Tshombe seeks talks as U.N. closes on Kolwezi resistance
Katangan President Moise Tshombe indicated a new bid for negotiations amid advancing U.N. combat forces threatening to overpower his dwindling forces at Kolwezi. He warned that if Kolwezi falls the fight will move to the bush, while U.N. troops pursue remnants from Jadotville to Kolwezi, 150 miles northwest of Elisabethville.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Kolweki
Tshombe
Kolwezi
Thombe
Adrian Porter
Associated Press
Jadotville
Katanga
Elisabethville
U Thant
Thant
Congo
Union Miniere
Joseph Derricks
Red China blasts Khrushchev over nuclear policy
AP dispatch reports that Beijing suspects Khrushchev of exploring a nuclear weapons deal with the United States. It accuses him of flirting with a peaceful evolution to a new international order, calling for mass mobilization against nuclear war and warning that only imperialists would lose in a nuclear conflict. The December 31 People’s Daily editorial targets the Soviet leader indirectly, urging renewed Communist unity and readiness to expand nuclear capability to push world revolution.
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William L. Ryan
Red China
Nikita Khrushchev
United States
Red Chinese
Peking
Khrushchev
Peking People’s Daily
Communist Party
Red
Palmiro Togliatti
U.S.S.R
U.S
Cuba
China
Dick Powell Memorial Fetes Hollywood Star Dies at 58
Hollywood mourns Dick Powell who died of cancer at 58 in Beverly Hills. Public memorials drew crowd control by police at All Saints Episcopal Church as tributes noted his versatile career from dancer in 1930s musicals to dramatic star and Four Star producer. Carson also dies of cancer, to be buried Saturday. Powell’s wife June Allyson at his side.
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Weeeereea
Leievision
Dick Powell
Beverly Hills
All-Saints Episcopal Church
Powell
June Allyson
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Hollywood
Jack Carson
Carson
Ruby Keeler
42nd_ Street
Four Star Playhouse
Zane Grey Theater
Four Star
TV Hour
Star
Tom McDermott
When Christmas Ends Santa Gets the Credit and Cash
A light column notes that after Christmas the real payment goes to Pop who must have the cash, even as Santa gets the credit. The quip underscores family receipts and humorous holiday finance dynamics with a wink.
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Santa Claus
Pop
Zen
Fea. Corp
Heavy Fighting Continues Near Tan Hiep in Vietnam War
Reports from the Mekong Delta say government forces and Viet Cong clash six miles northwest of Tan Hiep. Two government soldiers are dead and 12 wounded. American advisers assist in trapping guerrillas after Wednesday’s battle that left 65 Vietnamese troops and three Americans dead. Also, a New Year attack on a Pleiku special forces camp killed 30 Vietnamese and wounded 27 others, with about 100 guerrillas involved.
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Saigon
Viet Nam AP
Mekong
Tan Hiep
Pleiku
Telstar Back in Operation After Six Week Outage
Telstar resumed transmitting television programs across the Atlantic after a six week outage. Bell Labs engineers diagnosed a radiation fault in one command decoder translator and used a trick code to quell the electronic fever. A 11 minute test in New York showed the system working, with praise from French and British stations and A H Mumford of the British Post Office calling the recovery nearly as remarkable as the launch.
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New York
Telstar
Atlantic
Bell Telephone Laboratories
A. H. Mumford
Post Office
Grand Jury Returns 18 Indictments in York County
The Grand Jury at York County Superior Court returned 18 indictments not secret. Named defendants include Louis Bernier of Biddeford for uttering a forged instrument on June 27 at Butler store, Inc. in Biddeford. Dale R. Estabrook of Scarborough for cheating by false pretenses via checks in Saco and Sanford. Roy S. Hyde of Warehouse Point Connecticut for a nighttime break and theft in Biddeford. Herbert J. Cameron of York for taking indecent liberties.
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York County Superior Court
Alfred
Louis Bernier
Biddeford
Marion Cousens
Butler Store, Inc
Joseph Bernier
Dale R. Estabrook
Scarborough
A. and P
Saco
Estabrook
Sanford
Roger Gagne
Gagne’s
Roy S. Hyde
Warehouse Point
Conn
Samson's, Inc
Robber Sprague Guilty In Canal Bank Holdup Case
Blair D. Sprague 38 pleaded guilty in US District Court to the 17942 dollar Yarmouth Canal National Bank holdup last Dec 14. Judge Gignoux deferred sentence for a probation report and noted a potential 25 year term and 15000 dollar fine. Two Freeport brothers Edward A 46 and Kenneth Ingerson 35 pleaded innocent to related charges and await next month’s trial.
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Sprague
Maine
Elias J. Corey
Waterville
Maurice R. Smith
Bangor
Edward J. Washuk
Gignoux Sitw
Wayne L. Williams
Haverhill
Mass
Portland (Ap
Blair D.sprague
Yarmouth
Portland
Canal National Bank
Edward T. Gignoux
East Machias
Arthur Danie Jr
Freeport
Edward A
Kenneth Ingerson
Muskie notes hope for medical care program in new Congress
In a year end letter Sen Edmund S Muskie D Maine says there is more hope for passage of a medical care program in the new Congress while prospects for federal aid to education are dim due to opposition. He forecasts substantial progress in fields like defense foreign policy conservation and social welfare and cites a substantial record by the 87th Congress including the Area Redevelopment Act Accelerated Public Works Act improvements to the Minimum Wage Act housing legislation Trade Expansion Act the Peace Corps and the Cuban Resolution backing the President during the missile crisis.
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Washington
Edmund S. Muskie
Maine
Congress
Muskie
Gress
Peace Corps
Defense
Socialite Joins Jackie On Fashion List
Mrs. Loel Guinness and Mrs. John F Kennedy top the 1950s best dressed world list in an annual fashion poll. Regulars include Princess Lee Radziwill and Mrs. David Bruce. first-time additions include Gloria Vanderbilt and Baroness Thyssen Bornemisza. Queen Sirikit was not mentioned. Alexandra of Kent was omitted. The committee cites Kennedy as a beacon of fashion for the average woman.
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New York
Loel Guinness
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Guinness
Princess Lee Radziwill
David Bruce
U.S
Great Britain
Mme
Herve Alphand
United States
Walther Moriera-Salles
Brazil
Paris
Charles Wrights
Man
Palm Beach
John Barry Ryan
Gianni Agnelli
Turin
Italy
Frederick Eberstadt
Ogden Nash
Thyssen-Bornemisza
London
Switzerland
Gloria Vanderbilt Lumet
Sirikit
Thailand
Uberto Agnelli
Princess Alexandra of Kent
Princess Alexandra
Vicomtesse
Jacqueline de Ribes
Lee Guinness
Ambush Highlights Intelligence Leak In Viet Nam War
Washington reports say a Viet Cong ambush of helicopter borne South Vietnamese troops southwest of Saigon shows ongoing intelligence weaknesses. Up to 600 guerrillas waited for the fourth wave, killing three Americans and wounding six. The attack prompted plans for a White House briefing on helicopter losses and urged better surprise and potentially armed transport helicopters for such missions.
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Washington
U.S
Saigon
White House
Viet Nam
Mekong River
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Charles Laughton
Thomas Mitchell
Charles Boyer
David Niven
Four Star Productions
Kesslen Shoe Co
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C. K. Burns School
Room 14
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Burns
Mexico
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Gorham State Teachers College
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Linda Warner
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