Lechin presses miners to free 19 hostages including four Americans
Catavi Boliv ia Vice President Juan Lechin meets Communist led tin miners to urge release of 19 hostages taken December 6 in Catavi. Four Americans among captives. talks amid rising miner opposition and government pressure. Hostages demand release of two Communist leaders before any action.
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Catavi
Juan Lechin
la Paz
Lechlin
Tin Miners Federation
Lechin
Victor Paz Estenssoro
Irineo Pimental
Federico Escobar
le Paz
Trops
Bolivia
Siglo Veinte
Democrats Postpone Wednesday Meeting
Albany leaders delayed a Wednesday session on legislative strategy. State Chairman William H. McKeon reportedly reconsidered plans to proceed during the official mourning period for the late President Kennedy, postponing the meeting indefinitely.
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Albany
William H. McKeon
Kennedy
Sinatra Jr to Resume Career After Kidnapping
Frank Sinatra Jr plans to sing again as federal prosecutors prepare to indict three men over his 1963 kidnapping. He would return to Harrah's Lake Tahoe, with a new motel room being prepared. the FBI hunts for remaining ransom funds as a grand jury weighs charges against John W. Irwin Joseph C. Amsler and Barry W. Keenan.
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Hollywood
Frank Sinatra Jr
Sinatra
Lake Tahoe
Harrah
Pat France
Harrah's
Sinatra Jr
Sinatra Sr
John W. Irwin
Joseph C. Amsler
Barry W. Keenan
Keenan
John J. Keenan
Amster
Zanzibar and Kenya Win U N Membership Bid
The Security Council unanimously recommended granting United Nations membership to Zanzibar and Kenya as the 112th and 113th members. The General Assembly vote was expected to be a formality with Britain, Ghana and Morocco backing admission. Zanzibar and Kenya gained independence this week and remain in the British Commonwealth.
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Security Council
Zanzibar
Kenya
Council
General Assembly
Britain
Ghana
Morocco
Assembly
U. N
U.N
Economic and Social Council
Soviet Union
France
United States
Supreme Court overturns contempt convictions of segregationists
The Supreme Court voided contempt convictions of National States Rights party officials Dr. Edward R. Fields and Robert Lyons for distributing handbills and holding a rally in Fairfield Alabama. The NAACP joined in the appeal, citing potential prejudice to its activities, and invoked precedent from the Thompson case in Louisville.
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Washington
Supreme Court
National States Rights Party
Alabama
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Sam Thompson
Louisville
Thompson
Edward R. Fields
Robert Lyons
Fairfield
Ala
Fields
Woman Escapes After Kidnaper Gets Savings
Mrs Nancy Shortell a 32 year old Queensbury house wife was abducted by a man with a knife forced to withdraw 160 dollars at Queensbury Plaza and later fled during a traffic light in Saratoga Springs she was treated for a head wound and remained in satisfactory condition at Saratoga Hospital Police identified her husband Frank as at work and a vice president of an agency in Glens Falls.
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Saratoga Springs
Glens Falls
Nancy Shortell
Saratoga Hospital
Saratoga
Shorteil
Watertown Retakes Snow City Title This Winter
Watertown again holds the title of snow city after enduring an 18 inch snow blanket, the deepest in the nation. New squalls from Lakes Erie and Ontario continued, with temperatures plunging to below zero across northern New York. Glens Falls and Olean reported significant snow, while Syracuse and nearby Westvale added more on top of existing accumulations.
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Albany
Watertown
Weather Bureau
New York City
Lake Ontario
Lakes Erie
Ontario
Glens Falls
Olean
New York
Syracuse
Westvale
Nationwide Ice Grip Deepens Cold Wave News
Frigid conditions sweep the eastern two thirds of the nation as a long cold wave persists. Temperatures plunge to 30 below zero in International Falls and near zero in St. Louis, with 45 in Tampa and 18 above in Little Rock. Snow blankets Lakes Erie Ontario region with up to 30 inches south of Buffalo.
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Mercury
Midwest
Weather Bureau
Rockies
Central
Plains
International Falls
Minn
North Central Region
St. Louis
Illinois
Tallahassee
Florida
Tampa
Fla
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Ark
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Maine
New York State
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Ontario
Lake Erie
Buffalo
Great Lakes
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Northern Plains
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Mich
Pacific Northwest
Johnson signs college building aid bill
President Johnson signs a federal college building aid bill after a three year Kennedy era effort. The measure authorizes 1.195 billion dollars over three years to expand classrooms laboratories and libraries as higher education enrollments rise from 4.2 million in 1962 to an anticipated 7 million by 1970.
