Hopes High Dock Strike Is Averted
New union proposal on the key dispute page raises hopes of preventing a 60,000 member longshoremen strike along Atlantic and Gulf coasts. The IL A seeks a study on crew sizes and a two year contract for other issues amid stalled talks with 135 firms. Wage offers total 21 cents hourly over three years.
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New York
Atlantic
Gulf
International Longshoremen's Association
Searsport
Maine
Brownsville
Tex
W. Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
Alexander P. Chopin
New York Shipping Association
Thomas W. Gleason
the Shipping Association
Shipping Association
Chopin
Hoffa Jury Remains Deadlocked in $1 Million Case
A U S District Court jury trying Teamsters Union President James R Hoffa reported it is hopelessly deadlocked after nine weeks of deliberations in the Taft Hartley Act conspiracy case. The judge urged further deliberations while the defense argued for discharge.
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Nashville
Tenn
U.S. District Court
Teamsters Union
James R. Hoffa
U.S. Dist
William E. Miller
Hoffa
Jacob Kossman
Kossman
Work Is Rushed To Bring Cuban Prisoners Home
The SS African Pilot carrying an 11 million dollar cargo of medicine and food departed Port Everglades for Havana to ransom Cuban prisoners. The Red Cross, crews, and US officials moved 1,113 inmates from Cuba in the largest ransom deal of modern times with plans for planes to fly prisoners to Homestead Air Force Base. Cuban Red Cross members approved the shipment at Fidel Castro's request, while negotiator James B. Donovan suggested arrivals by Monday.
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Port Everglades
Fla
Havana
Miami
Red Cross
Cuba
U.S
Homestead Air Force Base
Red Cross Optimistic for Prisoner Return by Christmas
Red Cross officials in Washington expressed optimism that the entire prisoner group will be back by Christmas Day. On arrival at Homestead they will receive medical exams and a warm meal before a reunion with loved ones at Miami Dinner Key Auditorium. The SS African Pilot, carrying 11 million dollars in medicine and food, was set to depart Port Everglades toward Havana.
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Red Cross
Washington
Homestead
Miami
Dinner Key
Port Everglades
Havana
President and Kennedy Stay Offshore for Shark-Infested Swim
President Kennedy and First Lady swam in Atlantic waters off Palm Beach while Secret Service and Coast Guard watched. Princess Lee Radziwill joined them. the President relaxed after meetings with Prime Minister Macmillan. The group later sailed on the Honey Fitz and held talks with British and U.S. ambassadors aboard.
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Palm Beach Fla
Kennedy
Coast Guard
Secret Service
Kennedys
Lee Radziwill
London
Florida
Harold Macmillan
Bahamas
David Ormsby Gore
Britain
United States
Charles E. Bohlen
U.S
France
Inmates Jubilant Over Imminent Release
Havana AP reports prison morale rising at Principe Prison and Isle of Pines as 1,113 Cuban invasion prisoners await release on Christmas Eve. Families committee member Berta Barreto says prisoners are fascinated and mad with joy. her husband Jesus is in Miami.
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Havana
Principe
Penlitentiary
Isle of Pines
Berta Barreto
Jesus
Miami
Fla
Pan Am to fly Cuban invasion captives to Florida
Pan American World Airways announced that the first batch of more than 106 detainees would arrive in Florida Monday at 7:30 a.m. EST. The airline planned cargo flights to Cuba starting Sunday at 5:30 a.m. and prisoner release flights the following day.
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Miami
Fla
Pan American World Air Lines
Florida
Cuba
Prisoner exchange between Barreto and Castro ends in Cuba
Mrs. Barreto and attorney James Donovan signed an exchange agreement with Fidel Castro at Barreto's home. Principe Prison reports say Bay of Pigs captives, held 20 months, are in fair condition though weakened by long confinement. Cuban papers front paged the news, labeling the men prisoners for the first time after previously calling them worms.
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Principe
Macmillan Returns to Fight Over Nuclear Pact
Prime Minister Macmillan faces a national dispute after returning from the Caribbean about Britain's nuclear deterrent under Kennedy. The switch of H bombs from air to submarines and ties to NATO drew criticism, including from papers that usually back the Conservative government.
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London
Macmillan
Caribbean
Kennedy
Britain
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
America
Skybolt tests overshadow Polaris deal in Britain Cape Canaveral firing followed by policy shift
Britain faced criticism as Skybolt, once hoped to extend deterrence into the 1970s, was canceled after Kennedy and Macmillan agreed in favor of Polaris missiles in British submarines. Tass criticized the reversal, while Thorpe defended the plan as a strong Western deterrent. Parliament returns January 22 amid party tensions and debates.
