Khrushchev seeks Summit to bolster prestige in Moscow
NEA reports Khrushchev seeks a new East-West summit to shore up his waning influence at home and in the international Communist movement. Alexei Adzhubei visits Washington to discuss access and write for Izvestia while Kremlin factions contend over leadership and policy.
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New York
NEA
Khrushchev
Kennedy
U. S
Russia
Washington
Alexei Adzhubei
International Communist Movement
Moscow
Earhart Remains Reported Found On Saipan Island
A San Francisco radio newsman says the remains found on Saipan may be Amelia Earhart and Fred Noonan. An anthropology professor will examine the remains, but officials caution they are only a possibility and not confirmed. The finder previously linked a Saipan crash to Earhart’s 1937 world flight attempt.
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UPI
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Amelia Earhart
Fred Noonan
Jules Dundes
KCBS
Goerner
Pacific
Theodore McCown
University of California At Berkeley
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Noonan
Dundes
Saipan
Miss Earhart
Bendix Aviation Corporation
Tax paid by Diner's Club creates cash mix up
Washington reportedly ran a humorous tale where a worker accidentally sent Diner's Club and IRS checks to the wrong payee and banks cashed the swapped payments. The column narrator jokes about paying taxes early with credit cards and ending up $93.50 ahead due to the error.
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UPI
Conrad Hilton
U.S.A
Internal Revenue Service
Revenue Service
Richmond
The
Two Americans Among 52 Die In Argentine Jet Crash
A British built Argentine jetliner en route to New York crashed near Sao Paulo Brazil early Thursday killing all 52 aboard. Among the dead are two men believed American and three Argentines headed to join relatives in New York plus an Austrian. Argentine toll this year reaches 173 with earlier crashes totaling 122. Names include Gilbert J. Lay an American businessman and William Boryk an American. Marta Smart 17 daughter of a U.S. manager for Argentine Airlines is among Argentine victims.
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Brazil
UPI
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Here
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William Boryk
Marta Smart
Alberto
U.S
Smart
Five Die in Yukon Airplane Crash Near Mountain Base
UPI reports five killed and three injured when a C119 crashed into a 5,000 foot Yukon mountain near Whitehorse after a refueling stop. A search for two missing U S airmen continued in zero temperatures as witnesses saw five parachutes and a burning wreck. Survivors and others were from Texas.
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Yukon Territory
Canada
UPI
U. S
Alcan
Texas
Randolph Raps Post Editorial
West Virginia Senator Jennings Randolph condemned a weekend Saturday Evening Post editorial that urged lifting import restrictions on foreign residual oil. He called the piece misleading unfortunate unfair and untrue and released his letter replying to the magazine.
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Washington
UPI
Saturday Evening Post
West
Johnson dies in Kilby electric chair at age 19
A 19 year old Negro, Joe Henry Johnson, died in Kilby Prison during electrocution for the rape murder of 62 year old Miss Dick Boyd near Athens Alabama in 1959. He had pleaded guilty and the Supreme Court upheld the sentence.
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Ala
UPI
Kilby
Joe Henry Johnson
Johnson
Dick Boyd
Athens
Supreme Court
British minister questions Soviet bomb risk claims
Lord Hailsham says leading authorities doubt that the 55 megaton Soviet test will raise strontium 90 in human bones to a level of risk. Eisenhower criticizes military officers engaging in politics, while an East German economist laments open borders draining the economy of West Berlin. Janet Welling defends Terry Jo Duperrault’s account of the Bluebelle sinking.
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East
West Berlin
Green Bay
Wis
Janet Welling
Terry Jo Duperrault
Gloomy Day May Have Cut Mishaps
A drenching rain across West Virginia on a gloomy Thanksgiving Day reduced traffic mishaps with only one fatality reported in the first 40 hours of the four day holiday. Rain totaled up to an inch and a half in many areas and ceased near midnight allowing shoppers to begin Christmas spending. In Charleston a giant Christmas tree will be lit downtown and Huntington will decorate streets and hold a Santa Claus parade. Merchants’ alliance will pay for shoppers’ bus rides downtown with riders covering their return fare. The lone death was a Northern Panhandle woman.
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Wie
Udy
Charleston
Huntington
Huntington Merchants
Merchants’ Alliance
Panhandle
Toll climbs toward 200 in Thanksgiving traffic
The Thanksgiving travel toll rose toward the 200 mark as adverse weather kept drivers off the highways. At 10:30 a.m. EST, United Press International counted 161 traffic deaths since the holiday period began, with California leading at 24 deaths and Illinois, New York following.
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Safety Council
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Illinois
New York
Detroit mother crowned Mrs. America in 1962 pageant
Lila Masson of Detroit won the 23rd annual Mrs. America contest in Fort Lauderdale beating more than 50 contestants. Her husband Cleve Masson pledged to serve breakfast in bed once. Irene Pelletier of Fort Kent Maine named Mrs Congeniality as the oldest participant.
