Soviets to Aid Volta River Dam and Power Station
Pravda reports the Soviet Union will aid Ghana’s Volta River project with a 200000 kilowatt power plant and dam, plus a 50 mile transmission line and geological survey. The plan follows a $40 million loan and is part of broader technical cooperation with Ghana. The US offers $30 million contingent on aluminum smelter deals with Kaisers and others for a $170 million project.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Ghana
Volta
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party
Accra
Kwame Nkrumah
Volta River
Nkrumah
United States
Aswan
Egypt
Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp
Stern Section of Pine Ridge Reaches Virginia Port
The stern section of the Pine Ridge tanker is moored at Newport News after a three day tow from the mid Atlantic, with chief engineer John Richart aboard to protect salvage rights. Seven crew members missing and presumed dead. remaining crew and tugs aided by Coast Guard Cherokee. Heat and electricity maintained aboard the wreck.
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John Richart
Newport News
Wilmington
Del
Keystone Shipping Co
Philadelphia
Coast Guard
Cherokee
Richart
Curb
Lamberts Point
Pine Ridge
Cape Hatteras
N.C
Valley Forge
Clark Snyder
Havertown
J. A. Williamson
Williamson
Belgium Strikers Defy Government in Widespread Work Stoppage
In Brussels and southern Belgium Socialist officials resisted a government push for harsher strike controls. Mayors refused to disclose striking workers while troops guarded transport and utilities. Critics warned of insurrection as authorities seized papers and arrested agitators amid rising disruptions.
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Brussels
Belgium
Congo
Rene Thone
Hainaut
Jean Roland
Interior Ministry
Albert Silar
Abominable Snowman Declared Myth by Biologist
Lawrence Swan of San Francisco State College says the Abominable Snowman or Yeti is a myth after accompanying Sir Edmund Hillary into the Himalayas. He notes the scalp hair is fake and asserts the creature never existed.
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San Francisco
Sir Edmund Hillary
Lawrence Swan
San Francisco State College
Swan
Sir Edmund
Himalayas
Princess Margaret Possible Governor of the Bahamas
A close friend of the royal family says Queen Elizabeth II is considering appointing Princess Margaret as governor of the Bahamas. The report places the potential post in a context of royal duties and colonial administration.
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London
Elizabeth II
Princess Margaret
Bahamas
Armstrong-Jones
Margaret
Atlantic
Florida
Tony
Government House
Nassau
The
Duke of Windsor
George VI
GOP Favors Revamping By Solons
A senior Republican congressman supports overhauling federal regulation agencies but backs Congress leading the revamp rather than the president. Rep. John B. Bennett notes Kennedy Landis study as a basis for reform and urges legislative action.
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Gop
Solons
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
John B. Bennett
Michigan
House Commerce Committee
John F. Kennedy
Harvard Law School
James M. Landis
May Return To Five Star Rank Considered For Eisenhower
Congressional leaders quietly plan restoring President Eisenhower to five star general status after he leaves the White House on January 20. A special act would be needed as he resigned his permanent five star commission in 1952. Restored rank would bring $20 548 yearly plus pension and office expenses. similar precedents exist for retirement pay and dual benefits.
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Edwin B. Harkinson
Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Congress
Pentagon
Harry S. Truman
Herbert Hoover
Douglas MacArthur
Omar
Jet fuel clash over explosive JP4 debate in London
London AP reports a row between Lord Brabazon and Sir William Hildred over JP4 a jet fuel blend of gasoline and kerosene Brabazon claims it is dangerously explosive while Hildred defends testing and cautions against sensational claims The IATA says the fuel underwent strict testing and is technically superior to kerosene only airlines in the US reportedly avoid JP4 in normal use.
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London
New York
United States
Lord Brabazon
British Air Registration Board
Listener
British Broadcasting Corp
Sir William Hildred
International Air Transport Association
IATA
Brabazon
JP4
Iuse
Hildred
Thomasville Youth Held After Shooting Incident
Two teens on probation were arrested after a street shooting near Concord. Dennis M. Miller and James David Key face assault with a deadly weapon charges. A 17 year old, Gary Mitchell Phillips, was shot in the head but not fatally and expected to be discharged from Cabarrus County Hospital.
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Concord
N. C
Cabarrus County
Dennis M. Miller
James David Key
Thomasville
Gary Mitchell Phillips
Cabarrus County Hospital
Miller and Key
Miller
Key
Young Phillips
Phillips
De Gaulle Plan Under Fire as Algerian Tensions Rise
In Paris and Oran, opponents of De Gaulle's self rule proposal challenge the plan ahead of the January 8 referendum. Politicians Roger Duchet and Felix Gaillard denounce the plan despite mounting violence in Oran with deaths, injuries, and clashes between Moslems, Europeans, and police.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Oran
Algeria
Roger Duchet
Felix Gaillard
Fourth Republic
de Gaulle
Gaillard
Algiers
Duchet
Whitton Chosen Federal Highway Administrator by Kennedy
President elect Kennedy selects Rex Whitton 62 chief engineer of the Missouri Highway Department to head the Federal Highway Administration with a 20000 dollar yearly salary. Whitton will oversee the nation's highway program after a long career since 1920 including supervision of Missouri 32000 miles of road.
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Marvin Arrowsmith
Palm Beach
Fla
John F .Kennedy
Rex Whitton
Missouri Highway Department
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Robert S. Kerr
D-Okla
Cir Smenas
Space Committee
Congress
State Department
John Rooney
D-N.y
House
Whitton
Pierre Salinger
Luther H
Jefferson City
France conducts third Sahara nuclear test at Reggane
Paris officials report a successful third test in the Sahara aimed at refining tactical and thermonuclear devices. The device labeled Red Jerboa produced a small-yield, with minor fallout noted up to 60 miles southwest of the firing site. No warning reroutes issued. nearest oasis 80 miles away.
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Paris
France
Reggane
Sahara
United States
Defense Ministry
Pierre Billaud
Washington
Nixon Sets Course for Politics and Law After Presidency
Vice President Richard M. Nixon plans to stay active in politics and law after January 20. He aims to bolster GOP support nationwide, campaign for Republican candidates in 1962, and consider a California governorship as a path to a 1964 presidential bid amid ongoing strategic debates.
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Jack Bell
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
California
Nixon
Senate
House
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Mississippi
Congress
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