Decentralize Federal Offices to Boost Cities Nationwide
Washington lawmaker Rep. Henry S. Reuss proposes moving future federal offices to other regions to ease traffic and water strain in the capital and spark cultural growth elsewhere. He warns a new agency would be needed to oversee decentralization, potentially creating more traffic and cultural burdens in Washington.
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UPI
Henry S. Reuss
Wisconsin
Reuss
al Haq
Congress
17 Dead In New Congo Fighting
ELISABETHVILLE Katanga troops repelled central government forces from the border after a clash that left 17 dead 15 Congo soldiers and 2 Katanga troopers. Two Katanga officers were wounded. The fighting occurred about 30 miles north of Kongolo as UN patrols searched for Maj Arjeet Singh, a Gurkha major missing since Wednesday.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
UPI
Congo
Kivu
Kongolo
Kantaga
U.N
Arjeet Singh
Singh
Moise Tshombe
West Virginia Weather Report Mixed Skies and Warm Trend
West Virginia forecasts show mixed cloudiness with mostly sunny spells and a warm-up. Daytime highs reach the mid 40s citywide with 36 to 42 in the mountains, tonight's low mid 20s, and Friday remaining mostly cloudy with little temperature change. Beckley shows a 34 high and 20 low, Oak Hill 33 high and 17 low, river readings indicate Greenbrier normal and clear, Lake Bluestone cloudy, gauge 3.1 ft at Hinton.
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Beckley
Axel Ae
Oak Hill
Hinton
Soviet Envoy Walks Out At Dinner Honoring Stevenson
Soviet U.N. Ambassador Valerian Zorin angrily left a World Humanitarian Award dinner at the Astor Hotel after Vice President Johnson praised Western Cold War gains. Zorin, flanked by Bulgarian and Ukraine ambassadors, protested via interpreter. Yugoslav and Polish envoys stayed. Johnson continued, noting a hazardous European defense and European recovery postwar.
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Edward V. McCarthy
New York
UPI
U.N
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Lyndon Johnson
Adlai Stevenson
Zorin
Bulgaria
Ukraine
Astor Hotel
Medico
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Zerin
United Nations Ses
Barron to Ask Legislature for Reapportionment
Gov. W. W. Barron plans to ask the January legislature to reapportion its membership and to add a constitutional amendment permitting sheriffs to serve successive terms. The call will include many items, but final form awaits a Dec. 15 non partisan conference’s recommendations.
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Charleston
UPI
W. W. Barron
Rda Bomi Uniited Press International
Barron
President Kennedy weighs South American trip for aid push
President Kennedy considers a six day journey to Venezuela and Colombia next month to promote the Alliance for Progress. A final decision is due within a week. Mrs Kennedy may accompany him as his first South American presidential voyage.
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Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Venezuela
Colombia
Alliance For Progress
South America
White Hope
Pierre Salinger
Shortening The News From Wire Di Pope John XXIII Birthday Message
Vatican sources say Pope John XXIII acknowledged an unexpected birthday message from Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev through the Soviet ambassador to Italy. In Algiers terrorists killed a European in Belcourt district as two Muslims died, amid Algeria’s violence spike. Senator Sherman Cooper urged U.S. Canada join the European common market, calling it an economic power greater than the Soviet Union. The U.S. population clock nears 185 million, projecting 250 million by 1980 with one birth every 10.5 seconds. A harsh cold wave froze plains to 15 below zero and deep snow hit New York and New England. Highland shopping center fire in Indiana caused up to 4 million in damage. AFL-CIO construction leaders pledged further union support.
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Nikita Khrushchev
Vatican
Khrushchev
Italy
Belcourt
Algiers
Algeria
John Sherman Cooper
Haverford College
Pennsylvania
United States
Canada
Soviet Union
U. S
Kensus
Washington
New York
New England
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N. Y
Montpelier
Highland
Ind
Plans For Quiet Birthday Upset By Sir Winston
Sir Winston Churchill marks his 87th birthday with a breakfast of loysters and white wine then plans to attend the House of Commons after a birthday luncheon of roast suckling pig. He wakes at 11 30 a.m. to a flood of congratulatory mail and announces his day to his wife and servants.
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London
UPI
Winston Churchill
House of Commons
Churchill
Commons
Father 18 Refused Custody Of Daughter
In Denver a district court ruled 18 year old Leonard Benavidez cannot have custody of his infant daughter after his wife died in a car crash. The baby was given to her 36 year old maternal grandmother Jeannette Trujillo. Judge Henry E. Santo noted the father is a minor in the eyes of the law and questioned his ability to provide care. Visitation rights were to be granted as practical.
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Denver
UPI
Leonard Benavidez
District Court
Henry E. Santo
Jeannette Trujillo
Santo
Benavidez
Communists Shuffle High Command Amid Registration Deadline
UPI reports the U S Communist party headquarters in New York announced a leadership shuffle as it nears a midnight deadline to register as an arm of the Soviet Union. Officials would not identify new leaders, and staff said officers were unavailable. The American had named three possible leaders, but the office refused to confirm. The center of operations appeared moved.
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New York
UPI
U.S. Communist Party
Soviet Union
Manhattan
Chicago American
Elizabeth Gurley Flynn
Benjamin Davis
Gus Hall
Flynn
Communist Party
Hall
Russia loses interest in nuclear test ban talks say sources
Diplomatic sources in Geneva said Russia showed near zero chance of agreement in resumed talks with the United States and Britain. Moscow reportedly attended to salvage propaganda losses from a recent series of fallout loaded explosions, signaling indifference to a treaty with or without controls.
