Ulbricht says labor stolen by West German rivals
In Pravda based remarks Moscow reports East Germany leader Ulbricht accuses West German industrialists of recruiting East German workers. He cites a 30 billion mark economic loss, ties Soviet army presence to easing Communist rule, and argues border openness worsened brain drain while safeguarding regime.
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Walter Ulbricht
Communist Party
East Germany
Red Wall
Berlin
West
Ulbricht
Pravda
German Democratic Republic
West Germany
Germany
Soviet Union
Vatican to Broadcast Week of Sacred Music Start
The Vatican radio will begin a weekly broadcast of sacred music with the New Year to make sacred music better known. The program airs Sundays from 8 30 to 9 p m and rebroadcasts on Mondays at 1 30 to 2 p m from Vatican City AP reports.
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Vatican
Vatican City
Vatican Radio
Paul M Butler Dies of Heart Attack After Political Service
Paul M Butler longtime Democratic national chairman died from a heart attack at George Washington University Hospital. He served 54 years leading the party and stepped down in 1960. He was 54 his health had been fragile amid diabetes and a respiratory infection. Butler was a polarizing liberal who clashed with Dixie leaders and with Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson, and he had earned Notre Dame law degree in 1927 before returning to politics. He had been practicing law in Washington after retirement. President Kennedy mourned him as a courageous leader during difficult hours.
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Democratic National Committee
George Washington University Hospital
Washinging
D. C
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Democratic Party
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South Bend
Ind
James A. Farley
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Sen
Henry M. Jackson
Jackson
John M. Bailey
Connecticut
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Dixie Party
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Senate
University of Notre Dame
South Bend Tribune
Year in Review 1961 Tops Middletown List
A local retrospective highlights Middletown’s top 10 stories of 1961 led by the city income tax. Ed Edmiston explains why it was the standout, while national items note John F Kennedy as AP’s top newsmaker and humans’ space venture as the year’s headline. The Journal also previews what 1962 may bring.
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Middletown
Ed Edmiston
Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
Kasavubu Sets Test For Tshombe in Kamina Assembly Move
Kasavubu calls Katanga provincial assembly to meet at Kamina UN air base in northern Katanga, aiming to challenge Tshombe who wants Elisabethville to host a meeting next Wednesday to ratify unity accord. The move could trigger a power struggle over where the assembly sits and under whose terms. Foreign Minister Bomboko argues Kasavubu has authority under the provisional constitution and notes Kamina offers UN security and freedom from political pressure.
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The
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Kamina
Moise Tshombe
Elisabethville
Tshombe
Kaitanga
Cyrille Adoula
U.N
Kitona
United Nations
Justin Bomboko
Faulty Bell Sparks Eight From Blaze In Shaker Heights
In suburban Shaker Heights a $35,000 two story home fire was started by faulty wiring and woke eight people who fled in their nightclothes. Firefighters battled the blaze as residents escaped safely led by Mrs A Kenneth Johnson and Manley Kay with his family.
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Shaker Heights
Merle Hand
A. Kenneth Johnson
Barbara
Sandra
Manley Kay
Melanie
Janie
Kay
First Lady Delays Asia Trip for President’s Illness
First Lady Mrs John F Kennedy postpones her India and Pakistan tour until early March because of her father in law Joseph Kennedy Sr illness after a stroke on December 19 The White House cited his condition and Indian election timing as reasons for the shift The trip originally planned for November was delayed to January then March with no itinerary announced.
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John F. Kennedy
India
Pakistan
White House
St. Mary's Hospital
Kennedy
Outstanding Ten Selected By Jaycees
Tulsa story lists ten men named as outstanding youngs by the U S Junior Chamber of Commerce for 1961. Honorees include astronaut Virgil Grissom FCC chairman Newton Minow adviser Theodore Sorenson Vermont governor Ray Keyser Jr Dr A Edward Lilley radi o astronomer Peter Peterson Bell Howell president David Rogers Vanderbilt medicine chair Stanley Sturges Nepal missionary John Diebold company president Harold Brown Defense research chief. Ceremony set for January 19-20 in Santa Monica California.
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Okla
America
U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce
Virgil I
Gus) Grissom
Newton N. Minow
Federal Communications Commission
Theodore JC. Sorenson
If. Ray Keyser Jr
Vermont
A. Edward Lilley
Peter G. Peterson
Bell & Howleli Co
David E. Rogers
Vanderbilt University Department of Medicine
Stanley G. Sturges
Nepal
John Diebold
Diebold Group, Inc
Harold Brown
Defense Department Research and Engineering
Santa Monica
Calif
UAW calls strike at Studebaker over contract end
In South Bend Indiana United Auto Workers officials set a strike for midnight Monday after Studebaker Packard Corp announced it would terminate the extended UAW contract. About 500 workers affected the dispute centers on relief time with 29 minutes allotted versus the proposed 25 total minutes.
