Body Found as Rescue Team Probes 36 Miners Trapped
In Carmichaels Pennsylvania a body was recovered at US Steel Robena No. 3 mine as rescuers pressed to reach 36 miners trapped 4 feet underground by Thursday’s explosion. Hurley Stalma, 19 years on the job, was found near a coal train 3,900 feet from the face. Officials said gas and small fires slow progress while teams advance about 100 feet per hour through Frosty Run Shaft headings. fate of the others remains uncertain.
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George Esper Carmichaels
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Hurley C. Stalma
Adah
Starmaker
US Steel Corp
Robena No. 3
US Steel
James Girod
Girod
Red China Hold On Ladakh Sparks India Clash
Prime Minister Nehru said China wants to keep civil police posts at Dhola and Longju in north Assam as troops withdraw. India rejects Beijing aims to control a Ladakh route linking Sinkiang and Tibet. China vows no peace through force and cites aggression by India. Colombo talks include six neutral nations seeking a compromise.
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Nehru
China
India
Dhola
Longju
Peking
Ladakh
Strais
Sinkiang
Tibet
Red China
Colombo
Ceylon
iCeylon
Burma
Indonesia
Cambodia
Ghana
United Arab Republic
New Delhi
Newburgh City Manager Charged With Bribery
Newburgh city manager Joseph Mitchell, famed for a welfare crackdown, was arraigned on bribery conspiracy and unlawful fees charges for allegedly seeking a $20,000 bribe from two property owners seeking rezoning. A go-between was named. bail set at $10,000.
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Newburgh
New York
Joseph Mitchell
N.Y
Frank S. Hogan
Manhattan
Mitchell
Newburgh City Hall
Herman Weinkrantz
Hogan
Lawrence J. de Masi Jr
Hillsdale
N.J
Stephen
Jose Wahrhaftig
Monticello
Newburg
Syracuse Police Chief Resigns Amid Corruption Probe
Syracuse Police Chief Harold F. Kelly quits amid a state investigation into alleged police corruption. Mayor William Walsh assumes control, pledging a police shakeup and firings next week, while defending a need to root out rot and restore public confidence.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Harold F. Kelly
William F. Walsh
Walsh
Kelly
State Investigation Commission
New York City
Algerian and French Forces Clash in Orleansville Area
Algerian and French troops clashed in the Orleansville area on Saturday, causing casualties on both sides. The Algerian government reported five or six deaths, depending on sources, after a French sentry fired on Algerian troops. Interior Minister Hoscine Meseghri inspected the scene and both forces were confined to quarters. French forces remain reduced, protecting Europeans who stayed in newly independent Algeria.
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Algiers
Algeria
Orleansville
Hoscine Meseghri
Spirit Of Christmas Speed Trap Postponed in Windsor
In Windsor Ontario the radar speed traps planned for Sandwich West Township this weekend have been postponed until after Christmas. Police Chief Harold Lucas calls it a holiday gift to motorists.
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Windsor
Ont
Sandwich West Township
Harold Lucas
GOP Readies Campaign Against Castro Top Issue for 1963
The GOP framed Cuba as the central issue for 1963 calling for complete elimination of Communist military power and the overthrow of Fidel Castro. They accused the Kennedy administration of deception over missiles in Cuba and pledged tax cuts only with spending reductions while planning a $3 million budget for 1964 campaigns.
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Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Republican National Committee
GOP
Republican National Citizens Committee
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
House
Bob Wilson
Calif
Eisenhower
Medical care costs rise to $21.1 billion in 1961
Americans paid a record 21.1 billion dollars for private medical care in 1961, up 1.3 billion from 1960, as the Social Security Administration reported. The outlay split into 14.4 billion in direct out of pocket spending and 6.7 billion for health insurance.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Hands Off Cuba Policy Is Claimed
The Miami News says the Kennedy administration has adopted a hands off Cuba policy with tight censorship on U S radio broadcasts to Cuba. Broadcasters are ordered to avoid disparaging Fidel Castro and to stop any material aimed at sparking Cuban freedoms. VOA says no change in tone. Kennedy called station executives to thank them for overnight dawn to dusk broadcasts during the crisis.
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Miami
Fla
Miami News
Cuba
United States
Fidel Castro
Voice of America
Washington
U.S
VOA
Kennedy
White House
Hal Hendrix
South Viet Nam Claims Victory in New Operation
South Viet Nam reported that in the first three days of a deep south operation in Xuyen Province its forces killed 18 Viet Cong and captured 44 more. The campaign targets opening navigation canals for barges carrying fuel charcoal to Saigon amid light reported casualties and occasional heavy resistance.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Saturlday
An Xuyen
Angel of Marye's Heights remembered in Fredericksburg
Civil War tale highlights bravery amid futility as the Angel of Marye's Heights emerges from the Battle of Fredericksburg. Other features profile Pennsylvania governor elect William Scranton and Armco Steel Corp. development plans for Middletown.
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Fredericksburg
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Relman Morin
Armco Steel Corp
Middletown
Journal Business
Jim Bohman
Compromise On Space Exploitation Sought
United Nations. The Soviet Union and the United States with 13 others urged the General Assembly to press for quick progress on outer space legal questions. A compromise resolution was proposed for the Political Committee to consider, aiming to restart work after deadlocks over a space law declaration and astronaut rescue and damage claims.
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United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
United States
U.N. General Assembly
Assembly
U.N
U.S
Outer-Space Committee
Geneva
Subcommittee
Brother Admits Strangling His Sister in Winthrop
Massachusetts State Police report that 14 year old Thomas Cadigan confessed to killing his sister Margaret Cadigan 17 a Winthrop drum major on Friday night. Dr Michael Luongo said the girl was tortured with a knife before she was strangled with pajama bottoms.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Margaret Cadigan
Winthrop
Thomas Cadigan
Michael A. Luongo
British Put Gurkhas Into Borneo
British forces airlift Gurkha troops to Brunei in Borneo to quell a independence revolt. Rebels attacked oil facilities at Seria and Kuala Belait. seven killed. Gurkhas flew from Singapore. more to follow. Sultan Omar Ali Saifuddin denounced the uprising. Brunei, Sarawak, and North Borneo aim for a Malaysia federation next August.
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Brunei
North Borneo
Sarawak
Borneo
Singapore
Britain
Manila
Seria
Here
Singapor
Kuching
Howsever
Kuala Belait
A. M. Azahari
Philippines
Sir Omar Ali Saifuddin
Sir Omar
Malaya
Malaysia
Dream of
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Bnhari
Indonesian Borneo
Northern Lights Disrupt Missile Detector Radar
In Fairbanks Alaska scientists warn aurora activity will increasingly confuse the BMEWS radar at Clear Alaska and the Thule screen in Greenland. Dr Victor Hessler notes magnetic disturbances mimic missile alerts, risking delayed retaliation during peak solar cycles through 1963 64 and again by 1969.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
Clear
Victor Hessler
University of Alaska
Air Force
Thule
Greenland
U.S
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Russia
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William F. Miller
Ameen
Valley News
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Sultan
Azahari
Miles
South Vietnam
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