Queen Stresses Commonwealth Ties and Telstar Promise
London CP The Queen in her Christmas message highlights the special relationship among older Commonwealth nations and welcomes Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago. She praises Telstar and calls global unity through service a path to the stars amid royal holiday plans at Sandringham with Prince Philip and expanding royal guest list.
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Commonwealth
Jamaica
Trinidad and Tobago
Telstar
Buckingham Palace
Sandringham
Norfolk
Prince Philip
Elizabeth
Margaret
Earl of Snowdon
Viscount Linley
Duke and Duchess of Gloucester
Prince William
Prince Richard
Marina
Prince Michael
Princess Alexandra
Angus Ogilvy
Prime Minister Diefenbaker Counters Christmas Negation
In a Christmas radio address from Ottawa, Prime Minister Diefenbaker told Canadians that faith is sustained by the message of the man. He asserted that Christ’s promise ensures right will prevail despite contemporary fears as he prepared to depart for the Bahamas for holidays.
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Ottawa
Diefenbaker
Man of Nazareth
Bahamas
Queen Elizabeth
Commonwealth
Mr. Diefenbaker
Medicine Hat
Santa Claus
Yemen
Congo
Berlin
India-China
Turkey tales of office gifts and travel mishaps
Art Evans recalls years of staff turkey presents in uniform boxes. He notes lighter, better behaved birds this year and funny scenes of staffers wrestling for prizes, with tales of oversized 25 to 30 pound birds and travels with a turkey on the way home.
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Norman O'Dell
Norman
Calgary
Wenceslas
Toll climb during long Christmas holiday tops Canadian record
The accidental death toll rose as Canada neared a holiday record with 1173 fatalities noted by Canadian Press, including 70 road deaths bringing the total to 113 so far. Fire drownings and other causes add to the grim tally as travelers head home.
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Canada
Canadian Highway Safety Council
Kazakhstan Communist chief Kunayev dismissed from post
Dinmukhamed Kunayev, longtime Kazakhstan Communist party secretary, was removed from his post in a plenary party meeting after criticism of serious insufficiencies and mistakes. Rodionov also dismissed as the republic faces pressure over farm production targets.
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Moscow
Reuters
Dinmukhamed Kunayev
Communist Party
Kazakhstan
Izvestia
Kunayev
Communist Party Central Committee
Frol Kazlov
Soviet Communist Party
Kazakhstan Party
N. N. Rodionov
Republic
Outer Mongolia signs long border treaty with China
Premier Yumzhagin Tsedenbal hailed peaceful coexistence with the West as Outer Mongolia and China fixed their roughly 2,500 mile border. Details of the pact remain secret after Sunday night announcement. Tsedenbal urged peaceful resolution of disputes and unity of the socialist camp.
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Peking
Reuters
Outer Mongolia
Soviet Union
China
Yumzhagin Tsedenbal
Russia
Chou En-lai
Collision Kills One Near Esterhazy Saskatchewan
Esterhazy Saskatchewan police report Harold Finarson aged 27 of Esterhazy killed in a two car head on collision Monday night one mile east of the community about 90 miles east of Regina.
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Esterhazy, Sask
Harold Finarson
Esterhazy
Regina
Three Manitoba Men Questioned In Bank Holdup
Three Manitoba men were questioned in separate cells in Burnaby Vancouver about the Christmas Eve after-hours holdup of a CIBC branch on Kingsway. No charges were laid by midnight as police pursued the $106,000 theft and reviewed security footage and deposit timing.
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Burnaby
B.C
Manitoba
Vancouver
Imperial Bank of Commerce
Kingsway
East German guard escapes to West at Christmas
A 19 year old East German border guard escaped across the border to the West during Christmas, according to West German border officials.
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Bad Neustadt
West Germany
Reuters
Escapees Ride Soviet Bus Toward West Berlin Amid Barriers
The group consisting of the bus owner, driver, their wives and four children fled from Neugersdorf near the East Germany Poland border. They traveled 120 miles to Berlin using a Soviet made bus protected by metal plates and charged at Babelsberg control point as dawn broke.
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West Berlin
Reuters
Berlin
Neugersdorf
Oder-Neisse
East Germany
Poland
Babelsberg
Christmas Peace Amid Cold War Lights and News from 1962
The world marked Christmas amid limited discord as Moscow radio urged goodwill and a 24th nuclear test followed. Cuban prisoners released earlier in the week celebrated with 1 113 captives and 1 000 family members set to join them in the U S. Pope John XXIII and Queen Elizabeth II addressed hopes for peace while Bethlehem hosted services and Moscow showcased a space age tree with Grandfather Frost.
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U.S
Castro
Cuba
South
Viet Nam
St. Peter's Square
Itoly Land
Church of the Nativity
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Commonwealth
Telstar
Ald
Oman
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Jim Coleman
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Little Discord
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John Nxaite
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Tie
Poniff
Vatican
G.U.M
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