Congo Pressure Easing
Elisabethville Katanga announces three central government ministers reach accord with Moise Tshombe. A round-table conference on Congo’s future political structure likely next month. Kasavubu welcomes the move as a path to order and may include Lumumba and other leaders.
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Leopold Ville
The
Congo
Katanga
Elisabethville
Leopoldville
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Belgium
Patrice Lumumba
Kasavubu
United Nations
Lumumba
Paris
Burns Take Peggy's Life After Skin Graft Operation
Peggy Roller a 4 year old burned in a house fire died after a two hour Thanksgiving day operation. Three sergeants donated skin grafts to her burned body but she succumbs nine days after the blaze at Brooke General Hospital. The father Major Harry Roller and medics press release tributes as the men face two weeks of hospitalization and a month convalescence.
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San Antonio
Tex
Peggy Roller
Army
Brooke General Hospital
Peggy
Maj
Harry Roller
el Paso
Gerald Slocum
Floyd Slocum
Battalion
B. C. Hilton
Illinois Probe Set Next Week
Chicago Republicans await State's Atty Benjamin Adamowski's return to open a grand jury probe into vote fraud in Chicago precincts. They seek to overturn Illinois' 27 electoral votes for Nixon. 460 judges from 92 precincts to be questioned as Juries consider recount actions and board certifications amid recent fraud charges.
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Chicago
Cook County
Ferlic
Grand Jury
Chicago Election Board
Kennedy Wins Texas Electoral Votes in Official Canvass
The Texas election board confirmed John F. Kennedy won all 24 electoral votes after rejecting Republican recount demands. Secretary of State Zollie Steakley noted the board cannot examine voter qualifications beyond the returns. Kennedy polled 1,167,932 votes. Nixon 1,121,699. Sullivan 18,169. Decker 3,870.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Election Board
John F. Kennedy
Zollie Steakley
State Supreme Court
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Charles L. Sullivan
Constitution Party
Rutherford L. Decker
Prohibition Party
Red China warns comic writers over good guys ending
In Hong Kong a Communist Party mouthpiece condemns comic book plots that imply a hopeful victory for virtuous heroes. The People’s Daily urges adherence to Marx Lenin and Mao Tze-tung while noting China has printed 600 million comics in a decade.
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Hong Kong
Communist China
Red China People’s Daily
Communist Party
Marx
Lenin
Mao Tze-tung
China
People’s Daily
Wealthy sportsman freed after $200,000 ransom
Anthony Alessio, 41, owner of Caliente Race Track partners in Mexico, was released unharmed after $200,000 was paid by his kidnappers. He had been held about 24 hours and was found handcuffed in a San Diego motel. Three suspects arrested in Los Angeles and are jailed on kidnapping charges with bail set at $200,000 each.
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San Diego
Calif
Said
Anthony Alejo
Alessio
Caliente
Tijuana
Mexico
United States
FBI
Los Angeles
Robert James Gorman
Chino
Ruby Elaine
Selma Clark Marrone
Pro-Castro Riots Halted in Caracas Downtown
In Caracas demonstrators shouting pro Castro and anti government slogans rioted Friday night and were dispersed by tear gas. No serious injuries were reported though damage was done. A core group of about 30 leftists barricaded themselves in a high school and threw rocks and Molotov cocktails until dispersed. The unrest coincided with a strike disrupting telephone service as unionists ignored government wage-arbitration attempts and national guardsmen took over installations.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Naional Guardsmen
Evacuees Return To Homes After Oregon Floods
Water from Thursday's heavy rains receded as about 150 families returned home in western Oregon. The Thanksgiving Day storm dumped up to six inches, flooding streams in the Willamette Valley and Oregon Coast, causing mudslides and road blocks. The Weather Bureau forecast rising Willamette River waters for the next 24 hours but no major flooding expected.
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Portland
Ore
Oregon
Willamette Valley
Oregon Coast
Weather Bureau
Willamette River
NATO Parliamentarians Call For Nuclear Armed Fire Brigade
Paris AP reports 15 NATO parliaments backed creating a military fire brigade with nuclear capability to counter Communist threats. They urged NATO political control of atomic arms and delivery systems, while noting advisory weight and future council consideration.
