Khrushchev Warns West At New Year Banquet
Soviet Premier Khrushchev warned the West that a nuclear war could destroy it while pledging peaceful coexistence He spoke at a New Year banquet in the Kremlin Auditorium approving dancing around a Christmas tree Afterward he sent New Year greetings to Kennedy Castro and Brezhnev and noted tensions with China while affirming Leninist peaceful coexistence.
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Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Party Central Committee
Fidel Castro
Cuba
United States
Western Hemisphere
Kennedy
Brezhnev
Red China
New Year Celebrations Across World Bring Varying Crowds
In Times Square New York about 300000 welcomed 1963 amid a biting wind and 11 degree cold. Tokyo Meiji Shrine drew 330000, four shrines 460000 visitors, many in colorful kimonos. Authorities note strong festive spirit despite frigid conditions.
Mayor Howell Price Dies in Memphis. West Memphis Leader
Funeral services set for Wednesday for Howell Bernard Price 50 year old three term mayor of West Memphis and Winnsboro native. He died Monday in a Memphis hospital after a long illness. Survivors include his widow mother two sisters and three brothers.
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West Memphis
Ark
Howell Bernard Price
Winnsboro
Memphis
Winnsboro High School
National Funeral Home Chapel
Price
W. H. Price
J. W. McCain
J. W. Sewell
Shreveport
George Allen
W. H
Bastrop
Jack Price
Monroe
New Year Dates Shift Across Christendom
The text notes that March 25 was widely seen as New Year in early medieval times. It cites the Gregorian reform of 1582 which set January 1 as New Year for Catholic countries and later spread this date to other Christian communities.
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Christendom
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Traffic deaths mount during short New Year holiday weekend
The Associated Press reports traffic fatalities rose slowly through the four day holiday, with 229 highway deaths by late Monday and 375 for the period, as snow and fog worsened road conditions. A bus truck collision near Superior Montana killed six, and a Jersey City crash killed three. Other losses included fires and separate accidents.
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Superior
Mont
Jersey City
Iowa City
Iowa
Long Island Sound
New York City
Associated Press
Twin City Chit-Chat Birthday of Sheriff Bailey Grant
Oua chita parish sheriff department staff marked Sheriff Bailey Grant's 39 plus birthday with a daytime party Monday. A skeleton crew remains on duty while female deputies are off duty and no department closures occurred.
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Bailey Grant
Ouachita Parish
First colored baby born in Monroe in 1963
The obsterical supervisor reports the first colored baby born in Monroe in 1963 arrived at 6 30 am at E A Conway Memorial Hospital. Parents Jesse Lee Ivory and Annie Lee Ivory of Rayville’s P O Box 193 name their son Vince Edwards Ivory a six pound twelve ounce boy.
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Monroe
E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
Jesse Lee Ivory
Annie Lee Ivory
P. O. Box
Rayville
Vince Edwards Ivory
L. P. Smith
R.N
Twin City banks report 1962 gains boost economy
Bank statements show 1962 asset increases of 4.82 million and deposits up 3.39 million, signaling broader local growth since 1961. Bank president notes higher average daily deposits and solid performance amid good farm crops and strong auto sales, optimistic for 1963.
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Twin City
BANK
Romney Takes Helm As Michigan Governor In 1940s Era
George Romney becomes Michigan’s first Republican governor in seven years in Lansing. He vows bipartisan citizenship, focuses on state progress, and advocates adoption of a proposed new constitution. Romney’s inaugural address links leadership to public duty and faith.
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Romney
Michigan
Lansing
Mich
George Romney
American Motors
G. Mennin Williams
Williams
John B. Swainson
Fire destroys largest hotel in Conway Ark
A four story hotel the largest in Conway Arkansas burned Monday night as revelers prepared to welcome the new year. Police said no casualties and no one missing. The 55 room Boxer Hotel a brick structure downtown burned after the fire started on the fourth floor during a New Year Eve party on the first floor.
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Conway
Ark
UPID
Arkansas
Boxer
New Year Crowd Described As Smallest In Years In Times Square
In New York City police described New Year crowds around Times Square as the smallest and coldest in years with about 600 officers on duty. The crowd dispersed about 15 minutes after midnight despite 10 degree conditions as a mild weather forecast followed for today and tomorrow.