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Washington
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
White House
Glenn pays tribute to Wright brothers at Kitty Hawk
Astronaut John H. Glenn Jr. leads a delegation of aviators and officials in Kitty Hawk North Carolina to honor Orville and Wilbur Wright, who solved powered flight near the sand dunes on December 17, 1903.
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Glenn
Wright Brothers
Kitty Hawk
N. C
John H. Glenn Jr
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Los Angeles Flood Causes Massive Damage and Death
A Baldwin Hills Reservoir break unleashed a river of mud and water destroying 64 homes and injuring or displacing thousands. Investigators weigh causes including possible leaks, tremors, or oil drilling subsidence while insurance and disaster aid shape prospects for victims and repairs.
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Los Angeles
Baldwin Hills
Los Angeles Department of Water and Power
Canyon
Garden Court
Samuel Yorty
Small Business Administration
Max K. Socha
Water Works
Department
Socha
Department of Water and Power
Paldwin Hills
Culver City
Hollywood
MGM Studios
Sam L. Kaplan
Kaplan
Karenlee
House Debates Foreign Aid Amid Expedited Adjournment
Congress speeds adjournment as foreign aid appropriations face cuts. House Appropriations Committee recommends 2.8017 billion for aid, 1.7236 billion below Kennedy request. Johnson warns policy weakness if funds are cut. plan to finish week with major money measure. Stevenson protests U.N. fund cut.
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Congress
Washington
House
House Appropriations Committee
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
United States
Senate
Appropriations Committee
U.S
U.N
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
Johnson pledges U S troops in Europe stay as long as needed
Paris report says President Johnson told NATO ministers the United States will maintain troop strength in Europe, preserving Kennedy era support for NATO. He pledged to keep the equivalent of six American divisions in Europe while needed, to deter aggression, addressing Western defense and peace.
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Paris
Johnson
North Atlantic Alliance
United States
Europe
Dean Rusk
NATO
Kennedy
U. S
U.S
Six Children Die in Portland Fire at Duplex Home
In Portland Maine around midnight a fire swept a wood frame duplex killing six children of a railroad worker William Harrigan and his wife Leona. The victims include three Harrigan daughters and three state wards. Beverly 9 and Edward 3 escaped with help, while two other children saved themselves. the parents jumped with remaining kids but failed to save them. Medical examiner cites suffocation. survivors observed at Maine Medical Center.
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Portland
Maine
William F. Harrigan
Harrigan
Leona
Maine Medical Center
Harrigans
Beverly
John
Edward
Heida
Mary Ann
Holly Carol
Mona Maley
Memorial rites held for jet crash dead in Maryland
In a snow covered cornfield about 100 friends relatives and three clergymen held a memorial service for 81 persons killed in a Pan American jet liner crash. The ceremony took place about 50 yards from the crash site a week after the disaster.
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Elkton
Eisenhowers Go To California For Winter
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and Mrs Eisenhower head to Palm Desert for winter vacation arriving by train to San Bernardino and driving to the Eldorado Country Club cottage on the 11th fairway.
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Palm Desert
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
William R. Daugherty
Eldorado Country Club
Eisenhowers
Eisenhower
San Bernardino
Mrs Kennedy Gives Away 2 of 5 Pet Dogs
Mrs Kennedy has given two of the Kennedy family dogs to White House aides as she left the White House. Rushinka, a descendant of a Soviet space dog, was given to Irvin Williams, chief White House horticulturist, and Charlie, a Welsh terrier, went to Robert Foster, a Secret Service agent. The move followed her Dec 6 departure. The Kennedys spent the weekend at Atoka Virginia, renamed Wextford, near their Irish ancestral link to County Wexford. Kennedy visited Wexford last June.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
White House
Rushinka
Khrushchev
Irvin M. Williams
Charlie
Robert Foster
Secret Service
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Theu. S. Agency For International Development
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Honolulu
Michael A. Kristula
Niles, Ill
Cadillac, Mich
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St. Luke's Hospital
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