Heavy fighting reported around Saigon as clashes continue
In Saigon Viet Nam fighting raged between government forces and Viet Cong with heavy casualties on both sides. Government units evacuated two dead and 12 wounded in the Mekong Delta near Tan Hiep while air strikes targeted Viet Cong positions. A separate New Year’s attack near Pleiku killed 30 Vietnamese troops and wounded 26, with one American injured. Diem’s government warned more clashes are likely but promises this to be the war’s last phase.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Mekong
Tan Hiep
Pleiku
Ngo Dinh Diem
Dock Strike Stalemated on Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
Negotiators remain firm in a nationwide dock strike affecting 60,000 workers from Maine to Texas. Alexander P. Chopin of the New York Shipping Association voiced pessimism, while AFL CIO official Thomas Gleason pledged to press wage demands. Harvard professor James Healy begins as factfinder to study benefits in the dispute.
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NEW York (Ap
Atlantic
Gulf
Alexander P. Chopin
New York Shipping Association
Thomas Gleason
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen's Association
Maine
Texas
James Healy
Harvard University
Weather forecast and temperatures trend
The five day forecast shows near normal daily highs of 38 to 44 and lows of 22 to 27 with a warming trend followed by rain tomorrow. Yesterday reached 35 for a high and 26 for a low while today’s morning low was 18 at 3 am.
Telstar resumes Trans Atlantic TV after six week halt
Telstar, the communications satellite operating from New York, returned to transmitting television programs across the Atlantic today. Officials said its previous six week outage was due to a problem cured by an electronic remedy described as aspirin for radiation sickness.
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New York
Telstar
Atlantic
Bulgarian pilot cleared of espionage arrives in Rome
Milose Solakov, a Bulgarian air force pilot cleared of espionage charges linked to a failed flight to Italy, reached Rome and said he hoped to return to Bulgaria soon.
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Rome
Milose Solakov
Italy
Bulgaria
Women Live Longer Than Men Says Joke
A humorous quip notes women outlive men by pointing to the years they were “girls.” The remark plays on aging and gender stereotypes in a light, tongue in cheek manner.
Thief nabbed as pair seek shelter at church
Los Angeles AP A hitchhiking salesman and his wife slept inside St. Vibiana's Church after rain and hunger. They woke to a man removing the church poor box. Phillip Young of Huntington West Virginia was arrested nearby on burglary suspicion with $49 found on him. The Humes were offered help by church priests.
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Los Angeles
Chicago
California
St. Vibiana’s
Billy Humes
Jean
Humes
Phillip Young
Huntington
W. Va
Young
Viet Nam Helicopter Ambush Highlights Intelligence Gap
U S military officials report a Viet Cong ambush near Saigon disrupted helicopter-borne South Vietnamese troops. Five helicopters were shot down, three Americans killed, six wounded. The incident underscores intelligence failures and calls for improved transport helicopters and security measures.
Relief Near From British Deep Freeze
A thaw spread across southern England bringing relief from the deep freeze since Christmas while melting snow creates flood risk. Fogblanketed Surrey and Sussex as western and northern Britain kept sub freezing temps with more snow in Herefordshire and Scotland. For first time since Dec 26 several southern and Midlands counties report all highways passable.
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London
England
Surrey
Kent
Sussex
Britain
Herefordshire
Scotland
Midlands
Europe
Tshombe Army Flees Jadotville and Sets Katanga Headquarters
Katanga President Moise Tshombe, after fleeing Jadotville, bases his government in Kolwezi and says he is open to UN negotiations but will fight if no talks occur. He and gendarmes hold Kolwezi as Thant press for Congo reunification by actions, not words. Tshombe seeks personal security guarantees from UN or Western diplomats.
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Albert Berbrugghe
Jadotville
Katanga
Congo
Ndola
Kolwezi
Katanga, the Congo
Moise Tshombe
United Nation
U.N
U Thant
Cyrille Adoula
Leopoldville
Tshombe
United Nations
Tshomba
Elisabethville
Brussels
Libre Belgique
Jean Marie van der Dussen
Thant
iTshombe
U. Thant
New York
Bunche
Belgium
Short Retirement Reversed in Kentucky Clerk’s Office
Lizzie Witherspoon retired after 25 years as Anderson County Circuit Court Clerk but Susan Mary Walker died minutes after taking the oath. Witherspoon was reinstated on Thursday and will serve until the November election.
