UN Jets Fire On Post Office In Elisabethville
U N jets attacked the Elisabethville post office with incendiary shells and rockets as Katangan troops gathered for a new strike on U N headquarters. There was serious damage but no casualties. Other U N air raids hit the Katanga radio station and touched Elisabethville University and a police camp nearby. A Congo United Nations communique rejected war aims and pledged political talks after restoring order and removing mercenaries in Katanga.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
U.N
Elisabethville University
Leopoldville
Congo
United Nations
Stuve Linner
U.N. Congo
Katanga Strains UK US Ties Amid Congo Conflicts
London reports blood stained Congo politics spilling into Britain's relations with the United States and several Commonwealth partners as political turmoil continues. The situation affects diplomacy and international alignments on the Congo crisis.
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London
Congo
Britain
United States
Commonwealth
Austrian Shot in Berlin Amid Border Clash and East West Tensions
An Austrian student was shot and killed near Staaken as a group of six youths and girls attempted to aid a mother escaping to West Berlin by cutting barbed wire. Police identified the victim as Dieter Woohlfahrt of the Free University of West Berlin. Earlier, East Berlin forces fired on West Berlin youths at Spandau. The incident occurs amid Soviet charges about U.S. troop movements and broader Western tensions over Katanga, UN actions, and Cold War alignments.
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Dieter Woohlfahrt
Free University of West Berlin
East Berlin
West Berlin
Spandau
U.S
West Germany
Europe
Berlin
Tass
ADN
Vladimir Ivanov
NATO
U.N
Katanga
United Nations
Britain
Cyrille Adoula
Anwine Gizenga
Gizenga
Congo
London
Washington
India
Central African Federation
Moise Tshombe
Rhodesia
Nyasaland
De Gaulle Berlin Stand Unchanged
Paris AP reports Chancellor Adenauer and President de Gaulle failed to forge a joint Berlin policy after a day of talks. A communique noted similar objectives and Allied unity, but De Gaulle maintained aloofness, opposing talks with Moscow now. The four Western foreign ministers will decide next.
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Paris
Konrad Adenauer
Charles de Gaulle
Berlin
Germany
Bonn
de Gaulle
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
Khrushchev
Chuckle Joke Ends With Cake Key Hideout
A playful riddle about how to keep a young boy from the cookie stash by locking the box and concealing the key beneath a cake, prompting a smile and a simple plan.
Nothing For Freddie Now Santa Dont Forget
Massena New York AP brief reports seven year old Frederick Downer was hit by a car while crossing a street to use a phone near a store. He died later at Watertown hospital. He asked Santa for a bicycle for himself and a doll set for his three year old sister Vicky. His letter expressed concern for his mother and noted his father is in a state hospital.
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Frederick Downer
Freddie
Santa
Watertown
Eunice Downer
Vicky
Mommy
Dominican Leader Balagur Mulls Resigning Amid Talks
In Santo Domingo President Joaquin Balagur denied a definite settlement on a provisional government and warned against leaks. Amid reports of an opposition in principle deal, a seven member state council was proposed with Balaguer at the helm for a limited period, as a general strike ended. Diplomatic observers noted U.S. officials watched closely while warships remained nearby.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balagur
la Nacion
Balaguer
Trujillo
Council of State
Viriato A. Fiallo
National Civic Union
National Palace
United States
U.S
Asst
Arturo Morales Carrion
John Calvin Hill
Santa Claus Adapts to Age and Illness in Local Feature
D W Jacot, longtime Saint Nick for 67 years in Middle Township, is aging and ailing. Lynn Danner visited his Springboro home to learn how the iconic figure copes. The piece appears on page 23. A Rockford teacher renounces drills to boost literacy by writing, on page 8. Jack Paar is critiqued for integrity in a feature by Saul Pett on page 40.
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Santa Claus
D. W. Jacot
Saint Nick
Lynn Danner
Springboro
Today
Rockford, Il
Jack Paar
Associated Press
Saul Pett
Hartford Hospital Fire Mystery Triggers Inquiries
Investigators located the fire starting point in a trash chute at Hartford Hospital but cannot determine the cause. Fifteen people died from carbon monoxide poisoning and smoke inhalation as fire crews battled the blaze. A janitor Arthur LaFontaine 41 led officials through the building path after spotting flames between 1 25 and 2 pm.
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Hartford, Conn
Hartford Hospital
Arthur LaFontaine
Dayton bus strike escalates with rock and paint clash
In Dayton, three striking bus workers were arrested after rock throwing and green paint splashing at city buses. Supervisors operated eight buses on two routes as 2,000 passengers used limited service amid a strike that began November 15 over wage and contract length, with armed guards aboard and two plainclothes guards following.
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Dayton
City Transit Co
Glen Sharp
Herman Taylor
Robert L. Davis
Strong Drive For Unity Seen
Washington AP reports the Kennedy administration will press in Paris this week for full Allied agreement to a strategy of negotiating with the Soviet Union for a Berlin settlement. De Gaulle is blocking the move, forcing Western leaders to choose between continuing with France or proceeding without it.
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Washington
Kennedy
Paris
Russia
Berlin
Khrushchev
France
Macmillan
Bermuda
Akron Man Dies In House Blaze
Akron, Ohio. Gerald C. Beitzel, 29, of Akron, died in a house fire at his father's Springfield Two home. He was found in a second floor closet, with a rear exit to the first floor. He apparently was overcome by smoke. Cause of the fire remains undetermined.
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Akron, Ohio
Gerald C. Beitzel
Akron
Springfield
Big Rocket Engine OK In Test
In Sunnyvale California UTC successfully test fired a giant solid fuel rocket engine delivering nearly 500000 pounds of thrust. The 70 ton booster burned 80 seconds under a $2 million Air Force contract witnessed by Air Force officers and congressmen.
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Sunnyvale
Calif
United Technology Corp
America
Soviet Union
UTC
Coyote
Air Force
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