Struggle for Vientiane Center Amid Laos clashes
Pro and anti Communist forces clashed for control of Vientiane as Gen. Phoum Nosavan loyal troops pressed from the north. Paratroopers and Pathet Lao fighters resisted, while factions led by Quinim Pholsena shifted power and fled the capital amid advancing anti Communist troops.
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Vientiane
U. S
State Department
Phoum Nosavan
Pathet Lac
Kong le
Souvanna Phouma
Cambodia
Hanoi
Pathet Lag
Quinim Pholsena
Pholsena
Phoumi
Plan to Include Montpelier REA Station Denied
Supreme court denied the Durant Community school district plan to add the Montpelier REA power station area. The ruling upheld the state board of public instruction and Cedar county district court, preserving the existing districts and the corridor concept. The case centers on the $800,000 valued Montpelier No. 2 plant location and its impact on Muscatine county and regional boards.
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Montpelier Rea Station
Durant
Ihe
Supreme Court
Montpelier Rea
Mississippi
State Board of Public Instruction
Cedar County District Court
Monpelice
Sweetland
State Board
Herbert Hoover Birthplace Site Could Become U.S. Museum
West Branch aims to turn the Herbert Hoover birthplace site into a national museum and library. The Herbert Hoover Birthplace Foundation raised about 500,000 dollars to fund the building and its archives. Completion is expected in February with a dedication date to be announced.
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Des Moines
Herbert Hoover
West Branch
W. B. Anderson
New Ball Clubs Make Selections in MLB Draft
The Washington Senators chose Bobby Shantz Gene Wording Dick Corovan Weie Tasby and Dale Long among 28 players from other American League teams. The Los Angeles team selected Ted Kusyowski Bob Cerv Ned Garver Eddie Yost and Ken Aspromonte.
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Washington Senators
Bobby Shantz
Gene Wording
Dick Corovan
Weie Tasby
Dale Long
Los Angeles Tear
Ted Kus Yowski
Bob’ Cerv
Ned Garver
Eddie Yost
Ken Aspromonte
United States Joins OECD Pact With 19 Western Nations
The United States and nineteen Western countries signed into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. It marks the first U.S. participation in a major international economic cooperative. OECD aims for high economic growth, living standards, and global trade expansion.
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U.S
United States
OECD
Youth Courage Brings Brothers To Safety In Oregon Fire
In Ontario Oregon an 11 year old boy named Jerry rushed back into a burning home to rescue his younger siblings. He guided his mother through smoke to safety, then braved flames to save 4 year old Nell and 2 year old Neal, leaping stairs and pulling Neal to safety before escaping himself. The family awaited treatment for severe burns to his face ears and hands.
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Ontario
Ore
Sai
Horg
Oregon
Jerry
Mark Davis
Nell
Ratoff, Actress-Director, Dies in Switzerland
Gregory Ratoff, Solothurn born actor-director, aged 62, died at the Solothurn Citizens Clinic from blood cancer. He wrote many scripts for stage and film he directed, began in Petrograd, moved to New York in 1922 to Broadway, produced and directed the stage hit All About Eve and films including Black Magic The Heat's On and Operation X.
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Solothurn
Switzerland
Gregory Ratoff
Solothurn Citizens” Clinic
Ratoft
Petrograd
Leningrad
Russia
New York
Tankers Collide in Bosporus Explosion
In Istanbul two tanker ships the World Harmony and Peter Zoranich collided and exploded. Twenty eight crewmen were lost, one accounted for and many rescued by jumping into the sea and swimming ashore. The Greek World Harmony and Yugoslav Peter Zoranich were involved.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Frnday
Bosporus
Pol
World Harmony
Peter Zoranich
Kennedy Shifts Cabinet Plans As McNamara Pick Is Made
President elect John F Kennedy nears a five member Cabinet. Robert S McNamara was named Defense secretary, while several contenders including James W Trimble Frank M Clark Lester Jolson Albert Thomas Victor Antuso Edith Green Michael J Kiewan and Francis E Walter remain under consideration for Agriculture Treasury and Labor posts postmaster general and ran allerphy. Kennedy faces big tradeoffs over Ford ties and compensation.
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Defense
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Kennedy
James W. Trimble
Arkansas
Frank M. Clark
Pennsylvania
Lester R. Jolson
Wisconsin
Alpert Thomas
Texas
Victor L. Antuso
New’York
Edith Green
Oregon
Michael J. Kiewan
Ohio
Francis E. Walter
Agriculture
Treasury and Labor
Plug’ A
Ran Allerphy
McNay Mara
Defense Post
Reuther Traces Detroit Civil Rights Progress
Walter P. Reuther, president of United Auto Workers, said Detroit has come far since the 1943 race riot but progress is uneven. Testifying at a two day U S Commission on Civil Rights hearing he cited continued resistance to open housing and segregated schooling in Detroit and its suburbs.