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Lawrenceburg
Lizzie Witherspoon
Anderson County
Susan Mary Walker
Plane Lands Safely At Cincinnati
An American Airlines DC-4 with 25 aboard landed safely at Greater Cincinnati Airport at 10 06 a m after reporting hydraulic system failure en route to Dayton Ohio The airliner continued to Cincinnati where emergency equipment stood by None of the 21 passengers and four crew members were injured The flight was 267 from Cleveland to Cincinnati via Dayton.
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Cincinnati
American Airlines
Greater Cincinnati
Dayton
Ohio
Cleveland
Increase In Liquor Board Could Be Expanded To Seven
Ohio Attorney General Mark McElroy urged expanding the liquor control board from four to seven members. He cited frequent 2-2 tie votes and a rising caseload, proposing two divisions in Columbus and major cities. The plan aims to cut costs by reducing witness subpoenas and fees.
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Columbus
Ohio
Mark McElroy
Liquor Board
James A. Rhodes
McElroy
State of
Memorial Rites Planned For Powell In Hollywood
Hollywood AP memorial services set for Dick Powell at All Saints Episcopal Church Beverly Hills. Powell 58 died Wednesday of cancer at Beverly Hills apartment with wife June Allyson at his side. Cremation planned at Forest Lawn Memorial Park.
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Hollywood
All Saints Episcopal Church
Beverly Hills
Dick Powell
Powell
June Allyson
Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Jack Carson
Carson
Charles Laughton
Thomas Mitchell
De Gaulle Opens Path to NATO Nuclear Striking Force
President de Gaulle's message to Kennedy signals exploratory talks on forming a NATO strike force armed with Polaris missiles. Plans discussed at Palm Beach include sharing Polaris missiles with Britain and putting allied forces under NATO control as the aim of a broader international nuclear force program.
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Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
France
NATO
de Gaulle
Palm Beach
Fla
Dean Rusk
Thomas K. Finletter
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Pierre Salinger
White House
Rusk
Congo
U.S
Nassau
Harold Macmillan
United States
Macmillan
Britain
Siberian Christians Return To Homeland
In Moscow a Soviet government spokesman said 32 Siberian Christians who sought refuge in the American Embassy are en route back to Siberia. The U S Embassy reported a firm commitment from the Soviet Foreign Ministry that they would receive good treatment and that the embassy would be informed about the case handling.
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Moscow
Siberia
U.S
Lausche Attacks Moyers Peace Corps Appointment
Senator Frank Lausche denounces President Kennedy’s choice of 28 year old Bill Moyers for a $20 000 a year Peace Corps post and links his criticism to opposition to a proposed domestic Peace Corps. He warns of federal workers dictating local and state actions.
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Washington
Frank J. Lausche
Ohio
Kennedy
Bill D Moyers
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lausche
Moyers
Peace Corps
Christopher Owlers
Chagrin Falls
United Nations Forces Capture Jadotville in Congo Action
UN troops in the Congo report Jadotville taken with minimal opposition as Tshombe’s forces retreat toward Kolwezi. Indian and Ethiopian troops, aided by an Irish mortar company, suffer few casualties while Belgian civilians report limited sabotage at key Union Miniere facilities.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
United Nations
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Kolwezi
Jadotville
Tshombe
U.N
New York
Union Miniere
U Thant
Ralph J. Bunche
Congo
Elisabethville
East German guard captures would-be refugee at Berlin wall
An East German border guard captured a would-be refugee who became entangled in the barbed wire along the Communist wall dividing East and West Berlin.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Hippopotamus Meat Sought as Holiday Treat in Utah
Salt Lake City radio announcer Will Lucas promotes hippopotamus meat after Uganda offered samples. He sent a UN Uganda delegation a request and received six cans. Lucas hosted a luncheon to gauge Utah interest and push wider hippo meat use locally.
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Utah
Will Lucas
Lucas
Associated Press
Uganda
Teners
United Nations
Mountain West
Lukas
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