Capital of Laos Not in Danger Amid Rebel Advances
AP reports pro Communist Pathet Lao forces threaten Luang Prabang with isolated clashes while King Savang Vathana returns to Luang Prabang after installing Premier Bou Oum's anti Communist government. Soviet planes halt airlift to Laotian rebels per Bangkok diplomat via NBC.
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Vientiane
Laos
Luang Prabang
Savang Vathana
Royal
Bou Oum
Pathet Lao
Soares
New York
National Broadcasting Co
Bangkok
Thailand
Rebels Push Forward as Lao Fronts Reach Key Towns
Reporting from the region indicates rebel forces extended their column about 60 miles north of the capital area while Lao tian militants claimed Nam Pac on the Hon River fell to them. Government forces retook Vang Vieng, a critical Soviet airdrop hub, 85 miles north of Vientiane, amid ongoing clashes.
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Radio
Peiping
Nam Pac
Hon River
Luang Prabang
Bouavan Norasing
Vang Vieng
Vientiane
No Mission To Moscow
President elect John F. Kennedy denied considering sending a special emissary to sound out Soviet Premier Khrushchev on improving U S relations. He said such foreign matters have not been discussed and will not be until after January 20. Rumors linked Kennedy with Dean Rusk on the issue.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Khrushchev
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
Mechanically Flawed Kent State Grading Machine
Kent State University halted classes as a card punch machine in the registrar’s office misread student grades. About 560 of 7,608 students received dismissal notices over the holidays. Repairs are done and thousands of cards are being reprocessed to correct the records.
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Kent, Ohio
Kent State University
Lawyer slain as adopted sons involved in double murder
In Annapolis Maryland authorities say H Malone Dresbach a 47 year old Washington lawyer and his 46 year old wife Shirley were shot in their home. The older adopted son Wayne Dresbach 15 was held without charge after police found a .22 caliber rifle under a family car seat. Wayne was picked up about two hours after the shooting and his younger brother called police sobbing claiming his brother fled the home.
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Annapolis, Md
H. Malone Dresbach
Washington
Shirley
Chesapeake Bay
Here
Elmer F. Hagner
Dresbach
Todays Chuckle Satire on three groups of people
A humorous quip divides the world into three groups: those who make things happen, those who watch things happen, and those who never know what happened. It playfully notes differing levels of influence and awareness.
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Arger
Klan parade through Jacksonville protests integration order
A Ku Klux Klan demonstration in downtown Jacksonville, led by C. L. Craig of Atlanta, appeared to protest a federal court order for integrating the city's recreational facilities. Cars with Georgia and North Florida plates displayed US Klan signals as flags flew, and the order set to take effect Monday per Judge Bryan Simpson.
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Jacksonville
Fla
Klu Klux
C. L. Craig
Atlanta
Georgia
North Florida
U.S. Klan
AKK
U.S
Bryan Simpson
Editor Retiring After 41 Years at Columbus Dispatch
Columbus Dispatch publishers announce the retirement of Editor George A. Smallsteed Sr. after 41 years on the staff. No successor named.
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Columbus, Ohio
Columbus Dispatch
Saturday Night
George A. Smallsteed Sr
Ten Moslems Slain as Algerian Vote Attacked
At a polling station near the Sahara edge in Guetet Algeria rebels attacked during the three day vote on self determination for Charles de Gaulle. Ten Moslems were killed and about as many wounded. one soldier died and three were wounded in the clash as Moslem auxiliaries guarded the station and fired back.
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Algiers
Algeria
Sahara
Charles de Gaulle
Last Rites Held For Fitzgerald
Dublin crowds attended the funeral of film star Barry Fitzgerald, real name William Shields, at St Patrick's Protestant Cathedral. The 72 year old actor died in a Dublin hospital after a brain operation last October, with cause of death not disclosed. His best known role was the Oscar winning part as a priest in Going My Way with Bing Crosby.
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Dublin
Ireland
St Patrick’s
Church of Ireland
Barry Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald
William Shields
Bing Crosby
Medical Care for the Aged Sparks Conference Controversy
The White House aging conference opens with about 2,500 delegates to discuss how far the federal government should go to help retirees pay medical bills. Charges of rigging arise as AMA insurers and business groups oppose socialized medicine, while Kennedy backs Social Security medical care plans.
