Russia fails in bid for emergency U.N. talk on Congo
Russia demanded a Security Council meeting to consider the arrest of ousted Congolese Premier Patrice Lumumba but faced opposition from the United States and a majority of other council members. The U.S. and several members rejected the Soviet call for a meeting at 8:30 p.m. without prior consultation.
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UPI
Russia
Security Council
Patrice Lumumba
United States
Council
Valerian A. Zorin
Kennedy Talks With the On Administration Shift
Western sources said Dag Hammarskjold cited Lumumba’s brutal capture and imprisoning as fueling Soviet Congo rhetoric while Lumumba loyalists in Stanleyville brutalize captives. Ten parliament members held for six weeks faced beatings wounding one eye. others risk life imprisonment. Paris and Moscow debated Security Council vs General Assembly action as Algeria debate continued.
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Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
Lumumba
Mobutu
Stanleyville
Alphonse Songolo
Leopoldville
Lumuma
Valerian A Zorin
Security Council
Tass
Moscow
Council
General Assembly
Security Counc
Russia
Assembly
Kremin
France
Troops Battle Congo Tribes in Equator Province
IAP Col Joseph Mobutu forces clashed with rebel factions in the Congo interior. Rebels advancing from Stanleyville Oriental Province attacked villages in Equator Province, Mobutu’s home area, where supporters back his pro Western regime.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
IAP
Joseph Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Oriental
Lumumba
Equator
Mobutu
Proposed Defense Shuffle May Be Headache For JFK
Washington UPI reports that Kennedy faces a volatile plan to reorganize national defense. Symington’s panel proposes concentrating power in a single secretary, abolishing civilian Army control, and a military advisory council, potentially cutting defense spending but sparking Senate and Navy opposition.
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JFK
Washington
UPI
Senimachinery
Symington
John F
Jcress
Congression
Roswell L. Gilpatrie
Navy
Air Forcesman Administration
Symington Committee
Mittee
Air Force
Kennedy
Missouri Democrat
Pentagon
Enoch
Symington Biicpriat
Butt
Eisenhower Kennedy Hold Long Transition Talks
President Eisenhower and Senator John F Kennedy held a lengthy session on the transition to the next administration. They spoke with defense state and treasury officials, signaling a cordial and wide ranging exchange on national issues and the transfer process.
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Washington
Eisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
U S Aims to Have Aid Spent in United States
The State Department issued an order under Eisenhower policy pushing aid recipients to spend more of U S funds domestically. The measure targets nations on the dollar and gold flow, including many Western industrialized economies and the British colony of Hong Kong, deemed in strong economic shape.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
U.S
United States
Eisenhower
Hong Kong
State Department
Communists push peace over nuclear war in world manifesto
The world Communist movement backs Khrushchev’s thesis that communism can triumph without nuclear war. China and 50 others endorse a 344 page Pravda manifesto urging peace, while questions linger on permanence of the stance and methods to advance change. The Kremlin summit opened Nov 9 after U.S. elections.
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Communist Movement
Khrushchev
Khmuisachevy
Menth
China
Kiroshchev
Pravda
Soviet Communist Party Congress
BWA
Kremlin
U. S
London
Manifest
Snow Forecast For Odessa Area With Light Freezing Rain
An official forecast warned of possible light freezing rain late this afternoon turning to light snow tonight. Temperatures were dropping from dawn, possibly reaching the freezing point by late afternoon with a low around 25 degrees tonight and a high between 25 and 40 degrees Wednesday. Cloudy skies and an Arctic cold front moving through about 6 am Tuesday were noted as the region braces for wintry conditions.
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Odessa
Amarillo
el Paso
Lubbock
Abilene
Laredo
Austin
Dallas
Houston
Brownsville
Texas
Religious Leaders See Cuba Revolt Amid Cold Fronts
In San Francisco the National Council of Churches reports Cuba faces a social revolution tied to Castro and foreign influence. It notes Castro seized land without payment, seeks to use Russians and Chinese, and warns against assuming revolutionary situations are lost to Christianity. The council cites 40 million adherents and 141,000 churches in the United States.
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National Council of Churches
Cuba
Che
Odessa
Congo
Weather Bureau
Com
General Assembly of the Council
United States
Howard W. Yoder
New York
Counci
Latin America
Fidel
Texas Mercury Drops In Cold Fronts Wake
Arctic air from a Midwest blizzard hit the upper Texas Panhandle with snow and freezing drizzle. By dawn the threat eased though occasional snow continued. temperatures fell to 20s in Perryton and 3 in Dalhart with gusty winds and widespread cold across North and Central Texas.
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Texas Mercury
Cold Front
Associated Press
Texas Panhandle
Midwest
Texas
Upper
Panhandle
Perryion
Dalhart
Petzion
Weather Bureau
Amarito
23 Attend New Orleans School As Boycott Crumbles
In New Orleans integration progresses amid a shrinking white boycott at Williams Frantz School and other sites. Police shielded a one block zone as classes began with mixed attendance. banks froze funds and legal maneuvers continued between the Orleans Parish School Board and state authorities over financing and checks.
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New Orleans
Tacneyshree
Pilsen
William Tanz
Byding
Styrepaton Sogeou
Orleans Parish
Wrena
Joseph Giarras
Louisiana
Legislatre
William Frantz
Cot
Franz
White Haven
McDonegh No
Frantz
Ous
Orleans
Tte
U.S
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