Laotian capital seen tense as government units seize Vientiane
Government troops occupied Vientiane with tanks and soldiers after reports of a pending Pathet Lao attack. Pathet Lao forces fled. Premier Souvanna Phouma backed neutrality while Gen. Phoumi Nosavan pressed an eastward advance. A three way meeting was planned to ensure a cease fire.
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Souvanna Phouma
Phoumi Nosavan
Nankadinh
Vietiane
Pakadinh
Paksane
Kong le
Souvanna
Laotian Youth Association
Phoumi
Bank of England Cuts Lending Rate to Five Percent
The British Treasury announced a rate cut from five and a half percent to five percent. The move aims to slow hot money outflows from the United States and ease the Conservative government credit squeeze blamed for automaker layoffs and weak exports. The rate had stood at five and a half since Oct. 27 after a prior 6 percent cut.
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Bank of England
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State Trooper and Motorist Nab Jail Escapees
State Trooper John Bryant and motorist Clifford Hayden captured two Cayuga County Jail escapees, Roger Stiney and Willie Bassett, after a midnight chase on Route 81 near Nedrow. Stiney drove the stolen wagon. Bassett hid in the rear. The car, reported stolen two hours earlier, was found with full fuel. Both men were returned to jail, with Stiney facing grand jury action in Moravia on robbery charges.
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Richmond
White Offered Cabinet Post As Kennedy Meets With Press
President elect Kennedy offered Byron L White a government post seen as possible attorney general or solicitor general. White, 43, and Kennedy spoke at the Georgetown doorstep and avoided naming the exact role. White, a former Colorado All American and Rhodes scholar, said he would reply in a few days.
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John F. Kennedy
Byron Leslie
Whizzer
White
Kennedy
Denver
England
Joseph P. Kennedy
London
Sen. Estes Keauver
D-Tenn
Georgetown
Georgetown University Hospital
Thieves Market Sign Leads to Burglary Loot
A Yorkville store break in yielded a portable typewriter, a record player, 20 boxes of shotgun shells, two watches, three rolls of nickels, 10 insulated underwear suits and 12 insulated shoe-pacs, police said.
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Utica
Yorkville
Dag Warns U N Against Congo Troop Withdrawal
Dag Hammarskjold warned the Congo operation could crumble if U N forces are withdrawn suddenly. He spoke as Security Council debate over Lumumba's arrest and East West resolutions continued amid Soviet criticism and reports of Congo contingents exiting by Yugoslavia Ceylon and the United Arab Republic.
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Dag Hammarskjold
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U. N
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Valerian Zorin
U. N. Congo
Hammarskjold
Patrice Lumumba
U.N. Congo
Cuba Says Rebels Destroyed in Battle Near Havana
Cuba reports the destruction of an insurgent band at Cabanas, 32 miles west of Havana. The army says 11 captured including leader Capt. Clodomiro Miranda Mendiela, who was wounded, and his brother killed along with one army officer. Two hundred deserters reportedly joined the insurgents. a 2,000-strong militiaman force pursued them. Weapons import depots suspected of missing arms.
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Fidel Castro
Miranda Mendiela
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San Julian
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Iran
Congo Seeks To Bar UN Surface Transportation
United Nations faces its gravest challenge in the Congo as Congolese authorities order a halt to UN surface transport. Brig. Indarjit Rikhe warns the move could paralyze UN operations while Victor Nendaka cites Congo’s need to prioritize feeds and transport for its people. The clash follows Mobutu’s coup and Lumumba’s ouster.
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India
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National Security Police
Otraco
Rihkye
Nendaka
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Col
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Patrice Lumumba
Yugoslavia Budget Shows Big Increase Belgrade
The 1961 federal budget for Yugoslavia plans a record 500 billion dinars, about 166 million dollars at the official rate, 65.8 billion dinars more than the current budget, per Anjug news agency. In Panama New York a farmer died when a tractor overturned fatally injuring Alverne Yaeger, 35, of Clymer.
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Belgrade
Anjug
Panama
N.Y
Laverne Yaeger
Clymer
Chautauqua County
Police Renew Blockade of Orleans School
In New Orleans a massive police blockade surrounds William Frantz elementary, where one Negro girl attends first grade despite a citywide boycott. The federal deadline for integration looms November 14, with continued demonstrations and threats amid school funding battles and a Stay of the integration order petition before the Supreme Court.
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William Frantz
McDonogh No
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Baton Rouge
James F. Redmond
Frantz
James Gabrielle
Providence
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Gabrielle
Water Department
World milk production rises two percent in latest survey
A Foreign Agricultural Service survey projects world milk output for the year at 596 billion pounds, up from 583 billion last year. The United States leads with 126 billion pounds, followed by the Soviet Union with 113 billion pounds, from 33 countries supplying 85 percent of global milk.
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Foreign Agricultural Service
United States
Soviet Union
Syracuse Housewife Dead in Freak Fall Tragedy
James Corso found his mother Theresa A. Corso 39 crushed under a toppled refrigerator after she stood on a chair to clean its top. Firemen reported the appliance toppled onto her as she grabbed it in the Syracuse home.
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James Corso
Theresa A. Corso
Rusk Emerges as Top Contender for Secretary of State
President-elect Kennedy weighs Dean Rusk for secretary of state as he meets with Kennedy amid a list of potential candidates. Rusk’s background includes service in Truman administration and leadership in foreign policy during the Korean War era.
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Rockefeller Foundation
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Rusk
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Stevenson
U. S
United Nations
Secretary of State
Dairymen Urged to Act on Prices and Surplus
James A. Young of Angelica addressed the Metropolitan Cooperative Milk Producers Bargaining Agency at its annual meeting urging dairymen to act themselves rather than rely on government. He called for closer cooperation among New York cooperatives, a workable milk promotion program, improved merchandising and advertising to reduce surpluses through hard work and planning.
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Metropolitan Cooperative Milk Producers Bargaining Agency
James A. Young
Angelica
Young
New York State
Metropolitan
Hoffa to Face Mail Fraud Charge After Surrender
James R. Hoffa surrendered to a U S marshal in Chicago posting 10 000 bond after a 12 count Orlando Florida indictment charging mail fraud linked to Sun Valley Inc a 2400 acre Brevard County Florida land project The case ties Hoffa with Henry Lower and Robert E McCarthy Jr and involves more than 500 000 of Teamsters funds in development for retired members.
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UPI
James R. Hoffa
Florida
U.S
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C.S. Bentley Pike
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District Court
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Fla
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Henry Lower
Robert E. McCarthy Jr
Detroit
Theodore Levin
Lower
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Atty
William P. Rogers
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Brevard County
Edwin H. Willis
Titusville
Rogers
Chinese President Liu Returns Home From Soviet Summit
President Liu Shao-chi concluded a month in the Soviet Union with a Moscow stay for a Communist summit. Tass reported thousands of Muscovites lined the airport route to greet him as he left for home after the gathering ended last week.
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Liu Shao-chi
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Soviet Union
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