De Gaulle Time Delay Sought by African Allies
Africa’s 11 French Community states urge delaying the UN General Assembly debate on Algeria to aid Charles de Gaulle. Congo Brazzaville and Chad seek postponement as Paris plans a boycott arguing Algeria is French. A vote could test solidarity and shape a possible February resumption.
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Charles de Gaulle
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Chad
Algeria
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Africa
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North Africa
Security Council
Kennedy picks Udall for interior secretary in Cabinet plan
President-elect Kennedy moves to form a new administration with Rep. Stewart Udall named as interior secretary designates likely to be announced in New York. He also signals a broader shakeup including defense revamp and a bid to map federal aid for unemployment areas while preparing a Commerce secretary pick and talks with Eisenhower about transfer issues.
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Palm Beach
Fila
John F. Kennedy
Defense Department
Udall
House Interior and Insular Affairs Committee
New York
Kennedy
Pierre Salinger
Caroline
North Carolina
Luther Hodges
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
White House
Eisenhower
Storms, clashes sweep Northern Europe and beyond
Northern Europe reels after a violent weekend of storms and floods sweeping Britain Holland France Germany Denmark and Belgium with heavy damage and at least six deaths. Ghana cuts diplomatic ties with Belgium over Congo developments. In Saar elections the Socialists gain seats, Adenauer's Christian Democrats still lead 19 to 16. Britain’s Macmillan opens a conference on the Central African Federation urging goodwill. Kennedy may offer Stevenson UN ambassador post. India renews a law allowing yearlong detention. California Republicans back Nixon, Lodge weighs future moves amid job talk. An advertising executive and an airplane charter firm head die in a Sunday incident.
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Brussels
Congo
Saar
Konad Adenauer
Christian Democrats
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London
NEW York Daily News
John F. Kennedy
Adlai Stevenson
United Nations
American Bar Association
California
Republican State Central Committee
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Party
China backs Soviet peaceful coexistence at red summit
Moscow dispatch reports President Lin Shao Chi endorses Soviet led peaceful coexistence policy. He praised the Soviet Union as a bastion of world peace and cited strengthened ties between the Chinese and Soviet communist parties after the two week conference. Liu Shao Chi’s remarks emphasize Moscow's leadership and unity within the Communist bloc.
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Soviet Union
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Communist Movement
Communist Party of China
Communist Party of the
People’s Republic of China
Liu
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Liu Shao Chi
Lumumba Henchmen Seize Stanleyville in Congo Crisis
Reports from Leopoldville describe Patrice Lumumba’s followers seizing Stanleyville and imposing a rigid rule on residents. Whites are barred from movement as Anton Gizenga’s government faces U N scrutiny and potential civil war with Lumumba supporters.
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Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Oriental Province
U. N
Antoine Gizenga
Lumumba
Soviet Union
Egypt
Sudan
Congo
Kasai
Oriental
Equator Mobutu
Lower Congo
Kasavubu
West Virginia Weather Forecast Update
Cloudy and warmer tonight with temperatures in the 40s. Tuesday brings wind, warmth, and showers. Temperatures to run about 3 degrees below normal through Saturday with cooler midweek and possible snow flurries Wednesday. Precipitation around a quarter to half inch. Beckley and Oak Hill observed highs in the mid 50s and lows near 20s to teens. River levels normal, Greenbrier clear, Lake clear, gauge at 1.8 feet.
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Charleston
Elkins
Beckley
Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Cutoff Dispute Idles 450 At Itmann Mines
A labor dispute idle halted 450 miners at Pocahontas Fuel Co. three Itmann mines as United Mine Workers Local 9096 picketed after the catege shift did not report. Local leaders cited seniority violations in section No 1, opened 1949, with no furloughs at Mines No 2 and 3. The strike aims to restore affected workers and seek management corrections. District officials offered no further details.
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RNS
Pocahontas Fuel Co
United Mine Workers Union Local 9096
Lacy Cox
Cox
Charles S. Taylor
Taylor
Sheriff Sherwood Glutz On Cussing And Blasphemy
Sherwood Glutz argues that cussing and taking the Lord's name in vain are foolish. He suggests profanity is a fallback for men with no ideas left and treats it as mere escape rather than offense.
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Cussin
Kennedy names 11 to draft federal aid plan for West Virginia
President elect John Kennedy forms an 11 member committee led by Sen Paul Douglas to craft a federal aid program for West Virginia and other hard hit areas. The group will focus on economic growth and will advise Congress after Kennedy's inauguration. Governor Underwood pledges cooperation and praises Kennedy's focus on West Virginia.
