Churchill Celebrates 83rd Birthday At Chartwell
Sir Winston Churchill marked his 83rd birthday at Chartwell England with champagne, grandchildren, and wartime ally Field Marshal Montgomery. The family gathering featured a 15 pound iced cake and a door greeting from Churchill to well wishers in late November frost.
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Syria demands direct Algerian talks at UN In Algeria dispute
Syria told the UN General Assembly that the United States should reconsider its Algeria policy and urged direct negotiations between Algeria and France based on independence. Syrian delegate Farid Zeineddine pressed talks with the FLN as France seeks a framework law and a new voting arrangement.
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Nixon Dulles Talk On NATO Unity Drive Plan
Washington officials estimate initial foreign aid for arming European allies with intermediate range missiles at 150 million dollars as Paris NATO summit decisions loom. Nixon and Dulles brief Congress as Burgess plans Paris contact. plan includes missile bases in Europe with US warheads stockpiled under US control. Congress previously authorized 1.878 billion for military aid with allies expected to receive 750 to 800 million, much for new weapons.
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Jenner Quits Indiana Senate Seat Shocks GOP
Indiana Senator William E. Jenner, a longtime conservative Republican, announces he will not seek re election next year. He makes the statement through State Chairman Robert Matthews and does not attend the news conference at his Bedford home. Jenner plans to practice law in Indianapolis with Jack C. Brown. He had been a Taft and McCarthy era GOP figure and opposed Truman policies. The move fuels speculation about Governor Handley possibly running.
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Chicago Zoo's Top Actor Dies In Cage
Mike the chimpanzee of Brookfield Zoo dies at 34 after a lifetime as a premier attraction. Born in Havana, Cuba, he was the United States’ only male chimp to survive in captivity to full growth. An autopsy will determine the death cause.
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Dangerous roads sent crews to clear ice across two states
In Bluefield and surrounding counties crews rushed to treat slick highways after a recent snow and a drop in temperature. Roads remained perilous with many spots iced and warnings to travel at one’s own risk as police logged numerous accidents but no fatalities overnight.
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Flu Illnesses Down In Nation
Public Health Service reports a marked decline in influenza and influenza like illnesses for the week ended Nov 23. Deaths from pneumonia and influenza in 108 major cities totaled 691, down 12 percent from 782 the prior week. Net incidence was lower in many states with some reports showing much reduced activity.
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Knowland proposes empowered defense budget chief for missiles
Senate Republican leader Knowland urged President Eisenhower to appoint a defense department coordinator with broad budgetary powers to transfer funds between Army Navy and Air Force missile projects. He said without executive authority Holaday cannot coordinate fully and extra spending may be needed though offset by economies elsewhere. He plans to consult Budget officials and push any needed legislation through Congress.
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Sukarno Survives Grenade Attack in Jakarta
President Sukarno escaped injury when assailants hurled four grenades at him as he left an elementary school in Jarkata. Seven people, five children and two police, were killed and seven more children were seriously wounded. Megawati, 9, was unharmed. Sukarno urged calm in a radio address as Indonesian military unrest and disputes over his guided democracy continue.
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Air Force Advances Bomarc Site Plans in Defense Build-Up
The Air Force moves to acquire land for the first Bomarc launching site and envisions a chain of about 15 sites to defend against jet bombers and missiles. Officials compare Bomarc range of 300 miles with Nike's 100 miles and discuss radar upgrades for detecting hypersonic missiles.
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Socialists Return to Power in New Zealand Elections
Wellington Nov 30 Official returns show Laborites ahead of the Conservatives giving the Socialists control after eight years. Prime Minister elect Walter Nash 76 pledged in a nationwide broadcast to pursue world peace and domestic stability.
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Fall of Capone Told Tomorrow in Daily Telegraph
A six part series begins tomorrow in the Daily Telegraph recounting Capone’s downfall. Nine hand picked federal agents pursued Al Capone as the U S government pressed its case.
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Rocket's Death Due Any Time
Cambridge observers report Russia s first satellite stage may fall at any moment as Smithsonian issues worldwide alert. MIT and Smithsonian say radar tracked the final rocket stage at 140 miles high over Cabot Strait then over Pennsylvania at 111 miles. The craft was to sweep the U S from north to southeast with an estimated reentry window between 5 and 10 p m EST.
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Reds Bending Every Effort To Get Ahead
President Eisenhower endorses a report by the President's Study Committee on Scientists and Engineers warning the United States lags in training scientists while the Soviet Union bends every effort to lead a scientific revolution and world domination. The committee cites atomic energy, satellites, and life science advances as signs of a new era.
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Killer Ghoul Geins Farm Gives Up Body
Plainfield Wisconsin authorities converge on Edward Geins farm after another skeleton is found in a garbage pit raising fear of additional slayings. A suspect in disappearances linked to Adams County is considered possible, as state officials monitor the case following Geins extensive lie detector tests.
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