Refrigerators In Mud Huts Reflect Congo Independence
An AP dispatch from Leopoldville describes daily life eight months after Congo's independence. A white refrigerator becomes a symbol of status while many Congolese face unemployment, rising prices, and limited access to European goods. The piece contrasts luxuries in towns with barter economies in forest areas where money lacks meaning and survival relies on labor and subsistence activities.
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Congo
U. N
Cong
U S Lofts Huge Poor Man s Rocket
Washington AP reports the United States launched a large inexpensive Scout rocket to loft a balloon satellite into high orbit from Wallops Island Virginia. The four stage booster placed a 15 pound inflatable sphere into an egg shaped orbit 400 to 1,400 miles high with potential visibility for weeks to a year.
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Washington
United States
Space
Russia
Cape Canaveral
Fla
California
Wallops Island
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Jwes
Kennedy Fires Red Warning over Congo Crisis
President Kennedy warns Khrushchev to drop intervention threats in the Congo and backs U.N. peace efforts. He urges small nations to support the United Nations and says the U.N. presence is essential for African peace. The United States will act if needed to defend the world body.
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Kennedy
U. S
U.S
Nehru
India
United Nations
Congo
Africa
Khrushchev
Asia
United States
Armistice Day quip in examination answer
A little girl wrote in answer to a question that the Armistice was signed on November 11, 1918 and since then there has been two minutes of peace every year. The remark reflects wartime sentiment and humor from students discussing the end of conflict.
Majority For Day In Defiance Of Red Cries For Dismissal
Dag Hammarskjold won clear support from a council majority as the United States and allies resisted a Soviet bid to force his dismissal over Congo. African and Asian nations prepared to take positions during the Congo debate while Harlem rallies urged the U.N. to stand with Hammarskjold.
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United Nations, N.Y
Dag Ham
U.N. Security Council
Congo
Hammarskjold
Council
Harlem
U.N
Hammarskjolg
Valerian A. Zorin
United States
Turkey
China
France
Chile
Britain
Patrice Lumumba
Zorin
Lumumba
Dazzy Vance Dies At 69 Hall of Fame pitcher passes away
Clarence Arthur Dazzy Vance, 69, a Hall of Fame right hander, died of a heart attack at his home in Homosassa Springs Florida. He starred for 18 major league seasons with the Brooklyn Dodgers and also pitched for the Pirates Yankees Cardinals and Redlegs.
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Homosassa Springs
Fila
Clarence Arthur
Dazzy) Vance
Baseball
Hall of Fame
Tampa
Vance
Brooklyn Dodger
Pittsburgh Pirates
New York Yankees
St. Louis Cardinals
Cincinnati Redlegs
Anti Castro Bombers Stage Explosive Disruption in Havana
In Havana, two loud blasts during a demonstration on the Havana University campus protesting Patrice Lumumba's slaying caused panic among about 5,000 students. No injuries were reported and the bombers fled. the crowd reacted with anti United States chants.
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Havana
Patrice Lumumba
Havana University
Congo
United States
Moonshiner's Mule Sparks Sheriff Auction Plan
Macclenny Florida AP reports Baker County Sheriff Ed Yarbrough kept a confiscated moonshiner's mule at his farm after the capture at an illegal still. The mule learned to slide under the fence and eat calf feed, prompting a special auction before the March county sale to dispose of the animal.
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Macclenny
Fla
Baker County
Ed Yarbrough
Yarbrough
Weather note on February showers and temps
A compact forecast notes February showers and mild Friday with a high near 60s, cloudy and cooler Saturday. Tonight's low mid 30s and yesterday's high reached 62 with an overnight low around 38. Middleton residents are advised to expect fluctuating conditions.
Lumumbists Beat 12 Europeans in Congo Outbreak
AP reports Lumumba forces beat twelve Europeans including a woman and a five year old in Kivu Province. After hours of detention one man suffered a broken arm. The violence follows Lumumba's death and adds to sporadic anti foreign incidents in Leopoldville and surrounding areas. Priest attacks were also reported with one priest knifed during civilian violence.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Kivu
United Nations
U.N
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Father Joseph Stulens
Air Force Fires New Target Rocket at White Sands
The Air Force said it successfully fired a new target rocket 155 miles from White Sands Missile Range New Mexico on Wednesday.
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White Sands Missile Range
N.M
Air Force
Kennedy pushes funds to spur economy and urges faster legislation
President Kennedy outlined steps to combat unemployment as he launches more federal money into the economy. He urged Congress to move swiftly on his program while speeding tax refund disbursements and allocating 734 million for highway construction. He also ordered regulatory changes to broaden small business eligibility under defense acts. He warned the Congo crisis and called on Soviet and UAR restraint amid regional turmoil.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Soviet Union
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Tragic Brussels Plane Crash Claims 18 American Skaters
Work to identify 73 victims from the Sabena Boeing 707 crash near Brussels airport begins under U.S. consulate coordination. 18 American team members among the dead, with relatives' wishes guiding whether bodies return to the United States. The wreck near a farm prompts a Belgian inquiry as Davos reports note Prague’s world championships canceled due to the tragedy.
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Brussels
Belgium
U.S
Sabena Belgian Airlines
New York
United States
Davos
Switzerland
International Skating Union Today
Prague
Plane crash sparks probe into control systems fault
The craft stayed in view seconds before catastrophe, triggering initial suspicion of a fault in electrical and hydraulic controls. Fifteen minutes earlier the first officer radioed all okay. The plane then spiraled out of control, rose briefly, and plunged into the ground.
Snow Slide Kills Two in Austrian Alps
In Innsbruck Austria two people were killed and a third presumed dead in two avalanche accidents on Wednesday in the Austrian Alps.
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Innsbruck
Austria
Austrian Alps
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