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Walter F. Reuther
United Auto ‘Work
Kaid
Reuther
Deli Dry
U. S. Commission and Civil Rights
Detroit
Collision scatters eggs along Highway near Kismet Kansas
Reported yesterday a collision on a cartois road near Highway A in Kansas left drivers Mervin Sinclair and Oaille Lofland with lacerations. Emergency crews responded as eggs scattered across the roadway, with signs indicating caution for oncoming traffic.
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Kansas
Cartois
Mervin Sincla D faryeThe
Oaille Lofland
eral'Kans
King Baudoin's Gala Ball Dazzles Royals and Diamonds
Brussels glittered as 48 princes and princesses 25 counts and countesses and many nobles gathered for King Baudoin and Dona Fabiola de Mora Aragon's gala prewedding ball. 1200 guests toasted with Princess Margaret and U S Secretary of State representative Chr Horter among the jewel drenched attendees.
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Baudoin
Dona Fabiola de Mara Y Aragon
Spain
Royal Palace
Brussels
Europe
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Fabiola de Mora
Aragon
Anathes J
Princess Margaret
Queen Elizabeth H of
Chr Horter
U.S
Risenhower
Meon Shot Postponed by Cape Canaveral Officials
NASA reported technical difficulties delaying the one day postponement of an American space craft launch aimed at lunar orbit. The 388 pound vehicle carries electronic gear for a major study of the moon environment. In a separate disaster, twelve miners died and fifty five were trapped after a gas explosion at a coal mine near Black Sea coast city.
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Cape Canagera
Pia
Moon
St Dunar
National Aeronaliiies and Space Administration
Donguldak
Black Seacoast Elty
Go Ahead With Relocation of Highway 30
Ames officials report that the Highway Commission voted Wednesday to proceed with relocations of Highway 30 from Marshalltown to Ogden and Highway 4 from Corning to Interstate near Glenwood. The panel also approved moving Town 64 from Marion to Highway 13 in Linn County and upgrading Highway 297 north of Gilbertville in Black Hawk County. Resolutions declare these relocations imperative for the public welfare.
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Ames
Casbah Uprising Rages in Algiers Amid Mob Protests
A 5000 strong mob roars through Algiers Casbah shouting nationalist slogans and taunting French soldiers. Moslems accuse authorities of killings during clashes as riots rock the Casbah near a looted Jewish synagogue. French officials report gunfire but no deaths as strikes end and tensions flare.
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Casbal
Abbas
Fehvat Abbas
Algeria
Pregs
Andrew Borowice
David Mason
Casbah
Mason
Borowiec
Fire Kills Mother and Six Children in Rural Harrisburg Area
A rural Wertsville home fire in Harrisburg area killed a mother and six of her nine children. The father and two other children were injured and rushed to Harrisburg Hospital. Firefighters battled near zero temperatures as Chief Charley J. Shank Jr suggested a stove on the first floor may have exploded. The house, home of Mr and Mrs Nat Walker both 36, burned to the ground.
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Harrisburg
Werteville
Charley
J. Shank Jr
Nat Walker
Shank
Worst Autumn Storm Grips U S with cold spread
AP reports a historic autumn storm gripping the East and South with deep cold and heavy snow. New York orders National Guard to clear snow clogged streets while others face transport disruption and widespread outages as a sprawling system sweeps from Texas to the Northeast.
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Il Associated Press
United States
New York
State
National Guard
New York City
Ign
New Mexico
Texas
Panhandle
Big Bend
Jin
Congo Issue Heads to United Nations Assembly
The Congo debate ended in the Security Council with Western plans rejected and a Soviet veto on a motion regarding Patrice Lumumba and Col. Joseph Mobutu. The issue moves to the General Assembly as weary delegates seek to finish the first half of the session by next Tuesday.
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United Nations
Security Council
Congo
Ceylon
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Argentina
United States
Italy
Britain
Dag Hammarskjold
West
Patrice Luemuymba
Col
Joseph Mobutu
Office Party Singled Out As Drunk Producer
Des Moines story reports the State Safety Department labeling the annual Christmastime office party a producer of drunken drivers. Safety Commissioner Donald Statton calls it a failure of business management and urges company officers to stay sober and ensure no drunken drivers exit the event.
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Des Moines
State Safety Department
Donald Statton
Deathsilences beloved voice of J C Thomas
Beloved baritone John Charles Thomas, famed for opera concert and radio work on NBC, dies at his Apple Valley home after months with intestinal cancer. He often signed off broadcasts with Good night mother, a refrain linked to his mother Amarothea.
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Apple Valley
Calif
John Charles Thomas
America
Sant
National
Broadedsting Co
Amarothea
Rescue Ends For Trapped Holly Springs Man In Cistern
Rescue crews worked since noon Tuesday to free Harry Miller a 44 year old Black man trapped in a cistern near Holly Springs Tennessee. Workers aided by ropes and barrels guarded against crumbling walls as Miller was freed and transported to a hospital conscious and grateful. His five children kept vigil as crowds gathered and prayed for his survival amid the perilous rescue effort.
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Mits
E.fpomn
Harry Miller
Holly Springs
Memphis
Tenn
Miller's
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