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Palm Beach
West Virginia
Congress of the
United States
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Kennedy
Congress
Illinois
Indiana
Pennsylvania
Charleston
Underwood
John Kennedy
Rescued crew from freighter amid immigration limbo
Coast Guard plucked 17 men from a stranded Liberian freighter off South Manitou Island as the Francisco Morazan’s 14 crewmen face immigration checks in Detroit Chicago and potential deportation. The icebreaker Mackinaw also rescued the captain and three agents and anchored in Grand Traverse Bay awaiting salvage plans for the 900 tons of cargo. The Greek captain's wife, pregnant, was evacuated.
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Chicago
Chinese Civil War Death Toll Allegations Reach 30 Million
Taipei based Central Daily News reports that since 1950 the Chinese Communist regime killed more than 30 million people on the mainland and deported 90 million to labor camps, prompting international alarm over the alleged mass repressions.
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Taipei
Formosa
Central Daily News of
China
Lutheran Church Installs Pastor in Beckley Ceremony
The Rev. Charles L. Delaney Jr. was installed as pastor of St Luke Lutheran Church Beckley during Sunday ceremonies led by Rev. Don ald D. Anderson president of the West Virginia Synod United Lutheran churches of America. Guest speaker Rev Franklin TD Fry urged viewing the church as a living being and a colony of heaven formed by a few believers working together for the mission.
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Charles L. Delaney Jr
St Luke Lutheran Church
Beckley
Donald D. Anderson
West Virginia Synod of United Lutheran Churches of America
Franklin TD Fry
SR RaeAnane Pa
Colony of Heaven
Fry
Kingdom of Heaven
Integration Fight Continues La sets Up Aid System
In New Orleans the only Negro student at William Frantz School and three at McDonogh No. 19 attend as federal authorities push desegregation. Louisiana fast-tracks an emergency bill to aid white pupils in private schools amid boycotts. Volunteers rush private-school building repairs. registration and classes shift to start soon. A Methodist minister facing hostile crowds is jeered during church services as protests flare.
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New Orleans
U. S
William Frantz
McDonagh No. 19
Louisiana
McDonagh
Frantz
C. E. Vetter
Pamela
Frantz School
Lloyd A. Foreman
Church of the Redeemer
Production Rise Recession Seen
Washington based economist Dr. Emerson P. Schmidt of the U S Chamber of Commerce predicts national production will hit a record next year despite a brief recession early in the year. He expects a 5 to 10 billion dollar cut in the annual rate during the slowdown, followed by a second half rebound to a new output level of 515 to 520 billion dollars annually. Through the nine months of this year the rate stood at 503.5 billion dollars.
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Washington
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Emerson P. Schmidt
Chamber
Schmidt
Chamber Business Outlook
Balloon Space Shot Fizzles at Wallops Island
WALLOPS ISLAND VA AP A 72 foot Scout rocket and its inflatable satellite failed to reach orbit and sank 80 miles off Virginia shore. Officials said recovery was unlikely given depth and wreckage would not clarify the failure.
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Wallops Island
Virginia
Stahr Outlines WVU Needs New Fieldhouse Again
West Virginia University President Elvis J. Stahr Jr outlines a capital improvements budget exceeding 18 million dollars to address a long neglected backlog. He cites a 10.5 million proposal for a student union, adult education center, field house and auditorium, plus a 1.4 million forestry building. Funding would come from student fees in 1961-62 and beyond, while the Finance Commissioner recommends no capital outlays due to no surplus in general fund revenue.
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Charleston
Henry L. Ashland
Board of Peetoay
State Health Department
Ash
Parent
Agriculture Department
Soil Conservation Committee
State Tax Department
West Virginia University
Elvis J. Stahr Jr
Stahr
Board of Public Woeks
Board of Public Works
Henry L. Ash
WVU
Blue Jay Woman Death by Self Inflicted Gunshot
State Police report Mrs Roxie Kate Kidwell of Blue Jay died from a self inflicted gunshot around 7 40 am today. The shooting occurred in her home while her son Billy was in bed upstairs and heard a pistol blast followed by her fall. Police confirm a .38 caliber pistol was used.
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Kate Kidwell
Blue Jay
Kidwell
Billy
Shome
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