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Britain
Cape Canaveral
Macmillan
Kennedy
Defense Ministry
Moscow
Tass
United States
Peter Thorneycroft
Nassau
Western Alliance
De Gaulle weighs U.S. offer on Polaris missiles for France
Paris reports President de Gaulle studying Kennedy’s offer to supply Polaris missile carriers without warheads for France's embryonic nuclear force. He met Pompidou Messmer and Couve de Murville. a provisional reply and further elaboration are eyed as he plans a year end radio address.
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Paris
Charles A de Gaulle
France
de Gaulle
Georges Pompidou
Pierre Messmer
Maurice Couve de Murville
Nassau
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
North Atlantic Alliance
Macmillan
Census Taker in Bethlehem Sees Unfamiliar Event
The story by Hugh Mulligan follows Gaius Cassius Velutus the census taker who visits Bethlehem for the emperor, travels twelve days to Rome, and witnesses something not fully understood. A Christmas memory feature and a note on industry gifts appear on pages 35 and 36.
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Gaius Cassius Velutus
Bethlehem
Rome
Hugh Mulligan
Driving Weather Foul On Christmas Holiday Highways
The nation faced hazardous driving conditions as millions traveled for Christmas. A winter storm dumped up to a foot of snow in the Middle Atlantic and Midwest regions. Since the 6 p.m. Friday start of the 102 hour period, 140 motor deaths, 21 fires, and 14 other holiday related accidents have been reported.
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Middle Atlantic States
Central
Appalachians
Midwest
East
Howard Pyle
The
National Safety Council
Alabama
Death Stops Reunion Five Killed in Clarks Neb Crash
In Clarks Nebraska a sudden skid on a hidden patch of highway killed a Des Moines man Dennis Randall Dewey 28 his wife Patricia 26 and their five sons Randy 10 Steven 9 Dick 7 Kevin 5 and Dennis 2. The family was en route to a Christmas reunion when their car plunged into a water filled ravine Friday night. County attorney William H Norton said the driver is unknown.
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Clarks
Neb
Lowan
Dennis Randall Dewey
Des Moines
Patricia
Randy
Steven
Kevin
Dennis
William H Norton
Omaha
Nobody asks me how I manage to combine marriage and a career
A humorous observation in a late night home scene with a father pacing the floor and a baby crying as the mother rests. The speaker notes the oversight of asking how he balances family life and work. The quip reflects domestic life and gender roles in a lighthearted tone.
Ohio Death Toll Grim Over Christmas Weekend
The Associated Press records Ohio traffic deaths beginning Friday 6 p m with two early fatalities a 22 year old expectant mother in Toledo and a 70 year old Cincinnati woman. Reports of accidental deaths statewide continue through Saturday as the AP tracks through Tuesday midnight.
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State Highway Safety Department
Ohio
Associated Press
Toledo
Cincinnati
Varig Airliner Crashes on Landing at Brasilia Airport
Bulletin from Rio de Janeiro reports a Varig airliner believed to carry 40 people crashed while preparing to land at Brasilia International Airport. Thirty-five passengers were aboard the Rio to Brasilia two hour flight. no survivors yet reported.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Zorin Loses U N Delegate Post in Soviet Shakeup
Valerian A. Zorin veteran hard line Soviet negotiator was removed as the U N delegate to the United Nations. Nikolai Fedorenko named successor to serve in Tokyo as Zorin’s status and rank remained unclear. Fedorenko, 50, a Far East expert, may signal a shift if a new Soviet approach emerges at Geneva disarmament talks.
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Moscow
Valerian A. Zorin
Kremlin
United Nations
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
Japan
Tass
Zorin
U.S
Cuba
Khrushchev
Adlai FE. ‘Stevenson
U.N. Security Council
Stevenson
Geneva
Reds Set Off Atomic Blast
The Atomic Energy Commission announced that the Soviet Union detonated another atmospheric nuclear blast in the Arctic, the 36th test reported by the AEC in the current series.
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Washington
Atomic Energy Commission
Soviet Unition
Arctic
AEC
Pope Appeals For Peace and Unity Among Christians
In his annual Christmas message from the Vatican, Pope John XXIII appeals for world peace and Christian unity. He notes the Ecumenical Council in recess and urges rulers to negotiate peace, saying peace is the most precious blessing for individuals, families, and nations.
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Vatican City
John XXII
Vatiscan Radio
Nets
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