Congo Troops Search for Lumumba after escape
Congolese soldiers comb the African quarter hunting ex Premier Lumumba who fled his guarded villa threatening civil war. Lumumba reportedly heads toward Stanleyville as top lieutenants rally to restore him. U.N. urged Mobutu to reconvene Parliament amid the upheaval.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Lumumba
Stanleyville
Thomas Kanza
United Nations
Accra
New York
Joseph Mobutu
U.N
Mobutu
Congo River
Kennedy Signals Bowles Hodges Posts in Kennedy Administration
President elect John F Kennedy suggested Chester Bowles may join his administration and discussed retiring North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges for a post. Bowles, former diplomat and ex Connecticut governor, met Kennedy at Georgetown. no specific post was set. Sanford and Bennett indicated Bowles possible fate while Hodges eyed for Commerce, though Kennedy gave no firm position.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Chester Bowles
Luther H. Hodges
North Carolina
Bowles
Kennedy
Connecticut
Congress
Georgetown
Terry Sanford
Bert Bennett Jr
Sanford
Hodges
Commerce Post
Kidnap Suspect Marrone Nabbed by FBI in LA
FBI agents captured 31 year old Frank Marrone at a Los Angeles intersection arresting him in the week old kidnapping of wealthy sportsman Anthony Alessio. He was unarmed and offered no resistance. Marrone was driving his own 1953 car and carried currency tied to a $200,000 ransom paid by the Alessio family.
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Los Angeles
FBI
Frank Marrone
Anthony Alessio
Marrone
Alessio
San Diego
Caliente
Baja California
Selma
Hollywood
Don Keller
Alaska
Police Hunt Companion of Knife Victim
Portland police broadened the search for Beverly Allan a 19 year old Washington State University student feared abducted after her companion Larry Peyton was found murdered in a car on a hillside near Portland. Peyton 19 had been stabbed 23 times and struck a skull fracture. a gun was not found and the car windshield had a hole from a bullet.
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Beverly Allan
Port Townsend
Wash
Washington State University
Larry Ralph Peyton
Portland State College
Portland
Young Peyton
Miss Allan
Peyton
Brush
Peytons
Todays Chuckle Reflects On Surprise Of Wisdom
After turning sixty a man is more surprised to be right about something than he was at twenty to be wrong about something. The witty line plays on aging and self awareness with a dry, humorous twist.
Postmasters Urge Early Mail for Christmas Rush
West Monroe postmaster Homer B Roark and Monroe postmaster Woodrow Hathorn urge patrons to mail early for Christmas and ensure packages are wrapped securely using first class postage on Yule cards with a return address on all items. From now until Christmas the mails will be crowded with holiday items and early mailing is essential to ensure delivery.
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Homer B. Roark
West Monroe
Woodrow Hathorn
Monroe
Marine Corporal Garners Honor Guard Appointment
Cpl H Hal Garner of Clayton granddaughter hometown was chosen to join President Eisenhowers honor guard during a Palm Springs vacation. A 1958 Sicily Island High School graduate, Garner has twice been cited for conduct and proficiency as a Marine and is stationed at Camp Pendleton California.
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Cpl. H. Hal Garner
A. H. Garner
Clayton
Eisenhower
Palm Springs
Calif
Garner
Sicily Island High School
Palms Marine Base
Donations Slow as Need Grows in News-Star Letters
Poignant pleas for Christmas aid flood the News-Star, with donations totaling 126 from anonymous and named givers. Families seek food, clothes, and toys as hardship hits father, mother, and 12 children, plus a tuberculosis-stricken father and ill mother. Further pleas note a 9 year old girl, a seven member family, and a mother of six, all asking for support from Goodfellows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
News-Star
Goodfellows
From & Friend
William and
Sophia Smith
Fred Rosenbaum
Father III
Liaison Group Formed To Fight Mixing
Rep Risley Triche announced a 21 member legislative liaison group created to unify strategy in Louisiana’s fight against school integration. The body includes Davis administration leaders, volunteers, and chairs from the Sovereignty Commission and Segregation committee, formed to coordinate future action.
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Tribe Said
U.S. Plans Extra 14 Million For Congo Costs
United States signals to contribute about 14 million dollars more than its Congo share and writes off over 10 million in airlift costs while demanding universal assessment payments. Soviet bloc declines to pay. Debate opens at U.N. Budgetary Committee as Dag Hammarskjold faces financial pressure.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.N
Congo
U.S
Aiken
Soviet Bloc
Middle East
99-Nation
Soviet Union
General Assembly
A. A. Roschin
Dag Hammarskjold
Hammarskjold
Woman Kills House Intruder in Memphis Home Defense
A 67-year-old Arlington woman shot and killed a 20-year-old intruder during a home invasion as he pistol whipped her husband. She fired a second shot at a second assailant, who was seriously wounded. Police linked the slain man to a theft in Florence, Mississippi.