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Washington
White House
Donnybrook
Wilbur Cohen
Michigan University
American Medical Association
Congress
Eisenhower
AMA
Insuranc
Chamber of Commerce
Afl-Cio
Volun
Tary
Elec
John F. Kennedy
Cuba Seizes Arms Dropped by Plane
Cuba said it seized two airdrops of U S supplied arms destined for insurgents. The government warned of continuing invasion fears as Fidel Castro mobilizes militiamen and uses Soviet and Czech weapons. Diplomatic break with the United States deepens as the Swiss Embassy assumes U S interests protection and most staff depart.
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Cuba
Harold K. Miles
Havana
U.S
United States
Fidel Castro
Caribbean
Castro
Pinar del Rio
Escambray
Las Villas
Woman Dies as Pet Shop Fire Levels Building
In St Louis Missouri a fire tore through a pet shop and the apartment above, killing Margaret Hanlon Barker 67, a widow. Fire crews found the woman in her bed beside a heavy smoke layer. Investigators blamed the blaze on defective wiring and said about 150 dogs perished along with the pets.
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St, Louis, Mo
Margaret Hanlon Barker
Cuban spies in U S claimed 2000-strong network
Former Cuban military attache Angel Saavedra alleged Fidel Castro runs a 2000-agent spy network in the United States with cells in New York Chicago and Miami. He showed a 1959 letter ordering him to report on U S military and aviation activities and to build Cuban native contacts. He did not say if he handed documents to U S authorities.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
United States
New York
Miam
Chicago
Angel Saavedra
Havana
U.S
Aeril
Soviet Unie
Ramiro
Valdes Menendez
Saavedra
Blue Scout 1 Rocket Delivers Sensitive Packages to Van Allen Belt
The Blue Scout 1 rocket lofted a 392 pound payload into the lower Van Allen belt on its maiden flight from Cape Canaveral. Eight experiments gathered data before a 900 pound capsule separated and parachuted into the Atlantic near Antigua. A JC54 plane and Coastal Crusader supported recovery.
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Cape Canaveral
Fia
van Allen
Atlantic
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
West Indies
Antigua
JC54
6560Th
Patrick Air Force Base
Fla
Air Force
van Allen Belt
Embassy officials return to U.S. from Havana amid delays
Ranking officials who closed the U.S. Embassy in Havana arrived in Miami after a three hour delay. Daniel Braddock said he would immediately go to Washington to confer with State Department officials. The Pan Am jet carried six released American journalists and several embassy personnel as Swiss officials prepared to take over the U.S. business in about a week.
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Miami, Fla
U.S
Havana
Daniel Braddock
Grand Rapids
Mich
Miami
Braddock
Washington
State Department
Pan American World Airways
Sunshine State
Land of the Free
Paul Schutzer
Norman Iter
Life Magazine
CBS
Bernard Eismann
Chicago
Robert Schanke
New York
Bruce Hoerel
Andrew Willener
Donna Clift
George Clift Jr
Clift
Vallejo
Calif
Michael Buzan Jr
New Orleans
Min
Meany Predicts Steady Jobless Rise to 6.5 Percent
AFL-CIO President George Meany forecast that December unemployment will exceed 6.5 percent of the labor force. He urged government action to reverse the economic trend as the Bureau of Labor Statistics prepares to release new figures in a few days. The prior report showed 4,031,000 jobless in November, with a 63 percent rate after adjustments.
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Washington
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Meany
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Bureau
El Paso Official Notes Embassy Guard Exit
Braddock said revolutionary militia units remained outside the embassy as he departed, noting they were on guard and that he said goodbye to them. Krakauer of El Paso Texas is identified among second secretaries.
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Nie Krakauer
el Paso
Tex
Braddock
Ministers Hopeful About Merger Plan
Middletown church leaders largely favor a merger of four Protestant denominations into one, though they harbor doubts. The Journal notes this view while signaling related pages on the centennial Civil War celebrations and differing wartime viewpoints in Richmond and Washington. A small Ozarks town embraces a national diet fad as reported on page 22.
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Middletown
Richmond
Washington, D.C
Ozarks
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