Battle Rages For Capital Of Laos
Factional fighting for Vientiane the Laotian capital continued with forces loyal to Gen. Phoumi Nosavan advancing from the north while pro Communist units under Capt. Kong Le held the center. Western reporters described light shelling, limited damage, and no confirmed foreign casualties as communications remained disrupted.
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Washington
Vientiane
U.S. State Department
Voice of America
Phoumi Nosavan
Kong le
Pathet Lao
Tele
Kennedy Hodges Center Discuss Selection of Commerce Personnel
President elect John F Kennedy and North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges met at Kennedy's Georgetown home to discuss Hodges staff for commerce and international trade roles. Hodges indicated no firm decisions yet and cautioned no immediate announcements.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges
Hodges
Wedges
Kennedy
Georgetown
James W. Trimble
Arkansas
Frank M. Clark
Pennsylvania
Lester R. Johnson
Wisconsin
Alpert Thomas
Texas
Victor L. Anfuso
New York
Edith Green
Oregon
Michael J. Kirwan
Ohio
Francis E. Walter
Agriculture
Treasury
Labor
McNamara
Defense
Ford
Defense Department
Abraham Ribfcoff
Connecticut
Interior
Stewart L. Udall
Arizona
Minuteman Missile Train Unveiled To Rail Officials
Seattle report on a full scale Minuteman train mockup shown to 50 railroad leaders at Boeing plant. The 10 car train carries four or five windowless cars with 58 foot missiles. Trains will roll in 18 months and fit existing schedules with living quarters for missile crews. Launch requires dual keys and separation by bullet proof glass.
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Seattle
Wash
Boeing Airplane Co
Bernard A. Schiever
Air Research and Development Command
William Keller
Association of American
Minuteman
Two Tankers Collide in Bosporus Explosion Kills28
In Istanbul two tankers the World Harmony and the Peter Zoranich collided and exploded in the Bosporus. A nearby Turkish passenger ship the Tarsus was set afire. Thirty were rescued and fifty-eight burned or missing. Authorities evacuated nearby homes.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Bosporus
World Harmony
Peter Zoranich
Hope Wanes For Airman Missing In Adirondacks
Hundreds search through icy Adirondack woods near Schroon Lake for Air Force sergeant Pierre Maheux missing after a parachute jump five nights ago. The 27 year old Auburn Maine native is presumed alive but no clues have emerged as teams enter a fifth day of search and recovery efforts.
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Plattsburgh
Adirondack
Air Force
Schroon Lake
Here
S-Set
Pierre Maheux
Maheux
Auburn
Maine
Plattsburgh Air Force Base
Westover Air Force Base
Mass
Barre
Security Council Ends Bitter Debate On Congo
The Security Council ended its Congo debate by defeating East West proposals. A Soviet veto blocked a Western resolution on Hammarskjöld. Poland and Ceylon abstained on various motions while Lumumba and Mobutu fate remained unresolved. The session closed after a US USSR clash at 3:41 a.m. EST.
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Security Council
Congo
United Nations
Ceylon
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Argentina
United States
Italy
Britain
Dag Hammarsk- Mold
West
Patrice Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
Poland
Lumumba
France Faces Grave Crisis in Algiers Riots
In Algiers a 5000 strong Muslim mob rioted through the Casbah shouting nationalist and rebel slogans as French troops and police held entrances to the native quarter. Reports says clashes killed 123 and wounded many. Oran remained quiet as strikes and unrest gripped Algeria's political fault line.
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Algiers
Casbah
Abbas
Fehrat Abbas
Algeria
Associated Press
Andrew Borowiec
David Mason
Mason
Borowiec
Oran
France
Charles de Gaulle
Postpone Moon Shot Due to Technical Woes
Cape Canaveral reports a one day postponement of the Atlas Able moon mission as technical difficulties delayed the launch of the 388 pound spacecraft designed to study the moon environment. NASA gave no details and the window for ignition was only 21 minutes. If delays continue a new launch could be tried Thursday or postponed to the next ideal period 28 days away. The satellite carries instruments to measure radiation magnetic fields and micrometeorites to aid future manned lunar flights.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Fort Johnson Man Killed in Route 5S Crash
John Vickers twenty of Fort Johnson Montgomery County was fatally injured when his auto crashed into a utility pole on Route 5S between Schenectady and Rotterdam.
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Schenectady
John Vickers
Fort Johnson
Montgomery County
Rotterdam
Cancer Claims Life Of John Charles Thomas
Apple Valley California death ends the career of baritone John Charles Thomas at 68 after months with intestinal cancer. The renowned singer, once a headline on NBC radio from 1942 to 1947, lived with his wife Dorothy since 1954 in this desert community northeast of Los Angeles.
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Apple Valley
Calif
John Charles Thomas
America
Thomas
Dorothy
Los Angeles
National Broadcasting Co
Anna Dorothea Schnabel Thomas
Woodling Cerv Among Choices Of New AL Teams
The 1959 American League expansion draft lists the Washington Senators and Los Angeles Angels selecting 28 players each from existing clubs. Notable picks include Woodling Cerv Don Long Tasby and Kluszewski along with Grba Maas Casale and Mccaanany. Each club paid 375 000 per player totaling 82 100 000. old clubs lost seven players for 525 000.
