Soviet Arrests Two More In Espionage Ring
Red Star reports the arrest of a Soviet officer named Popov and a West German woman Mansfeld, bringing to nine the total charged in a widening espionage case that already includes five U S Embassy staffers and a British businessman Greville Wynne. Mrs Wynne fears her husband’s guilt, recounting her Moscow visit to Wynne in Lubyanka prison as the Penkovsky affair dominates the scandal.
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UPI
Red Star
U.S
Popov
Pentagon
Judas
Mansfeld
East Germany
London
Greville Wynne
Wynne
Russia
Sheila Wynne
Lubyanka
O. V. Penkovsky
U. S
Penkovsky
Soviet Union
Mr. Penkovsky
Kennedy Macmillan extend talks on Skybolt substitute
In Nassau Bahamas President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan kept talks open an extra day seeking a substitute for the Skybolt missile. They weighed Polaris and NATO options as Defense Chiefs prepared papers. Progress was reported in prolonged sessions with Congo crisis briefly noted.
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Kennedy
Macmillan
Lord Home
Bahama Islands
Merriman Smith
Bahamas
UPI
Harold Macmillan
Britain
Atlantic
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North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Robert McNamara
Peter Thorneycroft
John Diefenbaker
Robert S. McNamara
Skybolt
Congo Cri
Stewart Hensley
Donovan flies to Havana for Bay of Pigs prisoner talks
UPI reports Pan Am flight carrying attorney James B. Donovan heads to Havana to finish negotiations with Fidel Castro for release of 1115 Bay of Pigs prisoners. Donovan dodged reporters in Miami after secrecy shrouded his Miami visit and a meeting with the Cuban families committee.
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Miami
UPI
Pan American Airways
James B. Donovan
Havana
Fidel Castro
Donovan
Cnm
Norstad receives Grand Cross of Legion of Honor in ceremony
U S Air Force General Lauris Norstad was awarded France s Grand Cross of the Legion of Honor by President Charles de Gaulle as he nears retirement January 2 as supreme Allied commander in Europe.
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Lauris Norstad
Legion of Honor
France
Europe
Charles de Gaulle
Norstad
Theodore Francis Green
U.S. Senate
Jane Brown Hospital
Providence
R. L
New York City
Army withdraws 200 more guards at Mississippi campus
The Army pulled 200 more soldiers from guarding Negro student James Meredith at the University of Mississippi, leaving 300 on campus. In Chicago, the U S Circuit Court denied rehearing to five operating unions on rail labor changes affecting 65,000 jobs, while injunctions linger. The Commerce Department reported 1.5 million privately owned housing starts in November, down from October but up 30 percent from November 1961.
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ARMY
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Supreme Court
Commerce Department
Volpe Concedes To Peabody In Mass Governor Race
Republican incumbent John A. Volpe conceded defeat to Democrat Endicott Peabody after a long count in Massachusetts. The recount was halted as recheck results favored Peabody, with a 5,292 vote margin. In a separate incident a smoky corridor fire at a Hudson nursing home left two dead and 12 injured among 36 elderly patients.
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John A. Volpe
Endicott Peabody
Massachusetts
Volpe
Peabody
Hudson
Mass
West Virginia Weather Turns Colder With Rain Snow Likely
Cloudy and turning colder with rain mainly in the west and south. Central and northern areas may see snow or rain late tonight and Friday. Low temperatures ranging from 27 to 35. UPI reports lowest national temperature 5 below at International Falls, Minnesota, with 83 at Me Allen, Texas for the high.
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Beckley High
OAK Hill High
Hinton
HI LO
New York
West Virginia Jobs Picture Darker
A state report shows November employment in West Virginia fell by more than 5 percent to 527,300, with a 23 percent cut in the total labor force to 589,100. Unemployment rose about 5 percent to 61,800, while the jobless rate reached 10.5 percent of the labor force. The downturn marks a sharp slide from year-ago levels and October figures.
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Charleston
UPI
State Department of Employment Security
West Virginia
Goldwater declines 1964 VP bid amid LBJ jab
In Phoenix Senator Barry Goldwater says he will not run for vice president in 1964, remarking that after watching the White House magician make Lyndon Johnson disappear he does not want to become a zero. In Albany Judge Russell Hunt rules a Communist may be barred from lecturing at a state university, stressing constitutional government must protect itself against unlawful conduct harming public welfare and interest.
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Phoenix, Ariz
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
White House
LBJ
Lyndon Johnson
Albany, N.Y
New York Supreme Court
Russell G. Hunt
German ship line says cruise vessel to transport Cuban prisoners
Hamburg based lines spokesman confirms one cruise vessel will be used to transport Cuban prisoners and states the ship is ready to sail on two hours notice.
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Hamburg
Germany
UPT
Relative optimistic on Bay of Pigs prisoners release
A Cuban prisoner’s relative, convinced bargaining will secure freedom for the men captured at the Bay of Pigs, says, Thank God, all our fears are over. Now it is only a matter of days before our loved ones will be free.
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Sss
Ene
Donovan
Miami International
Havana
Castro
Cuban Families Committee
American Red Cross
Miami
UPI
Santa to parachute into North Carolina at Coast Guard base
ElizabEth City Coast Guard Station will host a Christmas party for base personnel children with a Santa parachute jump from 12 000 feet sighted by 215 children. He will descend to 2 000 feet before opening his chute and landing by the gymnasium while waving smoke signals on his arms and legs.
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Elizabeth City
N. C
UPI
Santa Claus
Coast Guard
Santa
Three Crashes Kill 68 in NAHA Okinawa and Poland
UPI reports a US Air Force KB50 tanker crashed at Kadena Air Base during landing, seven killed including five American crew and two Okinawan civilians, two Americans injured. In Peru a truck plunge into the Piene River killed 28 with a 12 year old girl survivor. In Warsaw a Vickers Viscount airliner exploded on approach, 33 dead, 28 passengers and 5 crew, mixed nationalities.
