First Death Reported In Belgian Riots
Belgiums 11 day strike turns violent with the first death. A 30 year old Frenchman Francois Van Der Strappen was killed in Brussels as police clashed with strikers. Premier Gustav Eyskens blamed Communist agitators while Socialist leaders denied direct ties. Clashes also reported in Mons and Charleroi.
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Brussels
Belgium
Gustav Eyskens
Francois van der Strappen
Sabena Airlines
Sabena
Eyskens
Socialists
Mons
Charleroi
Fight Over Filibuster Looms in Senate Rules Clash
Washington AP reports rivals marshal for the fight over changing Senate rules to end filibusters. Democratic liberals plan a Monday meeting to map changes while Sen. Kuchel urges immediate action after Congress convenes. Proponents seek a simple majority to end debate. opponents insist on two thirds.
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Washington
Senate
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Dixie
Thomas H. Kuchel
R. Calif
GOP
Congress
First American Manned Space Ride Targeted for Spring 1961
A House committee predicts the first American manned rocket flight will occur in March or April 1961 from Cape Canaveral on a Redstone missile. A chimpanzee will precede the manned ride in an earlier test, with a Mercury astronaut scheduled for a brief suborbital flight and recovery at sea.
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Washington
Cape Canaveral
House Committee On Science and Astronautics
Overton Brooks
D-La
United States
Defense Department
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Mercury
Atlantic Ocean
Cubans Hit Bomb Making Centers
Havana reports it smashed three bomb making centers and arrested 17 people eight men seven men and two women. Raids in Marianao seized gelatinous dynamite and weapons said to be U S manufactured. A theater blast wounded seven amid reports of U S backed counterrevolutionaries.
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Havana
U. S
Marianaos
Revolucion
U.S
Marianao
Mariana
Fidel Castro
Pentagon
Central Intelligence Agency
Washington
Former defense employee charged with stealing secret papers
Arthur Rogers Roddey of Falls Church Virginia is charged with taking top secret documents and a tape recorder to disclose what he believed the National Security Council should know. FBI says two theft counts and three fraud counts filed. potential espionage indictment planned.
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Columbia, S.C
Defense Department
Arthur Rogers Roddey
Falls Church
National Security Council
Eisenhower
Roddey
Institute of Defense Analysis
Council
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Richmond
U. S
Joseph S. Bambacus
Federal Grand Jury
Alexandria
FBI
Henry W. Kirkland
Virginia
Kirkland
Kennedy weighs roving ambassador post for foreign talks
President elect John F Kennedy says he is seriously considering a world roving ambassador to handle talks with foreign leaders. Reports name W Averell Harriman as a likely pick, while Harriman declined comment. Kennedy spoke at a news conference at the Kennedy home as he weighs travel and a possible ambassador at large next week.
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Kennedy
Atlantic
United States
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
James M. Landis
Landis
Harvard Law School
Civil Aeronautics Board
Federal Power Commission
Federal Communications Commission
Interstate Commerce Commission
National Labor Relations Board
Youth Conference Spokesmen Deny Communist Tag
In Chicago this weekend a youth conference denied by FBI head Hoover as Communist will be non Communist led yet organizers plan a left progressive socialist orientation. Initiators Miss Alva Buxenbaum Daniel Rubin and Milton Anthopoulos push to keep Hoover’s charge from shaping the event.
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Chicago
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
Washington
Alva Buxenbaum
Philadelphia
Buxenbaum
Daniel Rubin
Milton Anthopoulos
New York
Rubin
Anthopoulos
Bullet-Like Debris Hits Bank Clerk in Manhattan
Ralph Rubens, 31, a bank clerk, was wounded at his desk in a downtown Manhattan bank when a bullet like object struck him and lodged in his chest. Investigators traced the projectile to a power tool used to install window frames across the street and ruled the case an industrial accident with no charges expected.
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New York
Ralph Rubens
Bank
Manhattan
Rubens
Court Halts Eviction of Negro Farm Group
The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals granted a temporary injunction to stop evictions of about 300 Negro sharecroppers in Haywood County Tennessee who registered to vote in 1960. The ruling preserves the status quo while not deciding whether the Civil Rights Act can compel private landowners to enter contracts. The decision could set a precedent for a Fayette County case and schedules a February hearing, with Judge Marion S Boyd previously denying a same request there.
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Cincinnati
Ohio
U.S. 6Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Haywood County
Tennessee
Fayette County
U.S. Dist
Marion S. Boyd
Memphis
Tenn
Boyd
Brownsville
Haywood
S. T. Hunter
Hunter
Lester Cecil
Paul Weick
Clifford O'Sullivan
Men to start using makeup in near future says Purdue
Dr Glen J Sperandio of Purdue University told AAAS members that men will increasingly use skin creams and possibly cosmetics while maintaining masculinity. He cited planned products such as peaches and cream a fruit based preparation and a tapioca hand cream as potential market offerings.
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New York
Glen J. Sperandio
Purdue University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Sperandio
Pensions Cut for Bituminous Miners in Welfare Fund Action
The United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund reduced bituminous miners pensions from 100 to 75 dollars per month starting February. Some 65 600 retirees are affected while anthracite pensions were cut earlier to 50 dollars. The measure cites 40 cent royalty income and fund deficits, with no immediate restoration promised. Hospital and survivor benefits remain unchanged as fund reserves cover past deficits.
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Washington
United Mine Workers Welfare and Retirement Fund
Khrushchev Calls for Summit on Disarmament Berlin Settlement
Soviet Premier Khrushchev pressed for a U N summit on disarmament and Berlin in 1961 during talks with the British ambassador in Moscow. Western officials say no concessions were offered and warn that a spring summit depends on Khrushchev leading the Soviet delegation again.
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London
Khrushchev
Moscow
U. N
Berlin
West
Frank Roberts
Caroline Kennedy Causes First Crisis
Palm Beach AP report details Caroline Kennedy slipping into a news conference with pink pajamas and high heel shoes, prompting laughter and a calm, humorous response from president-elect John F. Kennedy. The incident suggests life at the White House may be lively with her presence.
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Palm Beach
Fla. Kennedy
Caroline
Sen
William Fulbright
D-Ark
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Fila
Caroline Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Kennedy Ocean-Front
White House
Miss Caroline
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