Saigon Police on High Alert Over Weekend Tensions
Saigon police went on full alert amid threats from Buddhists and Viet Cong with fears of self-immolation by a monk to spur rebellion against Premier Tran Van Huong. Buddhists planned an all night rally and hunger strike while Viet Cong propaganda surged as officials faced resignations and renewed pressure from Buddhist leaders.
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Saigon
Viet Cong
Tran van Huong
Ngo Dinh Diem
National Front For the Liberation of
South Viet Nam
U.S
Maxwell D. Taylor
Huong
Four Railroads Oppose Mergers
Four western railroads oppose the Union Pacific and Chicago Rock Island and Pacific merger plans. St Louis San Francisco asked the ICC to let it intervene. Missouri Pacific, Missouri Pacific, and Denver and Rio Grande Western also said they would seek intervention. Other executives warned the deal could divert traffic from Frisco and oppose the Rock Island North Western merger.
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Chicago
Union Pacific
Chicago, Rock Iseland
Pacific
Western Railroads
St. Louis-San Francisco
Milwaukee, St. Pau
Posal
L. W. Menk
St. Louis
Chicago and North West
Ould
Rock Island
C&nw
Downing B. Jenks
Missouri Pacific
Denver and Rio Grande Western
G. B. Aydelot
Ben W. Heineman
North Western
William Quinn
Milwaukee Road
ICC
Last Theft and a Fin at Manhattan Bank
In New York the Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co. gained $5 as a would be robber tried to hold up a Manhattan bank. He placed a $5 bill on the teller counter and handed a note demanding money. Miss Agnes De Martini shouted a warning and the robber fled, leaving with nothing but the small bill.
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New York
Manufacturers Hanover Trust Co
Manhattan
Agnes de Martini
Miss de Martini
Rooster Owners Win $10,000 Damages Suit
MOBILE Alabama AP A jury ruled for Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Moulyet owners of a rooster sued for $10 000 in damages after neighbor Mrs Daisy Oates claimed the bird attacked her causing a broken wrist The case ended with the Moulyets prevailing and the neighbor filing no further action.
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Mobile
Ala
Nicholas Moulyet
Daisy Oates
Moulyers
Shep
NATO Ministers To Study German Unification Tactics
Washington AP reports that US Britain France and West Germany will meet next month to explore new approaches with Russia on German unification. Talks in Paris on nuclear weapons coordination and NATO unity hint at possible policy shifts amid Franco US German tensions.
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Bu T JD
High Tower
Washington
United States
Britain
France
West
Germany
Russia
Dean Rusk
White House
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Johnson
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Rusky
Charles de Gaulle
McNamara
Pierre Messmer
Messmer
NATO
McNamara-Messmer
Rusk
Ludewig Erhard
West Germany
Europe
No Stars Just Shells Bastogne Christmas War Recall
Bastogne mayor recalls the 20 December siege of Bastogne during World War II. The 101st Airborne and local volunteers endured constant shelling, food scarcity, and encirclement as Patton arrived to break the siege. A thousand residents fled while 150 of 1,200 houses survived.
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Bastogne
Europe
Battle of the Bulge
Associated Press
Leon Jacqmin
Belgium
Ardennes Forest
U.S
Stalingrad
Alamein
Caen
Gil
Clearnaux
Luxembourg
Wiltz
Clervaux
101St Airborne Division
Neville
Neffe
Mont
Bizory
Foy
101St
George S. Patton
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Sam
OHS
Ottawa High School
Linda Taylor
Cheryl Campbell
Barbara Hughes
Kay Reams
Roxy Lennard
Cindy Christian
Gary Mavity
Ronnie Mendell
Rod Kitts
Terry Lay
Daryl Jameson
Terry Davis
Shepherd’s Garage
Small
Pomona
Kansas
Red Cross
Nuzman Lumber
Porter-Spears
Agency
Tom Porter
George Spears
Maxine Stephens
Interstate Financial House
South Main Interstate Securities Company
Shelden
Esquire
Esquine
Dassmer
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