Collision with tanker sinks Capitaine Lou Malbert
Eight crewmen of the French freighter Capitaine Lou Malbert were reported drowned or missing after a thick fog collision with the Danish tanker Rosborg in Kattegat Sound. Nineteen survivors were saved from the freighter, which sank five miles north of Anholt Island. The Rosborg escaped with minor damage as rescue boats vanished in fog.
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Kattegat Sound
Sweden
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Anholt Island
Today in History December 30 1963 events roundup
Highlights include the 1853 Gadsden Purchase treaty that cost 10 million for land now in New Mexico and Arizona, Kipling’s birth in 1865, the 1903 Iroquois Theater fire with 575 deaths, 1944 Greek regency, 1953 Davis Cup repeat for Australia, the African Queen incident, and a 1962 Red China India cease-fire note.
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Mexico
New Mexico
Arizona
James Gadsden
Rudyard Kipling
Chicago
George
Greece
Australia
Ken Rosewall
Vic Seixas
Melbourne
Ocean City
Red
China
India
North Viet Nam and Albania Seal 1964 Trade Protocol
Communist North Viet Nam and Albania signed a protocol in Hanoi on trade and payments for 1964. North Viet Nam will supply cinnamon groundnut oil coffee paper and other goods in exchange for Albanian asphalt cotton fabrics and tobacco.
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Viet Nam
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New China News Agency
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Wisconsin Secretary of State Zimmerman Named in Renk Letter Talk
Madison AP. Wisconsin Secretary of State Robert C. Zimmerman and Wilbur Renk of Sun Prairie exchange letters regularly. It remains unconfirmed if Zimmerman advised Renk to stay out of the U.S. Senate race against incumbent William Proxmire. Renk plans a decision between January 10 and 15 as GOP leaders back him.
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Renk
William Proxmire
Associated Press
Bob Zimmerman
GOP
Proxmire
Deadline Near For Lawyer Registration
About 700 Minnesota lawyers must pay a $7 fee and register with the Minnesota Supreme Court before January 1 to continue practicing. Supreme Court Clerk Mae Sherman reports roughly 4,300 of an estimated 5,000 attorneys are already in good standing for 1964, with automatic suspension if the fee is unpaid.
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Minnesota
Minnesota Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Mae Sherman
Miss Sherman
Eminent composer Paul Hindemith dies at 68 in Frankfurt
Paul Hindemith, 68, noted modern composer, died Saturday in Frankfurt of a circulatory ailment. Born in Hannover, he left Germany after the Nazi rise and became an American citizen. He toured the United States as a violist in 1938 and later taught at Yale.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Paul Hindemith
Hannau
United States
Yale
Tax cuts in Britain show boost to economy, Porter notes
Sylvia Porter compares Britain’s 1963 tax cuts with anticipated U.S. cuts, citing stronger industrial output, lower unemployment, higher retail sales, and growing car demand as evidence that tax reductions spur growth. The analysis argues similar results likely in the United States.
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U.S
England
United Kingdom
Britain
Fire Extinguished on US Freighter President Madison
A fire aboard the American freighter President Madison was put out early Saturday with no injuries and no damage to the 7,924 ton ship. A cargo of Manila hemp in hatch No 4 caught fire after departure from Yokohama for California Friday night. The ship returned to port and fire crews battled the blaze for over six hours as investigators begin determining the cause.
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Japan
Madison
California
Japanese Maritime Safety Board
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