Thant Seeks U N Backing for Katanga Plan
United Nations Acting Secretary General U Thant seeks support for a sweeping plan to bring Katanga under U.N. control. He will present the plan to advisory committees after a Wednesday briefing with Adlai Stevenson and U.S. officials. U.N. jet strikes hit Katangan ammo dumps while airlift coordination and security talks with the United States continued. Tshombe travels to Brazzaville after leaving Paris, as fighting and international diplomacy evolve around Elisabethville and Leopoldville in the Congo crisis.
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United Nations
N. Yi
U. N
U Thant
Svider
Congo
Katanga
U.N
Thant
Adlai E. Stevenson
U. S
G. Mennent Williams
Edmund A. Gullion
United States
Katange
Leopoldville
Washington
Lany
Elisabethville
Housekeeper Sues for Title To Local Home
Gertrude Connell sues in Muscatine district court for title to 109 West Sixth Street or $26,292 in bills from executor Chester Hays. She alleges a 1947 oral contract with Meigs Hays for housing, meals, and chauffeur services in exchange for ownership after death. Claims total include meals, housekeeping, trips to Davenport, washing, and several loan repayments.
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Meigs Hays
Muscatine District
West Sixth Street
Gertrude Connell
Chester Hays
Agust
Davenport
Indictment of New York High Court Justice and associates
A federal grand jury indicted New York Supreme Court Justice James Vincent Keogh of Brooklyn on conspiring in several fraudulent bankruptcy cases. Also charged were Elliott Keefaner, 36, a former assistant attorney. Sanford J. Moore, 40, jukes. Antonio Corallo, 47, ex Teamsters official. and Dr. Robert Hedman, 43, Riverdale. The group allegedly sought to file a case in Brooklyn federal court seeking 25,000. The case followed a months long probe ordered by Attorney General Kennedy after reports of a fix. Covallo, nicknamed Tony Ducks, is named in the indictment amid prior investigations.
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New York
New York Supreme Court
James Vincent Keogh
Brooklyn
Uixty
Elliott Keefaner
Sanford J. Moore
East Rockaway
Juke
New York City
Antonio Corallo
Flushing
Queens
Teamsters Union
Robert Hedman
Riverdale
Bronx
Keogh
Eugene J. Keogh
D-N
Sas’ Pot
U.S. District ‘Court
Brookyn
Robert F. Kennedy
Covallo
Tony Ducks" Covallo
Kennedy urges labor to back trade drive or face job losses
President Kennedy told AFL-CIO leaders in Miami Beach that building up America's foreign trade is essential to avoid job losses. He warned of a choice between exporting goods or capital and urged labor to boost efficiency and oppose discrimination, citing November unemployment at 6.1 percent. He proposed standby public works and grants in aid, stressing equal opportunity and a shared labor-management duty to human dignity.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Organized Labor
America
Afl-Cio
Public Works Authority
The
NAM
Sen
Joseph
Clark
D-Pa
Ken
Palm Head
Dominican settlement aims at Balaguer resignation
Informed sources report a settlement in Santo Domingo that would force President Joaquin Balaguer to resign before December 31 and install a provisional Council of State. The move seeks a new era after 31 years under the Trujillo dynasty, with an announcement expected today.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguce
Council of
Lo Roy
Trujillo
Burlington Cops Reject Gifts From Merchants
Burlington Police Chief Paul Bruhl announced that the Burlington Police Department and its officers will not accept Christmas gifts or gratuities from merchants this year. He said the policy aligns with a grand jury finding last April that gratuities can erode the department and stressed the aim to avoid appearing ungrateful.
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Burlington
Burlington Police Department
Paul Bruhl
Bruhl
Bruht
December Shoplifting Could Cost Merchants Half a Billion
Norman Industries of Chicago estimates that December shoplifting will drain U S merchants of over $500 million. The firm notes Christmas shopping raises theft risk, with some stores operating in red after the rush. A Detroit department store reportedly tested employee pledges of immunity, finding 76 percent admitted stealing $100 or more in six months.
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Chicago
America
Oss
Norman Industries, Inc
Norman Kiven
Spooner Guilty on First Degree Murder and Life Term
Delmar Iowa man Spooner, Craig Cule Jim A gary Loday convicted of first degree murder in a July shooting spree. Jury deliberated six hours Wednesday night and six more hours Thursday morning before it sentenced Spooner to life imprisonment without parole. The defense argued insanity and testified by Highway Patrolman Hiram Short and Undersheriff John Clark were wounded among two other officers in the spree. Associated Press report notes vehicle death context in Iowa.
