French Officials Optimistic On Algeria Referendum Vote
In Algiers the referendum on De Gaulle's Algeria plan drew about 62 percent turnout in 600 rural communities as French officials urged a large yes vote to resolve the six year conflict. The army sealed key areas with curfew and patrols amid FLN opposition and looming violence in urban centers.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
de Gaulle
National Front of Liberation
FLN
Kennedy weighs sending special emissary to Moscow
President-elect John F Kennedy may dispatch a special emissary to the Soviet Union to probe Premier Khrushchev’s ideas on improving relations. The likely envoy is W Averell Harriman, named ambassador at large, former Soviet ambassador, and ex-New York governor.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
W. Averell Harriman
Truman
Harriman
New York
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Snowbound Trains Delayed Up To Two Hours In Northern Japan
TOKYO AP reports another storm struck northern Honshu causing train delays up to two hours as snow depths reached seven feet. Weather and transit crews work to restore service amid ongoing winter conditions.
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Tokyo
Japan
Honshu
Indonesians To Get Arms From Russia
The Soviet Union agreed to provide arms to Indonesia, signed in Moscow this week. Indonesian Security Minister Gen Abdul Haris Nasution and Foreign Minister Subandrio led the mission. Tass cited a purchase of material essential to Indonesia’s armed forces, amid West New Guinea tensions.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Indonesia
Abdul Haris Nasution
Subandrio
Tass
Republic of Indonesia
Anastas I. Mikoyan
West New Guinea
West Irian
Eisenhower Promises Georgia Trip Before Inauguration
President Eisenhower plans a return trip to Augusta and Ft. Gordon before leaving office on January 20. A helicopter will ferry him from Augusta to Ft. Gordon for a troop review and a round of golf at the Augusta National. weather canceled the earlier ceremony and Brig. Gen. Hobson awaited a formal return. The White House said no decision yet on post January 20 invitations.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Georgia
Augusta
Howard M. Hobson
Ft. Gordon
Bush
Hobson
Augusta National Club
White House
James C. Hagerty
Police Official Vanishes in Jones Beach Search
Nassau County Police Commissioner John Beckmann 63 disappeared after driving through a toll gate near Jones Beach. About 100 officers using boats planes and a helicopter searched Sloop Channel as his car was found on a bridge with wallet and revolver in the glove compartment.
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Mineola
N.Y
Jones Beach
Nassau County
John Beckmann
Beckmann
Long Island
Nassau County Force
Sloop Channel
Rebels Advance in Laos Put Luang Prabang at Risk
AP reports a Pathet Lao column moving from the north toward Luang Prabang amid mixed assessments of danger. King Savang Vathana travels from Vientiane to Luang Prabang for a new anti Communist government installation while isolated clashes and strategic advances reshape control in Xieng Khouang province with Paratroop allied forces.
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Vientiane
Laos
Luang Prabang
Savang Vathana
Boun Oum
Pathet Lao
Ban Ban
Plaine Des Jarres
Viet Nam
Xieng Khouang
Kong le
Soviet Union
Hardy Mountain
Two More Freed In Turk Trials Acquitted On Inonu Plot
At Yassida Island Turkey two defendants Dr Naci Bucukoglu and Niyazi Toroslu were acquitted for assisting the May 4 1959 mob attack on former President Ismet Inonu in Topkapi. Judge Salim Basel ruled insufficient evidence. Fifty eight others including former premier Adnan Menderes remain jailed on charges related to the assault.
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Yassida Island
Turkey
Ismet Inonu
Naci Bucukoglu
Istanbul
Niyazi Toroslu
Topkapi
Inonu
Salim Basel
Adnan Menderes
Menderes
Return To Work Predicted In Belgium As Riots Subside
A cabinet spokesman forecast a widespread return to work on Monday across Belgium while the General Workers Federation urged continued strikes. In Liege 75 were injured in riots involving 1,600 plus soldiers and police, with 28 arrests including four foreigners. Other cities reported resumed shipping, refineries opening, and ongoing rallies. King Baudouin planned no weekend audience amid uncertainty over mediating talks. Friday’s violence highlighted 19 days of tension, with an estimated 9 billion francs in losses.
