Laos Crisis Escalates As Pathet Lao Seizes Strongholds
SEATO met in emergency session over Laos crisis amid claims of Communist intervention. Pathet Lao rebels captured Phong Saly and Xieng Khouang with alleged aid from Chinese and North Vietnamese forces. Premier Souvanna Phouma fled toward Cambodia as Vientiane fell to pro-Western government losses. U.S. carrier task force and airlift activity increased in response to the fighting.
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Bulletin Bangkok
UPI
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
Council of
Laos
Vientiane
Viet Nam
Phong Saly
Xieng Khouang
Prince Boun Oum
U.S
Seato Council of Representatives
United States
U.S. Far East
South China Sea
Benmington
Lexington
Pathet Lao
Kong le
Ern
Congress Leaders Plan to Break Conservative Coalition
Liberal Democrats in Congress, aided by some Republicans, plan strategy to defeat the Senate filibuster and the conservative House Rules Committee to advance Kennedy’s agenda. Aiming to increase minimum wage, aid low income areas, school funding, aged care under Social Security, and federal housing, the group seeks to reshape rules with a larger liberal bloc and party leadership moves.
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Washington
UPI
Congress
Senate
Rule
House Rules Committee
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Plan to break House blockade eyed by liberals
Washington UPI report says Speaker Rayburn discussed a secret plan with liberal Democrats to enlarge the Rules Committee or alter its party ratio to aid passage of the Kennedy program. Holifield said details were not disclosed but confirmed a caucus was scheduled to push the plan.
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Rules Committee
Kennedy
House
Rayburn
Washington
UPI
Sam Rayburn
House Rules Committee
Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Holifield
William M. Colmer
Dmiss
Colmer
Nation
Democratic
Mississippi
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Democratic Study Group
Holi
Weather notes across West Virginia and national highs
West Virginia reports cloudiness with mountain snow flurries and cooler conditions Tuesday. In national figures, Miami Beach tops 80 degrees while International Falls reaches 26 below zero. Beckley shows no report, Oak Hill records a high yesterday and low last night, with Greenbrier river conditions normal and the lake frozen at five feet gates open. New gauge reads 3.1 feet.
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Oak Hill
Greenbrier
Unrest in Brussels and White House staff changes cited
An uneasy quiet in Belgium saw police and army trucks patrolling Brussels near the royal palace as gendarmes concentrated to head off trouble over austerity. Kennedy named Lawrence F. O'Brien to his White House staff as special assistant for personnel and congressional relations. A Cleveland suburb fire killed a mother Edith Steffee and her three sons. Senator Mansfield urged reducing U.S. troop strength in Europe by about 50 percent if Russia did likewise to ease peace and curb gold-dollar drain. Princess Margaret asked Irish visitors to consider a Roman Catholic monastery. Robert Horton enjoyed a Rose Bowl Parade ride after his Las Vegas wedding. Major General Ernest Moore, whose personal plane crashed in Munich killing 53, was reassigned to the U.S. A Vincente Minnelli note ends the snippet.
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Belgium
Brussels
Royal Palace
Parliament
John F. Kennedy
Lawrence F. O’brien
Springfield
Mass
White House
Cleveland
Edith Steffee
Davis
Michael
John
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Senate
United States
Europe
Russia
U.S
Princess Margaret
Elizabeth II
Robert Horton
Horton
Marilynn Bradley
Las Vegas
Nev
Davy Crockett In Army Service
The Army unveiled the Davy Crockett rocket launcher a jeep mounted weapon capable of firing atomic or conventional rockets across battle lines. A single GI could operate it from ground or vehicle while officials said radioactive fallout danger is minimized though not eliminated.
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Washington
UPI
Army
Crockett
Asst Marshal Tracks Hairy Monster With Camera
Beckley assistant state fire marshal Mike Gladwell and others search Braxton Webster area for a six foot tall hair covered creature described as a monster. A Dutch Owen Bakery driver revived the 1952 Braxton County Monster tale. Charles Stover reported seeing the monster loom by the road and glare before fleeing to a restaurant where he spilled coffee describing the event.
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Mike Gladwell
Beckley
Braxton - Webster County
Dutch Owen Bakery
Braxton County
Gladwell
Charles Stover
Labor secretary vows no union ties to public trust
Arthur J. Goldberg, incoming labor secretary, says he will sever all links with labor unions and two law firms to avoid any shadow of conflict. He asserts the public deserves leaders free from private holdings that could compromise public service. Cardinal Spellman offers Castro mental health help, Castro vows Cuba will defend itself, Khrushchev hopes U.S.-Soviet ties improve in 1961.
