New Year Greetings Highlight Hope and Tension Worldwide
A Year 1961 dawns with global hopes for peace amid crises in Laos, Belgium, Africa, and unrest. Dag Hammarskjold and Pope John XXIII call for renewal and harmony as Tito urges patience. Eisenhower hands over to Kennedy marking a major U.S. political transition.
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Laos
Belgium
Africa
United Nations
Dag Hammarskjold
John XXIII
Yugoslavia
Tito
U.S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
John F. Kennedy
Driver Rescued Then Arrested After Crash
Warren Ohio AP report details Ohio Highway Patrolman L Upper rescuing Arthur C. Johnson 22 of Cortland from a car on railroad tracks minutes before a Erie and Lackawanna train struck the vehicle. Johnson was then arrested for drunken driving resisting arrest and assaulting an officer.
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Warren
Ohio
L Upper
Ohio Highway
Erie and Lackawanna
Arthur C. Johnson
Cortland
Johnson
Upper
Archbishop Josef Wendel Dies at 59 in Munich
Archbishop of Munich Cardinal Josef Wendel died Saturday night from a heart attack at age 59. His death reduces the College of Cardinals to 81 members.
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Munich
Germany
Josef Cardinal Wendel
College of Cardinals
Khrushchev Offers to Bury U2 Spat as Old President Departs
Premier Khrushchev said he would like the U2 affair to become a thing of the past with the departure of the old president. He did not promise release of U2 pilot Powers. Tass quoted him recalling Kennedy’s campaign pledge to express regret over the flight.
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Moscow
Khrushchev
United States
Eisenhower
Kremlin
Russia
Francis Gary Powers
Tass
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
U.S
United Nations General Assembly
Island Jittery To Invade Cuba Nuts Says U S
Havana reports claim U S Marines will invade Cuba within 18 days. Washington calls it nuts. White House spokesman Hagerty dismisses the charge as Cuban government smokescreen with no truth. The rumor spreads as Castro marks his third year in power and Latin American nations reconsider ties with Havana.
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Havana
U.S
Cuba
Washington
James C.hagerty
White House
Fidel Castro
Enngthy
Pon J
Ourists
Latin America
Lima
Peru
Ecuador
Panama
Riot erupts in St Petersburg after arrest
Police clashed with more than 300 Negroes in St Petersburg after the arrest of a Black couple on a disorderly conduct charge. Officers used billy clubs tear gas and shotguns as 14 men were arrested and 12 given jail terms.
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ST. Petersburg
Fila
Willie Lamb
Eisenhower Warns Red China Viet Nam on Laos Conflict
President Eisenhower approved a stern warning to Red China and North Vietnam against intervening in Laos after reports communists moved into northern Laos from North Vietnam with Soviet air support. The administration said it would consult allies under SEATO and consider all obligations to defend Southeast Asia.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
Eisenhower
United States
Red China
North Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
State Department
White House
Aos
Viet Nam
John F. Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Rusk
New York
Joseph Reap
Reap
Rean
Bangkok
Fan
Permanet Council
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
Red
Laos
Department
U. S
Epos
Pathet Lao
Nonget
Ban Ban
Xiengkhouang
Vientane
Laos Denies Viet Minh Invasion Claims
Western military experts weighed Laos government claims of a Viet Minh invasion near Nonget and Ban Ban as troops allegedly crossed the border. Radio Hanoi denied staging any invasion while Washington supported Laos with aid and backing of Prime Minister Boun Oum amid renewed border clashes near Vientiane.
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Vientiane
Laos
Viet Nam
Hanoi
Prince Boun Oum
United States
Boun Oum
Apt
Kong le
Mies
Moscow
Washington
Nonget
Population hits 182.2 million on New Year’s Day 1967
The Census Bureau reports the U S population grew by about three million in 1966 and will reach 182.2 million on New Year’s Day 1967. The estimate includes service personnel stationed overseas.
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Washington
Census Bureau
Marines Lie Saber Ruse Tops Burlington Liar Contest
Gunny Joe Sase of Oceanside claims a saccharine swallow in Okinawa, a tale named World Champion Liar of 1960 by the Burlington Liars Club. Other entries feature a honey smeared horse, a 10 foot snow drift fable, and rabbits using turtle shells as bulletproof vests in a roundup of tall tales.
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Burlington, Wis
U.S
Okinawa
Joe Sase
Oceanside
Calif
Sage
Burlington Liars Club
Falls 55 Feet Into Snowbank Survives in Niagara Gorge
Wayne Gasesworth, 18, tripped through a guard rail near Niagara Falls and plunged 55 feet into a snowbank. Police hoisted him to the top with a rope and basket in under an hour. He was treated at a hospital for leg scratches.
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Niagara Falls
Wayne Gasesworth
Niagara River
Republic to Build Two Expansions in Warren Ohio
Republic Steel Corp. filed for two Warren expansions with permits totaling 281000 dollars. A spokesman said one building costing 266000 dollars will house portable annealing equipment, while the second project, costing 15000 dollars, adds a locker room at the Warren plant.
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Warren, Ohio
Republic Steel Corp
Warren
Chuckle Cartoon Suggests Jaywalking Remedy
A light humor gag advises the rundown reader to jaywalk as a playful coping note. The cartoon frames show a pedestrian crossing with exaggerated cautionary signaling, delivering a wink to traffic safety norms.
Kennedy names Weaver for housing post amid storm over Bundy
President elect Kennedy named Robert C. Weaver a NAACP housing advocate to head the Housing and Home Finance Agency, a move stirring expectant opposition from Gov. Foster Furcolo who assailed Bundy as unqualified for the White House national security post. Bundy is Harvard dean.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Palm Beach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
U.S
Harvard
White House
Ewes Wee
Robert C. Weaver
New York
McGeorge Bundy
Foster Furcolo
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Weaver
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Congress
New York City
Housing and Redevelopment Board
Bundy
Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Furcolo
National Security Post
Ed Kennedy
Boy On Sled Killed In Elyria Park Crash
Daniel Dewey, 12, of Elyria died from internal injuries after a sled crash into a tree in Cascade Park near his home while coasting downhill.
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Elyria, Ohio
Daniel Dewey
Elyria
Cascade Park
Farewell to 1960 and Welcome to 1961 Review
A Middletown weekly looks back at 1960 with reviews of municipal agencies schools churches and other local organizations. It includes a full page of pictorial highlights and two pages of year end sports pictures.
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Middletown
Maneks Oe
Skidieea
Olcisksissescwed
Poaes
Thesss
Hamer Os
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D. R. Vance
Supreme Court
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Victoria
Vance
Kansas
Alicia Terhune
Shawnee, Kan
Ner
Mel Hart
Waynesburg
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Boisfeuillet Jones
Emory University
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Senate Appropriations Committee
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
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