Gaitskell Dies at 56 Shaping British Labor Crisis
London AP report: Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell dies at 56 after a two week illness from a virus infection complicating heart and lung problems with kidney ailment. His death during a major crisis leaves Labour choosing a successor as Macmillan faces election timing and European Common Market uncertainty. Deputy George Brown and foreign affairs chief Harold Wilson emerge as top contenders.
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London
Labor Party
Hugh Gaitskell
Britain
Gaitskell
Suez
Laborites
Harold Macmillan
Macmillan
Laborarty
George Brown
Harald Wilson
James Callaghan
Patrick Gordon Walker
Kennedy seeks five billion foreign aid for development
President Kennedy asked Congress for nearly 5 billion in foreign aid to bolster U.S. security and aid willing nations. He cited a 4.945 billion dollar fiscal year budget split into 3.465 billion for economic aid and 1.48 billion for military assistance with reserve funds totaling 1.25 billion. The plan shifts toward self-help development and escalation of economic loans while reducing outright grants and overseas arms deliveries.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
U.S
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Weather Arhusas Cloudy With Mixed Forecast
A cryptic weather note mentions cloudy conditions and a possible chilly Sunday. It references obscure terms like arhusas and Harning without clear regional anchors or times. The readable fragment suggests a muted sky and potential temperature concerns for the weekend.
Tax Cut Prospects Stir Kennedy Rethinking Re election
President Kennedy pushes a peacetime budget of 98.8 billion with an 11.9 billion deficit next year while proposing tax cuts he argues will spur spending and growth. Critics warn of social program cuts as liberals and opponents sharpen contrasts ahead of 1964 elections.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Breakfast Now in High School at Springdale
In Springdale Arkansas a new breakfast program at Springdale High School helps working mothers. Students may buy juice for 10 cents, a donut and milk for 10 cents, cereal and milk for 12 cents, or two donuts and milk for 16 cents. The district receives four cents per half pint of milk from the federal government.
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Springdale, Ark
Springdale High School
Floy Lawson
Lawson
Messages Sent to South America by Satellite Relay 1
New York AP reports a cooperative experiment with NASA sending AP and UPI stories to South America via Relay 1. Transmissions from Nutley NJ to a satellite 4,000 miles up and then to a mobile unit near Rio 5,000 miles away were perfect. The AP voice broadcast accompanied the news. Wes Gallagher called it a milestone linking nations through space communication.
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New York
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
South America
Associated Press
United Press International
International Telephone and Telegraph Laboratory
Nutley
Rio de Janeiro
Rio
United States Information Agency
Wes Gallagher
Taylor Burton Attair Revived By Rumors
Sybil Burton denied reports that her husband Richard Burton will marry Elizabeth Taylor. She said she would not divorce him, despite speculation he plans to give her $500,000 from their movie project and pursue a marriage with Miss Taylor. Burton and Miss Taylor had sparked talk during filming Cleopatra in Rome last year.
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Burton
Miss Taylor
Stremmnes
Rome
Miss Taylor Mayer
Cleopatra
Mien
Maye Antuny
Space goal to the moon may cost less than thought
NASA chief James E. Webb says the space goal of reaching the moon this decade could cost under 20 billion dollars, far below earlier estimates. He notes mounting budget requests should level off near 6 billion in 1967 unless Russia presents shocks, with NASA planning 4.2 billion for fiscal 1964.
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Washington
U.S. Space Agency
James E. Webb
Webb
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Russia
NASA
Reds Admired Only Strength in Cold War Reflections
A 1946 Fulton speech by Churchill warned of Russia admiring strength, a theme echoed as the United States rebuilt after WWII. The piece traces missile gaps, nuclear threats, and official estimates from Eisenhower to Kennedy, noting Roswell Gilpatric and McNamara remarks about U.S. nuclear superiority amid Cold War tensions.
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James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Winston Churchill
Fulton
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Congress
Secretary of Defense
Robert McNamara
McNamara
Defense
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Hot Springs
Gilpatric O
Brian
Khrushchev
East Berlin
Churchilli
Includiig
Racial suits in South face Alabama resistance
Justice Department actions to desegregate schools serving children of federal workers reach four Southern counties in Alabama Mississippi Louisiana and three Georgia counties with military bases. Alabama Gov George Wallace denounces federal funding pressure warning of a fight while Kennedy emphasises the government’s interest in ending unconstitutional segregation without threatening funds.
