Ultra-right plot to kill Ikeda foiled in Japan
Tokyo police said they crushed an ultra rightist conspiracy to assassinate Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda and other leaders. Thirteen men were arrested as raids seized rifles gas masks swords and self defense force uniforms. A top organizer Takutaro Sakurai 64 and Taru Mikami 66 linked to the prewar imperial forces were identified amid suspected financier ties to a Japanese industrialist.
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Japanese police foil ultra right plot to kill Ikeda
Police in Japan dismantled an attempted assassination plot against Prime Minister Hayato Ikeda and several cabinet leaders. Thirteen men were arrested as weapons and uniforms were seized in pre-dawn raids. Photofax CAP.
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Snowstorm Closes Roads As Muscatine Braces For Severe Cold
Muscatine reports 5 inches of fresh snow with sleet and mist, prompting extensive snow removal on primary and city streets. A severe cold wave threatens 10 to 15 below zero by Wednesday morning as residents work shovels, brooms, and machines to clear drives and keep traffic moving.
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Muscatine
Allies Question U S Leadership in NATO Crisis
Western foreign ministers meet in Paris and London to press for a firmer Allied approach on Berlin and to debate whether to negotiate with the Soviet Union. They display growing doubt about United States leadership while Washington wrestles with the Congo issue.
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Wester Allance
Soviet Union
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Congo
London
Paris
Dean Rusk
Erbe Backs Muscatine JC Fund Drive Toward $80,000 Goal
Gov Norman Erbe endorsed the Muscatine junior college building fund drive as it neared Dec 15 with $55,000 raised toward an $80,000 target. Elmer E Bloom Jr, drive chairman, urged continued contributions before the deadline and noted tax deferral options after Dec 31, 1961. The Musser trust $200,000 bequest underscored the urgency, highlighting the college’s role in addressing crowded facilities.
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Bloom
Musser Trust
Norman A. Erbe
Snow Delays and Fatalities Sparking City Notices
Snow storms whip across Muscatine Mason City and Ottumwa causing drifts and sidewalk clears. Temperatures drop to 4 above and rise to 0 downtown as winds reach 13 mph from the southwest. Two deaths linked to shoveling snow, Hillert Janssen 77 of Tiffin and Harry Parks 82 of Ottumwa, plus one traffic fatality.
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Associated Press
Harry Jefferson ‘Parks
Ottumwa
Parks
U S Copters Readied For Viet Nam Use
U S Army crews prepare about 40 combat helicopters in Saigon aboard the carrier Core. With nearly 400 pilots and ground crewmen, they will begin flying missions in about two weeks to support Vietnamese troops against Viet Cong positions.
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Panama urged to sever relations with Cuba immediately
The Panama National Assembly urged President Roberto Chiari's government on Monday night to break diplomatic relations with Cuba at once. The call comes amid rising tensions and regional political alignments influencing Central American policy.
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Assembly
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Unidentified craft drops bombs on Elisabethville and UN HQ
Unidentified aircraft attacked Elisabethville Airport four times before dawn, dropping 26 bombs with no UN installations damaged. The UN headquarters and Katangan forces exchanged heavy actions. Two Indian Gurkha troops were killed, 37 wounded, 15 missing, UN casualties total 10 dead. Katanga casualties unknown, estimated 50-60 dead. News framed as part of Congo crisis with claims of a secret Katangan plan to dynamite the Union Miniere complex.
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Conor Cruise O' Brien
AFL-CIO Sets New Federal Minimum Wage Goal
Bal Harbour Florida reports AFL-CIO leaders adopt a $1.30 per hour target for the federal minimum wage and urge Congress to lift immediately to $1.25, then aim for $1.50 once $1.25 takes effect. The policy aligns with Kennedy era steps raising interstate pay from $1 to $1.15.
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Centerville Man Dies in No Car Collision
Centerville resident Uy-Charles E. Samson, 60, died at Veterans Hospital after a Sunday no-car collision 14 miles east of Centerville. His car struck the rear of a vehicle driven by Sister Frances Marie of the Christ Child Home on Highway 8. Sister Frances Marie received a summons from Highway Patrolman Cal White for stopping on the traveled part of the highway.
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Christ Child Home
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Here
Cal White
De Gaulle Still Resisting Berlin Talks Amid Western Talks
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle remains resistant to joint negotiations with the Soviet Union on Berlin as Allied ministers push a unified Western policy. French officials say he does not intendblock another American led effort to reach terms with Moscow. The foreign ministers of the Big Four move into the second day of their conference seeking a unified stance on Germany.
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Soviet Union
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Moscow
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Korth Named Navy Secretary Returns to Texas Politics
Fort Worth's Fred Korth named by President Kennedy to succeed John Connally as Secretary of the Navy. Connally, 44, will resign December 3 to return to Texas politics and run for governor. Korth, 52, longtime Democrat, lawyer, and former Army liaison, rises from Panama Canal Co director and Army posts to top Navy post as Connally departs.
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John B. Connally
Kennedy
Texas
Fred Korth
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House
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Korth
Washington
Army
Elvis &. Stahr Jr
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Panama Caria Co
Navy secretary nominee Fred Korth meets Connally in Fort Worth
In Fort Worth Texas Fred Korth civic leader and new Navy secretary designate chats with Secretary of the Navy John Connally at a press conference. Connally plans to seek the Texas governorship leaving the top civilian post.
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Gov. of
Soviets Demand Heusinger for War Crimes
The Soviet note delivered to the U S Embassy in Moscow and publicized at a Foreign Ministry briefing demands the handover of West German General Adolph Heusinger, NATO military committee head in Washington, for war crimes. Bonn rejects the accusation as false, noting Heusinger is shielded by postwar status. Heusinger, once chief of operations for the German general staff, has long been a Soviet target since 1955 as West Germany rearmed.
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Tal
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Foreign Ministry
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Soviet Union
Michael Kharlamov
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Average Factory Earnings Hit All Time High
Washington announces an all-time peak in factory earnings as November payrolls reach 53.1 million, the workweek extends to 40 hours 36 minutes, and average hourly pay climbs to 2.36 dollars. Unemployment stands at 6.1 percent with weekly earnings averaging 95.82 dollars after overtime.
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Seymour Wolfbein
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Wolfbein
Elderly Iowa Couple Die in Snowstorm Car
An elderly Rockwell City couple Orel Hugh McGoy 64 and his wife Ennas died of asphyxiation in their car near Springerville Arizona during a snowstorm. Officers say the engine ran with the windows up and the car became buried under two feet of snow as winds created drifts up to ten feet.
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