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Ind
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Studebaker-Packard Corp
UAW
Woodrow Frick
Local 5
Studebaker-Packard
Frick
Second Cold Wave Strikes Florida
Severe cold swept Florida on Saturday with frost and temperatures dipping to the mid teens in northern inland areas. The cold caused notable frost damage to crops, especially strawberries near Plant City, with citrus groves also showing some harm, though full losses remained unestimated.
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Florida
Weather Bureau
North Florida
Plant City
Gulf Coast
Algeria violence flares as De Gaulle plan drawback stalls
European extremists in Algeria attacked targets and clashed with security after President De Gaulle's independence bid. At least 18 people were killed and about 50 injured in Oran and Algiers within hours of the yearend broadcast. Algerian nationalists signaled talks may begin for a final settlement.
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Algeria
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
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Oran
Algiers
Das
Mosses
Arctic Cold Snap Grips U S Across Regions
A deep Arctic intrusion plunged temperatures across the Midwest and Northeast. Tallahassee fell to 17 and Gainsville to 19 in Florida as Lemars Iowa registered 2 below. Albany -2, Indianapolis -4, Chicago -1, with a brief warmup in the northwest before a renewed cold air surge from Canada. At the South Pole the season is summer with -10 to 17, Fairbanks reached 61. The episode spans Iowa to New York, Great Smoky Mountains, and beyond.
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Tallahassee
Gainsville
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New York
Adirondaks
Albany
Indianapolis
Ind
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Canada
Twin Snowstorms Spur Eastward Spread Across Northwest
Watertown near Lake Ontario reported 14 inches of new snow since Friday afternoon, lifting ground cover to 18 inches as twin storms expanded eastward from Lakes Ontario and Erie, with continued snowfall anticipated across northern regions.
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Erie
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Lake Ontario
Ambassador Told To Make It Clear Berlin Talks Start
Secretary of State Dean Rusk instructed the U S ambassador in Moscow to begin Berlin talks with the Soviets by making clear the West will defend its essential Berlin interests at whatever cost. The message underscores firm Western resolve amid Cold War tensions.
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Dean Rusk
U.S
Moscow
Berlin
Rusk
Kennedy
West Berlin
New Year Death Toll Rises Across Holiday Weekend
A New Year weekend tally shows 104 accidental deaths in 78 hours starting 6 p m Friday with 72 fires and 13 other accidents. State sources report a rising pace after a record low first 24 hours and note the ongoing Berlin crisis diplomacy as Llewellyn Thompson aims to meet Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko next week to seek a peaceful settlement.
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Moscow
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Andrei Gromyko
Berlin
Rusk
Thompson
American Historical Association
West Berlin
New Year Weekend Traffic Toll Seen Lower This Year
Howard Pyle of the National Safety Council predicted a record low in highway fatalities as the New Year weekend began. Eight deaths were reported in an Oklahoma crash and three more perished near Muscatine Iowa amid cold, slick highways. the council estimated up to 390 deaths before Monday midnight.
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The
National Safety Counci
Oklahoma
Muscatine
Iowa
National Safety Council
Safety Council
Associated Press
Bath and phone joke about 1850s life
Quick humor on 1850 bathtub invention and 1875 telephone. The quip notes living in 1850 would sit in the tub for 25 years without a phone ringing.
Direct Berlin Challenge Shapes Western Stance
The American ambassador in Berlin has been urged to reiterate Western resolve on Berlin rights as Khrushchev presses for a fast peace treaty with East Germany. Rusk called this a direct challenge in Berlin amid Soviet aims to curb access to West Berlin. Talks between Rusk and Gromyko stalled, and Thompson proceeds with Western backing from Paris to push a new round.
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Berlin
Rusk
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West
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East Germany
West Berlin
Gromyko
Paris
Smallpox Epidemic Raging In Pakistan
KARACHI Pakistan AP a smallpox epidemic stirs international alarm after an airline passenger reported illness in Karachi. In the past week 141 deaths were officially counted. Smallpox patients in city hospitals rose to 210 with many cases reported across several hospitals.
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Pakistan
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Karachi
Prospects For World In 1962 Vex Leaders With Mixed Emotions
World leaders gauge 1962 with guarded hope and concern as Churchill calls for united action by free nations while Kennedy and Macmillan warn that tensions persist. Tito notes the cold war edge toward crisis as citizens in both blocs toast the new year amid celebrations and prayers.
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