Blizzard cripples East as Stock Markets Close
A major prewinter blizzard shuts down transportation and offices across the Northeast, delaying the New York Stock Exchange opening and closing government offices in Washington. At least 15 deaths are attributed to the storm, with Philadelphia receiving up to 15 inches of snow and New York about a foot. Temperatures swing from Miami’s 81 to 20 below zero in Montana.
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New Jersey
Philadelphia
Indiana
Baltimore
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Boston
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Miami
Fla
West Yellowstone
Mont
Speaker Nominee Chosen For Iowa House Sit‑In 1961
Des Moines Republicans nominated Rep. Henry Nelson of Forest City for speaker of the 1961 Iowa House. Four candidates were named: Nelson, Menning of London, Lisle of Clarinda, and Chalupa of Pleasant Plain, with caucus decision expected today. The report also notes severe winter conditions across the Midwest and northeastern regions, including heavy snow, ice, and power outages in several states.
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Dlenry C. Nelgon
Forest City
Towa House
Teading
Henry Nelson
L. Mensing
London
Varn Lisle
Clarinda
LeRoy Chalupa
Pleasant Plain
Electricians Raked Sugar Union Vital To Castro Success
The Sugar Workers Union and Electrical Union factions faced pressure as Cuba’s leadership sought to keep sugar sales profitable amid pay cuts. Electric workers marched to the presidential palace shouting support for the revolution while warning against anti revolutionaries. Prime Minister Cepero Bonilla cited world market commitments totaling 3.5 million tons, with 2 million to China and the Soviet Union, payable in cash only partially.
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Sugar Workers Union
Electrical Union
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Paw Cepero Bonilla
China
Soviet Union
Dynamite blast follows racial demonstrations in Atlanta
In Atlanta a dynamite blast damaged a Negro school and nearby homes after renewed protests by Negroes and segregationists. Police report six to seven sticks exploded from a car at 2:20 a.m., injuring no one. The act comes amid marches to desegregate lunch counters and recent Ku Klux Klan picketing of downtown sites.
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Jobless Over Four Million In November
Washington report shows unemployment above four million in November the highest idle figure for the month in years. Government data indicate declines in factory employment offset by job changes from October to November, with total unemployed near 7.18 million for November versus 7.49 million in October, a record for the month despite a drop.
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Washington
Manuy
De Gaulle flees Algerian riots halting peace tour
Gen Charles de Gaulle cuts short his Algeria peace tour returning to Paris as rioting in Algiers and Oran escalates. At least 73 killed and hundreds wounded with clashes between Muslims and French troops. Rebel government in exile denounces de Gaulle plan and calls for UN intervention.
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Charles Dé Gaulle
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Paris
Oran
France
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de Gaulle
Ferhat Abbas
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Hoon
Casbah
Cuban Casbah fighting leaves six militiamen dead
The Revolucion newspaper reports heavy clashes as militiamen advance into a Native city square, tearing down rebel flags and driving Moslems back. A Moslem command post in Casbah is abandoned as police patrols move, with 60 injured in a truck overturn on a mountain road amid disrupted streets. The French president announces support for self determination.
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Plane Crashes in Argentina Kill 35 People
Thirty five persons including three Americans died in two Argentine plane crashes Sunday near Buenos Aires and Concordia. An Air Ministry liner with thirty one aboard exploded and crashed eighty miles north of Buenos Aires on a Lima to Buenos Aires flight. Cause undetermined.
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Peru
Neal
Concordia
Four Die As Freight Train Strikes Car Near Brownton
A freight train struck a car Sunday killing four people returning from a wedding. Victims include Mr and Mrs Jan Klitake both 20 of Stewartville Minnesota and their relatives Levey Klitzke 40 and Mrs Levoy Klitzke 40 of Gaylord Minnesota. The couple left a two year old child. Klitzke family suffered three children.
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Jan Klitake
Stewartville
Minn
Klitzke
Levey Klitzke
Levoy Klitzke
Gaylord
Leroy Klitzker
Kennedy Names Rusk Secretary of State Bowles Undersecretary
President elect John F Kennedy chose Dean Rusk head the State Department and Adlai Stevenson as ambassador to the UN. Rep Chester Bowles of Connecticut was named undersecretary of state. Stevenson asked for time to consider the post before confirmation, while Rusk described the role as a sober responsibility and praised Stevenson and Bowles. The announcements were made at Kennedy’s seaside home with Rusk by his side.
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Hts
Stevenon
Bowles
Stevenson
Rusk
Georgia
Rockefeller Foundation
Challenge Rusk
Alo
Kennedy
Nehru Warns on Belgian Congo Empire Plan
Nehru told Parliament that Belgians are attempting to create a new empire in the Congo with Col. Joseph Mobutu as their frontman. He warned against any Belgian empire in the region and urged vigilance.
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Nehru
Congo
Col
Joseph Mobutu
Nehre
Wilton Area Rezoning Considered For Heavy Industry and C2
Muscatine county supervisors, after a public hearing with Wilton officials, took under advisement a proposal to reclassify about 20 acres west of Wilton from agriculture to heavy industry and C2 commercial. The plan, opposed by one resident, aims to spur future development along highway 6 toward highway 38. access constraints near highway 6 were noted. If approved, adjacent land north of the highways may also shift from agriculture to commercial use.
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Wilton
Muscatine
Chaves W. Norton
High 38
Wilton Town Line
John A. Christensen
State Highway Commission
Fred Maurer
Norton
Herbert Wacker
John Burkle
Arthur Christensen
Emil Schroeder
Laos Parliament Moves to Oust Day-Old Pro-Left Regime
A Laos National Assembly majority voted to dissolve the Quinim Pholsena government, declaring no confidence as rightist deputies held Assembly seats in Vientiane and Savannakhet. Quinim vowed to fight, defying the assembly and possibly the king, amid Soviet air support for leftist forces and regional powers weighing in.
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Laos
Bre
Savannakhet
Gumin
Quinim
Vientiane
Vathama
National Assembly
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