Six Point Agreement Over Laos
The Western Powers and the Soviet bloc reached a six point agreement at the Laos peace conference in Geneva. The accord aims to preserve Laos neutrality and will take effect after the neutrality treaty is completed. obstacles remain over integrating hostile Laotian forces and Pathet Lao disbandment under supervision. Chang Han-fu of China warned against Western military integration demands, while U.S. delegate William Sullivan touted the pact as a broader step toward peace in Southeast Asia and beyond.
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Geneva
Laos
Red China
Chang Han-fu
Chang
U.S
William Sullivan
Southeast Asia
Katanga Leader Threatens to Shoot Down U.N. Flights
Katanga Foreign Minister Evariste Kimba issued a grave warning to shoot down all U.N. planes over Elisabethville as roads to the airport and U.N. camp were blocked. U.N. soldiers reported casualties and hostages after weekend clashes.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
Evariste Kimba
U.N
Kimba
George Ivan Smith
New York
Jet Crash Near Mainz Kills 3
A Lufthansa Boeing 720 on a training flight crashed near Mainz during an emergency landing at Ebersheim. All three aboard were German and killed. No passengers were aboard. it was Lufthansa's first jet crash.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Lufthansa
Mainz
Ebersheim
Fifth World Congress Opens in Kremlin Monday
MOSCOW AP reports the Fifth World Congress of the Communist led World Federation of Trade Unions began in the Kremlin Monday with delegates from member unions worldwide.
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Moscow
World Federation of Trade Unions
Kremlin
Cedar Falls Wins federal funds for sewage plant expansion
Cedar Falls seeks 250000 in federal aid to expand the sewage treatment plant and halt Cedar River pollution. The State Health Department approved the request with high priority, funding up to 30 percent of the 843250 project cost, deadline set for March 1 1962.
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Des Moines
UPI
Cedar Falls
State Health Department
Cedar River
Iowa
Paul Houser
Waterloo
Vinton
Houser
Chuckle on Nature's Seasonal Flubs
The joke notes that Mother Nature is wonderful yet clumsy about seasons, missing a jump from summer to winter and a switch from winter to summer, resulting in missteps rather than perfect transitions.
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Mother
Britain Says Berlin Wall Ends Link Between German Halves
Britain charged the Berlin Wall destroyed the last link uniting the two Germanys and violated four power accords on Berlin. The 483 page volume compiles documents on Germany since 1944, noting four powers have met 11 times without resolving the German question and highlighting Cold War rifts.
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Germany
Britain
Berlin
Paris
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Soviet Union
U. S
France
Berlin Wall
Police Charge Treka To Blame For 7 Breakins
Cedar Rapids police filed breaking and entering charges Monday against Donald E. Treka 31 of 1029 Tenth St S E. He was arrested after officers found him asleep in Rickey's Grocery 612 A Ave NW. Treka allegedly admitted to seven Cedar Rapids break ins since September including E Cohn and Sons Salvage Yard 900 L St SW and Kelly Radiator Shop 312 Eleventh Ave SE. He reportedly confessed to three other entries and to the Nov 28 Sixth Street grocery break in.
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Donald E. Treka
Tenth St. S
E. Treeka
Rickey’s
A Ave. NW
Cedar Rapids
Treka
E. Cohn and Sons
Kelly
Eleventh Ave
Filsworth Co
Fourth Ave
Sixth Street
Sixth St
Prayer in School To Be Viewed
The Supreme Court agreed to hear a challenge over whether public school prayer violates the Constitution. Parents from New Hyde Park New York argue that daily school prayers under state guidance breach church state separation and seek to overturn lower court rulings supporting the practice.
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Washington
Supreme Court
New Hyde Park
N.Y
New York State
Board of Regents
Unitarian Church
Society For Ethical Culture
High Tribunal
New York
New York Court of Appeals
Herter Warns EU Trade War May Hurt U S Alliances
Former Secretary of State Herter told a House Senate foreign trade subcommittee that a Europe versus United States trade war could jeopardize military commitments in Germany Japan and Okinawa. He urged pursuing a common market partnership and warned against exclusive liberal trade policies that ignore less developed nations. Rep Boggs and Sen Bush weighed the political stakes and cautioned against partisan charging.
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Washington
UPI
Herter
U. S
Soviet Union
House-Senate
William Clayton
U.S
Germany
Japan
Okinawa
Rep. Boggs
D-La
Boges
Sen
Bush
R-Conn
Day Seven of Strike in Santo Domingo Amid Unrest
Gunfire echoed through downtown Santo Domingo as the general strike against President Balaguer entered its seventh day. Troops in battle dress pressed into the capital center, crowds clashed, and parking meters were smashed while negotiations among opposition groups stalled over an interim regime. Dr. Viriato Fiallo of the Civic Union urged a new proposal, insisting Balaguer not remain president, as Fiallo sought an OAS observer team to assess the grave political crisis.
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Santo Domingo
Balaguer
Viriato Fiallo
National Civic Union
Fiallo
The
Civic Union
Trujillo
Revolutionary Party
Organization of American States
Washington
OAS
Air Force gives C 54 Sacred Cow to Smithsonian
Andrews Air Base Maryland reports the Air Force transferred the historic C 54 Sacred Cow, famed for Presidents Roosevelt and Truman, to the Smithsonian Institution on Monday.
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Andrews Air Base
Air Force
Roosevelt
Truman
Smithsonian Institution
Ghostly harassment fails to drive Arkansas farmer from land
C E Shinn, 72, his wife 70, and grandson endured a year of haunting in their 5 room home 3 miles west of MENA Arkansas. They fled briefly, but returned saying they do not believe in ghosts and will stay. A sheriff and reporters spent the night but saw nothing.
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Mena, Ark
C. E. Shinn
Shinn
Shinns
West
Arkansas
Shiga
Charles Ert Shhaeffer
Bruce Scoggins
John Egger
Space Program In United Nations Moved
Adlai Stevenson urged the United Nations on Monday to adopt a four point plan for international space cooperation to prevent a runaway race into the unknown. He called for immediate steps to start global weather and communication projects and offered U S satellites for international use to improve weather forecasting and worldwide educational television.
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United Nations
Adlai Stevenson
U.S
U.N
Stevenson
Chile to mediate Dominican Republic political crisis
Washington reported that Chile would seek to mediate between the Dominican government and opposition forces to end the political crisis. Dominican officials indicated mediation acceptance depended on whether opposition groups were consulted and had agreed to sit.
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Washington
Dominican Republic
Chile
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