Memphis and Nashville marked their first white Christmas since 1913 and 1935 respectively as freezing drizzle and snow persisted. Utilities failed in parts of Georgia and the Carolinas as ice damaged lines and left residents without power and phones.
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Oklahoma
Hoffa Attacks Judge and Prosecutor After Nashville Trial
Detroit AP reports Teamsters President James R. Hoffa harshly criticized Federal Judge William Miller and Prosecutor James Neal in the Nashville trial that ended in a hung jury after 42 days of deliberations. Hoffa alleged prejudice and questioned moves regarding jury tampering and the destination of his January appearance, calling Kennedy’s role and the prosection tactics vicious while defending his trust in the jury.
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Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Nashville
Hoffa
William Miller
Robert F. Kennedy
Ven Marshall
Wwj-Tv
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Commercial Carriers, Inc
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Hofsald
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Kennedy
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