Bulgarians Protest U S In Sofia Violence Damages Cars
More than 500 Bulgarians crowded the U S Legation in Sofia in a violent protest against the United States. They smashed windows and overturned four American cars before police dispersed them after about 75 minutes. No injuries were reported. The demonstration followed allegations tied to a former Bulgarian diplomat on spy charges in Sofia.
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Vienna
UPI
United States
U.S
Sofia
Legation
Goldwater Attacks Johnson Over Christmas Foreign Aid Bill
Senator Barry Goldwater accuses President Johnson of using Christmas holidays to pressure lawmakers on a $3 billion foreign aid bill. He faulted White House arm twisting and plans to vote against the compromise measure when he returns to Washington. Goldwater is recuperating in Phoenix after heel surgery.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Arizona
Johnson City
Tex
Goldwater
Mark Trice
Senate
Phoenix
Ariz
Russian Family Ends U S Visit On Friendly Note
The Viktor Pozdneev family wraps up a weeklong stay in Portsmouth Ohio by preparing for the drive to Cincinnati then flights to New York Stockholm and Moscow They praise a cordial welcome and a peaceful spirit between Americans and Russians The family will take Christmas gifts and memories home with them
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Portsmouth
Ohio
UPI
Moscow
Viktor Pozdneev
Cincinnati
New York
Stockholm
Cyprus Troops Patrol Nicosia to Enforce Cease Fire
Greek and Turkish troops under British command patrol Nicosia to enforce a cease fire amid clashes between Greek majority and Turkish minority. Official tolls show 17 dead and about 50 wounded with unconfirmed reports up to 200 casualties. Britain named to command peacekeeping.
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Nicosia, Cyprus
UPI
Nicosia
Export Permits May Break In Wheat Deals
UPI reports the Commerce Department issued licenses for 40.6 million dollars of U S wheat to the Soviet Union, seen as a potential break in stalled negotiations. Licenses are hunting permits for private traders with terms tied to the U S Soviet agreement and shipping rules.
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Bernard Brenner
Washington
UPI
Soviet Union
Commerce Department
U.S
Russia
Jack N. Behrman
Behrman
Fair Play For Cuba Group Seeks To End Its Operations
The Fair Play for Cuba Committee plans to go out of business after 27 months of activity marked by street clashes Congressional probes and ties to the JFK assassination. Founding sponsors dropped away with some seeking asylum in Cuba while the group claimed to present Cuba as it is.
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Fair Play For
Cuba
Francis L. McCarthy
New York
UPI
Congress
John F. Kennedy
Lee H. Oswald
FPFC
New Orleans
Dallas
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Oswald
W. T. Lee
Truman Capote
Waldo Frank
Carleton Beals
James Baldwin
Simone de Beauvoir
Jean Paul Sartre
Norman Mailer
Robert G. Colodny
Donald Harrington
Robert F. Williams
Raleigh
N.C
NAACP
Christmas Holiday Traffic Death Toll Tops 226
United Press International reports 226 people died in Christmas holiday traffic nationwide. California recorded 33 highway deaths from 6 p.m. Christmas Eve to midnight Christmas Day. fires, including a blaze that killed 12 children in Charleston, S.C., are noted among holiday tolls. The final tally sits below the 1946 one day record of 253.
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United Press International
National Safety Council
California
Charleston
S.C
Safety Council
Weather Summary with Cold Afternoon and Snow Flurries
Cloudy with snow flurries and cold conditions this afternoon through tonight and Saturday. Temperatures fall to the mid 20s north and upper 20s south. tonight's low 16 to 22. 24 hour period ends 7 am today with last year figures in parentheses. max 45 (35) and min 32 (2 below zero) with trace snow. Shenango River stage 4 feet (4.3).
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Shenango River
East Germans Arrest 3 West Berliners on Holiday Visit
East German border guards arrested three West Berliners as they left East Berlin at the Invaliden Strasse crossing. No reason was given for the arrests. The incident follows tens of thousands of West Berliners visiting East Berlin during a holiday period.