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Memphis
UPI
H. V. Winford
Arlington
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Florence
Miss
Lee
Tragic Lamont Alberta Bus Crash Kills 16 Children
A Canadian National Railways train struck a loaded school bus at a Lamont grade crossing in subzero weather. About 16 of the 32 children aboard were killed, with others injured. The bus carried students from Chipman District in grades 10 through 12. Driver Frank Burney survived as RCMP and rescuers helped victims.
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Lamont, Alta
Canadian National Railways
Lamont
Edmonton
Alberta
Frank Burney
M. Woycenko
Chipman
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Lamont Hospital
Ike Extends Ban on Hoarding Gold to Territories
President Eisenhower extended the gold hoarding ban to Hawaii the Virgin Islands Puerto Rico Guam and the Canal Zone by executive order to apply the 1933 regulation nationwide with the same terms as the states minus Hawaii. White House Secretary Hagerty said the move aims at equality and is not tied to gold reserves drain. The rule bans Americans from holding gold gold certificates or bullion within the United States and possessions with rare coins and jewelry as an exception.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Hawaii
Virgin Islands
Puerto Rico
Guam
Canal Zone
Secretary of the Treasury
United States
White House
James C. Hagerty
Lights Dimmed With Hammer
Charles Steele knocked out four headlights with a hammer after a woman driver behind him flashed high beams at a downtown Knoxville intersection. Police said the unidentified motorist offered to dim her lights if Steele returned to his car.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Charles Steele
Steele
Blizzard Strikes Ontario Area Causing Six Fatalities
A winter blizzard swept into Ontario from the north central region, leaving six dead and bringing high winds and drifting snow to northern areas. The same storm caused heavy fog over New York City, delaying over 50 flights at Idlewild and LaGuardia, with diversions to Buffalo and Detroit. A harbor collision between a ferry carrying 2,000 passengers and a tanker injured one person.
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Great Lakes
Ontario
New York City
Idlewild
la Guardia
Buffalo
Detroit
Troops Guard Oil Fields In Venezuela Riots
In Caracas National Guard units moved into Venezuela s oil fields to shield pumping and refining facilities after four days of leftist demonstrations. President Betancourt had called out the army to quell violence aimed at toppling his regime.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Betancourt
Venezeula
Tribuna Popular
AMA urges drastic tightening of drunk driving tests
Washington AP reports AMA officials call for major changes to chemical test standards used to prove drunkenness. If adopted into state law, chemical tests could declare legal intoxication, limiting defenses. Trustees cite two AMA committees and plan for House of Delegates debate.
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Washington
American Medical Association
AMA
House of Delegates
Cold Weather Forecast For Louisiana Ne Includes Freeze Risk
Forecasts show temperatures dropping to about 28 degrees in northeast Louisiana Tuesday night with clear cold conditions through Wednesday. Daytime highs near 48 expected, with Monday's high at 82 and low at 51. Selman Field records .31 inch of rain Monday.
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Louisiana
Selman Field
Eichmann Says He Regrets Nothing In Memoirs
Adolf Eichmann, a Gestapo officer tied to mass Jewish killings, tells Life magazine he regrets nothing and would not humble himself or repent. He states he would have killed all 10 million Jews listed by Himmler's statisticians and calls the current climate too easy for repentance. The article notes he was in Argentina before Israeli agents abducted him for trial in Israel.
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New York
Adolf Eichmann
Gestap
Nazi Germany
Saul
Paul
Paul, Eichmann
Life Magazine
Heinrich
Himmler
Israel
Eichmann
Argentina
Gestapo
Protest Gives Way to Mixed Orleans School Entry
In New Orleans police cleared a path for Protestant minister Rev. Lloyd Foreman to escort his five year old daughter into William Frantz School amid angry white mothers and jeering. The boycott shrank as two white children joined the first grade. McDonogh No 19 remained fully boycotted with three black pupils attending. A 10 member committee pressed a white mother to send her child. officials warned of possible state law action to keep the school open.
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William Frantz
Lloyd Foreman
Foreman
New Orleans
McDonogh No
Louisiana
State Board of Education
Plans Survey On Bartholomew Near Completion
Rep. Mike John Jr says the Department of Public Works in Baton Rouge is preparing plans to raise water levels in Lake Bartholomew at Sterlington. He urges residents to expect a release of the survey soon as the Ouachita delegation pushes funds for feasibility studies and elevation maintenance.
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Mike John Jr
Department of Public Works
Lake Bartholomew
Sterlington
Baton Rouge
John
Ouachita Salon
Fifth District
Ouachita
Director of Public Works
Claude Kirkpatrick
Calvin Watts
Dist
S. C. Smith
Lawrence Gibbs
Kirkpatrick
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Lamont School Board
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