Kennedy Heads to Latin America to Boost Alliance for Progress
President Kennedy and First Lady depart from Andrews AFB for a Latin American swing aimed at highlighting the 10 year 20 billion Alliance for Progress. They face protests in Venezuela and plan stops in Puerto Rico Caracas and Bogota with Nixon criticized by demonstrators and authorities detaining several protesters.
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Venezuela
Andrews Air Force Base
San Juan
Puerto Rico
U.S
Caracas
Kennedys
Bogota
Colombia
Kennedy
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
White House
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Johnson
Guillermo Sevilla-Sacasa
Nicaragua
Luis Munoz Marin
Richard M. Nixon
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Romulo Betancourt
Kennedy Orders Greater U S Aid for South Viet Nam
President Kennedy ordered increased assistance to South Viet Nam to bolster defenses against Communist aggression from the North. The move avoids sending American combat troops and focuses on across the board support, improved technical help, more helicopters and aircraft, and stronger communications gear. Diem appealed for aid amid a gravest crisis, citing terror tactics and the need to resist a Red regime.
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Washington
Kennedy
South Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
United States
Saigon
U.S
Plans To Finance Dormitories With 100 Percent Loans
Raleigh AP plans are under way to start dormitory construction at state supported colleges using 100 percent loans from the federal government. The State Board of Higher Education may approve self liquidating dorms after securing 50 percent retroactive funding from the Advisory Budget Commission for the 1963 General Assembly, targeting projects cut by the failed bond package of 61.6 million.
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Raleigh
State Board of Higher Education
Advisory Budget Commission
General Assembly
Robbers Kill One Bank Guard in Brooklyn Heist
Two gunmen attacked the Lafayette National Bank branch at 4390 Kings Highway in Brooklyn killing guard Henry A. Kraus and wounding another officer Salvatore Accardi as they fled with an undisclosed amount of money. Police set roadblocks while witnesses described a white and a Negro suspect, about 35, in a white car.
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New York
Brooklyn
Salvatore Accardi
Lafayette National Bank
Kings Highway
Henry A. Kraus
John Condon
Kraus
Seven Rescued From Ditched Navy Flying Boat Off Nassau
Seven people clung to a ditched converted Navy PBY Flying Boat 65 miles south of Nassau as rough seas lashed the craft. The Maggie tug rescued them, heading toward Green Cay where repairs may be made. Coast Guard said no injuries. passengers include A Alex Sanford of North Carolina and Hal Simms.
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Nassau
Miami
Fla
Maggie
Coast Guard
Green Cay
Atlantic
Bahama Island
A. Alex Sanford
North Carolina
Venezuela
Florida
Shuford
Shuford Mills
Hickory
N.C
Hal Simms
Royal Crown Bottling Co
Orlando
Caracas
Nassau Tribune
Joe Brannock
Lee Upson
John McBride
Tom Karras
Pedtro Villado
Conway Kittredge
U N Launches Major Operation in Elisabethville
A U N spokesman announced a major operation against Katanga forces in Elisabethville launched at 10 p m local time. The objective to restore freedom of movement for U N personnel and uphold law and order was reportedly achieved with no casualties. Diplomatic chatter suggests no ceasefire while Kennedy backs action to push Katanga toward negotiations with Moise Tshombe.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
U. N
Katanga
Elisabethville
United Nations
Kennedy
U Thant
Moise Tshome
Congo
Soviet Fishing Fleet Disrupts Air Defense Radar Tests
An Air Force official says a large Soviet fishing fleet off the New England coast has disrupted testing of experimental radar equipment for air defense. About 100 trawlers and several large mother ships have been seen near Cape Cod and Nantucket, hindering the SAGE radar network's final link in Sioux City, Iowa.
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Bedford
Mass
New England
Air Force
Cape Cod
Nantucket Island
Massachusetts
Lincoln Laboratory
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sioux City
Iowa
SACE
Sage Defense Center
Newburgh
N. Y
Allies Plan Berlin Talks Despite French Objections
Paris reports indicate Allied diplomats drafted a declaration endorsing U S Soviet talks on a Berlin compromise while reaffirming Western readiness to defend its wartime rights in the city if Moscow rejects a deal. The tension between France and other NATO members colored a seven day Paris meeting among De Gaulle Adenauer and NATO ministers.
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Paris
Berlin
France
Moscow
Charles de Gaulle
Chan
Cellor
Konrad Adenauer
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
de Graul
Soviet Union
Tar Heels Spend More For Yale
North Carolinians are spending more on Christmas 1961 with cash and credit. A AP survey across 12 metro and community areas shows higher purchases and pricier items, aided by better wages and a strong tobacco year. Shoppers are buying quality goods earlier, and some lower priced lines rise at higher rates in spots.
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Robert A. Willis
Associated Press
Raleigh
Asheville
George Ivey
J. B. Ivey & Co
Charlotte
North Carolina
Doug Guthrie
Goldsboro
Court test planned on filling lieutenant governor seat
North Carolina state senator J. Max Thomas of Union County seeks a Wake County court order to accept his candidacy for lieutenant governor in the upcoming Democratic primary. He argues the constitution does not prohibit an election to fill the vacancy left by H. Cloyd Philpott.
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Raleigh
J. Max Thomas
Union County
Thomas
H. Cloyd Philpott
Lexington
R. C. Maxwell
State Board of Elections
Maxwell
Wade Bruton
Philpott
Wake Superior Court
Eichmann Sentenced to Death by Israeli Court
Adolf Eichmann, former Gestapo official, was sentenced to hang in Israel for crimes against the Jewish people, humanity and war crimes. Judge Moshe Landau led a three member panel, stating the maximum penalty is to deter future offenses. Eichmann, 55, showed no visible reaction as the verdict was read.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Nazi Germany
Israel
Moshe Landau
Gestapo
Eichmann
Landau
Servatius
Wise Men Question Star as Bethlehem Birth Told
The article recounts the Magi from the east seeking the newborn King of the Jews after observing a bright star in the eastern sky. They debate whether the star is natural or symbolic, ultimately aligning its meaning with Balaam’s prophecy of a savior rising from Jacob, seen as universal beyond Jews.
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Jesus
Bethlehem
Judea
Herod
Jerusalem
Gaspar
Melchior
Balthasar
Persia
Balaam
Jacob
Isreal
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U.S. Air Force
North Viet Nam
South Viet
Yale
Bruton
Board of Election
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Robert L. Servatius
West Germany
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Izhak Ben-Zvi
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