French Allies Delay Algerian Debate in UN
The French allies seek to postpone the UN General Assembly debate on the Algerian war to aid Charles de Gaulle. Congo Brazzaville and Chad request the delay, while Algeria’s rebels press for an immediate start and a guaranteed referendum supervised by the United Nations.
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France
General Assembly
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Assembly
Congo
Brazzaville
Chad
Algeria
Paris
de Gaulle
North Africa
Security Council
Mauritania
Soviet Union
Poland
Ceylon
Morocco
Scout Rocket Shot Fails at Wallops Island
A 72 foot Scout rocket and its inflatable satellite failed to reach orbit off Wallops Island Virginia when the second stage did not ignite. The 44 second flight ended with the rocket plunging into the ocean 80 miles offshore. NASA planned to study telemetry and camera data to understand the failure.
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Wallops Island
Virginia
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Adenauer’s Party Keeps Control After Saar Election
Final returns show Socialists doubling seats from 8 to 16 in Saar legislature while Chancellor Konrad Adenauer’s Christian Democrats stay in control with 22 seats to 19.
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Adenauer
Saarbrucken
Germany
Saar
Konrad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
Lumumba Henchmen Clamp Red Rule on Stanleyville
In Stanleyville Congo Lumumba loyalists impose a harsh rule as whites are barred from entry or exit. The move follows Lumumba's capture and return to face trial while Mobutu suppresses the province. Diplomatic observers warn of possible recognition of Lumumba’s regime. Mobutu expands a caretaker government with college graduate commissioners.
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Stanleyville
Leopoldville
The
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Oriental Province
U. N
Antoine Gizenga
Joseph Kasavubu
Col
Joseph Mobujus
Mobutu
Senate Opens Boxing Probe
The Senate Anti trust and Monopoly subcommittee begins hearings on the influence of racketeers in boxing. Key witness Joseph P. Barone, manager of Sonny Liston, is hospitalized for low mood. other witnesses include Hyme Waltman and Truman Gibson Jr. About 25 boxing figures are summoned for eight days of hearings.
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Senate
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly
Joseph P. Barone
Allentown
Barone
Sonny Liston
Herman
Hyme_ the Mink
Jake LaMotta
Madison Square Garden
Billy Fox
Churchmen Back Plan for Protestant Reunion
In San Francisco the plan for a wide reunion among American Protestants drew cautious praise from church leaders. Dr Eugene Carson Blake proposed merging four main bodies the Episcopal United Presbyterian Methodist and United Church of Christ with others later joining. The move aims to unite many denominations within a decade amid cautious optimism from delegates and bishops.
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John Wesley Lord
Boston
Episcopal
United Presbyterian
Methodist
United Church of Christ
Eugene Carson Blake
Philadelphia
National Council of Churches
Arthur ©. Lichtenberger
New York
Episcopal Church
United Church of South India
Epis Ecopalians
Blake
United States of America
China Signals Alignment With Soviet Peace Policy
Chinese President Liu Shao Chi affirmed the Soviet peaceful coexistence line during a goodbye speech in Leningrad. He cited the Soviet initiative on arms control and unity of the Communist movement, and noted China’s economic progress relies on Soviet production, signaling continued adherence to Khrushchev’s approach.
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China
Soviet Union
Leningrad
Liu Shao Chi
Communist Movement
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Communist Party of the
People’s Republic of China
Moscow
Liu
Pravda
Communist Party
Khrushchev
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Communist
Castro and Church Tensions Reach Breaking Point
In Havana and Santiago the Catholic Church and Fidel Castro clash over claims that priests take bribes to oppose the revolution. Archbishop Enrique Perez Serantes of Santiago, detained briefly rumor, denies reports while nine bishops denounce revolutionary indoctrination in a letter read at Santiago cathedral.
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UPI
Fidel Castro
Castro
Enrique Perez Serantes
Santiago
Camaguey
Cuba
Perez Serantes
Batista
Manuel Cardinal Arteaga
Kennedy Studies Sweeping Changes In Defense Dept
President elect Kennedy receives a report urging sweeping Defense Department reorganization. Proposals include eliminating civilian secretaries of Army Navy and Air Force and creating a new undersecretary for administration and one for weapons systems. Symington says cuts could save about 20 percent yearly.
