South Korea budget bill pushed through amid clashes
In Seoul the ruling Democratic Republicans passed the 1968 budget of 820 million won after a nine day opposition occupation of the speaker's stand. Vice Speaker Chang Kyung-soon ordered proceedings as about 40 New Democratic members clashed with government supporters. Chairs and fists flew. one member fainted and another wrestled for the gavel, which broke. The session adjourned with the budget approved in two minutes.
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Seoul
South Korea
Democratic Republicans
National Assembly
Chang Kyung-soon
New Democratic Party
Assembly
Chang
Australia plans underwater memorial for Harold Holt
Memorial plans by the Australian Underwater Federation honor former Prime Minister Harold Holt. A statue or plaque will be placed within 100 feet of the shore near the site of his disappearance on December 17, aiming to be visible from the surface. President Tony de Fina announced the plan today.
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Melbourne
Australia
Australian Underwater Federation
Harold Holt
Federation
Tony de Fina
Anguilla to get British administrator amid secession
Britain plans to appoint an administrator to Anguilla and share duties with a British representative after Anguilla declared independence from the three-island federation. MPs Nigel Fisher and Donald Chapman announced the move following a fact finding tour. Anguilla cites lack of resources and a dispute with St. Kitts government over its secession.
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Basseterre
St. Kitts
Britain
Anguilla
Caribbean
Nevis-Anguilla
Nigel Fisher
Donald Chapman
Puerto Rico
Robert Bradshaw
Lady conductor makes history at Sadler's Wells
London AP reports Hazel Vivienne, 33, 5 feet tall, became the first woman to conduct at Sadler's Wells Opera Company. She led Richard Rodney Bennett's two hour opera A Penny for a Song in place of ill conductor Bryan Balkwill. A stage carpenter raised the podium six inches for the 52 piece orchestra.
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London
Hazel Vivienne
Sadier’s Wells Opera Company
Sadier’s Wells
Hazel
Bryan Balkwill
Richard Rodney Bennett
Dirksen Says Rose Bowl Parade May Feature Marigolds
Senator Everett Dirksen arrived in Los Angeles to lead the Rose Bowl parade and mused that with time the event could become the Tournament of Marigolds. He noted his Senate push for marigolds as the national flower and quipped about his influence.
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Los Angeles
Everett M. Dirksen
R-I
Dirksen
Senate
Greek Junta Split by moderates and extremists
Athens AP report says Greece's Revolutionary Council harbors internal clash between moderates led by Prime Minister George Papadopoulos and hardline extremists. Moderates seek softer actions toward opponents, while extremists push repression and jail hardliners. A late reversal on a Christmas amnesty widened the rift. Colonel John Ladas questions freed prisoners, calling island detainees hard core Communists. Other extremist leaders named include Col. Konstantine Karydas and Air Vice Marshal Antonios Skarmakorakis.
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Athens
Greece
George Papadopoulos
Papadopoulos
Aegean
Leros
Yioura
John Ladas
Ladas
Revolutionary Council
Constantine Karydas
Antonios Skarmakorakis
Civil Aviation Authority
Maine Hopes to Warm Lobster Coves to Boost Stock
Maine scientists with Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries and MIT researchers seek to raise water temperatures in a Cousins Island cove Casco Bay by discharging heated plant coolant. If successful, warmer coves may enhance lobster growth and yield, with predicted 1967 total around 15 million pounds.
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Cape Kennedy
Fie
Aerospace Industries
Maine
United States
Robert L. Dow
Maine Department of Sea and Shore Fisheries
Dow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cousins Island
Casco Bay
Ike Denies Making Statement On Romney Qualification
JAKARTA Indonesia AP Michigan Gay George Romney said today he is pleased Eisenhower clarified an inaccurate statement attributed to him concerning Romney's presidential qualifications. Romney, in Indonesia on a world tour, commented on an interview Eisenhower had with CBS in Palm Springs, Calif., and earlier criticism attributed to Eisenhower by The New York Times. The Times said Eisenhower had made such criticisms to close friends. Eisenhower told CBS he did not support any Republican candidate and believed Romney had taken firm positions on key issues and could not be dismissed as a candidate.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Michigan
George Romney
Eisenhower
Romney
Columbia Broadcasting System
Palm Springs
Calif
New York Times
CBS
Times
Eisenhow
Boys Rescued From Icy Deaths Then Flee Scene
Two boys fell through thin ice on a small lake south of Wichita. Nevin Shun and Dick Swanson pulled them from the water, but the boys fled the scene after rescue. The older boy survived, while the younger was helped to shore and later identified by his mother Jan Hutton. Both rescuers required treatment for exposure in the 25 degree cold.
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Wichita
Lee Hutton
Jan Hutton
Charles Hill
Nevin Shun
Dick Swanson
Shunl
Swanson
Pas
Nevin
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