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Justice Department
Alabama
Gav
George Wallace
Wallace
U.S
Mississippi
Louisiana
Georgia
Columbus
Savannnah
Albany
Birmingham
Ala
Redstone Arsenal
Madison County
Mobile
Brookley Air Force Base
Mobile County
Jackson
Miss
Kees
Harrison
Shreveport
Barksdale Afb
Bossier Parish
Washington
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Arkansas Police Training Academy proposed by sheriffs group
The Arkansas Sheriffs Association endorsed creating a state supervised police training school for all law enforcement. It would operate five to six months yearly at Hardison Hall Mount Petit Jean, costing $25,000 to $30,000 annually. FBI support noted. Lee County Sheriff Langston elected president as the association closed its convention.
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Little Rock
Arkansas Sheriff's Association
Conway County
Marlin Hawkins
Hawkins
Hardison Hall
Mount Petit Jean
Arkansas
State Parks and Publicity Commission
Roy K. Moore
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Arkansas Police Training Academy
Lee County
Courtney’ Langston
Doyle B. Duncan
Calhoun County
Dutch Little Masters Exhibit Comes to Hope Artmobile
The Hope Junior Auxiliary brings the Arkansas Arts Center Artmobile to Hope January 24 to 27, offering original Dutch master paintings from 14 artists of the 17th century. Featured works include Bramer’s Glory of the Saints, Hobbema landscapes, van der Vliet interiors, Metsu The Visit, and more from the Dutch Golden Age.
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Hope Junior
Arkansas Arts Center
Walter F. Chrysler, Jr
Netherlands
Rome
Democratic
Europe
South Elm
Bih Streets
Arkansas Art Centers
Artmobile
Bramer
Duck
Rebekah
Eliezur
Fabritius
Hobbema
Lenny
de Hooch
Metsu
Molenaer
Moreelse
van Ruisdael
Steen
Calat Sea
van der Velde, the Younger
van der Vliet
Weenix
Niagara River Icebound as Icebreakers Struggle
Massive mounds of ice cover the Niagara River while ice-breakers fight to keep water flowing to power generators in this hydroelectric region. Lamile length of the lower river is jammed with ice from Niagara Falls toward Lake Ontario, causing water level concerns and disrupted flows.
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Niagara Falls
N.Y
API
Niagara River
Lake Ontario
Venezuelan unrest erupts over stolen impressionist works
Troops and police searched the Central University as gunmen seized five French masterpieces in a daylight raid on a Caracas museum. The on loan works valued about half a million dollars include Van Gogh Lilies in a Copper Vase and Picasso Still Life, with two teenage girls among the assailants. Authorities fear damage as the group proclaims opposition to President Betancourt.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Central University
France
Romulo Betancourt
van Gogh
Picasso
Gauguin
Braque
Cezanne
McDonnell Aircraft Plant Hit by Electricians Strike
In St Louis 184 electricians struck the McDonnell Aircraft Corp plant over a three year pact. The firm will stay open to meet defense commitments while wages and benefits remain contested. Union leaders said a signed agreement with McDonnell exists, but electricians seek a 50 cent hourly package over three years. About 26,000 McDonnell workers at peak production.
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St. Louis
McDonnell Aircraft Corp
David
Lewis
Aflcio International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Aplcio
International Association of Machinists
Gene Glover
Machinists
McDonnell
Robert Manley
Electricians
Jeb for Trimble Washington Tap
Rep James Trimble and Derek were assigned to the District of Columbia Tiase Committee on Thursday, as per the Pleuse Reales Codeetley.
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Washington
James Trimble
Derek
District of Columbia
DeGaulle and JFK face shaky Atlantic pact talks
Washington reports next week's Paris meeting between Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer may shape the Atlantic Alliance. De Gaulle's stance on Britain and Polaris missiles risks isolating France. U.S. backing for British entry to the Common Market remains. Officials say no major shift in U.S. policy unless France revises its position.
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Washington
Paris
Charles du Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Europe
Britain
United States
Udi
de Gaulle
Kennedy
France
U.S
Adenauer
West Germany
President of the AP Has Resigned
Benjamin M. McKelway, editor of the Washington Star, resigned today as president of The Associated Press. Paul Miller of Rochester, N.Y., was elected to succeed him at the midwinter board meeting. McKelway, 57, had led AP for five years and will remain a director.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Benjamin M. McKelway
Washington Star
Associated Press
Paul Miller
Rochester
N.Y
Gannett Newspapers
Miller
Worldwide News Service
McKelway
Boston
Police Today
Donald Mortis
Dorchester
Daniella Saunders
Alsley
Roxbury
Morris
John F. Collins
McNamara
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