Bunche sees U.N. drive on Katanga strongholds
Dr Ralph Bunche arrived on a Congo mission and indicated United Nations forces will move on Kolwezi and two more Katanga strongholds. He said Jadotville was taken as part of the plan to win freedom of movement, and stressed the objective extends to Kolwezi Sakenta and Dilolo with time running short.
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The Congo
UP1
Ralph Bunche
Congo
United Nations
Kolwezi
Katanga
Motse Tshombe
Jadotville
U.N
Godefroid Munongo
Elisabethville
Bunche
New York
Robert K Gardiner
Ghana
Sakenta
Diloto
Tshombe
Jadinville
Thant Bunche
ridas
Thant
Brussels
Kajang
Sakama
Dilolo
moi zated
Zoners Prepare County Ordinance For Board Vote
The county zoning commission will meet again in the Courthouse to revise the proposed county zoning ordinance and maps with a Chicago firm. Main topics include remaining change requests and timing for voter consideration, with final township hearings ending Jan. 15 and a Jan. 16 board meeting unlikely to include the proposal. A special session is expected at the end of January or early February to vote on the proposal.
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county zoning commission
Chicago
Edwardsville
Kerr Rises to Power, Dies Leaving Legacy in Senate
United Press International notes Sen Robert S Kerr of Oklahoma died at 66 leaving a mark as a powerful, influential senator. The piece recalls Kerr’s rags to riches rise, his role as a key ally for President Kennedy, and his anticipated influence as the new Congress began. Arthur Dean also resigned as chief U S delegate to the Geneva disarmament conference.
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United Press International
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Sir Winston] Churchill
Albert Schweitzer
Sen Robert S. Kerr
Oklahoma
Horatio Alger Jr
Kerr
United States
ate
Robert A. Taft
Kennedy
Oklahoma City
Congress
Bob Taft
Bob Kerr
Arthur Dean
U.S
Geneva
Striking Mobil Workers Return to Work in St Louis
In St Louis 35 of 45 Mobil Oil bulk plant employees ended an August strike by returning to work. Eight more indicated they would resume soon. The group will receive a 5 percent wage increase offered December 24 by Local 7664 of the Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers. Negotiations continue though no contract exists. Remaining 365 workers at the East St Louis refinery remain on separate terms, despite voting on the bulk plant deal.
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ST. LOUIS
UPI
Mobil Oil Co
Fred W Pofabs
Lecal
Oil Chemical and Atomic Workers
Pofahl
East St Louis
One Cent Postal Rate Increase Begins Monday
Rates for letters and air mail rise one cent starting Monday, parcel post unchanged. First class five cents per ounce, post cards four cents, air mail letters eight cents and cards six cents, third class four cents for the first ounce plus one and a half cents per extra. Five cent stamps feature George Washington in blue. regulation also bans mailings under three by four and a half inches and oddly shaped items to suit automated canceling machines.
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Post Office Department
George Washington
River Bluffs Girl Scout Office Moves to Edwardsville
River Bluffs Girl Scout Council officials moved the office to 105 North Main Street Edwardsville from Belleville. The enlarged space serves about 14,000 girls and 3,300 leaders across Madison St Clair Jersey and Monroe counties plus seven townships in Macallon County. Official opening was Jan 2 with staff still settling in.
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Belleville
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Girl Scout Council
Edwardsville
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Mise Vela G Funderburk
Miss Funderburk
Madison
St Clair
Jersey
Monroe
Macallon
Vandalia Street
JFK S __ Dock Tie Up Shows White House Concern
President Kennedy presses for a quick settlement of the 14 day old longshoremen walkout that has tied up ports from Maine to Texas. A court order in Galveston requires ILA Local 1576 to unload two ships while conflicting union statements cloud regional talks. Ralph Massey says new proposals will reach shippers in four Gulf cities Monday, but others insist Galveston only.
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Washington
Kennedy
Maine
Texas
Galveston
Tex
International Longshoremen’s Association
Southern Banana Association
ILA Local 1576
Miami
Ralph Massey
ILA
gulf district
Massey
Weather forecast for Edwardsville region tonight and Sunday
Light freezing drizzle continues tonight with a chance of light snow early in the evening, then ends and slowly clears Sunday. Low temperatures tonight range from 25 to 28 degrees, with highs tomorrow in the 30s. Edwardsville readings today to 7 p.m. span 28 to 31 degrees.
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Edwardsville
Communist Plot To Take Over The Nation Uncovered
Lima Peru UPI military junta proclaims nationwide state of siege to combat a vast plan of agitation and violence intended to set Peru up for power. Police raid offices of PLN and MSP arresting at least 16 leftists. Forty army trucks shuttle prisoners to security police HQ while guards surround the home of General Patino Egusquiza. A communique accuses Moscow Prague and Havana financed conspirators planning arms smuggling and home made bombs to seize power.
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Peru
UPI
pro Communist National Liberation Front
PLN
Castroite Social Progressive Movement
MSP
Cesar Patdo Egusquiza
FLN
Pando
Moscow
Prague
Havana
Mount Olive Man Killed in Staunton Auto Crash
Robert J. Dobrino aged 2 of 107 Garfield Street Mount Olive was killed in Staunton when his eastbound car skidded on slippery rails at Wabash Crossing No. 5, crashed into a culvert and struck the Charles Morgan home on East Main Street. The incident occurred shortly before 5 this morning.
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Robert J. Dobrino
Garfield St
Mount Olive
Madison County weighs investment of funds and tax issues
Five county officials and the finance committee will meet Monday to discuss investing county operating funds and protest taxes. The session follows a Dec. 28 legal opinion by State Attorney Dick Mudge that investing funds is legal and that interest belongs to the county board.
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Dick Mudge
Mudge
George Mussoy
John Kraynak
Musso
Gus Haller
Baller
Governors Back Army National Guard Shake-Up Plan
Governors from Georgia Iowa Maine Utah Missouri Wyoming and Mississippi met in Washington to press for flexibility in recruiting and faster mechanization as the Pentagon seeks to reorganize 23 guard divisions while reducing four to brigades. The pledge to coordinate with an internal ROAD program aims to ease objections from adjutants general while preserving a 400 000 man force.
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UPI
Army
Pentagon
National Guard
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