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New York
UPS
Police Today
Time Square Theater District
Times Square
Chiang Admits Leading War On Mainland
Chiang Kai-shek on Formosa declares guerrilla warfare against the Communists in Southeast China. The Central News Agency cites 172 nationalist agents killed in three months and notes bases and contacts with Formosan authorities. Communists report heavy casualties and security operations against the anti-Communist effort.
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Formosa
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Central
Peking
Kwangtung
South China
United States
Kwangtung Province
Two Texans Arrested in Sugar Bowl Burglary Spree
Two Longview teenagers were arrested en route to the Sugar Bowl after a four hour burglary spree. Deputies said John W. Owens, 19, and a 16 year old led officers to where they dumped coin boxes and broken machines at service stations and a laundromat. Four candy machines were found stolen from Baton Rouge Junior High School.
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Baton Rouge
Longview
Tex
New Orleans
John W. Owens
Blue Whales Face Extinction Threat
Washington officials warn the blue whale faces extinction if hunting continues. William C. Harrington says the United States will seek drastic action from an 18 nation international body to limit Antarctic whale catches.
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Washington
U.S
William C. Harrington
Secretary of State For Fisheries, and Wildlife
United States
Antarctic
Five Die As Greyhound Bus Plunges Into Icy River
On New Year's Eve 1962 a Greyhound bus driver J B Mayer 54 of Spokane was killed along with four passengers and the piano-like truck driver Hoff in an icy collision on U S 19 near St Regis Montana. Seven others were hospitalized. The Scenicruiser slid off a 50 foot embankment into the St Regis River after hitting a loaded grain truck in dawn light on a curve.
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St. Regis River
Superior
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ST. Regis
Mont
UPI
J.B. Mayer
Spokane
Wash
U.S
Here
Jacob Hoff
Sunnyside
Jane McDaniel
Ennis
Cecile McClaughlin
Livingston
George Homburger
New York City
Ronald L. Bakken
U.S. Army
Missoula
Mayer
Seattle
Chicago
Great Falls
Hoff
Donald Scott Miller
Tshombe Prepares Guerrilla War In Kolwezi Stronghold
Katanga President Moise Tshombe gathers remnants around Kolwezi and readies for possible guerrilla warfare against the United Nations Congo Legion. The UN gives a noon surrender deadline at Manono base while Thant seeks Congo unification and reconciliation within two weeks.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Kolwezi
United Nations
Congo Legion
Elisabethville
Tshombe
U.N
Britain
Rhodesia
U Thant
New York
Congo
Thant
Paul-Henri Spaak
Spaak
Manono
Ndola
Northern Rhodesia
Jodotville
Girl Dreams Of Fate Ends In Boston Slaying
Patricia Bissette, 23, formerly of Middlebury Vermont, was found nearly nude and strangled in her Back Bay apartment. An autopsy found she was killed about 24 hours earlier, raped, and one month pregnant. The case is part of a string of eight unsolved strangulations in Greater Boston over six months.
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Boston
Patricia Bissette
Middlebury
Greater Boston
Back Bay
Michael Luongo
Kerr Dies at 66 Once Called Uncrowned King of the Senate
Senator Robert S. Kerr of Oklahoma died at Doctors Hospital at age 66 after a three week hospitalization for a virus infection and routine checkup. He had suffered a mild heart attack. Colleagues labeled him the uncrowned king of the Senate and noted his key role in guiding Kennedy administration proposals through Congress.
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Washington
UPI
Robert S. Kerr
Congress
Doctors Hospital
Kerr
Senate
Kennedy
Berlin Wall Slayings Mark New Year Shootout
East and West Berlin police exchanged shots early today during a search for an escaped refugee. West Berlin police said an East German patrol boat fired five rounds into the Spree River at dawn, possibly at the refugee in icy water. Fifteen minutes later a second eastern boat fired at two West Berlin officers in a vacant riverbank lot, and West Berlin officers returned four shots.
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West Berlin
Rockefeller In Middle Of Road Inaugural Address
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller began his second term with a middle of the road agenda. The 54 year old leader, a top GOP 1964 presidential prospect, framed a governing philosophy stressing local initiative and limited state intervention while seeking Carter style appeal in a broader national contest. The ceremony featured a 19 gun salute as Chief Judge Desmond administered the oath.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York State
GOP
National Guard
Capitol Grounds
Charles S. Desmond
State Court of Appeals
Laura Spelman Rockefeller
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Today’s Chuckle Patience vs Brains Paradox
A light joke notes that patience outvalues brains in some situations. The quip plays on the saying a handful of patience can beat a bucket of brains, delivering a concise humorous observation.
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