No Registrations Communists Fail To Meet Deadline
Washington reports officers of the Communist party in the United States missed the registration deadline under the Internal Security Act. Atty. Gen. Kennedy said the Justice Department will enforce the law as individuals face fines up to 10 000 a day and possible prison terms for defiance. The party claims it will not register, while three officers are named Gus Hall Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Benjamin Davis.
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Washington
United States
Justice
Atty
Robert F. Kennedy
Supreme Court
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Chicago
Claude Lightfoot
Gus Hall
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Benjamin Davis
New York
Worker
Lightfoot
Illinois
Commie Officers Scarce As New York HQ Faces Register
In midtown Manhattan the Communist Party national headquarters at 23 W 26th St shows few leaders as the government demands registration under a Soviet tie. Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, Gus Hall and Benjamin Davis are named as officers who reportedly resigned their posts, with no interviews available at the building.
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New York
Communist Party
United States
Manhattan
Empire State Building
Fifth Avenue
26Th St
Soviet Union
Justice Department
Hall
Tshombe Says Officer Punished in Katanga Beating Incident
President Tshombe claims a paratroop officer was severely punished for the assault on U.N. officials George Ivan Smith and Brian Urquhart near Gen. Norbert Moke’s home amid Katanga secession tensions. He says provocation by U.N. and anti Katanga sentiment fueled the attack. Indian U.N. troops are blamed by Tshombe for implying Indian control. The hunt continues for the Gurkha private’s murderer and for Maj. Ajeet Singh who disappeared. The U.N. moves to probe Kindu massacre as five inspectors travel alone.
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Elisabethville, the Congo
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
U.N
George Ivan Smith
Brian Urquhart
Tshombe
Smith
Urquhart
House of
Norbert Moke
U.S
Thomas J. Dodd
United Nations
Dodd
India
Smith and
Ajeet Singh
Enos Maintains Dignified Air After Space Flight Return
Enos the chimpanzee appears calm at a public press conference aboard Kindley Air Force Base Bermuda after returning from space aboard the Stormes. Capt. Jerry Finney notes he is not a performing type and medical results are pending from Cape Canaveral. He resumes space monkey diet of 250 banana pellets daily and received two oranges and two apples as a reward.
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Kindley Air Force Base
Bermuda
Enos
Outer Space
Kindley Afb
Stormes
Atlantic
Jerry Finney
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Confusion Charges Denied Over Civil Defense Survey
Washington reports the Pentagon civil defense chief Steuart L. Pittman defended the nation’s fallout shelter survey. He disputed views that shelters merely delay radiation death and outlined plans to assess 50 million people using 93 million dollars in contracts across all states. The effort will map shelters in 50 states and train 1,200 survey specialists with a target finish by July.
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Washington
Pentagon Civil Defense
Steuart L. Pittman
Kennedy
Pittn
Pittman
Earth
Civil Defense Agency
White Plains
N.Y
Baltimore
D.C
Houston
Tex
Congress
U N Debate Opens Reds Seek Ouster Of Nationalists
The Soviet Union urged the U N General Assembly to expel the Chinese Nationalists and seat Communist China at once. Valerian Zorin accused the Nationalists of being propped by U S aid and called for Peiping to govern China. The United States defended the two China policy, planning a vote to keep the Nationalists in place. The China question has long dominated U N debate.
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United Nations
N. Y
Soviet Union
U.N. General Assembly
China
U.N
Valerian A. Zorin
Peiping
Zorin
United States
U.S.A
People’s Republic
U.S
People’s Republic of China
Menshikov Delivers Red Ban Proposal
Soviet Ambassador Mikhail Menshikov met with Secretary of State Dean Rusk in Washington to hand over a copy of Moscow’s proposal for an immediate halt to nuclear weapon tests. The 10 minute call yielded no public remarks from either side, with officials saying only the routine exchange occurred.