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Brussels
Belgium
General Workers Federation
Gaston Eysken
Liege
Antwerp
Ghent
Socialist Transport Workers Union
Liberal Party
Verviers
Repinster
Chaudontaine
Baudouin
Laeken Palace
le Peuple
Airlines testify on trunk line consolidating airports
Testimony from United Airlines Eastern and Piedmont at a CAB hearing centers on consolidating Greensboro High Point Winston Salem air service at Friendship Airport for the northern Piedmont. City airports Smith Reynolds and Friendship would be combined. Post Office supports the plan for improved airmail and reduced surface travel.
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Winston - Salem
Greensboro
High Point
Winston-Salem
Civil Aeronautics Board
Paul Pfeiffer
Greensboro High Point
Piedmont
Friendship
Smith Reynolds
United Airlines
Ceasar Cone
Greensboro - High Point
United
Friendship Airport
North Carolina
Capital Airlines
Capital
Eastern Airlines
Piedmont Airlines
Eastern
Ice
Post Office
Africans Denounce Mobutu and Call for UN Action
Five leftist African states led by the United Arab Republic Guinea Ghana Mali and Morocco urged the United Nations to disarm Col Joseph Mobutu’s Congo forces and free imprisoned ex Premier Patrice Lumumba They also demanded reconvening the Congolese Parliament and expelling Belgian and foreign troops not under UN command The leaders threatened to withdraw their troops from the UN Command if demands are not met and planned a charter of new African cooperation with four commissions to report in three months
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Joseph E. Dynan
Casablanca
Morocco
United Nations
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Mobutu
United Arab Republic
Guinea
Ghana
Mali
U.N
Iman U.N
Jdone
New Africa
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.A.R
France
Algeria
Nasser
Five Nations
University Ordered Open To Negroes
Federal judge orders immediate admittance of two Negro students to the University of Georgia triggering a small demonstration in Athens. An effigy and a cross burning occur near a freshman dormitory as about 150 spectators watch.
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Macon
University of Georgia
Hamilton E. Holmes
Athens
William Tate
Atlanta
Georgia
Holmes
Morehouse College
Orthodox Christmas Mass At Moscow Cathedral Attended Largely By Elders
Archbishop Alexei officiated the midnight Mass in Moscow Cathedral as thousands braved fresh snowfall. Most worshippers were older women, many married over 43 years ago before the Communist revolution weakened the church. Other services marked Christmas across the Soviet Union with czarist memories echoed.
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Moscow
Alexei
All Russia
Soviet Union
Hepatitis Big Increase Reported in North Carolina
North Carolina's 1960 hepatitis cases may exceed 500 with 474 reported through December 31 and more likely to follow. Dr. Jacob Koomen notes the rise mirrors a nationwide trend, while stressing the disease often causes mild illness but can be severe and long lasting. no vaccine exists as the virus has never been isolated.
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Department
North Carolina
Koomen
Cuba seeks Kennedy thaw as Guevara previews reconciliation
Fidel Castro's regime clamps down on exit permits while Ernesto Guevara, head of Cuba's national bank, publicly touts a future U S rapprochement after Kennedy takes office. He notes U S stance is uncertain and cites Cuba offering sovereignty minded terms amid sugar sale shifts to the Communist bloc.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Ernesto Che Guevara
Cuba
National Bank
Castro
Guevara
Communist Bloc
Eisenhower
Fire Claims Life Of Ahoskie Man In Early Morning Blaze
Ahoskie North Carolina fire authorities report a fatal blaze that destroyed a two room frame house. The victim is 35 year old Robert Savage a pulp wood worker who recently moved from Wilmington. Firemen say Savage woke to the fire attempted escape but collapsed. Two other men were in the home but were visiting neighbors at the time.
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Ahoskie
N.C
Robert Savage
Wilmington
Savage
Described Sunday Features in High Point Enterprise
The Sunday Enterprise previews a special feature package with reports on factory whistle culture in High Point by Harry Kotsionis, a North Carolina mine disaster history near Sanford by Bonnie Moore, and a retrospective on Eisenhower era developments as the paper looks ahead to Civil War centennial observances.
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Harry Kotsionis
Sunday Enterprise
North Carolina
Sanford
Bonnie Moore
Enterprise
United States
Washington
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