Hostages in Bolivia face uncertain release amid deal fallout
In Catavi Bolivia 19 hostages including four Americans remain held by Communist led tin miners awaiting Vice President Lechin to explain a release deal. The government agreed to move trial of two union leaders to Catavi and to withdraw 3000 troops. U.S. officials traveled with Lechin while optimism lingered for a prompt freeing.
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LA Paz
Bolivia
Juan Lechin
Lechin
Miners’ Union
Catavi
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Irineo Pimental
Federico Escobar
Paz Estenssoro
Alfredo Ovando
Oruro
Bernard Rifkin
Brooklyn
N.Y
U.S. Agency For International Development
Robert Fergerstrom
Honolulu
Peace Corps
U.S
Michael A. Kristula
Niles, Ill
Cadillac, Mich
Thomas M. Martin Jr
Bronx
Bierut Travel Note From Dr Bailey on Syria Visit
Dr William H Bailey writes from Bierut Lebanon on a world tour aboard the ship. He describes a brief journey from Port Said to Damascus via Da Mascus Syria over snowy hills, visits the Great Umayyad Mosque, Tomb of Saladin, Street Called Straight and Paul’s conversion site, and notes border checks and a return to the ship for Haifa.
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Bierut
Lebanon
Port Said
Egypt
Damascus
Syria
Wyoming
Saladin
Paul
Ananias
Haifa
Israel
Park dissolves military council before presidential oath
In Seoul Chung Hee Park announced the dissolution of the military revolutionary council he led to power, signaling the end of its revolutionary banners as he moves toward taking the presidential oath and forming South Korea’s third republic amid martial law. C.K. Yen becomes premier of Nationalist China pledging to continue anti communist policies and guerilla operations to recover the mainland.
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Seoul
Korea
Chung Hee Park
Military Revolutionary Council
Taipei
Formosa
C.K. Yen
Taylor arrives in New Delhi for three day India review
General Maxwell D. Taylor, chairman of the U S Joint Chiefs of Staff, arrived in New Delhi for a three day reappraisal of U S military assistance to help India meet the threat from Chinese Communists. He planned talks with Prime Minister Nehru, Defense Minister Chavan, and Ambassador Bowles before departing Thursday for Pakistan.
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New Delhi
Maxwell D. Taylor
U.S
India
Himalayan
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Nehru
Y. B. Chavan
Chester Bowles
Pakistan
Greece's Papandreou Faces Fire Over Royal Plane Purchase
Athens reports Greece's new premier George Papandreou under attack for an American airplane ordered for the royal family's private use. Government supporters condemned the purchase while Papandreou said the contract was placed by the prior caretaker government and his cabinet must honor it.
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Athens
Greece
George Papandreou
Papandreou
Taipei mayor Huang Chi-jui reinstated after suspension
In Taipei Formosa AP reports mayor Huang Chi-jui, suspended 27 months ago on kickback charges, has been reinstated by the Supreme Court. Huang is serving a second three-year term. Also AP notes Francis Cardinal Spellman leaving New York for a Christmas servicemen tour with stops in Honolulu Christchurch and four Antarctic bases. Connally is hospitalized in Austin for inflamed vein from a blood clot.
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Formosa
Huang Chi-jui
Supreme Court
Huang
New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Armed Forces
Honolulu
Christchurch
New Zealand
Antarctic
Basketball Star Killed Youth Held
In Austin Gov. Connally, wounded in the Kennedy assassination, is released from hospital and says he feels fine though weak. Doctors expect him on his feet by Christmas. In New York, CCNY star Mike Schaffer is killed when a car plows into a group after a game. Eddie Weissman is charged with homicide.
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Tex
John Connally
Texas
Kennedy
Connally
Dallas
Parkland Hospital
New York
Mike Schaffer
City College
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute of Troy
N.Y
Schaffer
Manhattan
Molly Irgang
Eddie Weissman
Weissman
Thimble Maker Near Stuttgart Faces Slump in Orders
A West German thimble works founded in 1807 near Stuttgart, possibly the world's oldest, now lacks enough orders to stay busy after decades of sending millions of thimbles annually to countries around the world.
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Stuttgart
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