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Joseph B. Fleming
Berlin
UPI
Horst Korber
Willy Brandt
Erich Wendt
Korber
Wendt
Paul Schultz
East Berlin
West
West Berlin
British Press Demands Probe Into Lakonia Fire
London reports call for a British government inquiry into the Lakonia fire at sea. The Greek liner’s Christmas cruise from Southampton left 96 dead with 64 missing and 886 survive among 1 041 aboard. UK politicians and tabloids urge British accountability.
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London
UPI
Lakonia
Southampton
England
Patrick Gordon- Walker
Labor Party
Alec Douglas-Home
Britain
Gordon-Walker
Daily Mirror
The
Daily Mail
Deaths in San Francisco Wampum State Road and Berkeley
Kenneth E. Beer 60 of San Francisco California Ernest L. Hennon 85 of Wampum Miss Florence Shaffer 78 of State Road Harry Kirkwood 80 of 2106 Berger Street are listed in the death records for Friday December 27 1963.
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Kenneth E. Beer
San Francisco
Calif
Ernest L. Hennon
Wampum
Florence Shaffer
State Road
Harry Kirkwood
Berger St
Erhard Visits Texas for Talks With Johnson
German Chancellor Ludwig Erhard flies to the United States to meet President Johnson at his Texas ranch for discussions on the European Common Market and Western proposals amid Cold War diplomacy. Accompanied by Foreign Minister Gerhard Schröder, he is the first foreign head to hold a working meeting with Johnson since taking office.
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BOMN
Germany
UPI
Ludwig Erhard
United States
Johnson
Erhard
Gerhard Schroeder
Texas
Ellwood City Chamber backs voc tech school
The Ellwood City Chamber of Commerce endorses a proposed vocational technical school and elects Robert Benjamin as president. A separate item notes Boyd Barrett family escaping serious injuries in a U S 19 auto crash. Other brief items mention kitchen towels and upcoming high school basketball tournaments.
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Ellwood City
Boyd Barrett
U. S
State Educators To Vote On Bible Reading Issue
Delegates at the Pennsylvania State Education Association convention in Harrisburg will vote on a resolution urging legislative action to legalize Bible reading in public schools. They will also elect Henry Stoudt as the 1964 PSEA president and choose department heads across administration classroom teachers supervision and curriculum and higher education.
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UPI
Pennsylvania State Education Association
State General Assembly
Congress
Henry Stoudt
Petersburg
PSEA
Stoudt
Huntingdon Area
Joseph Siegman
Moon Schools
Allegheny County
Thomas E. Carson
North Allegheny Schools
Pittsburgh
C. H. Aurand
Lancaster
Natalie Murray
Palmerton
Roy W. Brandau
Garden Spot
New Holland
Margaret McFeaters
Slippery Rock State College
William W. Oswalt
Lehigh County Schools
William H. Lee
Moon Union Schools
William Ewing
Glenshaw
Eugene L. Hammer
Wilkese
Francis McGarry
East Stroudsburg State College
Johnson Slashes Foreign Aid Office To Cut Waste
President Johnson orders a fast review of foreign aid programs headed by George Ball to cut waste and red tape. A seven member high level committee will report by Jan. 15 on eliminating unnecessary personnel and streamlined operations as Erhard visit looms.
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UPI
White House
Johnson City, Tex
Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
Texas White House
Ball
George W. Ball
Kermit Gordon
Peace Corps
R. Sargent Shriver
David E. Bell
Agency For International Development
AID
Dean Rusk
Lbj Ranch
Erhard
Houston
Bergstrom Air Force Base
Austin
Tex
Freezing Drizzle Closes Roads Across Pennsylvania and Ohio
Freezing drizzle and subzero temperatures snapped across parts of the North. Hazardous driving warnings were issued in Pennsylvania and Ohio as new snow fell up to three inches in the Northern Rockies and North Plains. The weather bureau forecast continued freezing drizzle along the Ohio Valley and Lower with occasional snow flurries.
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United Press International
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Rockies
North Plains
Weather Bureau
Ohio Valley
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