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Craig
Cule
Jim
Gary Loday
Delmar
Dean Spooner
Storm Lake
Towa
Nurder
Spooner
Hiram Short
John Clark
Wiley Names Hickenlooper for Policy Post
Washington Senator Alexander Wiley said he is not a candidate for the Senate Republican Policy Committee chairmanship but favors a Midwest senator. He listed possible successors including Bourke Hickenlooper Everett Dirksen Andrew Schumacher Frank Carlson Karl Mundt and Francis Case from Illinois Kansas South Dakota.
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Washington
Alexander Wiley
Senate
Republican Policy Committee
Midwest
Bourke B. Hickenlagper
Town
Everett Diviesen
Illinois
Andrew F. Schogppel
Frank Carlson
Kansas
Karl E. Mundt
Francis 5
Case
South Dakota
Jobs Not Handouts Labor Goal At AFL-CIO Meet
Bay Harbor Florida reports AFL-CIO President George Meany urged a big rise in the nation’s growth rate to create 1.35 million new jobs yearly in the 1960s. He said Americans must prioritize citizenship over union status amid Cold War tensions and pressed unity to pursue core objectives despite internal differences. In Iowa, James Dunn, 22, of Waukon, died when his car left Highway 9 one mile north of town, survivors include his parents and two sisters.
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Elisabethville
Ty Agai
U. N
Kolwezi
Leopoldville
Katings
U.N
Kolwez
Paris
Tshambe
Manono
Tshantbe
Brazzaville
French Congo
Congo River
Meany
Afl-Cio
Naukon
James Dunn
Waukon
Highway 9
Leo Duan
U S Battle Group Rolls Through West Berlin Checkpoint
About 200 men and 25 vehicles from Co. E, 1st Battle Group, 19th Infantry began crossing West Berlin via Checkpoint Bravo after a calm transit through East Germany. Soviet guards inspected them near Matienborc and Babelsberg as seven companies move in daily intervals to relieve the unit rushed here after August 30. A dog mascot named Leg rode in a leading vehicle, and the autobahn remains the sole Western route allowed through East Germany.
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East Germany
U.S. North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Soviet Union
Paris
Berlin
NATO
U.S
West Berlin
Matienborc
Iron Cu Tain
West Germany
Babelsberg
West Bevin
Fhve
Batte
Swength
Sneak Thief Targets Fischer Shoe Store
Police warn shopkeepers about a middle aged man in a dark blue top coat and rolled brim hat who robbed the Fischer Shoe Store at 107 East Second Street. He asked about leather boots for his son and, at 1 p.m., emptied the till and the bank bag before fleeing. He had previously visited the store twice.
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East Second Street
Paul C. Pischer
Boots
Fym
Vote to Restore Death Penalty In Delaware
The Delaware Senate voted Wednesday to restore the death penalty after it was repealed three years ago. The measure, already passed by the state assembly, calls for death by hanging in murder rape treason and kidnapping cases. The Senate also voted 99 to require whipping for certain felonies and to deny parole to lifeterm inmates.
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Delaware
Dover
Dela
Delaware Senate
Sates Howse
Senate
Four of five quit Des Moines County draft board
Morning Sun farmer Milford Hays remains the only board member after four of five resignations over alleged politics in draft classifications. Burlington and Des Moines County officials accuse state headquarters of overruling youth classifications while others cite political influence in assigning college-bound youths.
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Burlington
Des Moines County
Stonehacker
Keight
Treharne
Kennedy
Atute
Chiera
Fawa
Des Moines
Glenn R. Bowles
Selective Service
Milfard Hays
Morning Sun
Hays
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Moise ‘Oxhombe
Eligabethville
Tshombe
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Hoffacker
George. Ivan Smith
United Wassons
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Nedy
Communitiens
A. Philip Randolph
Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters
Federation
Muscatine
Newhall
Vinton
Kiven
Metrchants
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Iowa
Wiley
Hickenlooper
Waukon Mar
W. Berlin
Morning Sun Farmer
Frank Knight
Thomas Treharne
D.’ Doyle Stonshocker
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