Kennedy En Route to LBJ Conference
President-elect John F Kennedy travels to Texas for talks with Lyndon B Johnson on the transition of power from Eisenhower. The meetings at Johnson’s ranch begin this evening and continue through Thursday as they discuss a Congressional legislative program and the power shift ahead.
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John F. Kennedy
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Johnson
Liv Ranch
Churchill Snaps Bone in Tumble
London reports Sir Winston Churchill, 85, rushed by ambulance after a tumble at his home left a small bone in his back broken. An X ray was taken and he was ordered to rest in bed as he undergoes treatment, with no immediate cause for alarm given by aides.
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Churchill
Anthony Montague-Browne
Winston
MTA Hurris Threat of Big Damage Suit
The Metropolitan Transit Authority threatened legal action against the Amalgamated Transportation Union and potential contempt proceedings after a midnight mechanics’ strike left about 750,000 riders stranded across four Southern California counties. The MTA filed for appeal and considered a multi million dollar damage suit against the union while most buses and streetcars remained idle by 5:30 a.m. The strike began at 12:01 a.m. despite a court order.
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Orange County
MTA
Gerald Kelly
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Long Beach
Los Angeles
Santa Ana
Earl Morey
Brotherhood of Railroad
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Lloyd S. Nix
Daly Quits ABC Over Policy Row
New York, 1953 date uncertain. John Daly, vice president in charge of news and public affairs at ABC, has resigned amid a fundamental policy dispute with ABC President Leonard Goldenson. His resignation, submitted Tuesday, would take effect in about a month as ABC planned a Cuba program on December 7 in its Close-Up series produced by Robert Drew.
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American Broadcasting Co
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Leonard Goldenson
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Robert Drew
I Time
Copters Bring Dead From Manila Mountain
U S Marines recovered the bodies of nine crash victims from Mount Mariveles. The chaotic scene included reliance on network news teams and officials such as Adm Arthur F Spring and Grant Polk. A separate incident noted a minor fire at the Conrad Hilton Hotel in Chicago with firemen extinguishing flames amid coverage of space race programming.
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United States and Soviet clash over UN disarmament plan
Soviet deputy foreign minister Valerian Zorin clashed with U S ambassador James Wadsworth in the General Assembly political committee over a compromise disarmament resolution backed by India. Wadsworth urged changes for balance, while Zorin argued for a spring summit session to resolve the arms deadlock. The exchange signaled strained signals toward the Kennedy administration regarding disarmament policy.
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California Results Highlight Kennedy Nixon Tally
President-elect Kennedy holds a slim 13 405 vote lead over Nixon for California's 32 electoral votes as Los Angeles County begins tallying 90 908 absentee ballots.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Los Angeles County
Weather forecast shows sunny day with high clouds
Mostly sunny Thursday with some high cloudiness and warmer temperatures. Maximum temperature expected near 74 degrees by noon today.
New Orleans confronts desegregation protests turning violent
Police with clubs and fire hoses clash with protesters outside the New Orleans School Board offices as crowds of about four thousand gather to oppose race mixing in public schools. Officers arrest demonstrators. some suffer minor injuries. Senator Long blasts the legislature as violence erupts downtown. Continued Page A-4.
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Eisenhower summons NSC leaders on gold drain crisis
President Eisenhower called a meeting of the top National Security Council to discuss emergency steps to halt the drain on American gold and dollar resources. Key aides and officials, including Herter and Anderson, were to attend at the Georgia vacation HQ. Nixon was listed as absent.
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Allen W. Dulles
Lyman Lamnitzer
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Robert B. ‘Anderson
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Rioters Attack Yonsei Professors Homes in Seoul
A crowd of about 1,000 students surrounded the homes of Horace G. Underwood Yonsei University acting president and Rev Charles A. Sauer board chairman as they damaged furniture. No occupants were present in either residence during the demonstration.
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South Korea
Yonsei University
Horace G. Underwood
Charles A. Sauer
Board of Governors
Tse
Boy Tosses Flaming Gas in Classroom
In Indianapolis a 15 year old pupil, Oscar Harris, tossed flaming gasoline in a school shop class and threatened with a four inch knife before being captured in a cloakroom by his brother Marvin 24. The gasoline set fire to clothing on Theodore Johnson 13 but teachers and students extinguished it. Ronald Payne 14 was burned slightly as the class evacuated and the boy was delivered to Juvenile Court with a prior record noted by the official.
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Oscar Harris
Marvin
Theodore Johnson
iCarl Kirkman
Ronald Payne
Kirkman
Sidney Conn
Poe Nice
102 year old woman leads active life in Dallas
Mary Elizabeth Polaski, aged 102, delights with sewing her own clothes and cooking for herself in Dallas. She reads without glasses, attends church each Sunday, and retains a cheerful outlook, saying everything is perfectly wonderful.
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