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Boston
Washington Senators
Bobby Shantz
Gene Woodling
Dick Donovan
Willie Tasby
Dale Long
Los Angeles
Ted Kluszewski
Bob Cerv
Ned Garver
Eddie Yost
Ken Aspromonte
Eli Grba
Duke Maas
New York
Jerry Casale
Fred Newman
Truman Clevenger
Minneapolis-St. Paul
Bob Sprout
Aubrey Gatewood
Detroit
Rudy Hernandez
Tom Sturdivant
Pete Daley
Dutch Dotterer
Kansas City
Gene Green
Baltimore
Coot Veal
Marion Zipfel
Jim Mahoney
Bob Johnson
Chester Boak
Billy Klaus
Johnny Schaive
Wille Tasby
Charles Hinton
Marty Keongn
Jim King
Cleveland
Joe Hicks
Chicago
Ungar Jailed For Contempt Of Court In New York
Sidney J. Ungar a 46 year old attorney and real estate man was jailed 10 days for criminal contempt of court for behavior as a witness in Borough President Hulan E. Jack's trial. General Sessions Judge Joseph Sarafite said Ungar attempted to besmirch the court and degraded a solemn proceeding.
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Ungar
New York
wuPin
Sidney J. Ungar
Borough
Hulan E. Jack
General Sessions
Joseph Sarafite
Jack
B52 Sets Nonstop 10000 Mile Flight Record
A B52G bomber from Travis AFB landed at Edwards after a 10,000 mile nonstop flight of 19 hours 45 minutes. The mission, a SAC alert test, circled El Paso Andrews Harmon Newfoundland Fairbanks Phil lip S D and back to California with Lt Col Thomas R Grissom leading a seven man crew.
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Edwards Air Force Base
Calif
Air Force
Sun Bombardment Wing
Travis Afb
el Paso
Tex
Travis
15Th Air Force
Archie J. Old Jr
March Afb
Riverside
Old
SAC
Neil D. van Reenen
Rockford, IL
Joseph P. Bosley
Iola
Kan
Aen T. Wayne
Campbellsville
Cyril A. Dingwell
Scituate
Mass
John B. Smith
Idaho
John W. Kilefstad
Duluth
Minn
Tommy L. Cobb
Jacksonville
Ala
Los Angeles
Pope John XXIII greets crowd as Christmas draws near
Vatican City Pope John XXIII spoke to about 2,000 people at a general audience, addressing them at length and wishing a Merry Christmas, his left jaw slightly swollen from a recent tooth extraction.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Eastern US Digs Out as New Southwest Storm Forms
The eastern storm's cold grip eased slowly while a new system hit New Mexico and moved into the Southwest. Death toll topped 220 with millions spent on snow removal and lost business. Governor Rockefeller ordered the New York National Guard to clear blocked streets. In the Southwest up to 12 inches of snow fell, with six inches typical across the plains. Transportation improved yet remained delayed, airports resuming full flights gradually.
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Associated Press
United States
New Mexico
Moscow
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
State National Guard
New York City
West
Panhandle
Big Bend
Seaboard
Eisenhower Begins Second Phase of Annual Checkup
President Eisenhower enters Walter Reed Army Hospital to complete the second phase of his annual medical examination after a White House reception for Chief Justice Earl Warren and eight Supreme Court associate justices. Press secretary says he feels fine and aims to finish the checkup this week.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Walter Reed Army Hospital
White House
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
William P. Rogers
James C. Hagerty
Waller Reed
Royal Ball Dazzles as Belgium's King Baudouin Weds
At a glittering palace ball in Brussels, King Baudouin and Dona Fabiola de Mora Aragon appeared amid royal guests including five kings and 46 princes. The event featured priceless jewelry, a state banquet, and culminated in plans to wed in the historic Collegiate Church of Saints Michel and Gudule.
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Brussels
Belgium
Europe
Baudouin
Fabiola de Mora
Aragon
Dona Fabiola
Spain
Leopold
Fabiola
Margaret
Elizabeth II
Britain
Christian A. Herter
U. S
Eisenhower
Saints Michel and Gudule
Girl Kidnapped for $25 000 Ransom Flees Abductors
An 11 year old from Sultan was kidnapped at gunpoint and escaped two hours later in Everett. She told parents she was grabbed by two khaki clad men as she prepared for school and fled in a stolen 10 year old car. Authorities pursued but details were few.
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Everett
Wash
Sultan
Hazel Irene Odelrich
Snohomish County
Harry Desy
George Oelrich
Here
Not a Candidate for Governor Says Duke
Glens Falls report states Angier Biddle Duke, once discussed as a possible Democratic nominee for governor in 1962, told a newsman Tuesday night he has no interest in running. Duke dismissed any gubernatorial candidacy and declined further consideration.
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Duke
Glens Fais
Angier Biddle Duke
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Black Sea
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East Berlin
London
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Bridges
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