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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1963
Page
5
In Springfield Missouri, Grace Hickman aged 76 was struck by a Missouri Pacific train Tuesday in the yards, suspected of falling onto the tracks and was decapitated. Police speculated she may have fallen down an embankment onto the rails.
Des Moines Iowa AP Oren Lee Staley a 40 year old Missouri farmer appears set to win a ninth term as president of the National Farmers Organization. Insurgent critics have not yet named a challenger as the annual convention opens and elections loom Thursday. Staley enjoys strong backing from many members who value his leadership and stance on farm product policies.
The U N Security Council faces a Norwegian drafted resolution urging a broad arms embargo on South Africa. The Soviet Union criticizes it as too weak while supporting action, and the United States and Britain oppose an economic boycott. African blocs push for stronger measures as the council weighs global pressure on apartheid.
About 31,000 soldiers were returned to the United States from West Germany, roughly 73 percent of the 41,000 troops sent during late 1961 amid heightened Soviet threats during the Berlin crisis.
Police booked Joseph Arbeiter 15 in the slaying of a south St. Louis housewife. Circuit Attorney Daniel Reardon Jr. said the youth, taken for juvenile authorities after admitting the fatal stabbing, will be formally charged with homicide under the juvenile code. The victim Mrs. Zanone, 28, died hours after the Thanksgiving Day knife attack. two children aged five and two were outside when it occurred.
The text notes Allied efforts to push the allies out of West Berlin and mentions about 10,000 reinforcements likely to remain with the US 7th Army. Current strength is about 242,000 men, concentrated in five divisions with additional combat units forming a sixth division.
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