Kennedy wife Joan stars in Peter and the Wolf at Constitution Hall
Joan Kennedy wore a yellow velvet gown and long blonde curls as she narrated the Christmas time children’s tale with guest conductor Arthur Fiedler and the National Symphony at Constitution Hall Washington The Washington Post praised her self possessed delivery and maternal warmth saying she read the tale to her brood in an informal setting
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Greek Star Mercouri Denounces Exiled King Constantine
Greek film star Melina Mercouri, stripped of citizenship for opposing the junta, tells MIT audience the king no longer exists for Greeks. She warns he would be a puppet if he returns, while urging democracy restoration in Greece at a Boston chapter sponsored event.
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Rickenbacker berates publisher at Toronto airport
Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, 77, WWI ace with 26 confirmed kills, criticized a publisher's rep in Toronto at the airport for a poor turnout promoting his autobiography. He told the man he should do his job, then later signed autographs in the airport bookshop.
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Toronto
Jean 10
Toronto International
Rickenbacker
Weill
Atheist protester faces Duluth backlash over carol ban
Garry De Young, 44, a Duluth bookstore operator and father of nine, pushed to remove Christmas carols from Munger Elementary's program. After officials ordered secular music, his store was vandalized and a yard sign appeared. De Young publishes The Cruxible to promote atheism.
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Two Boys Found Safe After Mt Baldy Hike
Ted Finley 14 and Ron Lute 15 of Claremont were found Sunday morning along Mt. Baldy Road about a mile above San Antonio Dam. They had started their hike before dawn Saturday and were missing after sunset, prompting a 17 hour search that ended with them being located cold but unharmed.
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Robbers Stop Service, Take $100 During Church Act
Police report three masked men robbed the United Church of Christ near West Grove Chester County after forcing assistant minister Roland Johnson to pass a pillow case among worshippers. The trio, armed and wearing ski masks, fled in a parishioner’s car with about $100.
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Chester County
Roland Johnson
Bridge Collapse Victims Count Rises In Ohio River Tragedy
In Point Pleasant a floating crane pulled three more bodies from the Ohio River as rescue teams pressed a dangerous search for Friday's bridge collapse victims. The death toll rose to 16 with 41 still missing, as cars and trucks were found crushed in the river’s debris and a surge of river traffic was halted.
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William D. Falck
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Electric motorcycle on edge of usefulness in San Francisco
Scientist Rollin A Armez of Lawrence Radiation Laboratory describes an electric motorcycle that tops at 38 mph and runs 25 miles per charge. He notes its lack of moving piston parts reduces wear while highlighting its strong hill climbing. A 50 percent gain in battery capacity per pound could improve it, though no viable consumer electric vehicle is in sight due to high costs and faults in advertised non GEM batteries.
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Auto Union Asks OK of GM Contract
The United Auto Workers moves toward ratification of a tentative three year contract with General Motors. The UAW International Executive Board will ask the GM Council to approve the pact and the council is expected to recommend workers accept it. UAW president Walter P. Reuber predicted broad approval.
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Machinists Strike at Airlines Servicing Australian Airways
San Francisco machinists and utility workers join a strike involving about 70 at San Francisco 70 in Honolulu and around 200 clerical workers. Negotiations mediated in Washington collapsed. Wage scales top at 4.03 with a 4 percent raise and a cost of living clause requested retroactive to last April.
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Adolph Stulz
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Army officers seize control of Dahomey coup tops leadership
Dahomey, Cotonou, second echelon officers proclaim Maj Maurice Kouande te president and defense minister after a bloodless coup. He will head the government until elections before next June. Prominent figures include Emile Derlin Zinsou and Chabi Kao Pascal, with Mathieu Kerekou as paratroop commander. Soglo is imprisoned then placed under house arrest amid rumors of French intervention.
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Maurice Kouandete
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Chabi Kao Pascal
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Mathieu Kerekou
Ouidah
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Paris
Charles Dé Gaulle
France
Striking Guild Gains Support of Pressmen
LOS ANGELES United Press International reports the American Newspaper Guild strike against the Los Angeles Herald Examiner gained strength as the web pressmen union joined in support. The move could rally 1600 other union members while the paper continues to publish while on strike.
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Los Angeles Herald-Lixantiner
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Jim P. Collins
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Merill Examiner
County Federation of Labor
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Foes Continue Hunger Strike After Cincinnati Arrests
Two teen antiwar demonstrators, Decorey Squire 18 from Morfantown West Virginia and Michael Martin 17 from Exeter New Hampshire, remain confined in a Cincinnati workhouse and Rollman Psychiatric Institute respectively after a December 7 sit in at the Armed Forces Induction Center. Some 87 participants were arrested. most face trespass and resisting arrest charges with several contempt filings. Doctors say Martins condition is satisfactory as Squire sustains a water and milk intake over the weekend.
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Michael Martin
Exeter
Rollman Psychiatric Institute
Antioch College
Rolman
Mattin
George Studt
Squire
Youth Falls to Death in Mountains San Gabriel cliff tragedy details
In Montrose California a 16 year old Los Angeles youth Mark Morales fell 60 feet from a cliff during a San Gabriel Mountains hike. Sheriff deputies said rescue teams could not reach him due to heavy snowfall and slick conditions. The incident occurred Sunday on the mountain trail.
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