Kiesinger Becomes New West German Chancellor
Christian Democrat Kurt Georg Kiesinger was elected West Germany’s new chancellor forming a CDU SPD coalition to end a 34 day government crisis. Willy Brandt becomes vice chancellor and foreign minister. The cabinet includes Kaete Strobel as health minister and Kai-Uwe von Hassel remains in defense related duties. Kiesinger, 62, led Baden-Wuerttemberg as minister-president and won broad Bundestag support 126 to 53 with eight abstentions.
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Bonn
Germany
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
West Germany
Kiesinger
Bundestag
Ludwig Erhard
Free Democrats
U.S
Erhard
Willy Brandt
West Berlin
Brandt
Franz Josef Strauss
Charles de Gaulle
Defense
Kai-Uwe von Hassel
Defense Ministry
Gerhard Schroeder
Kaete Strobel
Powell Plans Televized Sermons as Powell Arrest Looms
New York AP reports Rep. Adam Clayton Powell will continue preaching Sundays at Abyssinian Baptist Church via closed circuit TV from Washington. Powell faces arrest for contempt after a defamation judgment appeal failed. he fishes aboard his yacht off the Bahamas as efforts to block his congressional seat proceed.
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New York
Adam Clayton Powell
D-N.y
Harlem
Powell
Henry R. Williams
Williams
Washington
State Supreme Court
Arthur Markewich
Esther James
Lionel van Deerlin
Dcalif
Congress
Bahamas
Britain weighs Common Market entry risks and gains
London reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson and Rhodesia’s Ian Smith prepared for a showdown over Rhodesia’s independence while Britain weighs joining the European Common Market. Analysts warn prices may rise modestly for food and farming costs though the broader market could boost industrial opportunities with 180 million consumers.
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London
Britain
Farmers’ Union
Europe
New Coal Sludge Slide Hits Wales
A new coal sludge slide in Aberfan Wales broke loose during an inquiry into the Oct 21 disaster. The slide traveled 150 to 200 yards before halting. water channels barriers and sandbags were deployed. The 144 victims were mostly children.
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Aberfan
Wales
Philip Wien
Boyd Named Chrysler Chief as Townsend Shifts Role
Virgil E. Boyd, 54, chosen to succeed Lynn A. Townsend as Chrysler president with Townsend moving to chairman of the board. George H. Love to retire as executive chairman, Townsend remaining CEO. Boyd has led domestic automotive operations since 1962 after leaving American Motors. Changes take effect January 1.
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New York
Chrysler Corp
Virgil E. Boyd
Nebraska
Lynn A. Townsend
Townsend
George H. Love
Boyd
Chrysler
American Motors Corp
Convulsions Threaten Life Of Pittsburgh Quint
Roni Sue Aranson, the surviving member of a Pittsburgh quintuplet birth, suffered a convulsion and a pediatrician said her condition is grave with a very poor outlook. Doctors noted earlier respiratory issues and jaundice linked brain damage risk after four sisters died within 56 hours of birth. The infants were born two and a half months early to Mr. and Mrs. Michael Aranson.
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Pittsburgh
Roni Sue
Aranson
Lee Bass
Bass
Magee Women’s Hospital
Michael Aranson
Kennedy Urges Unity In New York Assembly Leadership
U S Senator Robert F Kennedy joined Democratic leaders to back Anthony Travia for a new two year term as assembly speaker in Albany. State Chairman John Burns and Comptroller Arthur Levitt attended a private dinner and reception honoring Travia. In NYC Senate, minority leader Joseph Zaretzki was assured of re designation amid earlier moves by Bronston and Ohrenstein to oppose him.
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Albany
N.Y
Democratic Party
U.S
Robert F. Kennedy
Assembly
Anthony J. Travia
Kennedy
John Burns
Arthur Levitt
Travia
Burns
Levitt
New York City
Senate
Joseph Zaretzki
Manhattan
Jack E. Bronston
Queens
Manfred Ohrenstein
Zaretzki
Bronston - Ohrenstein
California students vote to strike over Navy recruiters
At a Berkeley mass meeting about police involvement in a sit in against Navy recruiting on campus some 3 500 of 30 000 students voted to strike classes from 8 a m Mario Savio who led the 1964 Free Speech Movement urged the strike He had been refused readmission and was among six nonstudents arrested in the protest with bail set at 440 dollars
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University of California
Navy
Berkeley
Mario Savio
Savio
Storm Sinks Morrell Towering Great Lakes Rally
A winter storm on Lake Huron continued to lash the Great Lakes as the 603 foot freighter Morrell sank with 28 to 29 crewmen feared dead. Rescue efforts under gale winds recovered three bodies, while 12 were found earlier and a survivor described the ship breaking apart.