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Fla
UPI
Detroit
Irene Pelletier
Fort Kent
After we conquer space we may solve traffic problems
A succinct remark notes that space conquest could free time to address Earth traffic issues, implying technology and progress may reduce congestion and improve daily life. The quote frames space exploration as a solution to earthly concerns.
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Space
Earth
De Gaulle and Macmillan to Meet in London Talks
Paris reporter notes President Charles de Gaulle flies to London for a conference with Prime Minister Harold Macmillan. Diplomats say the aim is to win a united Western front on Berlin and press De Gaulle to drop opposition to early negotiations with the Russians.
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Paris
UPI
Charles de Gaulle
London
Harold Macmillan
Berlin
Macmillan
de Gaulle
Moscow
Three Astronauts Picked for Forest Orbital Ride
United Press International reports three U S astronauts were chosen for America’s first manned orbital flight. Alan B. Shepard Jr. John H. Glenn Jr. and M Scott Carpenter are the top trio with one destined to ride a modified rocket for about 4 hrs. The plan follows Soviet orbital attempts by Gagarin and Titov. A chimpanzee rehearsal flight remains to be completed before an American orbital mission.
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Glenn Jr
M. Scott Carpenter
John H
Cape Canaveral
Earth
Free World
Yugi Gagarin
Gherman Titov
Gagarin
Titov
Soviet Union
Shepard
Glenn
Carpenter
U.S
Eisenhower backs Kennedy on extremists and politics
Former President Eisenhower endorsed President Kennedy in denouncing extremists and urging armed forces officers to keep out of politics. He criticized “super-patriots” and noted he himself has been accused of Communist connections by a right wing leader. The remarks aired on CBS Reports after the November election.
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API
Eisenhower
Kennedy
United States
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS Reports
Valley Drive two-car wreck yields $100 damages and arrest
A noon Valley Drive collision caused $100 damages and led to one arrest. Karen Hedrick, 25, of Uffington was ordered to appear in Beckley Police Court after striking Virginia Briguglio, of 407 City Ave, near the Kroger entrance. The out-of-town driver faced a charge of failure to keep her vehicle under control.
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Karen Hedrick
Uffington
Virginia Briguglio
City Ave
Krogers
Ice island Arlis II buzzed by Russian plane near Pole
America's ice island Arlis II, drifting toward the North Pole with 15 scientists and Navy personnel, was buzzed by a Russian two engine plane on Sept. 24. The island lies 300 miles north of Wrangel Island and 1000 miles south of the Pole, frozen in for winter. Researchers from various universities and agencies study oceanography underwater acoustics marine biology and geophysics aboard fourteen prefab buildings.
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API
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North Pole
Russia
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Kennedy, Khrushchev World Talks and Missing Son Update
President Kennedy spent Thanksgiving at Hyannis Port holding talks on military spending civil defense and international trade with Defense Secretary McNamara leading a high level group. Khrushchev said the Soviet Union no longer sees northern Europe as peaceful during a Novosibirsk luncheon with Kekkonen. The U N Security Council planned Cuba Dominican Republic and Congo discussions with little expected beyond rhetoric. Gen Lucius Clay briefed West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt on Kennedy’s talks with Adenauer. Gov Rockefeller and Dutch official Jansen warned it may take weeks to locate missing son Michael in southern New Guinea.
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Robert S. McNamara
Nikita Khrushchev
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Khrushchev
Urho Kekkonen
Novosibirsk
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Kekkonen
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Congo
Lucius Clay
West Berlin
Willy Brandt
Konrad Adenauer
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New Guinea
Michael
Eibrink Jansen
1st JFK Budget Reached By EDWARD COWAN
UPI reports Kennedy's 1963 budget nearing completion with a projected federal revenue around 92 billion dollars and expenditures near 91 billion, signaling a balanced budget despite a current 7 billion deficit. Military spending may rise to about 48.5 billion, with January 18 targeted for sending the budget to Congress.
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UPI
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Congress
Eisenhower
Santo Domingo Enforces 11 Hour Curfew After Uprising
Santo Domingo remains under an 11 hour curfew as tanks and troops patrol the streets to halt violence and looting tied to what President Joaquin Balaguer calls a Communist uprising. A reinforced U.S. naval squadron watches offshore as Balaguer says dignity and stability will guide a coalition government while not resigning. The city’s name is restored to Santo Domingo de Guzman, ending the Ciudad Trujillo designation.
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D.R
UPI
Joaquin Balaguer
U.S
West Virginia Weather Forecast Update
Cloudy with occasional rain in West Virginia today and cool conditions across the state. Highs mid 50s in the north and low 50s in the south, with lows in the 30s tonight. Five day outlook calls for near normal temps, showers Tuesday, and a mix of cooler and warmer days through Sunday and Monday. River gauges show Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake Bluestone normal and clear with 6.7 gate openings and a new gauge at 3.5 ft near Hinton.
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