Kennedy Visit Spurs Caracas Violence and Arrests
Police round up agitators as gunmen seize a radio transmitter and broadcast anti Kennedy propaganda. Four crude bombs explode in Caracas during Kennedy visit preparations, injuring two. Spent actions include reinforced garrisons, troop recalls, and a crackdown under a special command to ensure safety.
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Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Flu Bug Buzzing Across U S Island Areas
The Associated Press reports widespread flu activity on an island off Alaska and in Missouri and Illinois. Public Health Service warned outbreaks occur on schedule and predicts a notable increase this winter. Dr. George S. Cresswell notes children are affected first, with adults and then the elderly, though cases are not severe yet.
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Missouri
Illinois
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Public Health Service
Washington
Potosi
George S. Cresswell
Potosi Schools Close As Flu Keeps Pupils Home
In Potosi Missouri 800 of 2400 students were absent and schools closed Monday with reopening unlikely before next week. The town 55 miles south of St Louis reports another outbreak near Wolflake Ill 80 miles southeast across the Mississippi. Only 133 of 325 high school pupils attended Wednesday. Flu also rises at Cape Girardeau on the Missouri side. The Coast Guard sent a vaccine cutter to Hydaburg Alaska eight miles west of Ketchikan on Prince of Wales Island.
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Unwanted Fame Strikes Truant Boys At The U N
John Edwards and Michael Unger both 17 cut classes from Manhasset High School to tour New York City. They sought a UN visit for a political theory course, but Edwards became the millionth visitor in 12 months earning VIP treatment and headlines. Their prank ended with school officials tolling a surprising excuse.
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John Edwards
Michael Unger
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United Nations
Long Island
Edwards
U.N
Yule Tree Snatcher Targeted Court Building in Youngstown
John Lyden the probation officer voiced his Irish temper after a thief stole a three foot Christmas tree he had placed in the municipal court building. With exits near the police station and City Hall, Lyden warned he will use his shillelagh if the culprit is found.
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City Hall
Katanga Leader Vows Total War Against U N Forces
Katanga Premier Moise Tshombe urged a war drum rally and promised all-out combat, saying U N forces must be driven from his soil. U N jets bombed Elisabethville outskirts as 700 Ethiopians joined Indian, Irish and Swedish troops at the UN airport.
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Tshombe
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Belgium
NATO chiefs push for 30 divisions amid Berlin talks
Paris AP reports NATO defense chiefs, shifting from Soviet Berlin negotiations, press toward a force of 30 divisions. Gen Norstad says 25 divisions will be ready by year end, with about 23 fully equipped, as calls grow for greater allied command authority and standardization. Debate over nuclear weapons control and sharing potential rises among member nations.
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U S To Reveal Shelter Plans In National Civil Defense Push
Washington AP reports the government will unveil a plan to fund fallout shelter construction in schools and large buildings nationwide. A midmorning news conference by Roswell Gilpatric is anticipated, with federal aid to stimulate shelter programs under consideration and a matching fund approach for community shelters.
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Civil Defense Official Aims for 20 Million Fallout Shelters
In Olympia Washington an official from the State Civil Defense Department said a federal subsidy for building 20 million public fallout shelters would be proposed to Congress next month. The information officer Harry St Amand said the White House would announce the plan as part of an expanded civil defense effort for the new fiscal year beginning July.
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NO BEER NO SMOKES SHE'S 105 BIRTHDAY QUOTE
Elizabeth Johnson, who will turn 105, says she has abstained from tobacco and intoxicating beverages her long life. She credits God and notes she has done what she wanted. The New York AP report records her milestone birthday and conviction.
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Elizabeth Johnson
Small boy Reuters prayer line quip in paper humor
A humorous line quotes a child praying for daily simple needs mishearing a classic phrase. The quip reads And give us this day our day in bed highlighting a lighthearted churchyard or classroom joke from a neighborhood page.
Save Yourself For Retirement expert urges balance in ATL
Atlanta retirement adviser Joseph R. Murphy, nearing his Dec. 31 retirement, says the best saving is yourself and warns that many fear not having enough income. He notes retirement is a change of pace, not an end, and stresses diversified income beyond Social Security and company plans. He plans to stay in Atlanta and work part time as an accountant while cautioning against drastic moves.
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Joseph R. Murphy
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Loot Flying Home Pigeons Stolen in Detroit Garage Heist
DETROIT AP Thirty two homing pigeons valued at three hundred dollars were stolen from Donald Woloszyn's garage on Wednesday. He has recovered two and hopes to recover the rest of the birds.
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Detroit
Donald Woloszyn
Brief Arc tic Breeze Break Ahead For Local Area
Weather outlook calls for a short pause from Arctic winds in the next 24 hours with possible light rain tonight and a low near 32. Friday could see occasional rain and a high around 35 or higher. Official high yesterday reached 2 percent at 3 p.m. and overnight low was 11 at 5 30 a.m. today.
U Thant press for Congo action despite cease-fire call
Acting secretary general U Thant planned to push UN action against Katanga with backing from the United States and the Asia Africa bloc. Britain urged a cease-fire, but Thant would refer Britain’s appeal to the Congo advisory committee. The 49 nation group supported Thant, while Britain and France faced critique for noncooperation. The US and USSR proposed a new 16 nation disarmament committee to begin talks with a June 1 deadline.
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U.N
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Patrick Dean
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Thant
Mehdi Vakil
Iran
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Vakil
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Soviet Union
General Assembly
Train hits school bus in Colorado. at least 20 dead
Bulletin from Greeley Colorado reports a streamliner struck a school bus in northern Colorado. Officials at a temporary morgue confirmed 20 fatalities. At least 14 others, some in critical condition, were hospitalized in Greeley.
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