Invasion scare swirls in Cuba and Laos crisis
International reports claim North Vietnamese troops in Laos and a Cuban invasion plot against Cuba. US officials dismiss the Cuban claims as a smokescreen while media allege Fidel Castro’s regime seeks to disrupt JFK’s incoming administration.
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Walter Logan Linnget
Rece International Radio Vientiane
Laos
Eisenower
State
Defense Department
North Vetnamese
Keng le
Associated Press
Royal
Government
Cuba
Luang
Raul Reali
Havana
United Nations
New York
Montevideo
United
States
United States
Republic
Washington
James C. Hagerty
Laos Border Clashes Hint at Possible Invasion
Delayed dispatch from Vientiane notes border towns report vague signals of whether a major thrust into Laos is underway or a border clash resurgence. Reports say free South Vietnam and Thailand forces under American Filipino and Thai command fight near Xieng Khoung along a strategic road toward three airfields. China warns of intervention as SEA Treaty Organization may mobilize. observers mark ongoing tension on the Laos border.
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Vientiane
Laos
Viet Nam
Thailand
All-Out War on Accidents Stepped Up
Law enforcement officers intensified New Year weekend efforts against speeders and drunk drivers. A total of 24 accidents in Long Beach and Orange County injured 36 people, while fatalities appeared rare on Los Angeles area roads. The California Highway Patrol set up roadblocks to inspect 3,800 motor vehicles across five sites.
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Long Beach
Orange County
Los Angeles
California Highway Patrol
CHP
Holiday Toll Rising as Deaths Hit Fifty Four
Traffic fatalities across the nation climbed to fifty four near 19 hours into the 78 hour New Year holiday. Seven additional deaths occurred in other incidents and fourteen in fires for an overall toll near half of last year’s at this stage. The holiday runs from 8 p.m. Friday to midnight Monday and the National Safety Council had estimated up to 340 deaths.
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Associated Press
National Safety Council
Weather outlook foggy townlands tonight into Sunday
Fog blankets townlands tonight with low clouds and mist. Sunday brings mostly sunny skies with light winds and a pleasant day ahead.
Three Children Die in Surat Landslide Near Mud Hut Town
In India, a landslide at Surat kills three children and injures others as peasants dig yellow earth to plaster mud huts. A hillside collapse buries several youngsters at play. one report notes many children were affected and the scene is described as from a rural area near Bombay.
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Bombay
India
Surat
Eacby
Diabetics Warned as Liars' Contest Crown Goes to Oceanside
A California Marine won Burling ton Liars Club’s 1960 top liar title with a tale of a “Saccharine Swallow” on Okinawa, beating more than 1,000 entrants. Judges also saluted entries from Dale Hill in London Ontario and James Metcalf in French Morocco among honorable mentions.
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Burlington, Wis
UPI
California
Okinawa
Joe Sage
Oceanside
Calif
Burlington Liars’ Club
Liars’ Club
Dale Hill
London
Ont
James Metcalf
French Morocco
Edward Moore
Tacoma
Wash
PRICE TEN CENTS TELEPHONE HE 5 116 EDITION
The notice lists a daily six edition price and telephone contact for purchase queries. It reflects a historical print price and distribution detail typical of a newspaper edition catalog.
De Gaulle Threatens Resignation if Algeria Plan Fails
Paris reports President Charles de Gaulle warned in a national address that a negative or weak referendum on Algeria home rule could force him to resign. He urged an overwhelming yes vote to maintain national cohesion and avoid grave consequences from a poor turnout.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
DE Gaulte
All Patients Rescued as Fire Hits Hospital
PORT ARTHUR Texas AP a fast spreading fire heavily damaged Park Place Hospital near dawn today but all 63 patients eight babies evacuated without injury. The fire began about 6 30 a m as staff nurses changed shifts and spread through a wing and main section of the 155 bed hospital. No patients were in surgery at the time. Police fire crews and ambulances evacuated patients to St Mary's Hospital with about 40 placed on a city bus. Doctors at St Mary's reported all were in good condition with some sent home.
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Port Arthur
Tex
Park Place
St Mary's Hospital
St. Mary's
St. Mary’s
Troops Fire on Mexicans Killing 13 in Chilpancingo
In Chilpancingo Guerrero 13 people died and 37 were wounded when Army troops opened fire on 2000 demonstrators protesting Governor Raul Caballero Aburto. A child and a bystander were among the dead as reinforcements arrived and reports of machine gun fire circulated.
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Guerrero
Chilpancingo
Mexico
Raul Caballero Aburto
Caballero Aburto
Mexico City
Europe’s Mount Etna Hurls Ash and Lava High
Etna erupts after a three month lull and blasts red hot rocks and ash 600 feet into the air with about one explosion per minute. Lava flows down the north flank but nearest farms and villages lie miles away with no immediate danger.
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Etna
Catania
Sicily
Mtina
Europe
Fire Hits Ship Abandon Ship in Rough Seas
The 7 660 ton freighter Indian Navigator out of Calcutta was struck by fire in the Bay of Biscay. Seventy six crew abandoned ship and took to lifeboats as efforts to control the blaze failed. Nineteen rescuers were quickly saved by nearby vessels.
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Helston
England
Calcutta
Bay of Biscay
British Coast Guard
Baby chews Rose Bowl ticket in Glendora
A 10 month old Terri Lynne Setterland chewed most of a Rose Bowl ticket left on a table in Glendora. Her mother Mrs Shirley Setterland reported the incident and Rose Tournament officials agreed to replace the ticket based on the stub date.
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Glendora V
Shirley Setterland
1665
Washington St
Terri Lynne
Rose
Kennedy selects Robert Weaver to head housing agency
President elect John F Kennedy named Robert C Weaver to lead the Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency. Weaver, a noted housing expert and NAACP official, urged open occupancy and nondiscrimination in housing and planned to resign NAACP chairmanship after confirmation. Kennedy also announced McGeorge Bundy as national security aide while defending Weaver's civil rights credentials amid southern opposition.
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Palm Beach, Fla
UPL
John F Kennedy
Robert C. Weaver
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Kennedy
Weaver
Housing and Redevelopment Board of
New York City
Federal Housing and Home Finance Agency
Nowman IB Mason
McGeorge Bundy
Brillant Harvard
Bundy
National Security Council
White House
Foster Furcolo
Massachusetts
Marvard Dean
Jhousing
NAACP
John B. Kennedy
Federal Housing and Home Finance
Classifieds and notices index for newspaper sections
The text lists page references for church, classifieds, comics, death notices, financials, shipping, sports, theaters and TV radio guides. It also notes tides and temperatures in section B-B. This is a catalog entry likely from a newspaper’s front matter.
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