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Washington
Arthur J. Goldberg
Holiday Deaths Climb Toward Record Pace
United Press International reports a weekend New Year traffic toll surpassing 270 and nearing a 370 record. The National Safety Council warned the pace was well above estimates with 272 traffic deaths, 52 fires, and 67 miscellaneous for a 78-hour period. States leading fatalities included California 30, Texas 26, Illinois 18, Indiana 15, Wisconsin 14, New York 12, Florida 11, Ohio 10. Howard Pyle, NSC president, urged motorists to exercise caution.
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National Safety Council
United Press International
California
Texas
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
New York
Florida
Ohio
Michigan
New Mexico
Alaska
Hawaii
Iowa
Maine
New Hampshire
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Vermont
District of Columbia
Howard Pyle
Accentuate the Positive editorial plea for U S morale
A columnist urges Americans to focus on positives in public life. He argues that criticism from abroad and within harms national morale and suggests a New Year’s resolution to accentuate what is right in the USA. The piece cites Bug Dust by John Phillips and Count Your Blessings as starting points.
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United States
U. S
U.S.A
John Phillips
Kennedy Seeks Swift Aid Action For Economic Areas
President elect urges Congress to move quickly on a broad package to revive stagnant economies and reduce unemployment, backed by a plan to boost farm relief and area redevelopment. A New York housing expert, Robert Weaver, is named among notable appointments as Washington weighs cabinet choices.
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Congress
New York
Paul Douglas
D-Ill
Douglas
Ike
Mobutu Troops Lose Battle For Kivu Capital
Mobutu forces failed to seize Bukavu, facing Lumumba loyalists at the Kivu capital. About 20 hurt as fighting quieted on the frontier. 50 Mobutu troops disarmed by Belgians after an aborted crossing. U.N. reports conflict over who held Bukavu and mentions tensions with Belgium.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Joseph Mobutu
Kivu
Patrice Lumumba
U.N
Ruanda - Urundi
Mobutu
Bukavu
Congo
Bukavu Sunay
Baluba
Nyemba
Katanga
Belgium
Lumumba
Joseph Kasavubu
Ruanda-Urundi
Usumbura
Col
Lumumbist
Solons Back Kennedy Area Aid Action
Senators Humphrey McCarthy and Byrd pledge support for Kennedy task force on area redevelopment. Byrd will introduce funds for surplus food distribution and support a temporary emergency unemployment program as grants, plus action on emergency public works projects.
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Washington
API
Congress
Elct
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Eugene C. McCarthy
Minnesota
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
Humphrey
America
Byrd
Nixon elected Montana Senate majority leader in Helena
UPI reports Chuckles In The News that Richard Nixon, a liberal Democrat from Hogeland, Montana, was chosen Sunday night as majority leader of the Montana Senate. Other briefs note Colleen Marquardt’s lost German shepherd Rommel and a stolen PA system, a florist holdup capture, and Chicago Fire Department training on Molly O’Leary land.
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Dick Nixon
Helena
Mont
Rice Lake
Wis
UPI
Colleen Marquardt
Rommel
Ideal Training Ground
Chicago
Chicago Fire Department
Molly O’leary
Cuba Bombed With Leaflets Over Havana Parade
A small plane dropped leaflets urging Cubans to topple Fidel Castro. Anti aircraft units fired but the aircraft survived. Castro marked the revolution anniversary with a mass rally as he warned of a U.S. invasion and mobilized all armed forces and militias.
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Havana
Cuba
UPI
Pinar del Rio
Fidel Castro
Castro
United States
Fulgencio Batista
Peeping Tom Reported In Beckley
A man sought to voyeuristically peer into homes on Sunday night prompting both City and State Police to respond. Investigations centered on a S Kanawha Street address and a Cherry Street residence where a tar bucket and tracks suggested a man stood on the bucket to gain a better view into a living room. A woman confronted the intruder at a window.
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Beckley
S. Kanawha St
Cherry St
Birth timing dispute for first 1961 baby across states
United Press International reports a nationwide debate over when the first 1961 baby should be timed. Hospitals in Ohio California Washington Texas and elsewhere logged midnight births with differing clocks and methods. Doctors discuss timing by the moment the infant is first seen or first cries, sparking contest adjustments and claims.
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Meloptowsky
United Press International
California
Santa Ana Public Register
Los Angeles
Register
Orange County
Stork
Washington
San Antonio
Tex
Florentino Ramirez
Sally Smith
Robert B. Green Hospital
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U. S. Air Force
Sewart Air Force Base
Tenn
Hubert H. Humphrey
Minn
Kenneth B. Keating
N.Y
Howard W. Smith
Sam’ Bates
Ernest Moore
3Rd Air Force
Munich
Moore
Vincente Minnelli
Judy Garland
Darling
Davy Crockett
Marshal
Francis Cardinal Spellman
Normandy
Okinawa
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Merriman Smith
Palm Beach, Fla
Eisenhower
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Robert C. Weaver
Solons
William Stander
Mount Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Albert Dennison
Washington, D.C
Freeman Hospital
Franklin L. Peterson
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