Thanksgiving Day Observances Across the Nation
The 339th Thanksgiving marks a day of prayer feasting and family reunions with President Eisenhower urging thanks to God for the land's bounty. Churches hold share our surplus drives. millions travel by road rail and air. Macy's parade features large balloons. thousands of armed forces members celebrate turkey and trimmings. foreign students join hosts for dinners and a square dance. Plymouth Mass reenacts the first Thanksgiving. religious services emphasize international understanding and kinship beyond race color or creed.
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Plymouth Colony
Eisenhower
Kennedy's Lead Holds The Line
Washington AP Kennedy's lead for president elect John F Kennedy remained firm at 300 electoral votes as Republicans failed to overturn Illinois and Texas results. Georgia added to Kennedy's margin while Cook County and Chicago faced recount talk and a Texas judge found insufficient evidence of fraud to warrant a statewide probe.
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Georgia
Illinois
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Kentucky
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
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Chicago
Ill
Meade Alcorn
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Donate Skin For Peggy Gis Aid In Try To Save Girl
An eight man surgical team prepared to graft nearly three square feet of skin from three soldiers onto four year old Peggy Roller of El Paso Texas in hopes of saving her life after a November 16 fire left her badly burned. The three sergeants volunteered as skin donors, leaving Thanksgiving with their families as they aid the child. They will recover in Brooke General Hospital for two to three weeks and be on convalescent leave by Christmas.
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San Antonio, Tex
Purnea Utue
Peggy Roller
el Paso, Tex
Harry N. Roller
Peggy
Brooke General Hospital
Wilfred Tunbusch
Dayton
Ohio
Red Rift Persists After Moscow Summit
Washington based experts say the Moscow Communist summit will issue a preliminary declaration but will not resolve the deep rift between the Soviet Union and China. The conflict between Khrushchev and Mao Tse-tung appears enduring as the leaders convene since November 9, with China and the Soviet Union publishing sharply differing forecasts.
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Washington
Moscow
China
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Communist Party
Mao Tse Tung
People's Daily
Pravda
Violence Fears at Negro College Game in Montgomery
Police and sheriff s deputies in Montgomery under emergency orders prepared for possible racial violence at the Tuskegee Institute Alabama State football game. A dummy bomb threat and cross burnings foreshadowed unrest as KKK activity and integration fears heightened tensions.
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Montgomery
Ala
L. B. Sullivan
Tuskegee Institute
Alabama State
Cramton Rowl
Sullivan
New Bride and Two Die in Plane Crash near Warrenton
A private four seat Mooney crashed near Warrenton North Carolina killing Francois Jean Crouzet 39 his wife Victoria 23 of New York City and Mrs Albert Alloy of New York City Oak Beach N Y Barbara Clark 30 the daughter of Mrs Alloy was aboard the craft on a holiday trip to Florida and Nassau The airplane encountered rain and fog during its route and went down while attempting to land Further details were found on the bodies and in papers recovered at the scene
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Warrenton
N. C
Florida
Nassau
Francois Jean Crouzet
Victoria
New York City
Albert Alloy
Oak Beach
N.Y
Barbara Clark
Alloy
Clark
Spring Valley
Crouzets
North Carolina
Nehru rejects Congo pullout demand in Parliament
New Delhi India Prime Minister Nehru today rejected demands in Parliament that Indian forces be withdrawn from the Congo despite attacks on Indian army officers.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
Congo
Tiros II Weather Satellite Fleeting Glimpse
Washington AP reports Tiros II orbits Earth with two cameras, a small high resolution unit and a larger wide angle. The small camera delivers 30 mile center images while the larger covers 900 square miles but faces power and alignment issues. If successful, the system could spawn a network of six to seven polar orbiting weather satellites within four to five years.
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Washington
Todays Chuckle on hats in elevators
A light cartoon caption notes that when a man removes his hat in an elevator it signals two things the person has manners and hair.
Nixon Plans California Law Firm Move After Presidency
Vice President Richard M. Nixon intends to join a California law firm after his January term ends. The Los Angeles Times, citing its Times Washington bureau, says Nixon made the tentative decision while on vacation in Florida and the Bahamas, and notes California as a key battleground in his GOP resurgence.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Los Angeles Times
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Nixon
Florida
Bahamas
Times
Robert Hartmann
Weather forecast gives warm Friday after cool night
The forecast calls for fair conditions tonight with a low near 28. Friday should be warmer with a high around 53. Yesterday's official high reached 3 at 3 pm and the overnight low was 29.
UN Congo Peace Mission Canceled Over Kasavubu Pushback
United Nations peace mission to Congo was canceled after President Joseph Kasavubu urged a conciliation group to delay. Soldiers angered by clashes with U.N. troops raised fears of a hostile reception as Lumumba and Kasavubu factions vie for power. Kasavubu sought time to shape public opinion before the delegation’s arrival.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.N
Congo
Joseph Kasavubu
Leopoldville
Kasavubu
U. N
Patrice
Lumumba
Congo unrest grows after clash at Ghana envoy home
High officials under Col. Mobutu warned of troops to block a mission landing at Leopoldville airport. Tensions rose as Lt. Col. Kokolo and three Congo soldiers were killed in a clash with U.N. Tunisian guards. The U.N. ordered staff to relocate from outlying districts to U.N. headquarters in Leopoldville.
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Joseph Mobutu
Congo
Leopoldville
United Nations
Joseph Kokolo
U. N
Ghana
Mobutu
U.N
Half Of Surgeons Not Trained, Doctor Says
Dr Loyal Davis of Northwestern University told a McGill University meeting that 50 to 53 percent of U S operations are performed by doctors not adequately trained in surgery. He warned that many such surgeries may end in disaster though exact figures are unknown.
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Montreal
United States
Loyal Davis
Northwestern University
McGill University
Kennedy Twins Joyous Thanksgiving Visit Initiates Birthday Wish
President elect John F Kennedy returns to Washington for the Thanksgiving holiday with his wife Jacqueline and their daughter Caroline, who turns three on Sunday. Caroline’s early birthday celebration is planned as the family observes the holiday quietly in Georgetown. Mrs Kennedy, advised to avoid travel, will remain in Washington with their child while Kennedy returns to Florida briefly for work before January 20. The couple expects a second child in December at Georgetown University Hospital, with the birth to be a Caesarean. A pair of live white ducks were given to Caroline by Barbara Behm, daughter of a West Palm Beach councilman.
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Washington
John F Kennedy
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fila
Jacqueline
Caroline
Mrs. Kennedy
Georgetown
Florida
Barbara Behm
West Palm Beach
Divorce Settlement Triggers Courtroom Shooting Slaying
A 52 year old contractor Bob Williams opened fire in a Reno courtroom amid a disputed divorce and property settlement. He shot attorney Eli Livierato killing him and wounded Edwin Mulcahy and Weldon Snyder while aiming at his mother in law Edna Snyder. Williams was restrained by his attorney Sam Francovich before police disarmed him.
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Reno, New
Bob Williams
Williams
Dist
Jon Colling
Joyce
Eli Livierato
Reno
Edwin Mulcahy
Dis
Trict
Weldon Snyder
Ohio
Medina
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