No Menu Confusion Tales From A Berlitz Dictiona
In a Washington column, Dick West recounts a Brazilian doctor touring the United States who ordered item No 6 everywhere and tasted endless variations, prompting memories of Berlitz’s diners dictionary. The guide translates dishes in 20 languages and explains ingredients and table terms to help diners.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Argentina
United States
New York
West Coast
St. Louis
Berlitz
Anghinares
Snow Traps 100 Hunters in New Mexico Blizzard
Snowbound roads and canyons in southern New Mexico hindered search for 200 deer hunters trapped since Sunday as three feet of snow and five foot drifts paralyzed highways. Weather disrupted police, National Guard, and game units, with more groups freed in Capitan and about 200 still trapped.
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Albuquerque
N. M
UPI
New Mexico
National Guard and Game Department
U.S. Weather Bureau
Capitan
West Virginia Weather Outlook and Five Day Forecast
Considerable cloudiness today with highs in the 50s north and 57 to 64 south. Occasional rain or drizzle tonight and Thursday with lows 45 to 53. Mild Thursday. five day outlook calls for above normal temperatures and rain Thursday ending Friday, then rain again Monday. Total rainfall projected at 0.5 to 1 inch. River and lake levels normal and clear.
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Beckley High
OGGY
Oak Hill High
Mutinous Congo troops force U.N. delegation flight
Mutinous Congolese soldiers drove a United Nations delegation from Kindu in Kivu Province and looted in Albertville North Katanga. The U.N. force sought to free 13 Italian airmen but failed. U.N. planes stood by as talks failed and concern over Italian captives rose. U.N. officials discussed joint intervention while O'Brien departed for New York for consultations.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
UPI
Congo
United Nations
Kindu
Kivu
Katanga
Albertville
U.N
George Ivan Smith
O'Brien
Elisabethville
Leopoldville
New York
U Thant
Sean McKeown
China May Have A Bomb By 1962
Beijing may have an independent nuclear program capable of producing an atomic bomb by 1962 amid reports from behind the Bamboo Curtain. Peiping is said to be pursuing the goal without Russian help amid Moscow opposition, with 1962 or possibly two years later cited as a potential first test date.
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K. C. Thaler
London
UPI
China
Peiping
Moscow
Red China
Marshal Chen Yi
Far East
Ho Chi Minh
Viet Nam
Nixon and Rockefeller press for immediate U.S. nuclear tests
Former Vice President Richard Nixon and Governor Nelson Rockefeller urged an immediate resumption of nuclear testing in separate statements. They warned President Kennedy to resist new test ban talks with the Soviet Union unless inspections are airtight, signaling strong GOP opposition.
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Richard M. Nixon
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Kennedy
Russia
Great Britain
Soviet ‘Union
Nixon
Chicago
Rockefeller
Albany
N.Y
United States
Five East German Refugees Escape Through Gunfire
Five East German refugees fled to West Berlin in an armored car after a barrage of Communist gunfire at the French sector border. The vehicle, reinforced with steel plates and bedding, survived the onslaught with a smashed windshield and a slashed tire, while three guards with pistols failed to stop them. Police noted gunfire possibly hit a refugee attempting to swim the canal. two more refugees fled within 24 hours.
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Berlin
UPI
West Berlin
Nordhafen
Tiergarten
Guatemala president urges wives to wear black negligees
Operation Negligee reported by Daily Oval clones claims Guatemala President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes told wives of cabinet ministers to wear black negligees at night to deter infidelity. He allegedly advised frequent trips to beauty parlors, according to confidential sources.
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Mexico City
UPI
Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes
Guatemala
Daily Oval
Five Nobel Winners Urge Nuclear Test Ban Letter
Five Nobel laureates including Albert Schweitzer joined nine other prominent figures in a UPI report urging President Kennedy to halt atmospheric nuclear tests. They urged retention of a proposed test ban treaty with adequate inspection and control and asked the United States to refrain from atmospheric detonations, not following the Soviet example.
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New York
UPI
Albert Schweitzer
Kennedy
Bertrand Russell
Francois Mauriac
Lord Boyd-Orr
Max Born
Schweitzer
Pablo Casals
Martin Buber
Israel
Brock Chisolm
Canada
World Health Organization
Canon L. John Collins
England
C. Rajagopalachari
Home Affairs
India
National Committee For A
U.S
US Would Fight Again To Keep Korea Free
President Kennedy warned the Communists that the United States would again fight if the Korean War resumed. In a joint communique with Gen Chung Hee Park, the American defense posture and aid to South Korea were reaffirmed as Park pledged to restore civilian rule in summer 1963.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Berlin
United States
Republic of Korea
Revolutionary
Chung Hee Park
White House
Park
Pentagon
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Flat feet policy riles Chicago police hiring
Chicago City Council subcommittee asks the Civil Service Commission to reconsider a policy barring applicants with flat feet from becoming policemen. UPI report notes the push amid concerns about hiring rules and equal opportunity.
