New Western Leaders Face Old Global Problems in 1964
AP News features analyze four 1963 Western leaders Lyndon Johnson Lester Pearson Alec Douglas-Home Ludwig Erhard and the shifting dynamics with Khrushchev Mao De Gaulle Castro. Johnson plans talks with Erhard and De Gaulle while Paris resists French nuclear independence and Berlin remains a flashpoint amid East West tensions.
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Francis ST Lley
Lyndon Johnson
United States
Alec Douglas-Home
Great Britain
Ludwig Erhard
West Germany
Lester Pearson
Nikita
Washington
Kennedy
Johnson
Erhard
Johnson Ranch
Texas
Antonio Segni
Italy
Lord Home
de Gaulle
Khrush
Moscow
Khrushchev
Russia
Soviet Union
Home
West
Berlin
Germany
Red China
United Nations
Africa
Middle East
Latin America
Far East
California dam break washes away hundreds of homes
A burst hilltop reservoir sent a 100-foot mud surge through an exclusive Los Angeles area. Police estimate 290 homes wrecked and 1,500 to 2,000 damaged as thousands evacuated. Officials declared emergency and disaster areas as two massive tides swept through Village Green apartments and surrounding streets. Casualty reports ranged from unofficial two to three dead, with residents warned to seek higher ground.
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Los Angeles
Robert M. Gaunt
Baldwin Hills
International Airport
Samuel W. Yorty
Edmund G. Brown
Coliseum Road
Village Green
Soviet leader hints at defense cuts to fund chemical drive
Premier Khrushchev told the Communist Central Committee the USSR may trim armed forces and reduce next year’s military spending to finance a seven year $46.2 billion chemical industry program aimed at boosting fertilizer and agriculture. He linked the peace move to easing international tension after nuclear tests. The plan keeps intact forces needed to defend the Soviet world, including Cuba, and does not specify cut sizes.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Communist Party Central Committee
Soviet Union
Cuba
Central Committee
Canada
U.S.S.R
Supreme Soviet
Kremlin
Johnson
U. S
Community Christmas Tree needs more gifts to reach goal
The Community Christmas Tree in Bluefield hopes to raise $6,000 for about 2,000 youngsters before the Dec 24 Ramsey Auditorium party. With nine days left total contributions are $1,739.50, 29 percent of the goal, prompting a call for more donations at the Bluefield Daily Telegraph offices or via mail to the Community Christmas Tree Association.
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Ramsey Auditorium
Bluefield
Santa Claus
Community Christmas Tree Association
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Daily Telegraph
Bland St
Susan Joanne Brooks
Clarence Tiffany
Bank of Graham
Paris Saunders
B. T. Price
W. H. Riley Jr
Bill, Barby
Beth Deitz
Marshall Sinclair
Kiwanis Club of
South Bluefield
J. L. Young
Jewel Box
R. R. Galliet
J. P. Gills
Eisenhowers Plan Winter Stay in Palm Desert California
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mamie left Harrisburg for a winter vacation in Palm Desert California. Police provided extra security amid assassination fears following Kennedy's death. They expect to arrive in San Bernardino Wednesday and stay through May.
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Harrisburg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Mamie
Pennsylvania
Palm Desert
Calif
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
White House
John F. Kennedy
San Bernardino
Freezing Midwest Sets Record Lows Across States
Subzero weather gripped the nation with Kansas spots like Goodland at minus sixteen and Concordia at minus nine, breaking date records. Snow covered the Northeast and Great Lakes with ten inches in Marquette, while the Northwest and Pacific Coast saw drizzle and cold temperatures continued below freezing nationwide.
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Associated Press
Atlantic
Gui
Midwest
Kansas
Goodland
Condordia
Great Lakes
Marquette
Mich
Rockies
North Pacific Coast
Three Men Arrested in Sinatra Kidnap Case
FBI arrested Barry Keenan Joseph Amsler and John Irwin in Nevada California and San Diego for the Frank Sinatra Jr kidnapping five day mystery ends with recovery of most of the 240000 ransom. Hoovers statement notes 216865 recovered with 168927 from Amslers apartment and 47998 plus ring from Irwin. Frank Sinatra Jr was abducted at gunpoint near Lake Tahoe.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra Jr
FBI
Sinatra Sr
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Nevada
California
San Diego
Barry Worthington Keenan
Los Angeles
la Canada
University High School
West Los Angeles
Nancy Sinatra
Frank Jr
Nancy
Tommy Sands
Joseph Clyde Amsler
Playa del Rey
John William Irwin
Hoover
Young Sinatra
Irwin
Frank
Lake Tahoe
California-Nevada
John W. Irwing
Barry W. Keenan
Lee Angeles
Playa del Ray
Foreign Aid Bill Slashed By Appropriations Group
The House Appropriations Committee cut the foreign aid bill to 2.8 billion, below Kennedy’s request, with a full House vote pending. President Johnson seeks a 3.2 billion final appropriation despite past higher totals, while Passman led the slash amid calls to concentrate aid in fewer nations. The measure also funds collateral programs and House stationery costs.
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Washington
House Appropriations Committee
John F. Kennedy
United States
Senate
House
Johnson
Appropriations Committee
Congress
Kennedy
Passman
Otto Passman
D-La
U.S
Peace Corps
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E. T. Coe
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