Millions Begin Holiday Today
The Christmas holiday nears as millions wind down office and factory work. A four day holiday pattern is expected with heavy highway travel and winter driving conditions raising concerns about traffic safety. The National Safety Council projects 650 to 750 traffic deaths and 27 000 to 33 000 disabling injuries over a 102 hour period from 6 p m tonight to midnight Tuesday.
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Associated Press
Prisoner Talks Progress in Cuban Release Negotiations
New York lawyer James B Donovan reportedly makes progress in negotiations to free 1 113 Cuban invasion prisoners in exchange for millions of dollars in American drugs and food. The African Pilot freighter, supplied to the American Red Cross, begins around the clock operations at Port Everglades transferring donated medicines and foods for shipment to Havana. Donovan hopes Bay of Pigs veterans will be liberated by Christmas as stockpiles valued at 33 million dollars are readied for transport.
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New York
James B. Donovan
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Fidel Castro
American Red Cross
Port Eversglades
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Miami
United States
Bay of Pigs
Florida
Tito to Pursue His Independent Communist Course
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP Tito returns from Moscow saying major differences with Soviet Premier Khrushchev remain unresolved. He states he will continue his independent form of communism despite warmer ties since the Stalin era and the break with Moscow.
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Khrushchev
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Stalin
White Christmas Threatens North Carolina With Snow
A chance of a White Christmas for North Carolina accompanied by rain or snow today and over the weekend. A cold air clash from Virginia and a Tennessee low pressure system produced freezing drizzle turning to snow with hazardous driving conditions in western and northern areas. Temperatures ranged from the 20s to near 40 with sleet and icy patches reported in several cities.
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Richmond Weather Bureau
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Ohio Valley
Final Session Seeks Polaris Accord at Nassau Summit
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan closed a three day meeting in Nassau approving a plan to supply Britain with Polaris missiles replacing Skybolt. Observers say the accord could ease Atlantic tensions and unify Western defense, though Paris reports await formal confirmation.
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Harold Macmillan
Britain
United States
Charles de Gaulle
Paris
Living Cost Level Unchanged as Automobiles Push Up Costs
Washington AP reports the consumer price index held at 106.0 for November, with food and clothing easing offset by higher automobile and service costs. The November index was 130.1 on the 1947-49 base, while weekly take home pay averaged $86.19 for a worker with three dependents.
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Labor Department
Ewan, Clague
Commissioner of Labor Statistics
Britain backs Polaris plan as Skybolt scrapped
London sources report unqualified cabinet approval of the Polaris project after an 85 minute morning meeting. The plan aims to arm Britain with Polaris missiles as a substitute for the Skybolt bomber program abandoned by the United States after costly tests and failures.
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Macmillan
Britain
United States
Polaris
Train Collides With Truck Killing Three Near Okeechobee
A Seaboard Air Line passenger train hit a tractor-trailer loaded with oranges just outside Okeechobee Florida killing three people. The lead locomotive and seven of eleven cars derailed and burned as firefighters controlled the blaze. Three victims were identified H O Slaughter 50 baggagemaster Wildwood William Bell 50 Tampa and O B Jones 38 Haines City truck driver. Seventeen passengers were hospitalized in Okeechobee General Hospital for injuries.
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William Bell
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O.B. Jones
Haines City
Okeechobee General Hospital
Bosch Far In Front In Dominican Election Early Leads
The morning El Caribe notes conservatives ahead in Ciba Valley but cannot predict final results as Revolutionary party leads in Santo Domingo. Bosch leads in the Federal District 174,810 to 88,595 with Fiallo ahead in Moca and Puerto Plata. Final results due Sunday.
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Ciba Valley
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el Caribe
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Fiallo
Moca
Cibao
Puerto Plata
Toral Board
Santiago
Montecristi
Juan Isidro Jimenez
Social Democratic Alliance
University Endorses Single tax-supported NC University
RALEIGH AP The State Board of Higher Education approved a unanimous resolution endorsing a single tax-supported university in North Carolina and reaffirmed confidence in UNC consolidation since 1931. The Carlyle Commission proposals would redefine the threefold system, potentially admitting men to Woman's College and expanding State College toward a liberal arts degree.
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State College
State
University of North Carolina At Raleigh
Greens
Abovo
Students Plan Cuba Trip Defying Travel Ban
New York University graduate Anatol L. Schlosser said about 75 American students would board a plane in Toronto to visit Cuba. The Ad Hoc Student Committee plans the trip to view Fidel Castro’s government, despite State Department penalties of up to 5000 dollars and five years in prison. Students from UC, Wisconsin, Buffalo, UNC, NYU, CCNY, Hunter, Harvard, and Boston University expressed interest.
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Cuba
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Anatol L. Schlosser
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State Department
Fidel Castro
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University of Wisconsin
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University of North Carolina
City College of New York
Hunter College
Harvard
Boston University
Yale sales surge as North Carolina economy hits record
Wachovia Bank reports NC business index at 124.7 in November, up 3.1 percent from a year earlier, matching October’s peak. Retail sales run ahead statewide with some stores up 25 to 30 percent, and merchants in Charlotte Greensboro Winston-Salem Raleigh anticipate record seasonal business despite cold weather and rising competition. Farm marketings October receipts rose over 22 percent year over year.
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Wachovia Bank & Trust Co
Wachovia
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Greensboro
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Raleigh
Greenville
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