Kipling Birthday Noted as 1962 Neared
Writer Rudyard Kipling born December 30 1865 noted as anniversary. Mor gan County Christmas Seal Sale chair John D Sherrill urged continued donations to Morgan County TB Association Decatur Alabama. Tax reminders and February 1 poll tax payment deadline referenced as New Year approaches.
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John D. Sherrill
Morgan County
Morgan County TB Association
Decatur
Ala
Cold Air Keeps Nation in Grip with Frost Across Regions
A sweep of crisp air lingered Friday across the eastern half of the country with below zero readings in North Dakota and Minnesota and near zero in parts of Wisconsin and northern Iowa. Snow flurries moved through the Upper Mississippi Valley and Great Lakes while western plains saw light snow and a Pacific front brought rain to western Washington.
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Iowa
Gulf of Mexico
Florida
Texas
California
Pacific
Mississippi Valley
Great Lakes Region
Appalachians
High Plains
North Pacific Coast
Washington
New England
Southland
New York State
Buffalo
Lake Erie
Blytheville Man Joseph L. Spain Dies Aged 99
Blytheville native Joseph L. Spain died yesterday in Blytheville at age 99, three days before what would have been his 100th birthday on New Year's Day. He was born in Double Springs Alabama.
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Blytheville
Ark
Joseph L. Spain
Double Springs
Ala
De Gaulle Plans Large Algerian Troop Withdrawals Stir Riots
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle announced a major withdrawal of French troops from Algeria, prompting violent riots in Oran. Clashes between European militants and French forces left several dead and many injured, as protests and a nationalist broadcast intensified the city’s tension. De Gaulle signaled a quick transfer of two Algerian divisions to eastern France, with more units to follow, while forecasting talks with Soviet leaders and future Algeria-France ties.
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Oran
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Algerie Francaise
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France
Soviet Union
Berlin
Russia
Germany
Kremlin
Europe
Missy Made The Top 10
Judges cut 17 contestants from the Maid of Cotton pageant to the final 10 and then to five. Surviving entrants include Ethel Ann Glasscock Lubbock Texas Barbara Jane McDanile El Page Texas Penne Ann Percy Waco Texas Margaret Ann Teas Nashville Tennessee Anne Hubbard Dudley Lookout Mountain Tennessee and others Sarah Kay Burns Caruthersville Missouri Teresa Chaparro Silver City New Mexico Missy Forehand Tuscaloosa Alabama Sandra Scarbrough Meadville Mississippi and perpen Ann Smith Harlingen Texas. The 1949 contest drew 5 000 to the city auditorium for the finale.
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Memphis
Texas
Ethel Ann Glasscock
Lubbock
Barbara Jane McDanile
el Page
Penne Ann Percy
Waco
Tennessee
Margaret Ann Teas
Nashville
Anne Hubbard Dudley
Lookout Mountain
City Auditorium
Sarah Kay Burns
Caruthersville
Teresa Chaparro
Silver City
N.M
Missy Forehand
Tuscaloosa
Ala
Sandra Scarbrough
Meadville
Miss
Perpen Ann Smith
Harlingen
Linda Lackey
University of Mississippi
Editorial demands release of Wieland testimony on Cuba
The News and Courier urges Sen. Johnston to publish William Wieland's Senate testimony about Cuban events and the rise of Fidel Castro. It argues withholding testimony hides subversive influence, cites Eastland's Cuba comments, and calls for accountability from the State Department and South Carolina voters.
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Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Sen. Johnston
News and Courier
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Senate
House Committees
U.S
Castro
The
USA
James Eastland
J. Douglas Donohue
Sen. Eastland
State Department
Cuba
Batista
United States
William Wieland
Philip Bonsal
Morocco
Roy Rubottom
State
Naval War College
Congo Fight Claimed By Tshombe in North Katanga
Elisabethville Katanga AP President Moise Tshombe charged that Congo army troops with United Nations help attacked north Katanga Friday. He appealed for aid to Kennedy Thant and other officials. No UN confirmation. spokesman said only minor skirmishes reported and denied joint operations.
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John Latz
Elisabethville
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
National Congo Army
United Nations
Scat
Kennedy
U.N
U Thant
Congo
Cyrille Adoula
New York
Walker vows fight on JFK plan in Mississippi rally
Former Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker urged Congress to muzzle military leaders and vowed to oppose Kennedy's national policy. He spoke in Jackson and urged a full Senate probe of censorship, linking the issue to Communism and U.N. authority.
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JFK
Jackson, Miss
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Walker
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Torium
Texas
West Germany
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee
John Stennis
D-Miss
John Bell Williams
Stennis
America
New Frontier
Potomac
Potomac Pretenders
U.N
Peace Corps
Kennedy works on 1962 program as Kennedy father improves
In Palm Beach president Kennedy pursues his legislative agenda while receiving a positive report on Joseph P. Kennedy's recovery from a stroke. Adlai Stevenson warns Goa could threaten world peace as the UN failed to act. Atty. Gen. Robert Kennedy reports civil rights progress.
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Frances Lewine
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
U.N
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
India
Goa
White House
Robert F. Kennedy
Congress
Pierre Salinger
David E. Bell
Theodore Sorensen
Lawrence F. O’brien
Howard Rusk
New York
Joseph P. Kennedy
Rusk
Department of Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine
New York University
College of Medicine
Judge Rules NAACP Illegally Operated In Alabama
Circuit Judge Walter B. Jones orders the NAACP permanently barred from doing business in Alabama finding the organization operated in the state without registering as an out of state corporation. The decree notes the 1956 temporary injunction and reserves full opinion for later. The NAACP plans an appeal.
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Rex Thomas Montgomery
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Alabama
Walter B. Jones
NAACP
Jones
U.S. Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Greeks Brace For Major Tourist Boom
Athes Greece AP reports sixty hotels under construction to handle a growing tourist boom. This year about 500000 visitors are expected, far above the 50000 who came a decade ago.
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Athes
Greece
the Acropolis
Big Trading Day Closes 1961 Market
The New York Stock Exchange ended 1961 operations amid heavy volume with 5.37 million shares traded, the highest since November 8. The AP 60-stock average fell 0.20 to 263.70 while the Dow Jones industrial average posted 14 highs and 19 new lows. Closing prices were delayed by ten minutes.
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NEW York
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Associated Press
Three Children Die In Rural Alabama Fire
In Harris County near Dothan Alabama fire destroyed a rural home killing Becky aged four Bob aged two and Rusty aged one children of Mr and Mrs Doc Pybus. Mrs Pybus left them alone at the house while she visited a nearby construction site. The mother-in-law Mrs William Pybus saw the flames first from the new site as city fire crews fought the blaze five miles south of Dothan in Houston County.
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Dothan
Ala
Becky
Bob
Rusty
Doc Pybus
Pybus
William Pybus
Houston County
South Korea Faces War on Rats Amid Rice Shortage
Seoul AP reports that the South Korean military junta declares war on rats as rats outnumber humans three to one and consume about 16 million dollars worth of rice annually in a crowded country.
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Seoul
South Korea
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