Kennedy Reviews Policy and Names Roosa to Treasury Post
President-elect John F. Kennedy begins a broad review of American foreign policy in Florida. He selects New York banker Robert V. Roosa as undersecretary of the Treasury for monetary affairs and Harvard professor Archibald Cox as solicitor general, with Fulbright meeting to discuss international and domestic issues.
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J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy
Fulbright
Dean Rusk
Rockefeller Foundation
Washington
Congress
Roosa
Treasury Department
New York Federal Reserve Bank
Teena Douglas
Eisenhower
Treasury
Cox
Harvard
University of Michigan
Harvard University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Marquette
Mich
Office of Strategic Services
Omar N. Bradley
12Th Army Group
Dillon
Ben-Gurion Hints At Resignation Over Lavon Affair
Premier David Ben-Gurion hinted at resigning to push a full legal probe into the 1955 Lavon affair. An investigating panel cleared Lavon of blame, though a high army officer is said to have forged a document. Meir reportedly threatened to quit but was persuaded to stay.
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Lavon
Ben-Gurion
Social Democratic
Mapai
Golda Meir
Levi Eshkol
Tragic Quebec fire kills mother and 11 children
In Noyan Quebec Marjorie Vosburgh 43 and 11 of her 15 children died when a stove sparked a blaze that destroyed their wooden house near Montreal. Abel Vosburgh survived with burns while most siblings were away at the time. The dead include Doris 19 Ray 17 Richard 15 Phyllis 13 Katherine 10 Audrey 9 Beverley 7 Robert 4 Caroline 3 Leo 1 and Dwayne 6 months.
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Noyan
Marjorie Vosburgh
Quebec
Montreal
Abel
Richard
Phyllis
Katherin
Audrey
Beverley
Robert
Caroline
Leo
Dwayne
Gladys
Gertrude
Irvin
Allan
Gunmen Hold Up Randolph Store Flee With $500
Two armed men robbed a Randolph County grocer at gunpoint around 11 45 am today in a store on Highway 902 southeast of Asheboro. The victim Owen Tell escaped a storeroom and called the sheriff. Suspects described as 5 10 brown haired and 6 feet in work clothes fled in a blue and white 1955 De Soto.
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Asheboro
Randolph County
Owen Tell
Tell
Sheriff's Department
No Rules Change Expected In New Congress
A Democratic caucus to be held Monday is expected to avoid pushing a change to House rules. Leaders Rayburn and McCormack would likely stay away from early clashes, while liberals remain unorganized and Kennedy’s presidency looms as a future leverage point.
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Washington
House Democrats
House
Congress
Rules Committee
Clarence Cannon
D-Mo
Cannon
Sam Rayburn
Texas
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Rayburn
McCormack
Bague
John F. Kennedy
Parents' Cars Collide. 11-Year-Old Killed in Tipton Crash
In Tipton Indiana a snow packed county road head on collision killed 11 year old Vicki Lynn Hamilton who was riding with her mother Eleanor Hamilton. The girl's father Phillip Hamilton and Joyce Long were also injured as the parents attempted to visit with the Hamilton family.
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Tipton
Ind
Vicki Lynn Hamilton
Eleanor Jane Hamilton
Phillip K. Hamilton
Joyce Long
Windfall
Hamilton
Rebels Reach Katanga as Gizenga Forces Move North
A column of rebel troops from Stanleyville reportedly entered northern Katanga and linked with Baluba fighters opposing President Moise Tshombe. U.N. sources say the force crossed via Kivu and neared Kongolo, amid a broader civil conflict in the Congo.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Stanleyville
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
United Nations
Kivu
Kongolo
Katana
Gizenga
Jean Mirohu
Bakuvu
U.N
Goma
Bukavu
Republicans warn of equal air time if Kennedy uses TV
Senator Kuchel says Republicans may seek equal air time if Kennedy uses evening news conferences for propaganda. He cites plans for prime hour TV talks as potentially partisan shows. Kennedy's press secretary says networks may carry live presidential events but remain free to air other meetings.
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Washington
Thomas H. Kuchel
Calif
John F. Kennedy
White House
Kuchel
Senate
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Palm Beach
Eisenhower
Swedes Deny Troops Guarded Congo Train
Stockholm says Swedish U N troops did not guard a train attacked near Elisabethville in Katanga. Katanga officials claim at least 20 died and others were harmed. British and South African sources dispute the claim, noting only one body found and that guards may have taken no action.
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Congo
Stockholm
Sweden
Elisabethville
U. N
Katanga
U.N
South African Press Association
Stories That Tickled Tar Heels In 1960
A roundup of lighthearted North Carolina stories from 1960 including a Burlington scene with a police bear, a Mecklenburg dog pound mass breakout, Matthews firemen chasing a grass fire, Ahoskie neighbors aiding Mrs Hollo man, a Jackson court quip about spousal discipline, and a Winston-Salem officer assaulted earning a bunk for seven months.
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Stanley
Mecklenburg County
Harry Overcash
Overcas
Overcash
Matthews
Ahoskie
Alice Holloman
Jackson
N.C
Ballard S. Guy
Guy
Winston - Salem
Grady L. Weaver
Weaver
Rampage Through Brussels As 15000 Protest in City
In Brussels 15000 strikers surged through the city smashing windows and overturning cars while King Baudouin and Queen Fabiola returned from their honeymoon. Riot police and soldiers guarded government buildings as the protest entered its tenth day amid calls to halt austerity measures and tax hikes.
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Brussels
Belgium
King Baudouin
Fabiola
Seville
General Workers Federation
Spain
Brussel
Pierre Harmel
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
West Germany
Harmel
Antwerp
Leo Collard
Socialist Party
Gaston Eyskens
Kennedy to Attend North Carolina Inauguration
Robert F. Kennedy will attend Terry Sanford’s inauguration as North Carolina governor next week joining Ernest Hollings of South Carolina. Sanford welcomes Kennedy and Hodges will delay departure to hand over the Executive Mansion key. The public events include swearing in, parade and official reception.
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Raleigh
Robert F. Bobby Kennedy
Terry Sanford
North Carolina
John F. Kennedy
Sanford
Luther H. Hodges
Bobby Kennedy
Ernest F. Hollings
South Carolina
Kennedy
Ethel
Gov
Hodges
Executive
Capitol
Memorial
Mother Earth Slims Waistline
New NASA satellite findings show earth’s midriff bulge shrinking very slowly over 100 million years. The planet’s rotation is lengthening days by about 1 ten‑thousandth of a second per century, gradually reshaping its crust as the bulge gradually smooths out.
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New York
Earth
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Gordon J. F. MacDonald
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Babson 1961 Outlook For Business Forecast
Roger W. Babson reports Babson's Business and Financial forecast for 1961 in The Enterprise. The 1960 forecast averaged 80 percent accuracy over the past decade, the highest record for U. S. future business predictions.
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Babson
U. S
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GOP
George Hanna
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Melvin Stanley
Sions
Eyskens
Bob Kennedy
Waen
Mother Earth
Roger W. Babson
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