First Big Cold Wave Sweeps Nation
The season's first major cold wave moved across the central United States turning autumn to winter. Temperatures fell to 3 or 4 above zero in Nebraska and Wyoming, with snow in Lander and western regions. Rain and freezing precipitation followed the front, causing accidents and flooding in multiple cities and at least four deaths from a San Diego firm’s plane crash near Pueblo Colorado.
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Associated Press
Mercury
Chadron
North Platte
Neb
Douglas
Wyo
Plains
Oklahoma
Texas Panhandle
Lake Superior
Texas
Lander
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Montana
Oregon
Washington
Maine
U Thant Wins UN Support for Acting Secretary General Post
The United Nations Security Council unanimously recommends Burma's U Thant as acting secretary general to replace Dag Hammarskjold. The General Assembly plans a swift secret ballot with an expected overwhelming vote. U Thant will be sworn in and begin shaping his staff as the assembly confirms the appointment.
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U.N. Security Council
Tolay
Burma
U Thant
The
World Organization
Ate Dag Hammmarskjold
General Assembly
Mongi Slim
Tunisia
Assembly
U Phant
Jehan de Noue
U.N. Protocol
U.N
Slim
United States
Security Council
Dag Hammarskjold
Africa
United States May Test New Atmospheric Nuclear Weapons
Officials say President Kennedy could order atmospheric tests within months if needed to keep ahead of the Soviet Union. Preparations begin with surveying usable weapon types and sites, with final decision resting with the President. Anticipated weapons include neutron bombs and improved warheads, though not 50 megaton Soviet type detonations.
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Washington
United States
Kennedy
U.S
Soviet Union
Defense Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Miss America Beatrice Returns Home To Asheville
Miss America Maria Fletcher, 19, touched down in Asheville marking her first home visit since winning the title. A 2,000-strong crowd greeted the traveler from Washington as she planned a weekend of receptions, parades, news conferences, and appearances with Gov. Sanford and Miss America organizers before departing Sunday afternoon.
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Asheville
N.C
Maria Beale Fletcher
Maria
Washington
New York
Radio City Music Hall Rockettes
Precision Dancers
North Carolina
Matia
Terry Sanford
Rusk argues against nuclear domination as world safety
Secretary of State Dean Rusk said the world will not be safe if nuclear superiority aims to dominate others. He cited the 1980 communist prediction from Moscow and urged adherence to UN charter while noting Japan’s fear after Soviet tests and Kennedy’s atmospheric test proposal. He referenced Hiroshima and Nagasaki to frame the historical stakes.
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Hakone
Japan
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Moscow
United Nations
Soviet Union
Torch Run Ends at Capitol Torch for Education Challenge
Two college students from eastern and western campuses met at the Aycock statue in Raleigh to cap a 700 mile Torch for Education relay. Governor Sanford lit a nine foot torch on Aycock’s arm and leg to keep the flame burning until after the state bond election. Funds from the bonds will finance new construction at state supported colleges and universities.
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Raleigh
N.C
Aycock
State Capitol
Gov. Sanford
North Carolina
Charles Brantley Aycock
Sanford
Luthuli Granted Passport to Accept Nobel Prize
Albert Luthuli, 61, was issued a passport to travel to Oslo and collect the 1960 Nobel Peace Prize for his nonviolent stand against racial segregation. He will have 10 days for the trip, with prize money of 43 744 dollars and limited speaking engagements noted.
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Pretoria
South
Sharpeville
African National Congress
Luthuali
Peace Prize Committee
Luthuli
Monkey to ride Atlas rocket in space test
A six pound rhesus monkey with implanted sensors and a radio transmitter is set to ride an Atlas missile 600 miles into space next week. The goal is to test biosensors for human astronauts reducing external wiring in future flights. The capsule will eject to land in the Atlantic southeast of Cape Canaveral after a ballistic path.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Virgil J. Grissom
Monkey
Atlantic
Korean Orphan Choir Performs Across North America
Sixteen South Korean orphans aged eight to twelve travel with World Vision choir members on a 40 city 200 day tour to the United States and Canada. The group seeks to thank donors and fund a 200 bed Seoul children's hospital while preparing to sing for the United Nations and the White House for President Kennedy.
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Harry Jupiter
San Francisco
South Korea
United States
Canada
World Vision
America
Seoul
United Nations
New York
White House
Technicians Seek Cause Of Whit In House
Six Air Force technicians from Griffiss AFB tested equipment around a Rotterdam New York home after the Binkowskis urged President Kennedy to address a mysterious whirring sound. The family reported years of disruption, with a trailer near the house and plans to move into a garage as tests continue. Local listeners heard little, and officials were unsure if the noise could be detected.
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Schenectady
N. Y
Air Force
White House
Binkowski
Griffiss Air Force Base
Rotterdam
Eugene Binkowski
Kennedy
Frank Kriss
Princess Margaret Delivers Son Viscount Linley at Clarence House
Princess Margaret gave birth to a son at Clarence House weighing unspecified, with Earl of Snowdon Antony Armstrong-Jones first to see the baby. The child, fifth in line to the throne, inherits the title Viscount Linley, while mother and son were reported doing well amid royal congratulations.
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London
Margaret
Earl of Snowdon
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Royal Maternity
Clarence House
Viscount Linley
Princess Margaret
Queen Mother
Scots Guards
Queen Elizabeth III
Prince Philip
Lord Evans
Tony
John Peel
Vernon Hall
John Weir
Peel
Prince Charles
Prince Andrew
Princess Anne
Earl of
Snowdon
Armstrong-Jones
North Carolina tax receipts rise on sales tax surge
Raleigh AP reports October general fund collections climbed to 22.9 million, up 24.23 percent from a year earlier. Sales tax receipts reached 11.6 million, boosted by a 3 percent tax on food and other sales. Over four months, general fund intake totaled 101.5 million, up 5.7 million. Highway collections rose by 0.1 million.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
General Fund
W. A. Johnson
Gov. Sanford
Johnson
Second Hand Rocket Fired Off Point Mugu
The Navy launched a 17 foot Aerobee missile from the sea off Point Mugu California. The rocket rose to 5000 feet before parachuting back to earth. The test occurred nine days after a similar experiment.
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Point Mugu
Calif
Navy
Virginia Students Riot Over Thanksgiving Break Cut
University of Virginia students protested a shortened Thanksgiving holiday by rioting with fires and projectiles before police used tear gas to break up the demonstration. Three students were injured and nine arrested for disorderly conduct. victims included Ralph H. Reeder from Bordentown New Jersey and Richard Sunderland from Severna Park Maryland. The university restored the four day break for next year.
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Charlottesville
University of Virginia
Ralph H. Reeder
Farmsworth St
Robert Wheeland Jr
Reading
Capital Of Honduras Will Be Moved Inland
Belize British Honduras after Hurricane Hattie leaves Belize City shattered. Death toll rises to 151 with 75 percent of buildings damaged or destroyed. Government plans move capital 44 miles inland to higher ground as British troops guard against looting.
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Theodore A. Ediger
Belize
British Honduras
Carrbbean
Hattie
Guatemala
Honduras
Richard Geppert
Cayo de San Ignacio
Jamaica
George Price
Raymond Yates
Fort George
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