UN advances in Congo fighting near Jadotville Kolwezi
UPI reports United Nations armored columns pushed toward Kolwezi and Jadotville to end Katanga secession. Bridges blown by Tshombe forces delayed progress. four UN soldiers killed and 19 wounded in the Lufira River fighting as Indian and Ethiopian troops move toward Jadotville.
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Dietrich Mommendey
United Press International
Leopoldville, the Congo
Lufira River
Leopoldville
Jadotville
U.N
Tshombe
Elisabethville
Kolwezi
Katanga
Katanga-Kasai
U.N. Rejects Tshombe Cease-Fire Request
The United Nations rejected Katanga President Moise Tshombe’s plea for a cease-fire saying it is too late for negotiation. UN forces would fire only if fired upon as Thant aims to end Katanga's secession by force and restore central authority. The U.N. warned past cease-fire attempts with Katangese gendarmerie are futile.
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United Nations
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Thant
Leoopoldville
U.N
London
Lord Home
Brittan
U. S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Congo
United States
V. V. Kuznetsov
U. N
Weather outlook for Lavington through Thursday night
Cloudy conditions prevail with cool temperatures. Expect a high of 61 on Thursday and a low near 30 Thursday night with slightly warmer air on Wednesday night.
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Lavington
Postage Rate Hike Close to Take Effect
The Dallas post office warns to affix correct postage as rates rise on January 7. First class letters will cost five cents per ounce and air mail eight cents per ounce. Insufficient postage may be collected from recipients or returned to senders. Letters dropped after the January 6 last pickup require the new rates.
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Dallas
UPI
President Kennedy's 1963 Outlook and Tax Cut Push
President Kennedy signals a tough year ahead with pressure on Congress for expedited tax cuts to spur employment. He aims to reinforce the western alliance and aid have nations while facing potential friction with allies. He forecasts a politically divided Congress and possible internal party opposition to liberal New Frontier proposals.
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Russia
Allie
Congress
Kennedy
United States and Britain Push Polaris for France
UPI reports U S and Britain urged France to accept American Polaris missiles. Ambassador Bohlen met with Foreign Minister Couve de Murville and British envoy Dixon with De Gaulle in Paris to discuss Nassau talks between Kennedy and Macmillan.
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Paris
UPI
United States
Britain
France
U. S
Charles E. Bohlen
Maurice Couve de Murville
Pirson Dixon
de Gaulle
Bohlen
Nassau
Kennedy
Hamid Mac
Pohlen
Polaris
Four Holiday Deaths In NM
Four people died in New Mexico over the long holiday period from Friday night to Tuesday midnight. Three fatalities occurred in traffic accidents including a 33 year old Portales widow, Marjorie Ruth Little, who died in a high speed crash five miles north of Portales on NM 467. A Silver City man died after falling from a roof and impaling on a picket fence. The toll was lower than the 15 holiday deaths recorded during Christmas.
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New Mexico
Portales
Marjorie Ruth Little
N.M
Silver City
Lovington City Commission Candidates Draw For Ballot Spots
Carl Henderson claimed the top slot for Position 2 with A L Hahn close behind. Malcolm Wright led for Position 4 ahead of Fred Janca. J V Veach Payne runs unopposed for Position 5. Three seats are at stake in the January 14 election to replace three retiring commissioners.
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Lovington
Karen Caudle
Wes Allen
J. W. (Veech) Payne
Carl Henderson
Fred W. Janca
A. L. Hahn
Malcolm Wright
Allen Grisham
John Connell
Joe Whitherspoon
Courts Decide If Gold Tale Is Tall
UPI reports Judge Waldo Rogers set January 2 for a trial to resolve whether Jesse James buried half a million dollars in gold on the Santa Clara reservation or if the tale is fiction. Jesse L. James claims 14 bars at 7 pounds each exist, while Joe Suazo admits fabricating the story and says he hid nothing.
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Albuquerque
UPI
U. S
Waldo Rogers
Jesse James
Santa Clara
Rogers
Joe Suazo
Suazo
Jesse L. James
Santa Clara Pablo
James
Manitou
Coorado
Woman Turns on Gas Jets In Lovington Home Suicide Attempt
A 23 year old Lovington woman was admitted to Lovington General Hospital on New Year’s Day after turning on four gas jets in her home. She was found by her ex husband who visited to pay child support and was reported in satisfactory condition after receiving what doctors called a good dose of gas. Police investigated the incident.
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Lovington
Lovington Sea Geneal Hospital
Lovington Fire crews respond to three small blazes
Lovington firemen were called out twice in the morning within 15 minutes to tackle two minor fires. At 9:10 a car caught fire from a short in wiring at Madison Ave and Main Street causing very minor damage. A curtain blown against a stove at 16 W Central Ave ignited a small blaze with slight damage. At 12:20 p.m. New Year’s Day a grass fire at 1005 W Taylor started by children with matches, but caused no damage.
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Lovington
Madison Ave
Main Street
Rusty Woodward
Central Ave
Woodward
W. Taylor
Foreign Farm Market Tops Kennedy Freeman Talks
President Kennedy and Agriculture Secretary Orville Freeman, visiting Palm Beach, will discuss farm policy for the new Congress and the European Common Market. They aim to address loss of European markets for American farm products and potential effects on U S farm exports and the balance of payments.
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Palm Beach, Fla
Congress
European Common Market
Kennedy
U.S
Packing Plant Explosion in Indiana Kills and Injures Dozens
An explosion at Home Packing Co in Terre Haute injured 55 and at least 10 workers were dead with several more believed trapped amid ammonia gas. Rescue teams battled collapsing walls and leaks as gas officials and police revised the death toll and continued searches through the debris.
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Terre Haute
Ind
UPI
Shattered
Home Packing Co
Funeral Today For Lovington Agricultural Leader George Sumruld
Funeral services are set for 2 pm at Hillcrest Baptist Church for George Sumruld a prominent Lovington farmer and agricultural leader. He died Tuesday night of a heart attack leaving a widow three daughters a son and several siblings. He held multiple farm organization posts in Lea County and helped start rural recreation centers.
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Hillcrest Baptist Church
George Sumruld
Lovington
Billy Foster
Rest Haven Cemetery
Sumruld
Lea County
Farmer’s Home Administration
Artesia
Lea County Farm and Livestock Bureau
Lea County Crop Improvement Association
Association
Lea County Soil Conservation District
Alice
Vivian Messenger
Air Base City
Rosa Lee Thornhill
Marlin
Tex
Lastell McPherson
W. E. Sumruld
Wayne
Jesse
Elmer
Leroy
Sanford
Denver, Colo
Walter
Indianapolis
Ind
Annie Beulah
Colorado
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