Khrushchev cites megaton bombs as deterrents at world unions
Premier Khrushchev told World Federation of Trade Unions delegates in Moscow that the Soviet Union has built 56 and 100 megaton bombs to deter the West. He warned they would be used if a new war is unleashed, claiming rockets can reach any globe point. He also voiced dismay that many do not accept the Soviet testing decision.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Damocles
Congress of the World Federation of Trade Unions
Kremlin
Dominican Talks Continue as US Withdraws Warships
Opposition National Civic Union pushes to form a provisional government and resumes talks with President Balaguer after a Friday session. US recalls a fleet from near the Dominican Republic as Trujillo-era holdovers face pressure and a general strike enters its second day.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
National Civic Union
Joaquin Balaguer
Civic Union
Voz del Tropico
United States
Rafael Trujillo
Trujillos
Hector
Jose Arizenmdi
Washington
U.S
Balaguer
Trujillo
Anti-Bomb Groups Target U S Bases Protests in Britain
London AP report says antinuclear demonstrators led by Bertrand Russell planned to storm U S air bases. Police seized five organizers for inciting acts against the Official Secrets Act. case set for December 14, with bail posted. Demonstrators aimed at Wethersfield and Brize Norton to ground aircraft, as RAF guards fortified the bases with tear gas.
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London
U.S
Earl Bertrand Russell
Wethersfield
Brize Norton
Essex
Oxfordshire
Royal Air Force
Madman Charged in Family Slaying
MIAMI AP A 37 year old man Mate Ivanov known as Mike faced murder charges for a family massacre in Mineola New York. He swallowed a spoon while awaiting transfer to Newark and is hospitalized in Dade County awaiting surgery decisions. FBI identified him as the gunman who killed Peter Gregor his wife and three sons and stabbed the family dog.
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Miami
Fla
Newark
Trey
Dade County
Mike) Ivanov
Ivanov
FBI
Mineola
N.Y
Peter Gregor
United States
Marathon
Florida Keys
Gregors
Trieste
Gregor
Jets Knock Out Katanga Radio and Battles Near Elisabethville
Torrential rains slowed fighting between U.N. and Katanga forces near Elisabethville as U.N. Swedish jets knocked out Katanga radio and dispersed gendarmes guarding the transmitter. Indian troops, supported by Canberra jets, attacked a Katanga improvised tank. reports say heavy losses for Katanga gendarmes. Skirmishes flared around the outskirts while U.N. warned civilians and pressed for control of the city edges.
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Elisabethville
Katanga, the Congo
U.N
Katanga
Leopoldville
United Nations
Moise Tshombe
Lido Hotel
Brian Urquhart
New York
Fidel Castro calls for Panama and Colombia to sever ties
In a midnight TV address from Havana Fidel Castro attacked Panama and Colombia calling them traitors allied with Yankee imperialists. He urged breaks in relations and criticized Kennedy’s upcoming visit to Venezuela and Colombia as backing reactionary forces.
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Fidel Castro
Panama
Colombia
Kennedy
Venezuela
Castro
U.S. State Department
Cuba
Guatemala
Exi
Jacobo Arbenz
Romulo Betancourt
Chuckle: Marriage on the Rocks Test
A light item ponders if a wife halting dish duties signals trouble at home. It frames the domestic test as a quick humor piece about marital strain and chores.
Blaze at Hartford Hospital Kills Fifteen. Over Hundred Trapped
Hartford Hospital suffered a ninth floor trash chute fire that swept corridors with blowtorch fury killing 15. More than 100 others were trapped as flames, smoke, and a muffled explosion filled the 13 story complex. Authorities probe possible cigarette or gas as causes while staff, patients, and visitors scramble for safety. Dr Norman Hedensta perished while trying to close a door to halt spread.
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Hartford, Conn
Hartford Hospital
Norman Hedenstac
Andrew Agogliati
Framingham
Mass
Adenauer in Paris for Talks with de Gaulle
West German Chancellor Konrad Adenauer flew to Paris for talks with President Charles de Gaulle on Berlin and Russia. Early reports say de Gaulle remains cool to some American ideas Adenauer accepted in talks with President Kennedy.
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Paris
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
Russia
Berlin
Adenauer
de Gaulle
Kennedy
France Opposes Rush to Talks With Moscow Says De Murville
Maurice Couve de Murville told the French Senate that France opposes precipitate negotiations under Soviet threats and opposes talks limited to Berlin and Allied access rights. He criticized recent probes by American British and West German envoys as failing to uncover a reasonable basis for talks and warned of dangers to European security.
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de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
France
Berlin
Couve de Murville
Moscow
Armed guards ride on Dayton buses as drivers strike
In Dayton, Armored guards boarded eight buses while supervisors, some unused to driving, took over routes amid a strike. The limited schedule ended at 6 25 P M. Stores will stay open Saturday night for Christmas shoppers. Police intervened as 150 striking drivers formed a cordon but no incidents were reported.
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Dayton, Ohio
City Transit Co
Dayton
Oakland councilman seeks date for lonely elephant
Oakland City Councilman Dan Marovich proposes a fundraising appeal of about 3000 dollars to find a mate for Effie an 11 year old 242 ton elephant at the Oakland Zoo Effie is described as lonely and has not seen another elephant The plan received approval from Mayor John C Houlihan who appointed Marovich as chairman of the project
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Oakland
Calif
Dan Marovich
Effie
Oakland Zoo
Marovich
Fridny
John C. Houlihan
Pope John Appeals for Christian Unity in Encyclical
Vatican City AP Pope John XXIII issued a strong call for Christian unity in a new encyclical honoring Pope Leo I the Great of the fifth century. He urged all Christians toward universal reconciliation as a dawn of renewed unity. Leo the Great is remembered for resisting Attila the Hun near Rome.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Leo 1
John
Leo
Attila the Hun
Rome
Encyclical Aeterna Dei Sapienza Calls Christian Unity
Vatican sources say the pontiff aims to unite world Christian forces against atheistic communism as Pope John weighs unity ahead of the church’s ecumenical council. The Latin opening frames the message as the eternal wisdom of God.
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Vatican
Leo
God
John
Pope to announce council opening date this Christmas
The Pope is expected to announce the opening date of the council in his Christmas message to the world on December 21. The council will focus on internal affairs of the Roman Catholic Church, with hopes it may foster unity among Christians. It is anticipated to begin about a year from now.
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John
Gion
Reserves Must Wait On Draftees
Pentagon officials say Army Reserve and National Guard members can return to civilian life once regular units form to replace them. No firm date for releasing 119,300 Guardsmen and Reservists. Training centers start next month to raise manpower as draft calls rise. five months to train a new fully loaded soldier. Release timing depends on enlistment rates and the world situation.
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Washington
Pentagon
Army
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