Man Held on Kennedy Threats Says Jest Fueled Claim
Russell W. McLarry, 21, jailed on a charge of threatening President John F. Kennedy, says his remarks were a joke. Investigators found no link to the Kennedy assassination. Secret Service notes no connection to Lee Harvey Oswald. The unnamed college student faced a $2,500 bond as the case moves toward a federal grand jury.
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NASA tests Christmas Star satellite orbit uncertain
NASA scanners watch the sky for the so called Christmas Star, a 12 foot polka dotted balloon satellite launched from a Pacific range. Officials say tracking shows the sphere may be in near polar orbit though no beacon on the balloon has been confirmed by multiple stations.
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NASA Telemetry Seeks Proof Of Inflated Sphere Ejection
NASA officials reported telemetry showing the sphere was ejected from the cannister but cautioned that confirmation of inflation remains uncertain. Project officers recalled that after the 1961 Explorer 9 launch similar doubt arose, though the inflated sphere was found the next day by an optical tracking station.
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West Berliners Reunite With Relatives Across Wall
West Berliners streamed through the border as East German guards opened the crossings for a Christmas reunion with relatives in East Berlin. More than 1,000 passed the wall in hours, with up to 800,000 expected to visit before the January 5 deadline.
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Plane Runs Dry Forces Safe Landing Near Marysville
A twin engine private Aero-Commander diverted after a loose cap on a fuel tank emptied its gas five miles east of Marysville Ohio Thursday. Pilot James Sorenson and James Hegranes, both of Minneapolis, escaped injury as the craft sustained only slight damage.
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Four Alabama Guardsmen Charged Over Dormitory Explosions
Four Alabama National Guardsmen face charges for touching off minor explosions near a dormitory housing Vivian Malone and James Hood during federal duty to enforce integration at the University of Alabama. Three blasts occurred on November 16 and 19. no injuries were reported. Authorities say more arrests are expected as federalized Guardsmen were demobilized November 20 after President Kennedy intervened in the Wallace crisis.
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Chuckle: Too many imitate lives like French bread loaf
A humorous quip notes that too many people fashion their lives after a French loaf length wise. The line treats modern habits as a crowdsourced bakery joke.
Foreign Aid Talks Aim at $470 Million Split
Senate and House conferees seek a middle ground on foreign aid for the coming year with a target gap of $470 million. The Senate approved $3.272 billion while the House voted $2.802 billion and Johnson urged skipping a trade credit ban. The dispute centers on grain sales to the Soviet bloc and possible rider removals.
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Severe Arctic Weather Grips Nation from Rockies to New England
Bitter cold and heavy snow cripple large parts of the country with at least 22 deaths blamed on the pre winter siege. Western New York faced a damaging snowstorm that stranded hundreds of motorists while Buffalo saw up to five inches in some areas. Temperatures plunged to 35 below in Minnesota and 26 below at International Falls, with drifting snow and zero visibility along major routes.
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Cold snap endures as arctic air grips Ohio
The region faces continued cold with northerly winds from Canada keeping temperatures frigid through Sunday. Dry conditions persist tomorrow while records fall with a low near six below.
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More Snow Promised For Northern Ohioans
The Associated Press reports Northern Ohio faces more snow and cold as four to six inches more are added to the belt around Lake and Geauga counties, with totals near Wake Erie reaching two feet. Flurries likely today, subzero morning in Cleveland, highs near 10 above. Southern Ohio to see 5 to 15 degrees highs. Tonight temperatures fall to 5 to 15 below zero statewide.
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Lower Vote Age Creed In Report By FRANK CORMIER
The President's Commission on Registration and Voting Participation urged states to lower the voting age to 18 and to eliminate poll taxes and literacy tests. It argued that denial of the vote based on education harms all Americans and noted current state minimums with Alaska at 19 Hawaii at 20 and most states at 21.
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Linda Bird Is Picketed For An Hour
In Austin Texas singing pickets safety signs protested racial segregation in campus housing at Lynda Bird Johnson’s UT dormitory. About twenty students 12 of them Negroes paced in drizzle for one hour before dispersing. Spokesman Bill Spearman said the action aimed to focus public attention on the dormitory issue and not to reflect personally on the president’s daughter.
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Auschwitz Slayings Trial Opens With 22 Defendants
West Germany’s largest war crimes trial opens in Frankfurt with 22 defendants including former Auschwitz SS officials and a former inmate turned guard. They face murder or complicity for gassings hangings and tortures at Auschwitz where millions died, mainly Jews, Poles and Soviet POWs.
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