Shipwreck Victim Nearing Recovery After 32 Days Adrift
Terry Jo Duperrault, 11, survivor of the Blue Belle disaster, drifted 32 days at sea and reached Mercy Hospital in Miami in serious to critical condition. Doctors said she will likely recover. She is under constant guard as Coast Guard rescued her from a perilous voyage after the vessel sank in a squall, leaving her family missing.
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Miami
Fla
Terry Jo Duperrault
Terry Jo
Green Bay
Wis
Mercy Hospital
Coast Guard
Minute Man Missile achieves first underground launch at Cape Canaveral
The Air Force reports a successful underground silo launch of a Minute Man intercontinental missile from a 90 foot pit at Cape Canaveral. The 58 foot projectile reached a target area about 3000 miles away with the second and third stages firing as planned.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Atlantic
Air Force
Minuteman
Castro Says Invasion is Planned
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro alleged on shortwave that the United States plans a new invasion of Cuba that could cost hundreds of thousands of Cuban lives. He attacked Venezuelan President Betancourt for breaking relations, calling him a puppet of Yankee imperialism, and said Cuba must arm despite vowing not to attack a sister nation. Havana radio noted Americans in Cuba formed a group called Friends of Cuba, with no member count given.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
United States
Betancourt
Cuba
Castro
Havana
Kennedy
Friends of
Tanker Montauk Point Quietly Clears Dock After Standstill
Morehead City AP A tanker blocked the Aviation Fuel Terminals dock for two days to protest towing and pilot guidance amid a labor dispute. The Montauk Point moved to sea without a tug or pilot as negotiations wage on. Coast guard absolved the skipper of blame. Carteret Tow ing Co employees objected to towing by the firm and to port pilots. The Inland Boatmen's Union charges unfair labor practices. the company appealed to the National Labor Relations Board.
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Aviation Fuel Terminals Inc
Bennett
Montauk Point
Carteret Towing Co
Carteret
Inland Boatmen's Union
National Seafarer’s Union
Gordon Spencer
SIU
Rayburn Rites in Bonham Texas Gather for Funeral
North Texas town Bonham prepares to say farewell to Sam Rayburn former House speaker who died of cancer in Risser Hospital. President Kennedy and Vice President Johnson attend funeral at First Baptist Church with 105 Congressmen and Texas delegation flying in. Services led by Elder H G Ball with assistance from Rev Bernard Braskamp. Funeral will be broadcast for about 1,000 mourners with state viewing from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Bonham, Tex
North
Texas
Sam Rayburn
Modest Risser
Rayburn
Joe Risser
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Bonham
First Baptist Church
John W. McCormack
Dmass
Dallas
Congress
Democrat
Sam
Herald
Denison
Fourth
Kennedy
Perrin Air Force Base
Grayson County
Perrin
Brick and Stained Glass
John Holton
H. G. Ball
Primitive Baptist Church
Tioga
Tex
Bernard Braskamp
U.S. House of Representatives
Slav Ship Escorted To Berth
Coast Guard cutters escorted the Yugoslav freighter Gundulic to its berth in San Diego harbor before dawn. About 20 yachts formed a picket line protesting U S sale of four Navy jet trainer planes to Yugoslavia. Some yachtsmen fired firecrackers and urged crew to jump ship while immigration officials watched aboard a Coast Guard cutter.
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San Diego
Calif
Coast Guard
Gundulic
Patriots Unlimited
Yugoslavia
United States
Diesel Oil Grounds Arctic Patrol Plane Rescue Effort
An Air Force rescue mission aims to reach 11 men stranded on an ice floe after diesel fuel was mistakenly pumped into a Navy patrol plane at the Arlis II station near the North Pole. The craft made a forced landing 30 miles from Barrow after departing for a four hour flight.
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Anchorage
Alaska
Air Force
Navy
Arlis II
North Pole
Arctic Research Laboratory
Barrow
UN Troops Move To Punish Kindu Massacre Italians
UN sent Malayan troops to Kindu in the Congo to encircle disarm and punish Congolese mutineers after a massacre of 13 Italian UN airmen. Witnesses say bodies were mutilated and shown to crowds as the UN and Adoula government promise swift action.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Kindu
U.N
Lualaba
Kivu
Congo
Sture Linner
Sweden
Linner
Kindu Resi
Ina
Stuve Linner
United States
Britain
France
Security Council
Katanga
Adenauer Pushes NATO Authority for Nuclear Retaliation
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer urged NATO receive power to order retaliation with U S nuclear weapons, arguing for stronger NATO forces to wage nuclear war without White House clearance. He cited Gen Heusinger’s claim that one hour can decide fate and the President may be unreachable.
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Adenauer
Heusinger
NATO
U Thant Eyes More U.N. Troops for Congo Crisis
Acting Secretary-General U Thant weighs rushing more U.N. troops to the Congo amid anger over the slaying of 13 Italian airmen by mutinous Congolese soldiers. U.N. officials, including Maj. Gen. Sean McKeown and Conor Cruise O'Brien, report dwindling forces and calls for decisive action as nations urge punishment of perpetrators.
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U Thant
Tom Hoge
United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Congo
Sean McKeown
McKeown
U.N. Congo
Ghana
Guinea
Mali
Morocco
Tunisia
United Arab Republic
U.S
Adlai FE. Stevenson
Antoine Gizenga
Oriental
Katanga
Stevenson
United States
Valerian A. Zorin
McNamara orders safety control on nonscheduled troop flights
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara announced a new policy requiring that all nonscheduled airlines moving military personnel within the United States use only pilots and aircraft approved by the Military Air Transport Service or major regular airlines. The move follows the November 8 crash near Richmond that killed 74 Army recruits and extends MATS inspection to domestic troop carriers.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
United States
McNamara
Imperial Airlines
Richmond
Military Air Transport Service
Immedi
Ately
Department
MATS
Federal Aviation Agency
Civil Aeronautics ‘Board
Army Extends Christmas Leave To Most Troops In Duty Status
Washington AP Army announces Christmas leave for as many troops as possible including reservists and guardsmen recently called to duty. About 16 000 draftees scheduled to report in early December will be eligible as the period December 23 1961 through January 2 1962 allows maximum trainees to take leave. Marine Corps grants 10 day leaves in two waves starting December 17 18 and 28 29 with boat training recruits excluded. Air Force decision pending.
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Washington
Army
Marine Corps
Air Force
Kennedy urges negotiating from strength in Western tour
President Kennedy warns against preaching war or surrender and urges negotiating from a position of strength as Western allies seek unity against the Soviets. He says America must not impose its will or withdraw from world issues and stresses the value of timely talks to defend vital interests. He spoke to 11,000 at the University of Washington and drew large Seattle crowds during a four day leg of a western tour, with stops to boost Magnuson and Hayden and plans to attend Rayburn’s funeral in Texas.
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Whitney Shoemaker
Seattle
Wash
Kennedy
United States
West Germany
Soviet Union
Moscow
University of Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
Magnuson
Congress
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Morehead City
G. L. Bennett
North Carolina
Montauk
Rayburn Rites
World Health Organization
George Ivan ‘Smith
Cyrille Adoula
Smith
Adoula
Joseph Mobutu
LaLa
Russia
Valerian Zorin
Adlai Stevenson
Center
Justin Bomboko
U.N. Security Council
John D. Koehler
Adenaeur
U.N. Congo Command
Zorin
Belgium
Paul-Henri Spaak
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