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Paris
Lauris Norstad
Europe
NATO
United States
NATO Council
Norstad
White House
Debbie Reynolds Weds Harry Karl in Surprise Beverly Hills Ceremony
Debbie Reynolds married Harry Karl, a 46 year old shoe magnate, in a private Beverly Hills ceremony aimed at giving her two children a real family Christmas. The couple wed Friday night at a friend’s home with Saul Pollack as best man and Jeanette Johnson as maid of honor. The bride rushed from a day of filming in a Edith Head gown to wed, planning a January honeymoon trip to Miami and the Bahamas before settling into Karl’s home.
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Beverly Hills
Calif
Debbie Reynolds
Eddie Fisher
Harry Karl
Karls
Saul Pollack
Karl
Inlaw
Pollack
Jeannette Johnson
Debbie
Miami
Bahamas
Palm Springs
Highway Killings Reach Toll Over Thanksgiving Holiday
The Associated Press reports deaths on U.S. highways increased as Thanksgiving travel rose. Through the four day period the toll stood at 197 traffic deaths, plus 29 in fires and 59 in other accidents, totaling 285. Comparisons show prior periods with totals of 646, 650, and 626 for similar spans, while the record four day toll was 884 at Christmas 1956.
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The
National Safety Council
Council
Associated Press
Reds Exports Oil Equipment to Capitalist Nations High This Year
MOSCOW AP Soviet exports of oil drilling equipment to capitalist countries reached an all time high this year Tass reported.
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Moscow
Tass
Judge Grants Reduced Jail Term for Driver in Homicide
Seattle AP Judge Royal orders Andrew J. Darst to serve 12 months in jail for negligent homicide in a collision that killed 2 year old Teresa Tate. He may shave time with up to six months off for two approved book reviews, while three years probation runs. Clergymen and the American Legion will help select the books and he must make restitution to the Tate family.
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Seattle
Superior Court
Royal
Andrew J. Darst
Darst
American Legion
Teresa Tate
John H. Tate
Parliamentarians propose controlled atomic force for alliance defense
Delegates urged a nuclear restraint policy with a mobile striking force to act only under a deliberate high level decision. Spaak argued a commonly controlled atomic force would best supply the alliance with efficient defense and bolster interior cohesion among Atlantic powers.
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Fire Brigade
Norstad
Spaak
Avlantic Alliance
U S Gold Reserve Drops Below 18 Billion Line
Washington AP reports the United States held 17.986 billion dollars in gold on November 23, the lowest in 29 years. The fall comes as foreign buyers purchased 20 million dollars of gold the prior week, reducing official holdings.
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Washington
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Misused Mouth Opens Often, Says Chuckle Card
A lighthearted note jokes that misunderstandings come from the mouth more than from any other source. The quip suggests thoughtful speech avoids frequent missteps and keeps humor gentle.
Kennedy Delighted by New Kennedy Baby Arrival Context
Senator John F Kennedy toured quick trips between his home and Georgetown University Hospital to see his wife Jacqueline Kennedy and their newborn son John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr. The infant, born early Friday and not yet baptized, remained in an incubator as doctors described him healthy and good looking.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Georgetown University Hospital
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy
England
John F. Fitzgerald
John Fizgerald Kennedy Jr
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
Hugh D. Auchincloss
Pierre Salinger
Luella Hennessey
Walpole
Mass
Caroline
Abduction Case Ends in Phoenix Motel Chase
Wisconsin hospital chaplain Rev. Lawrence Dudink and 17 year old RoseAnne OConnell were found in a two room Phoenix motel after a nationwide search. Dudink faces unlawful flight and kidnapping charges while RoseAnne is in juvenile custody. Dudink had been missing since November 8 and was arraigned on bond in phoenix. The girl’s parents drove from Gilbert Minnesota to Phoenix after the disappearance.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Wisconsin
Lawrence Dudink
Rosalie Anne O'Connell
FBI
Gilbert
Minn
Father Dudink
St. Mary's Hospital
Superior
Edward Boyle
Flagstaff
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Orff
Milo
Son
Illinois
Adamowski
Colorado
Nixon
Daniel P. Ward
Lack
Texas
Adar
James Bacon
Fisher
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
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U.S
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Frances Lewine
Mrs. Kennedy
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