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Okinawa
Lima
Peru
UPI
Piene
Ayacucho
Here
Warsaw
LOT
Ban Lifted on Sabin Vaccine for Adults
Washington officials lifted a three month old ban on adult use of Type 3 Sabin oral poliovirus vaccine. Surgeon General Luther L Terry endorsed all Sabin types after a Public Health Service advisory committee reviewed evidence on the live vaccine. Eleven polio cases, eight over age 30, were reported from 15 million Type 3 doses and seven cases, four over 30, from 31 million Type 1 doses.
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Washington
UPI
Luther L. Terry
Public Health Service’s
PHS
BPW Moves to Cut Relief Cheating Funding
Charleston dispatch reports the State Board of Public Works approved trimming $750,000 from the proposed $10 million public assistance budget for 1963-64 to boost roll-checking and reduce ineligible relief recipients. Welfare officials sought $22.5 million total, but budget director Truman Gore recommended $15.9 million. expected savings of $1.5 million in federal and state funds were cited.
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Charleston
UPI
State Board of Public Works
State Welfare Department
Truman E. Gore
W."bertnard Smith
Gore
Vet School Set At WVU Vet School Set At WVU
West Virginia University reorganizes the College of Agriculture Forestry and Home Economics into a new department of animal industry and veterinary science effective January 1. The new unit will combine dairy science animal and veterinary science poultry science and agricultural biochemistry nutrition work. Dr. Robert S. Dunbar will head the department after moving from his role as statistician for the Agricultural Experiment Station.
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Morgantown
UPI
West Virginia University
College of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics
WVU
Paul A. Miller
University
Miller
Robert S. Dunbar
Agricultural Experiment Station
University of Rhode Island
Cornell University
Dunbar
648 Seized in Federal Pinball Machine Crackdown
FBI and IRS agents across 12 states confiscated 648 coin operated pinball machines in 112 communities with a target to reach 1,000. The illegal status hinged on owners lacking a $250 federal excise tax stamp, a ruling in Kansas last April. Raids hit Cicero Illinois nine sites 17 machines Streator Illinois seven machines Cincinnati area 24 machines 16 taverns Minnesota 16 establishments Pittsburgh area about 50 machines. action is civil with no criminal charges.
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UPS
Treasury
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Kansas
United Press International
Cicero
Ill
Chicago
Streator
Cincinnati
Ohio
Minnesota
Pittsburgh
West Virginia Not in Raids on Pinball Machines
UPI reports West Virginia did not take part in nationwide raids on coin operated pinball machines. IRS Intelligence chief Charles Maerker said WV agents joined others in seizing machines in key cities under a new law that classifies certain pinball machines as taxable.
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Parkersburg
UPI
West Virginia
Charles Maerker
Internal Revenue Service Intelligence Division
IRS
Washington
Bryant invites Kennedy to Orange Bowl for New Year’s Day
Gov Farris Bryant in Tallahassee extends invitation to President Kennedy to attend the Orange Bowl in New Year’s Day. The game in Miami features Alabama versus Oklahoma while the presidential family spends holidays in Palm Beach.
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Tallahassee
Fla
UPI
Farris Bryant
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Alabama
Oklahoma
Skybolt dispute widens into Western defense rethink
Stewart Hensley reports from Nassau that the Skybolt crisis reveals the broader NATO military challenge. The United States and Britain proceed with new studies to reassess overall Western defense posture, aiming to align nuclear plans with allied conventional strength and deter Soviet threats. The Skybolt issue stretches beyond a single missile program, signaling a push for broader unity among NATO powers.
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U.S
Britain
Europe
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Nikita S. Khrushchev
NATO Council
Paris
Kennedy
Nuclear Club
NATO
Barry Goldwater declines 1964 VP bid says will seek re election
Barry Goldwater R Arizona said he will not run for vice president in 1964 but will seek re election to Congress. He answered with an absolute no when asked if he would accept second place on a GOP presidential slate. He stressed the Senate and Congress are important and he wants to continue in government.
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Phoenix
Ariz
UPI
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Congress
White House
LBJ
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Mob Attacks U.S. Consulate in Katanga riot
About 200 students from Elisabethville University attacked the U.S. consulate in Katanga. They hurl stones set a shed on fire and ripped down the flag while police fired over the crowd. Consul John Dean and three staff hid inside as demonstrators dispersed after an hour.
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Elisabethville, Katanga
UPI
United States
Elisabethville University
Kennedy
Hiroshima
Katanga
John Dean
U. S
Miner Killed In Slate Fall At Amigo Mine
Frank Marion Grose, 36, of Cool Ridge, died instantly from chest injuries in a slate fall at Amigo No. 6 mine Wyco around 7:05 p m Wednesday. A machine operator employed about two years, he was crushed beneath a kettle-bottom slate formation with no warning. Officials and state mine inspectors were at the scene. the body lay at Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home.
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Frank Marion Grose
Cool Ridge
Amigo No
Wyco
Grose
Rose and Quesenberry Funeral Home
407th Highway Victim Killed In West Virginia Toll Rises
A 65-year-old passenger William A. Keaton of West Hamlin was killed when his car collided with a truck on U S 60 near Culloden Cabell County. Two other occupants Homer Johnson and Ralph Neal of Milton were not seriously injured. Death toll for West Virginia highways in 1962 reaches 407, compared with 357 a year ago.
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UPI
U. S. 60
Culloden
Cabell County
William A. Keaton
West Hamlin
Lincoln County
Homer Johnson
Ralph Neal
Milton
West Virginia
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