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Plea For
Chicago
UPI
Chicago Civil Service Commission
Britain’s Top Bird Watcher Bets On A Bird Watcher
London. Dr Ludwig Koch, birthday celebrant and famed bird watcher, reports birds turning the tables on observers as a garden warbler brushes his microphone and flies off while he records cries of 178 birds. He notes accents vary among birds and people. A park bench scene elsewhere shows a crowd of bird watchers led by a binocular wielding lady.
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Harry Ferguson
London
UPI
Ludwig Koch
British Isles
Koch
Oxford
Thames
Debates Open On Global Disarmament At UN
At the United Nations the United States and Russia prepare to lead the main political committee in the annual debate on global disarmament. Soviet ambassador Valerian Zorin and U S ambassador Adlai Stevenson are the first speakers as U S officials defend postponing a nuclear test ban pledge. Meanwhile in Washington Senator Robert Byrd faces a welfare funding dispute tied to DC aid cuts affecting about 2,000 families with four children or more.
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Bruce W. Munn
United Nations
N.Y
UPI
United States
Russia
World Organization
Valerian A. Zorin
U. S
Adlai Stevenson
General Assembly
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Washington
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
District of Columbia
Byrd
Senate Appropriations
Mrs U S Savings Bond crowned at Mrs America pageant
Mrs Franklin H Terrall 37 of St Helens Ore was named Mrs U S Savings Bond at the Mrs America contest in Fort Lauderdale. The event opened a series leading to the 1961 Mrs America pageant on November 23. West Virginia’s entry is Mrs Alice Douglas of Parkersburg. Terrall previously won the state title in Morgantown, WV.
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Fort Lauderdale
Fila
UPI
Franklin H. Terrall
St. Helens
Ore
U. S. Savings Bond
West Virginia
Alice Douglas
Parkersburg
Morgantown
W. Va
Had Sy A lot of people are crazy to marry
A fragment discusses marriage and perceptions, noting many rush into wedlock without realizing consequences. It reflects social views and personal commentary from an era, with emphasis on relationships and timing.
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Emo
Lab Lofted To Test Space Travel Hazards
A 62-foot four stage rocket launched from Point Arguello California carried an 85 pound nose cone into an intense radiation belt and a meteorite shower for 25 minutes to study radiation and weightlessness hazards. The nose cone was to be recovered off Baja California by four ships and two planes after splashdown in the Pacific.
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Point Arguello
Calif
UPI
Pacific
Baja California
Macapagal Leads Philippines Election Vote Surge
Manila UPI reports Diosdado Macapagal holds a commanding lead as unofficial returns from 69 percent of ballots show 2,853,803 for Macapagal and 2,214,052 for Garcia. Pelaez leads for vice president with 1,886,024. Osmena 1,711,750. Puyat 1,355,262. Liberal party ahead in six of eight senate seats.
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Pelaez
Sergio Osmena
Commonwealth
Macapagal
United Press International
United States
Asia
Garcia
Osmena
Puyat
Liberal Party
Nacionalistas
Liberals
Pope and Episcopal Chief Hold Cordial 35 Minute Talk
Pope John XXIII met with Bishop Arthur D. Lichtenberger in a private Vatican library for 35 minutes to discuss Christian unity. The session was described as very cordial, with Lichtenberger planning a news conference to share his impressions.
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Daniel F. Gilmore
Vatican City
UPI
John XXII
Arthur D. Lichtenberger
Protestant Episcopal Church
United States
Vatican
Papal Apartments
Lichtenberger
St. Paul's Protestant Church
Rayburn Nearing The End At Bonham Texas
UPI reports House Speaker Sam Rayburn, 79, near death as cancer spreads through his body. A 10:30 a.m. bulletin from Risser Hospital Bonham says he sleeps soundly with diminished alertness. a family spokesman calls his death imminent and hours away. Rayburn has served 48 years in Congress and 16 years as speaker. The bulletin notes sinking spells and critical condition since last Saturday. Rayburn’s siblings and relatives are listed, including brother Dick Rayburn and sister Mrs. W A Thomas.
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William Johnston Bonham
Tex
UPI
Sam Rayburn
Risser Hospital
Bonham
Rayburn
Sam
U.S. House of Representatives
Risser
Dick Rayburn
Ector
Feuding GOP urged to unite for 1962 64 elections
Wire dispatches note Sen Barry Goldwater urged Republicans to close ranks after nomination to avoid repeating past losses when factions refused to support their candidate. Also covered are a Rembrandt auction in New York, a minor earthquake in Southern California, a celebrity divorce, Kennedy's comptroller of the currency appointment, anti Castro violence in Havana, a small US draft, Dominican sanctions, Sing Sing strike, Bonn Berlin remarks, a West Virginia double murder, and a closing tease for Page 2.
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Barry Goldwater
Arizona
GOP
Rembrandt
Aristotle
Homer
New York City
Alfred W. Erickson
California
Russia
Kurile Islands
Pacific
Cedric Hadwike
Mary Scott Hardwicke
Kennedy
James J. Saxon
Chicago
Havana
Berlin
United States
Dominican Republic
Sing Sing
New York
Mess Hall
Bonn
Hans Kroll
Moscow
Kroll
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Madison, Wis
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William Fairfield
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Adlai
The
Washington Post
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Lyndon B. Johnson
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