Bomb Shelters Urged For Newlyweds By Mead
Anthropologist Margaret Mead calls for internationally financed blast proof shelters to save newly married couples in a nuclear war. She proposes the United Nations study a shelter system where each country protects those married within two weeks and spends two weeks there during the first six months after marriage. The aim is to preserve a highly motivated group capable of rebuilding life and reproduction if all out conflict occurs.
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Denver
Colo
Margaret Mead
United States
United Nations
Dr. Mead
Nasser Breaks Yemeni Link to United Arab Republic
Cairo AP report says President Gamal Abdel Nasser's Yemen federation with the United Arab Republic ends as Yemen severs ties with the UAR. The imam Ahmad opposes socialism and Yemen exiles fear a homeland revolution. Syria already left the UAR, leaving Nasser with a diminished Arab unity dream.
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Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
United Arab Republic
Nasser
Imam Ahmed
U.A.R
Beirut
Imam
United Arab States
Syria
Middle East
Red Sea
UAS
Kennedy pursues budget and Union message in busy day
President Kennedy planned a busy Palm Beach schedule focusing on finalizing the fiscal year 1962 budget likely above 90 billion dollars and delivering his State of the Union message. He also faced a back checkup delayed by travel issues and planned a visit to his ailing father.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Preston Wade
New York
White House
Pierre Salinger
EP Crash Kills One Injures 35 in Philadelphia Transit Accident
A Philadelphia elevated train derailed four cars at York and Dauphin Streets, killing Earl Giberson, 45, and injuring at least 35 others. About 100 passengers trapped briefly, rescue crews guided them to safety along a catwalk as fire sparked by the third rail burned briefly in the third car.
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Philadelphia
West Philadelphia
Philadelphia Transportation Co
York and Dauphin Streets
Earl Giberson
John Samlers
Weather shifts to colder with light snow overnight
The forecast calls for 1 to 3 inches of snow by morning with occasional flurries tonight. Tonight’s low around 20, Thursday’s high near 28, then a five day pattern near normal with highs near 40 and lows around 24.
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Middletown
Draft Is OK Ribicoff Says Draft Is OK
Secretary of Welfare Abraham A. Ribicoff says he would accept a draft to run for the U.S. Senate from Connecticut next year. He confirmed a Hartford Courant report and noted his position amid party maneuvers in New York Arkansas and beyond as Democratic officials plan for governor and Senate races.
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Associated Press
Abraham A. Ribicoff
U.S. Senate
Connecticut
Ribicoff
Kennedy
Hartford Courant
Dale Alford
Little Rock
Arkansas
Prescott Bush
Courant
Stratton
New York
Robert F. Wasner
New York City
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Alford
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Orvald. Faubus
Fulbright
New York Braces For Transit Strike Threat
New York faces a potential New Year s Eve walkout on buses and subways as 9 000 electricians join threats of a Jan 1 strike. TWU and Transit Authority negotiators head to a strike meeting as talks near a crisis point. Quill says private bus firms and TA employees may walk out. union seeks a 32 hour week while electricians push to cut day from six to four hours. Cole reports tough bargaining as both sides brace for action.
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New York
Transport Workers Union
Michael J. Quill
TWU International
Thhe Transit Authority
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Quill
David L. Cole
Transit Labor Board
Cole
Dyna Soar plan revised to use one liquid and two solid engines
The Air Force orders a major revision cutting suborbital tests. The Dyna Soar will be propelled by one large liquid fuel engine plus two solid-fuel boosters to reach orbit, skipping the initial air drop and trajectory test phases and moving directly to orbital flights from Cape Canaveral.
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Washington
Air Force
Earth
Titan
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
The Trouble With a One Track Mind Joke
A humorous note about a one track mind noting its narrow gauge and missing switching facilities, a light quip on thinking narrowly.
