Armor Plated Bus Breaks Through Berlin Wall Barricades
Eight East German refugees aboard an armor plated bus drove from Neur ersdorf near the Polish border to Berlin and breached three metal barriers at Babelsberg on the autobahn. Guards fired as the vehicle sped through. children and adults endured gunfire as the bus reached West Berlin at 5 30 am. The group was taken to a reception center for interviews.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Neuersdorf
Oder-Neisse
East Germany
Poland
Babelsberg
Tommy Ging
Dreilinden
Christmas Weather And A Window Barometer On Main
A reader notes winter arrival with snow and holiday garb on Main Street and jokes about four Mondays in two weeks. They describe a personal window thermometer barometer tipping the season’s chill and detail comic strips shifted for the holiday. They also compare shaving methods with an electric razor and traditional blade.
Fire Destroys Pasture Land Near Garden City
Fire burned about 40 acres of pasture on the Gene Kern farm fourteen miles northeast of Garden City. An employee spotted the blaze after 5 p.m. Kern could not explain the cause. Neighbors aided in fighting the fire for about two and a half hours.
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Gene Kern
Garden City
Kern
Army Guard To Launch Recruit Drive In New Year
The Army National Guard plans a bold recruiting push to reach 400000 personnel, about 25000 short, aiming to dispel Defense Secretary McNamara’s doubts. Officials say tougher standards and a debated Guard reorganization complicate goals, with a governors committee seeking a January meeting to discuss streamlining.
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Army Guard
Washington
Army National Guard
McNamara
Robert
Congress
Defense Department
Army
Pentagon
Army- McNamara
Soviet Charges U S Spying Allegations Return
Moscow reports accuse the U S Embassy of espionage and demand it stop the spying. Ambassador Kohler rejects the charge as unfounded while noting a Soviet anti American campaign in the press and on television.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Foy D. Kohler
Kohler
Oleg Penkovsky
United States
Greville Wynne
Hungary
Soviet Foreign Ministry
Kennedy Tax Talks Delayed By Weather In Washington
President Kennedy's tax talks scheduled for Palm Beach were postponed as fog and snow in the Washington area delayed a flight bringing top officials. The conference planned to discuss a 1963 tax cut and included Douglas Dillon and other Treasury and White House aides plus congressional leaders.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Washington
Dillon
Hobe Sound
Walter Heller
Council of Economic Advisers
The
Treasury
Henry Fowler
Stanley
Surrey
Senate
Mike Mamsfield
Montana
Economic Club of
New York
Congress
Colder Than Zero Grips Southwest Kansas On Christmas Day
Southwest Kansas endures a severe cold snap with Garden City recording minus 5 to minus 7 degrees and snow at both local stations. Highs reached near 20, widespread frosty readings across the state, with a wary forecast of more frigid air and light snow flurries. Road conditions remained near normal by midmorning as the patrol expected clear highways later.
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Kansas
Garden City
Topeka
Pittsburg
Central Plains
Ulysses
H. F. McCall
Leon
Kansas State Highway Patrol
Normal
Sunasut
Pree
Akron
la Junta
Dodge City
Goodlunrl
Hill City
Lamar Russell Salina
Wielita
Castro to Release 1000 Relatives of Invasion Prisoners
South Florida set to receive another mass exodus of Bay of Pigs relatives released before Christmas. A Soviet liner left Havana with Russians homeward bound as Cuban and U S officials handle prisoner exchanges. The African Pilot will bring families to Port Everglades after ransom operations involving 1118 captives and $53 million in aid.
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Robert D. Clark
Miami
Fla
South Florida
Havana
Cuba
Admiral Nasimov
Berlin
Nasimov
Fidel Castro
Port Everglades
Miami International
Red Cross
Florida
Associated Press
Joe McGowan Jr
U.S
Mantel Artime
Artime
James B. Donovan
New York
United States
Brink's Robbery Seeks Clues After Snowbound Hijack
In Des Plaines Illinois police and federal agents press a car chase to recover about 100000 from a Brink's armored truck after three pistol wielding hooded robbers hijacked it on Christmas Eve. The truck was abandoned with the driver handcuffed and blindfolded in a vacant lot. Footprints tire tracks and a chauffeur cap plus a toy police badge offer leads as snow halted further traces.
Ask Japan to Stop Russian Pipe Exports
Tokyo reports that the United States and its NATO allies urged Japan to halt steel pipe exports to the Soviet Union for use in Russia's oil industry. Kyodo News cites government sources saying Tokyo was asked to cooperate with NATO's export ban. officials declined comment.
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Tokyo
United States
NAKO
Japan
Soviet Union
Russia
Kyo- Ido
Kyodo
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
City Commission Awards Licenses and Deeds in Meeting
City commissioners renewed licenses for a taxi firm and several businesses, approved cereal malt beverage licenses for local groups, renewed bond for contractors, and passed ordinances on city boundaries, handbills, Civil Defense, and a sewer district. They accepted deeds for street land, easements for utilities, vacated an easement, and approved a street extension and curbing upgrades.
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William Stebens
William Johnson
Roy Tabor
Elmer Mansfield
Davy Jester
Loper
Garden City
Ith
Santa Fe
Lee Eisner
Lone Real Estate
Cash and Carry Lumber Co
Belmont
Harding
Anstaett
Emerson and Eales
Thompson
6Th and
Yair
Cash and Carry Lander Company
Coop Equity Exchange
Church of the Nazarene
Kansas Ave
Pat’s Drive
Davis St
Garden Motel
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Berlin Wall
Telegram
Wheatland Electric Co
Gus Garden
Scott City
Doug Baker
Lester Harp
Post Office Department
Harp
George Washington
Donovan
Castro
Haskell County Monitor
Sublette
Dennis Grain Co
Veterans Cab Co
Taxi Cablicense
Lupe Guillen
Jay Vollmann
Oli Brown
Fraternal Order of Eagles
American Legion
Virgil N. White
Mary E. Long
Myrtle Bradfield
Joy Vollman
Tom Cross
D. D. Richardson
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