Truman Attacks GOP Recounts During Chicago Stop
Former President Truman criticizes GOP recount efforts calling them poor losers while in Chicago with Mayor Daley. Daley supports broader recounts across Cook County and hints at possible changes in GOP strongholds. Truman also says Kennedy will be too busy for foreign goodwill trips.
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Chicago
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Richard J. Daley
Daley
Cook County
John F. Kennedy
Hollywood Fire Kills Attorney at Hillis Movie Colony
A blaze swept a Hollywood Hillis home killing wealthy attorney Charles A. De Santis. Neighbors Ronnie Burns and Jimmie Boyd reported hearing explosions and scrambling to help as flames consumed the structure. De Santis was found charred near the rear, with fire blocking his path to the front door. Cause under investigation.
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Hollywood
Hollywood Hillis
Charles A. de Sana
Ronnie Burns
George Burns
Jimmie Boyd
de Santis
Cafe Owner Halts Sit In With Rifle
The Herschel’s Tic Toc owner in Nashville used a loaded rifle to threaten five Negroes and a white companion during third day of sit ins. Police did not press charges as about 40 students from Fisk University and other colleges protested at several downtown restaurants and drugstores.
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Nashville, Tenn
Herschel Erwin
Herschel
Diane Nash
Negro Fisk University
Four Women Elected to North Carolina General Assembly
Four women will sit in the 1961 North Carolina House, creating a record for female legislators. Republicans Nellie Cox and Tressie Fletcher join Democrats Grace Rodenbough and Rachel Darden Davis. Rodenbough brings education expertise, Davis is a physician and farmer, Fletcher is a lawyer, and Cox is a former teacher and postmistress.
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Raleigh
General Assembly
W. N
Nellie) Cox
Macon County
Tressie P. Fletcher
Alexander
Grace Taylor Rodenbough
Stokes
Rachel Darden Davis
Lenoir
Lillian Cover
Cherokee County
Rodenbough
Davis
Fletcher
Cook
Rome or Moscow Letter Urges Catholics Fight Communism From Within
In a pastoral letter titled Rome or Moscow the 77 year old Archbishop Enrique Perez Serantes urges Cuban Catholics to resist communism from within rather than rely on U S military or economic force. He notes US anti communist spending while warning it alone cannot stop Marxist influence. The letter, read at Santiago Cathedral, targets Catholics across his 2 1 million diocese.
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Havana
Santiago
Cuba
Rome
Moscow
Enrique Perez Serantes
Perez Serantes
Spain
Fidel Castro
Senator Cotton Opposes Bowles for Secretary of State
Senator Norris Cotton of New Hampshire said he would oppose Rep Chester Bowles for secretary of state his stance centers on Bowles support for a two Chinas policy Cotton argues such a policy harms the United States diminishes Far East prestige and would anger both the Republic of China and Communist China who oppose it.
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Washington
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
Senate
Chester Bowles
Dconn
Bowles
Cotton
Kennedy
Communist China
China
Formosa
Republic of China
Red China
Far East
United States
Senate Elects Watch On Election Fraud Urges Justice Dept Action
The Senate Elections subcommittee asked the Justice Department to inform it of any evidence of federal voting violations from last Tuesday's elections. GOP leaders in 11 states were urged to recheck votes while Vice President Nixon's aides said he was not consulted. Atty Gen Rogers and Senator Green requested active cooperation and copies of any complaints or affidavits. A DOJ spokesman noted some complaints exist and that federal violations would be investigated. Some states reported no fraud, others received complaints. Nixon aides do not expect a recount to overturn the Democratic victory. Sweden reports an 85 percent voter turnout, a new record.
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Washington
Senate Elections Subcommittee
Justice Department
Thruston B. Morton
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Morton
Theodore Francis Green
D-R.j
Atty
William P. Rogers
Green
Senate Subcommittee On
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United States Senate
Illinois
Texas
Delaware
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
Nevada
New Mexico
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
South Carolina
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Macmillan Expected In Washington Ahead of Kennedy Talks
London reports say Prime Minister Harold Macmillan plans a Washington visit early next year for talks with President-elect John F. Kennedy aimed at arranging a East West summit. Kennedy reportedly invited Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell to Washington in mid January.
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Harold Macmillan
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John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Hugh Gaitskell
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Macmillan
United States
Western Alliance
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Tarzan) Bragg
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