Kennedy Macmillan Bermuda Talks Set East West Negotiations
After a Bermuda meeting Kennedy and Macmillan outlined a plan to have Llewellyn Thompson approach Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko to test for a basis for negotiation on Berlin. Britain will follow with support as atmospheric nuclear testing debates continue and De Gaulle stays informed.
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Washington
U.S
Moscow
Berlin
United States
Britain
Bermuda
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
London
Palm Beach
Fla
Dean Rusk
Government House
Atlantic Alliance
Llewellyn Thompson
Andrei A. Gromyko
Thompson
Russia
Frank Roberts
Charles de Gaulle
France
West
Christmas Island
Pacific
One Dead As Gastonia Hotel Fire Drives Guests Out
A downtown Gastonia fire at the Franklin Hotel fatally burned Paul Reid, 43, a textile worker from McAdenville. About 15 guests fled in night clothes as smoke and flames damaged the top two floors and nearby stores on East Franklin Street. Firefighters arrived after 4 a.m. with ladders and ambulances standing by. Reid’s smoking in bed was cited as the probable cause.
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Gastonia
N. C
Franklin
Paul Reid
Ethel Klultz
Reid
East
Franklin St
U. S. 29
Rainbow Paint
Crisp Furniture
Belton
Two-Fisted Blow Thrown At Soviet
Despite a Bermuda summit showing Allied unity over nuclear testing and Berlin the talks exposed disunity, with De Gaulle absent and opposed to negotiating with Khrushchev. Kennedy and Macmillan propose renewed U S probing in Moscow while De Gaulle insists Berlin is non negotiable.
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William L. Ryan Hamilton
Bermuda
Khrushchev
Berlin
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
de Gaulle
Macmillan
Moscow
Paris
Atlantic
Midwest Blizzard Strands Travel as Snow Reaches Great Lakes
A severe Midwest blizzard battered Iowa Illinois and Wisconsin with six foot drifts closing roads stranding travelers and washing out power lines. Snow and ice spread into the Dakotas Minnesota and the Ohio Valley as colder air produced zero readings in Minot and Bismarck.
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Associated Press
Midwest
Iowa
Illinois
Wisconsin
Missouri
Des Moines
Utah
Montana
Plains
Dakotas
Minnesota
Minot
Bismarck
N.D
Great Lakes
Ohio Valley
Kansas
Faucett
Gower
Maryville
St. Joseph
Tarkio
California
Texas
Appalachians
Christmas Spirit Shines Amid Global Troubles and Berlin Snow
Faith in mankind rises as Christmas spirit cuts through anxiety across the globe. Berlin sees first white Christmas in 20 years with 800 trees along the wall. West Berliners invite U S British and French troops to celebrate. Kennedy plans a televised Christmas greeting to Europeans. France routes 900000 vacationers to the Riviera and ski resorts. In London workers protest by donning black ties on the eve of holidays.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Europe
France
Riviera
London
Christmas in Havana Dominated by Red Star Symbols
In Havana shoppers spend freely amid Christmas in Cuba with red star and hammer and sickle displayed. The government arranged bonuses while radio urged moderation. Fresh foods are plentiful, appliances languish, and palm decorations replace Christmas trees as Cuba plans industrial growth in 1962.
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Cuba
Havana
Christmas Rail Car Plunge Kills Dozens in Italy
A crowded train car broke loose on a trestle near Catanzaro Italy plunging 100 feet into the Fiumarella river. At least 42 people perished and 28 were injured as rescue teams searched amid rain for more victims.
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Catanzaro
Italy
Fiumarella
la Lila
Gulf of Squillance
Here
Severia-Mannelli
Tree Still Stands For Marine Son
A letter written in fall 1950 by Marine Cpl. Richard Lopez of the 1st Marine Division in Korea expresses a simple wish to his mother. He asks to save his Christmas tree for him, saying he does not want presents. The item is reported from Albuquerque by AP.
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Luther C. Stephens
Phyllis
Albany
N. Y
Memphis
Burton A. Wittrup
Albuquerque
N. M
Cpl
Richard Lopez
1St Marine Division
Korea
Norfolk, Va
Chesapeake Bay
Chesto
Richard
Salvador Lopez
Tree Stands as Keepsake for Missing Son Richard Lopez
In Albuquerque Mrs. Salvador Lopez preserves a family tree decked with lights for her son Richard 23 lost at sea near Kobe after leaving North Korea. A 1953 move places the tree near the Lopez home as visitors view the tribute and she prays daily for him.
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Salvador Lopez
Albuquerque
Richard
North Korea
Chosin Reservoir
Subscriptions Canceled Anger Over Abilene Inquiry
Three Soviet bloc offices in Washington protested after the Abilene Reporter-News canceled their subscriptions linked to Dyess Air Force Base. Names include August A. Yashin of the Russian Embassy, Capt Imre Mozsik Hungarian attache, and K. Petrov Bulgarian clerk. The Hungarian legation disagreed with the move citing freedom to subscribe.
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New York
Washington
Texas
Abilene
Reporter-News
Dyess Air Force Base
August A. Yashin
Imre Mozsik
Legation
K. Petrov
Budapest
U.S
Bulgaria
Christmas Brightened For Children in Dunn Area
Judge Woodrow Hill of Dunn Recorder's Court helped four children near Godwin by guiding donors who furnished warm clothes shoes and haircuts. The siblings lived with ill grandfather and grandmother on a farm, facing a bleak Christmas before the charity.
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Dunn
N.C
Godwin
Woodrow Hill
Dunn Recorder's Court
Judge Hill
Coy Lucas
Red Cross delegate Georges Olivet found buried in Katanga
The body of Georges Olivet, Swiss chief International Red Cross delegate in Katanga, was found in a shallow grave near Camp Simonet in Elisabethville. Also recovered were the bodies of two assistants, a Dutch man and a Belgian woman.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
Georges Olivet
Internation Red Cross
Camp
Kennedy to Spend Christmas Near Stricken Father
President Kennedy begins a subdued holiday as he returns from Bermuda to St. Marys Hospital to visit his father Joseph P. Kennedy who shows some improvement but faces paralysis and speech questions after a stroke. Robt Kennedy Edward Kennedy and Anne Gargan vigil with Jacqueline Kennedy at the hospital.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
St. Mary's Hospital
Bermuda
Harold Macmillan
Joseph P. Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward Kennedy
Anne Gargan
Boston
Jacqueline
Ocean Front
Capton Michael Paul
Enterprise Christmas Day Publication Schedule
The Enterprise will suspend publication for Christmas Day with all departments closed. The paper will not publish Monday afternoon, and business resumes Tuesday. A 64 page Christmas issue will publish tomorrow with greetings features and news for readers.
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Enterprise
Sunday Enterprise Features Tomorrow
The Sunday Enterprise previews Christmas Eve reading with an interview of Dr. R Liston Pope of Yale Divinity School who spends a year in Thomasville writing on Christ and the world today. Also a feature on Christmas Eve legends and the nativity story including the inn guest turned away seeking shelter.
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Sunday Enterprise
R. Liston Pope
Thomasville
Yale Divinity School
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Soviet
Calabria
Marine Son
Bulletin
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