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Fla
John F. Kennedy
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Stuart Symington
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Symington
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Simmerton
Join Chiefs of Staff
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Stevenson May Be Offered Post of Ambassador to UN
Kennedy prepares to name Adlai E Stevenson ambassador to the United Nations according to Daily News and New York Times reports. Other possible picks for secretary of state include Fulbright Rusk Bruce and Bowles, with no final decision announced.
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New York
John F. Kennedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
Daily News
New York Times
Washington
Kennedy
Sen
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Fulbright
Dean Rusk
Rockefeller Foundation
David Bruce
West Germany
Rep
Chester Bowles
D-Conn
New York Weekend Traffic Toll Rises to Eleven
Weekend fatalities in New York State include four pedestrians and seven fire deaths. In Cleveland a space heater caused a house fire trapping three youngsters and a guest. two other boys escaped. An 8 year old boy in The Bronx died in a refrigerator basement incident. A 14 year old was killed by a shotgun accident in Lowville when a cousin stumbled with a loaded gun.
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Upi
New York State
Cleveland
Oneida Lake
Robert Ingraham
Bronx
John T
James T
L. Scott Corcoran
Dale Morse
Corcoran
Gary L. Berrus
Lowville
Berrus
Herschel Edick
Edick
Three Men Sentenced to Death in Newburgh Slaying
Three men from Newburgh were sentenced to die in the electric chair at Sing Sing for the January 23 murder of a 61-year-old filling station owner during a holdup. Theodore McNeil, Clarence Lee Sloan and John Henry Williams received the death verdicts. Edward Junior Lane was given a life sentence after the jury recommended mercy, for involvement in the incident.
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Goshen Pi
Sing Sing
Claude Quick
Newburgh
Edvward O'Gorman
John Henry Williams
Clarence Lee Sloan
Theodore McNeil
Edward Junior Lane
Dairy Co op seeks emergency hearing on milk prices
Eastern Milk Producers Cooperative president Allen Ostrander urged Agriculture Secretary Ezra Taft Benson to hold an emergency hearing before Christmas on milk prices. He argued Benson ignored forecasts of a January price drop that he said would bring losses near 35 million dollars in the New York New Jersey milk market.
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Syracuse
Violent Weekend Storm Ravages Northern Europe
Northern Europe faced a violent weekend storm with more than 100 years of impact on Britain. Winds up to 80 mph caused widespread flooding across 40 counties, with at least six deaths across the region and evacuations in Holland, Belgium, Germany, and France as rivers rose and towns faced major damage.
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London
Europe
Britain
Holland
France
Germany
Denmark
Belgium
Midlands
Wales
England
Friesland
Amsterdam
Hamburg
St. Paul's Church
French
Plane Crash Kills Two Executives In Parma Backyard
A two engine Beechecraft crashed in a Parma suburban backyard killing John J. Duffy Jr., 35, advertising agency president, and Clay J. Donges, 42, head of Sandorph Aeronautical Corp. The crash damaged two houses and cars. Civil Aeronautics Board ordered an investigation into the seven mile flight from Cleveland Hopkins Airport.
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Qhiai
Parma
Robert Koch
Civil Aeronautics Board
Cleveland Hopkins Airport
John J. Duffy, Jr
Duffy
Clay J. Donges
Sandorph Aeronautical Corp
Donges
Jonn S. Rundeks
Chester J. Stanley
Rundek
Three Die In Fire At LaFleche Near Montreal
A blaze at a LaFleche home near Montreal killed three children Lucie 142 Diane 2 and Lase 4 and left other relatives injured The parents Mr and Mrs Paul Vadeboncoeur escaped with minor injuries Four more children Denise 17 Michel 10 Nicole ? Pauline 7 were hospitalized with burns Seven of the family's fourteen children escaped injury Police could not determine the fire's cause as investigators looked into the incident.
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LaFleche
Lucie
Diane
Lase
Paul Vadeboncoeur
Montreal Children’s Hospital
Denise
Michel
Nicole
Pauline
Vadeboncoeurs
Fernand
Cornell Prof to Speak in Russia on Moon Theories
Cornell University professor Thomas Gold will present his lunar surface theories at a Tuesday science meeting in Leningrad before the International Astronomical Union. Gold directs the Cornell Center for Radiophysics and Space Research and will deliver a paper on his work.
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Russia
Ithaca
Cornell University
Sciente
Leningrad
Thomas Gold
Cornell Center For Radiophysics and Space Research
International Astronomical Union
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