Crisis deepens at United Nations over holiday recess plan
The United Nations faces a fresh impasse as the Soviet Union rejects an Asian African plan to fund UN finances on a stable basis in exchange for a ceasefire on Article 19 voting rights. An unprecedented day before Christmas session was set to seek a way out, with negotiations stalled and amendments proposed by the Soviet bloc.
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Alex Quaison-Lackey
Ghana
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
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Quaison- Sackey
U Thant
U.S
MacLean Not in Running for Separate School Board
Dave MacLean solicitor for the Separate School Board announced he is definitively not a candidate for the vacant trustee post. The vacancy arose after Ralph Schlinker resigned, due to other obligations taking priority.
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Dave MacLean
Ralph Schlinker
Killer Frederick Smith Recaptured Near Guildford
Frederick Alfred Smith, 38, once jailed for Britain's babe in the woods murder, was recaptured near Guildford after escaping from Wormwood Scrubs. A massive manhunt followed his Monday breakout as MPs debated ending capital punishment. Smith had served 17 years of an earlier sentence after a late reprieve from hanging.
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Reuters
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Guildford
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Smith
Guildfords
House of Commons
Six Die As Pacific Storm Rages Across West Coast
Torrential rains and gale winds battered four states from California to Idaho. Six people died in the two day storm as floods forced about 5,000 evacuations. A Coast Guard helicopter with three crewmen is missing after evacuating 10 from an island on California's Eel River. Governors declared disaster areas and National Guard units were activated across Washington Oregon Nevada and Idaho to aid flood relief efforts amid ongoing weather. Four drownings occurred in Oregon including two river drownings and a bridge collapse incident.
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Reno
Idaho
Robert Smylie
Bancroft
San Diego
Robert Dickson
Chinook
Montana
John River
Edward Kilgore
Sutherlinn
Ore
Ella Cox
Roxeberg
Calapooia Creek
Rusk calls for end to Saigon feuding to aid war effort
Secretary Rusk urged Saigon leaders to set aside personal rivalries and lesser issues to press on with the fight against Communist guerrillas. He avoided naming leaders, noted lack of civilian unity could hinder U S aid, and backed Ambassador Taylor amid criticism from Lt General Khanh. He warned Vietnamese generals that U S support relies on a united Saigon government.
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Coup Sparks Dangerous Crisis in South Vietnam
SAIGON AP The United States faces a crisis with its South Vietnamese allies more dangerous than any since August 1963. The Young Turks, a group of junior officers, dissolved the high national council, arrested senior politicians, and compelled the retirement of nine generals. The United States rejected the coup seeking civilian authority free of military threat, marking the sixth upheaval in 13 months since the Diem assassination.
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Canada to Have White Christmas Across The Country
Snow continues to fall across Canada with heavy totals in Sydney Nova Scotia and parts of New Brunswick Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland A southern British Columbia snow storm snarls Vancouver roads costing the city about 27000 of a 100000 budget A Pacific storm drops five inches on Lethbridge Calgary Medicine Hat and two inches in Edmonton Alberta endures cold snap killing cattle and drifting winds. Nine stranded workers on Kwatna Inlet were rescued by an RCAF helicopter.
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Edmonton
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Penniless artist Sunshine Joe wins reprieve from lord chief justice
London AP reports Sunshine Joe a 59 year old sidewalk artist known to Bridlington vacationers. Lord Chief Justice Baron Parker of Wad dington has again shortened Joe's jail sentence after Joe appealed twice. Joe says the judge is a curious man who knows the law and may act to help him.
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Sunshine Joe
Hubert Lister Baron Parker
Waddington
England
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Bridah
Brigh
Joe
Toff
Wandsworth
Lawyer reiterates bail plot in Rivard extradition case
Ottawa testimony details two men called Monsieur X and Masson claiming to have approached Pierre Lamontagne about bail for Rivard. Daoust disputes the tale as a hoax since Lamontagne was in Chicoutimi, not Ottawa, when the alleged contact occurred. Chapados questions Daoust’s recollection while Masson and Monsieur X identities remain unconfirmed.
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Pierre Lamontagne
Lucien Rivard
Francois Chapados
Guy Masson
Dorion
Lamontagne
U.S
Chicoutimi
Que
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Mr. Daoust
Rivard
Guy Guerin
Raymond Denis
Tremblay
Denis
Daoust
Ris Vard
Immigration Department
Joe
Bananas) Bonanno
Canada
Cubans Charged in UN Shelling Case
Three Cuban exiles linked to an anti-C Castro group were charged with endangering life and attempting to damage a building after a Dec 11 bazooka shot at the United Nations. They reportedly aimed to draw headlines about Ernesto Guevara while the missile landed near the UN building, causing no injuries.
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Montreal
United Nations
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Che) Guevara
UN General Assembly
Guevara
Fidel Castro
Stanley Ross
el Tiempo
Manhattan
Ross
Christmas in Quebec Without Liquor Sparks Beer Punch Plan
Quebecers facing a liquor board strike improvise with beer based treats as the province bars liquor sales. Police report rare seizures and raids amid wage disputes behind the walkout. While hotels and clubs stockpile spirits, night spots must halt sales by 9 p.m. on Christmas Eve under a government decree.
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