Katanga Talks Open in Congo Secession Crisis
Katanga President Moise Tshombe and Premier Cyrille Adoula began negotiations at a U.N. base near Kitona to end Katanga secession amid fighting in Elisabethville. U Thant ordered U.N. forces to hold fire unless fired upon as talks proceed.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Cyrille Adoula
U.N
Kitona
Congo River
Tshombe
Congo
Adoula
Elisabethville
U Thant
Ralph Bunche
Lovanium University
Leopoldville
Missile Trip Of 600 Miles For Monkey
An Atlas missile carried a tiny Rhesus monkey named Scatback on a 600 mile space flight. Recovery odds looked slim as search ships battled seven to nine foot seas in the South Atlantic. The capsule with a radio beacon and sensors rode on the Atlas to a 15000 mph ballistic path, but contact has not been established after hours of pursuit.
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Cape Canaveral
Fila
Scatback
South Atlantic Ocean
Seatback
Cape
Sword Knot
Freezing Midwest Weather Strands Flood Areas in South Mississippi
Bitter cold stalked the Midwest with subzero readings across the Dakotas Minnesota and Iowa while flood evacuees faced further risk in Mississippi and Louisiana. Jackson Tennessee and towns in Texas reported ice as Mississippi and Alabama rivers swelled.
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Midwest
Mississippi
Texas Gulf Coast
Dakotas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Iowa
Carolinas
Georgia
California
Plains
Texas
Missouri River
Mississippi Valley
Louisiana
Jackson
Tenn
Longview
Tyler
Tex
Pearl River
Tombigbee
Luxjapalila
Columbus
Aberdeen
Alabama
Tennessee
Christmas Card Triggers Warrant for Farm Laborer
An Alabama sheriff sent Blytheville police a warrant after a Christmas card from Allen Culp. Authorities say Culp escaped jail eight months ago.
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Blytheville, Ark
Alabama
Allen Culp
Blytheville
Culp
Hugh Champion
Chilton County
Ala
Lancaster School Board Insures Teachers Against Lawsuits
The Lancaster Township School Board voted to insure teachers against lawsuits arising from corporal punishment. The board said it does not encourage or prohibit certain conduct, stressing good judgment in its use.
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Lancaster, Pa
Lancaster Township
Employment Tax Rates To Increase in 1962
IRS reminds employers of increases beginning Jan 1 1962 in federal taxes for retirement disability and unemployment. Social security taxes rise to 3.5 percent for employers and employees with 3.5 percent withholding. unemployment tax climbs to 3.5 percent. self employment tax up to 4.7 percent. Railroad Retirement Tax rises to 7.5 percent and 14.5 percent for employee representative tax. Income tax withholding rate remains unchanged.
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U. S. Internal Revenue Service
Democrats Challenge Dick Nixon
Democratic senators Humphrey and Sparkman pressed Nixon to offer alternatives to Kennedys Congo policy. They warned Katanga secession could invite communism while noting Nixons LA Times piece alleging U.S. siding with the Soviet Union. Humphrey argued Katanga and Adoula anti Communist aims could lead to unity and reduced communist influence.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
U.N
Katanga
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minnesota
Senate
Nixon
GOP
Congo
Humphrey
John Sparkman
Alabama
Sparkman
Los Angeles Times Mirror
United States
Soviet Union
North Atlantic Organization
Cyrille Adoula
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Adoula
Kansas Roads Mostly Normal With Some Ice In Northeast
Kansas highways were reported normal or near normal statewide with about 3 percent of surfaces slick with packed snow and ice in the northeast. Crews treated the ice, traffic ran at reduced speed, and Lyon Osage Riley and Marshall counties were exceptions where roads were normal. Occasional ice in Franklin and Miami counties. southeast and central western divisions largely clear.
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Topeka
Kansas
Highway Department
Lyon
Osage
Riley
Marshall
Franklin
Miami
Southeast
Cards Stolen In Detroit Postal Setback
DETROIT AP A thief stole a paper bag containing 40 addressed Christmas cards from Joseph Bochenek’s parked car after he bought 40 post age stamps in a drug storeTuesday.
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Detroit
Joseph Bochenek
Bochenek
Cardinal Spellman Begins Christmas Visit to Overseas Troops
Cardinal Spellman has started his annual Christmas trip to service members stationed in Germany and France, delivering messages from the Vatican and supporting troops abroad.
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New York
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Germany
France
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Chicago Bears
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Dick Nixon
Watt
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Neosho County
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Ann Page
Donuts Pecan
Kentucky
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Sparkle
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Jar
Mello
Wisconsin
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A&p Brand
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