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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 29, 1961
Page
3
Photographs reveal ongoing research and activity at Detroit Arsenal as part of the Ordnance Tank Automotive Command OTAC responsible for all Army tracked and wheeled vehicles. OTAC’s current fiscal year budget stands at 1.2 billion dollars.
In Calabrian mountains police guard a quiet railroad stretch to curb sabotage after 70 riders died last Saturday. More than 3,000 peasants attacked stations and bent steel rails along the 68 mile line from Cosenza to Catanzaro as authorities detained the train's conductor and engineer on manslaughter charges.
San Diego Zoo officials report a mysterious disease has killed three lions in three days. Butch, a 4-year-old male, Vicki a brown female, and Kenya a 4-year-old female died after showing illness weeks following injections for internal parasites. Investigators trace potential link to the treatment advised by a drug company.
The Department of Defense plans an electronic brain to advise the Joint Chiefs of Staff on response to attack. It would generate alternate options if advice is not accepted, run war games for peacetime and wartime scenarios, and display results on maps for quick decision making.
FBI director J Edgar Hoover brands the U S Communist party as an arm of Moscow directed conspiracy against God and freedom The report notes American delegates pledged support to Khrushchev and appeared on Moscow TV Hoover cites 1961 gains including 12 4k criminal convictions 10 7k fugitives captured 150 million recovered and 19 000 stolen cars located
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In Tallahassee UPI reports engineer A Church protested the state road department board's vote to discard its 46 year old official seal for a new one. He compared the change to altering a family coat of arms after 300 years and said the old seal would be presented to him upon retirement.
The British National Milk Publicity Committee proposes the slogan Drive safely on milk as a holiday safety message. UPI notes the aim is to remind drivers to take care on festive journeys.
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