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Geneva
UPI
Russia
United States
Britain
Soviet Union
Moscow
Earl's Peaks and Old Bags and Young Chicks
A humorous observation notes the weight gap between junior and senior executives in offices, about 30 pounds. A Georgia man in Macon operates a poultry and burlap sack business with a card declaring him a dealer in old bags and young chicks.
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Macon
Trujillo's Body Sped From Island to Europe
The body of ex president Rafael L. Trujillo was removed from the family yacht Angelita in Caldera Dominican Republic and loaded onto a plane to Paris. Authorities say five suitcases held over $1 million in cash with other packages, guarded by armed sailors. His son Rafael Jr. lives in exile in Europe as the remains head for a likely flame memorial in Paris as peace talks continue.
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Santo Domingo
D.R
UPI
Rafael L. Trujillo
Angelita
Europe
Trujillo
Caldera
Paris
Rafel Jr
Navy
Southern Gets Armory Center Caretaker Post
Norman Southern will assume duties December 10 as caretaker at the Raleigh County Armory on the 1921 By Pass. Appointed by Brig. Gen. Gene H Williams, he will serve under Lt. Col. William F. Watts, custodial supervisor, replacing Thomas Vidovich who had held the post since October. Southern is a sergeant first class in Co A 16 Special Forces Group (Airborne) and fits the armory caretaker requirement of being a unit member, with space for Troop C in the By Pass facility. The move aligns with reserve units set to relocate to their new home on December 10, the same date as Southern’s employment.
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Norman Southern
Mankin Ave
Beckley
Raleigh County
Gene H. Williams
State Adjutant General
William F. Watts
Watts
Co. A
Southern
Special Forces
U. S. Army Reserve
Co. C. 4Th Battle Group
19Th Infantry
83Rd Infantry Division
Durwood A. McKinney
2389Th
USA Garrison
Harold B. Eagle
Hinton
South
Grand Champion Steer To Go On Block Today
A 1,050 pound Aberdeen Angus steer named Jack that won the International Livestock Exposition grand championship for Iowa State University was set for auction today at the 62nd annual exposition. The reserve champion from Pennsylvania State University also was listed for sale. Wilbur May of Reno Nevada bought a one third share in the junior champion bull Ankonian Ballet 57th for a record 102000 dollars, with Ankonty Farms retaining possession until after next year’s International.
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Chicago
UPI
Jack
Iowa State University
Pennsylvania State University
Wilbur May
Reno
Nev
Ankony Farms
Rhinebeck
N.Y
Ankonian Ballet
International
Glenn vows readiness for first orbital flight despite delays
An American space mission faces delays after a chimpanzee test ended early due to cooling and control problems in the Mercury capsule. John H. Glenn Jr. is chosen for the first manned orbital flight but scientists say the schedule hinges on solving the technical issues and possibly awaiting an unmanned test.
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UPI
America
John H. Glenn Jr
Earth
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Neil
Perce Cumin GuuDwap Ypulucu
Mercury
Walter Williams
Bermuda
Project Mercury
Robert R. Gilruth
U.S
Yuri Gargarin
Gherman Titov
Gilruth
Price Of Silver Makes Big Jump
New York reports silver rose to 1.0075 an ounce after the government halted selling. President Kennedy directed the Treasury to stop selling silver and pursue repeal of the domestic minting law, prompting a surge in silver stocks and prices worldwide. The effect on domestic production and jewelry costs remains to be seen.
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New York
UPI
Kennedy
Treasury
Santa Myth Dilemma Says Freeman For Parents
The British Medical Association cites a study by Hugh Freeman on how to handle a child’s question about Santa Claus. The piece notes a child may already doubt, suggests investigating what the child believes, and warns against bolstering a fading myth. Freeman says parents should decide their own belief first.
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Harry Ferguson
London
UPI
Santa Claus
British Medical Association
Hugh Freeman
P.ch
D.P.M
Freeman
Father Christmas
Enos Undergoing Medical Checkups at Bermuda Base
Enos the space chimpanzee, age 5 1/2, was brought to Kindley Air Force Base Bermuda for medical checkups before return to Cape Canaveral. He and the space capsule were recovered from the Atlantic 250 miles south of Bermuda by the destroyer USS Stormes after landing following two 17,500 mile per hour Earth orbits.
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Kindley Air Force Base
Bermuda
UPI
Enos
U.S
Cape Canaveral
Atlantic Ocean
U.S.S
Nuckols Approved for State Point System
Charleston based report says the state attorney general’s office backs the Motor Vehicles Department plan for a point system to track habitual traffic violators. The opinion notes the system should guide penalties and not trigger automatic suspensions without hearings.
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Charleston
UPS
Motor Vehicles Department
Motor Vehicles
Jack Nuckols
Nuckols
Asst
Atty
Claude A. Joyce
Joyce
USS West Virginia Mast Site Selected
Morgantown UPS The mast of the battleship West Virginia will be erected at West Virginia University in a small park with a concrete terrace and landscaping. Work has started on the park after renewed effort to raise the mast. The mast arrived from Bremerton Washington and was trucked around the state for display before arriving here. University Architect Charles Wagner says the aim is to create a strong impression of the state heritages education and military.
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UPS
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Bremerton
Wash
WVU
Charles Wagner
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