Gromyko calls UN conference on disarmament
Russia urges a special UN session or international conference to discuss disarmament and renews push to include Red China. He criticizes NATO foreign ministers talks as futile and says Western refusals block UN efforts. Khrushchev supports summits as East-West tensions persist.
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Harold K. Miles
Moscow
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
United Nations
NATO
Gromyko
West
Supreme Soviet
Red China
United States
Communist Party
Nikita Ishchev
Rostrum
Khrushchev
Geneva
Txip
Changes In Farm Proposal Sparks Political Criticism
Ottawa Ottawa Friday changes in the Farm Price Supports Bill drew sharp opposition from opposition parties while Liberal support offered only lukewarm praise. Agriculture Minister Douglas Harkness cited cost of production as key, but critics urged a parity formula linking supports to other commodities and a ten year average basis.
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Douglas Harkness
Conservative
CCF
Social Credit
Fred S. Zaplitny
CCF— Dauphin
Harkness
E. G. McCullough
Moose Mountain
Commons Agriculture Committee
Commons
Social Credit Farm
Victor Quelch
Acadia
Earness
Robbers blast payroll trap in Montreal jewelry
A pistol packed thug abandoned by his partners after a botched payroll theft in Montreal. The bandits seized a briefcase of worthless payroll slips and fled with $8 778.11 in other cash. Police captured a suspect. witnesses described a dramatic pursuit and a shootout in a blocked alley.
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Montreal
Leadslinger
Queen Elizabeth Hotel
John Colford
Denis Leduc
Andrew Legendre
Leduc
Legendre
John Guindron
Guindron
Edward Stewart
Holdup Men Flee With Gems
Three gunmen robbed three jewelers in a Queens parking lot seizing six leather bags of gems worth about 250000 dollars. They knocked a jeweler to the ground and trained pistols on two others before fleeing in a black German-made car. Max Schweitzer, 49, of Oceanside New York, was hospitalized after suffering a heart attack.
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New York
Queens
Max Schweitzer
Oceanside
N.Y
Ghostly Spooknik Observers See Moving Radio Image
Dr. Harry W. Wells of the Carnegie Institution reports a new radiowave phenomenon from Sputnik I. A ghost satellite image appears in the ionosphere when signals concentrate at a remote hot spot and are reflected to receivers, creating a moving radio image without optical visibility.
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Frank
Carey Washington
North America
Harry W. Wells
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Washington Academy of Sciences
Wells
Academy
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism
Carnegie
Sputnik I
Sputnik
Elvis Presley Draft Notice Sets Buoyant Tone Amid Induction Talk
Elvis Presley to report January 20 for U S Army induction. Hollywood pressure aims to delay eight weeks as Paramount fears a $300000 loss on King Creole while manager Tom Parker cites $500000 in lost gross income and tax revenue, with Presley expressing quiet pride in fulfilling a duty.
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Memphis
Paramount
Hollywood
Y. Frank Freeman
Presley
Elvis
Tom Parker
Nashville
Tenn
Parker
Phony Stock Ring Routed by Police in Vancouver
A gang of about 20 stock racketeers swindled U.S. investors of about 875000 through 17 Vancouver telephones, operating seven weeks behind a Kiwanis Club veneer. US and Canadian authorities pursued the Halifax backed scheme tied to Canadian Alumina Corporation Limited with victims paying via phony names and long distance calls.
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Vancouver
U.S
International Ring
Kiwanis Club of Vancouver Youth Services
T. Stewart Smith
B.C
Halifax
Canadian Alumina Corporation Limited
Canada
Federal Securities and Exchange Commission
Two Winners Tie For Monte Carlo Suzzle Jackpot
The Medicine Hat NEWS announced a tie for first in the Monte Carlo Suzzle contest, awarding $820 to Mrs. Lillian Butler of 47 First St. NE and W. J. Schultz of Walsh after their Dec 14 entry matched the most correct solutions among nearly 500 applicants.
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Gas City
Walsh
Lillian Butler
First St. NE
W. J. Schultz
Butler
Everett
Mrs. Butler
Monte Carlo
The
NEWS
Grace
City Finance
Kay
George Renner
Dave Butler
Medicine Hat
CPR
Schultz
Schultze
Marlene
Irvine
Marshall’s
Shultz
Arrowwood
Communists Refuse Surrender Talks in Malaya Jungle War
Malayan Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman says Communist chief Chin Peng rejected surrender negotiations. Chin Peng will send two lieutenants to discuss with leaders but not about surrender. He claims Malaya is not their enemy and peace would be impossible on Communist terms. The conflict since 1948 has cost about 21,000 lives and $1.7 billion. About 2,000 communists are believed to remain in the jungles.
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Penang
Malaya
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Chin Peng
Chi Peng
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