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Washington
Mikhail Menshikov
Dean Rusk
State Department
Menshikov
Moscow
Geneva
Estern
Council Debates St Andrews Ecumenical Statement
In New Delhi 600 delegates from Protestant Orthodox Old Catholic and other denominations begin consideration of the St Andrews statement shaping the ecumenical unity drive. Committees revise proposals ahead of possible amendments while the plan stops short of merging churches and favors intercommunion mutual recognition of ministries and worship.
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George Cornell
New Delhi
India
Assembly of the World Council of Churches
St. Andrews
Council
Christian Unity
Scotland
Faith and Order Commission
Douglas Horton
Harvard Divinity School
Ecumenical Movement
Russians Halt U.S. Convoy on Berlin Autobahn
Soviet forces halted nine U S Army vehicles for 74 minutes on the Berlin to West Germany route amid a tightening convoy inspection. Tass condemned the movement as provocative and dangerous, while the U S Army cited training needs and rights of access to West Berlin.
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Berlin
Soviet Union
East Germany
West Germany
U. S. Autobann
Harry Daniels
Co. C
2Nd Battle Group
Tass
U. S
U. S. Army
U.S
West Berlin
NATO
Centers With Joblessness Reaches Low
Washington AP reports that November saw the fewest industrial centers with substantial unemployment this year. 60 major areas had unemployment above 6 percent, down eight from October and 41 from the March–April peak. Nine areas were reclassified to better unemployment outlooks.
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Washington
Labor Department
Tampa-St. Petersburg
Fla
Savannah
Worcester
Mass
Saginaw
Mich
New Brunswick-Perth Amboy
N.J
Akron
Ohio
Tulsa
Okla
Corpus Christi
Tex
Rochester
N.Y
North Carolina Groups Honor Juvenile and Local History Works
The North Carolina Literary and Historical Association awarded juvenile literature and state local history honors. Glen Rounds won the AAUW Juvenile Literature prize for Beaver Business and Almanac. Certificates went to Burlington Alamance County Chamber of Commerce Western North Carolina Historical Association and Moravian Music Foundation. UNC Press received an award for Colonial Virginia by Richard L. Morton.
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Raleigh
North Carolina Literary and Historical Association
Legette Blyth
Huntersville
Thomas Wolfe
Weimar Jones
The
Franklin Press
American Association of University Women
Glen Rounds
Pine Bluff
AAUW
Film Shows Policemen At Bookie Joint In Boston
CBS Reports Biograpy of a Bookie Joint shows Boston police entering a locksmith shop used as a bookie joint. Officials identify officers on hidden camera footage and plan to present photos to a grand jury to probe possible conspiracy. Internal Revenue Service raided the shop and three others. 16 people charged.
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Boston
Francis J. Hennessey
CBS
New England
Hennessey
Whdh-Tv
Suffolk County Dist. Atty
Garrett H. Byrne
Leo J. Sullivan
Internal Revenue Service
Dominican Republic Crisis Deepens as Troops Fire on Protesters
In Santo Domingo troops fired on demonstrators demanding President Balaguer's ouster, wounding three women and a boy with a death unconfirmed. The opposition defied a military summons to end a four day strike as shops reopened and traffic steadied. The National Civic Union urged continued strike after rejecting a military plan to keep Balaguer in office under a ruling junta.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
National Civic Union
Bird In Flight sculpture ordered moved from gallery porch
Detroit AP reports an abstract sculpture named Bird in Flight was told to relocate after gallery owners William House and Ernest Aretakis installed it to beautify the city. The Common Council required removal despite 1,000 neighborhood petition signers urging no disturbance.
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Detroit
William House
Ernest Aretakis
House
Aretakis
Common Council
G I S Will Gripe Says Gen Hershey
Lt Gen Lewis B Hershey, director of selective service, said soldiers have a right to gripe. He told a Detroit press conference that Army units would be lying or mute if they never complained. He cited National Guardsmen and reservists at Ft Lewis Washington and noted the two hour weekly work for one day’s pay.
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Detroit
Lewis B. Hershey
Selective Service
Hershey
National Guards
Ft. Lewis
Wash
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Commie
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Stuve Linner
U.N. Congo
Kindu
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G.I
Gen. Hershey
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