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Associated Press
Great Lakes
Cedarville
Straits of Mackinaw
Carl D. Bradley
Lake Michigan
Henry Steinbrenner
Lake Superior
Penobscot
Buffalo Harbor
Noronic
Toronto
Melverton
Translake
St. Lawrence River
Emperor
Olga
Lake Erie
Pril
James H. Reed
Admiral
Cleveco
Georgian Bay
Eastland
Chicago
Charles §. Prince
Regina
Lake Huron
Frigid weekend forecast hits New York state
The Weather Bureau says temperatures will plunge to teens and lower in upstate areas and to the 20s in New York City. Mountain readings may reach zero or below with continuing snow squalls east and southeast of Lake Ontario. Western New York and the Finger Lakes see three inches or more today.
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Traverse City
Mich
Daniel J. Morrell
Lake Huron
Great Lakes
Lakes Michigan
Huron
Houghton Lake
Lower Michigan
Muskegon
Lake Michigan
Plains
International Falls
Minnesota
Canadian
North Dakota
Montana
Florida
Weather Bureau
Continental Divide
Canada
Midwest
Pacific Coast
Washington State
Albany
N. Y
New York State
Upstate
New York City
Lake Ontario
New York
Finger Lakes
Delaware & Hudson declares extra dividend and raises quarterly payout
The Delaware & Hudson Co. announced an extra dividend of 50 cents a share for stockholders of record on December 12. It also increased the quarterly dividend from 35 to 40 cents, making the yearly total dividend 1.95 dollars, up from 1.25 dollars in the prior four years.
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Albany, N. Y
Delaware & Hudson Co
Delaware & Hudson Railroad
Strive to Avert Pan Am Strike
Negotiators pressed to avert a noon Friday strike by 13,000 Transport Workers Union members at Pan American World Airways. A walkout could suspend international schedules and halt Viet Nam airlift, with 2,200 TWU workers at Cape Kennedy at risk. The union had not decided on inclusion in the action.
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New York
Pan American World Airways
Transport Workers Union
Pan Am
Viet Nam
TWU
Cape Kennedy
Sole Survivor From Morrell Sinking Spares Shoreline Families
Dennis Hale, 26, survived the Daniel J. Morrell disaster after 34 hours adrift in Lake Huron during a ferocious Great Lakes storm. Twelve crewmen died when the ship broke apart. Hale was pulled from a raft by a Coast Guard helicopter eight miles northeast of the wreck site. He received last rites as he recovered in freezing water, with his wife Bertha recalling his lifelong fear of storms.
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Harbor Beach
Mich
Lake Huron
Daniel J. Morrell
Great Lakes
Coast Guard
Morrell
Michigan
Thumb
John Hanninen
Bethlehem Steel Co
Dennis Hale
Hale
Ashtabula
Ohio
Carl D. Bradley
Bradley
Lake Michigan
Taconite Harbor
Minn
Cleveland
Nordmeer
Bertha
Here
Father
Cornelius McEchin
Allies to Defend Selves If Cong Violates Truce
U S and allied troops in Viet Nam will use air power if needed to defend themselves against Viet Cong violations of the holiday truce. Officials say the pause will be harder for Communists to control, and response will match the level of attack. Secretary Rusk notes no basis for peace talks yet and warns against extending the truce without North Viet Nam reciprocal action.
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Washington
Viet Nam
Chicago
Dean Rusk
Rusk
North Viet Nam
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Harold Wilson
Ian Smith
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Salisbury
Royal Air Force
Morrice James
James
Sir Humphrey Gibbs
Gibbs
W. E. Boyd
Aranson Quint
U. of California
New High
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South Viet Nam
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