Hope Not Bright For Laos Accord
In Vientiane neutralist Prince Souvanna Phouma and pro Communist Prince Souphanouvong met with rightist Prince Boun Oum to form a coalition government. Souvanna Phouma said the coalition could form only with good faith and goodwill, while Souphanouvong denounced American warmongers and Boun Oum's pro Western royal government. The talks followed a history of tensions and past exiles, with Souvanna Phouma visiting the capital for talks since 1960.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Souphanouvong
Boun Oum
Moudinstanwe
Antanm
Fteagiuvns Vi
Phouwrhi Nosavan
Outshot Al Jennings Desperado Or Not at 98
Alfonso Jennings, known as Al, a train robber and self styled bantam bad man, dies at 98 in Tarzana. He claimed self defense killings and outshooting legends but biographer Stuart Lake doubted any real killings. Jennings served a Rock Island train robbery sentence and claimed ties to Wyatt Earp era figures.
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Calif
Alfonso] Jackson
Jennings
Oklahoma Badlands
Tillman V. Eggeston
Maude
Jesse James
Dalton Gang
Tiny al
Stuart Lake
Wyatt Earp
Aever
Oklahoma
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Kansas
Rock Island
Theo Roosevelt
Lake
Jesse
Frank James
Dodge City
Calon Boys
Bat Masterson
Doc Holliday
Will Rogers
Armadas Move Toward Kuwait Amid Iraqi Threat
British officials said an armada led by the aircraft carrier Centaur Sail from Mombasa toward the Kuwait area to counter a suspected Iraqi invasion threat. The force includes two frigates a tank landing ship and two fleet auxiliaries with other fleet moves kept secret. Baghdad denounced diplomatic ties with Kuwait as an unfriendly act.
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Arthur Gavshon London
Persian Gulf
Kuwait
Admiralty
Centaur
Mombasa
Abdel Karim Kassim
Defense Ministry
Nairobi
Kenya
Britain
Sheik Abdullah as-Salim as-Sabah
Kassim
Iraq
Belgium Resumes Congo Diplomatic Relations
LEOPOLDVILLE Congo AP Belgium resumed diplomatic relations with the Congo, strengthening Premier Cyrille Adoula's hand amid Katanga's secession. The move was announced as Katanga members were expected to take seats per Adoula's unity agreement with Katanga President Moise Tshombe.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Belgium
Congo
Cyrille Adoula
Katanga
Adoula
Moise Tshombe
Hotel Mayflower Fire Kills Three In New York
A nine floor blaze at the Hotel Mayflower near Central Park West and 6th Street killed two residents and a fireman. Seven firefighters were injured as flames trapped guests in their rooms before the fire was controlled. Murray Wyzel, a 40 year old songwriter, died with a unidentified woman. fireman John King, 29, also perished. Cause under investigation.
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New York
Mayfl Wer
Central Park
Tunathoraman
Annesnants
Eac
Anyo
Cental Park West
6St St
Murray Wyzel
John King
Commack
Long Island
Wyzel
Envoy and Sukarno discuss Guinea crisis talks
U S Ambassador Howard P. Jones met with President Sukarno in Jakarta to urge a peaceful outcome to the West New Guinea dispute with the Netherlands. Subandrio attended and offered no details, saying only that developments in The Hague are being closely watched as the Dutch Parliament plans to discuss the issue next Tuesday.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
U. S
Howard P. Jones
Sukarno
West New Guinea
Jones
United States
The
Hague
Sukarno Offers Negotiation on Indonesian Sovereignty
Sukarno reiterated on Tuesday his willingness to negotiate but only on terms that would guarantee Indonesian sovereignty over the disputed area. He emphasized that any settlement must preserve national control and reject foreign interference in the region.
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Sukarno
Final Total Of Highway Dead Is 524
CHICAGO AP The nation s traffic deaths during the Christmas holiday totaled 524 the highest toll for a three day Christmas period since 1955 The Associated Press survey also showed 83 deaths in fires and 86 in miscellaneous accidents The National Safety Council which had estimated 500 traffic fatalities said its count showed 523 killed The traffic toll in last year s Christmas holiday period was 488 the lowest in 10 years for a three day observance The council estimates 390 persons will be killed in auto accidents during the three day New Year s holiday period starting at 1 p m Friday
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Council
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