Butch the boxing dog condemned to die in Britain
A court ordered the Boxer dog Butch to be put down after years of biting other dogs despite psychiatric treatment. Owner Mrs. Constance Gamble plans to appeal, while the Canine Defense League vows to contest, arguing the dog can be cured. The judge cited public safety and canine bites as grounds for destruction.
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Michael Claffey
London
UPI
Butch
Sir Arthur Howard
Constance Gamble
Bus Riders Strike Strands New York City Commuters
A strike by the two largest New York City bus lines disrupted service for 1.3 million riders. Subways and city bus lines absorbed the displaced travelers as traffic slowed in Queens and Brooklyn during an early snow.
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New York
Queens
Brooklyn
Manhattan
Midtown
Yankee Coast Guard Man Arrested For Flag Theft
A Yankee Coast Guardsman, 18 year old Robert C. Wells, was caught Monday night stealing a Confederate flag from a pole in front of Portsmouth City Hall. Officer H. D. Ivey chased Wells across a half block and captured him. Wells faces larceny charges.
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Portsmouth
UPI
H. D. Ivey
Robert C. Wells
Coast Guard
City Hall
Wells
Massachusetts
Red Spy Ring Under Probe In Britain
British security agents investigate a Soviet spy ring posing as domestic workers in scientists and military officers homes. The tip came from East German defector Gunter Maennel via Daily Mail and Daily Sketch.
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Red
Britain
London
Gunter Maennel
Daily Mail
Daily Sketch
East Germany
Danish Arms Exports To Indonesia Suspended
Copenhagen Denmark AP reports Denmark halted all arms shipments to Indonesia over the threat to seize West New Guinea. Sources say most deliveries were machine guns and Danish law permits suspending exports to troubled regions. The Dutch government has voiced discontent with Denmark’s policy.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
Indonesia
West New Guinea
Copyright Expiry Lets Gilbert and Sullivan Operettas Enter Public Domain
London AP reports that for the first time in British history the Gilbert and Sullivan operettas have entered public property at midnight December 31. Producers may now streamline or rewrite though none has done so yet. The copyright did not apply in the United States where liberties have been taken. Critics welcomed the end of copyright and some urged changes, while 500000 traditionalists had urged Parliament to extend it, but Parliament refused to continue the 50 year copyright.
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London
United States
Gromyko Held 214-Hour Meeting With U S Envoy
In Moscow, US Ambassador Llewellyn Thompson and Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko conferred for two hours in the first step toward a new effort to establish a basis for East West Berlin negotiations. Thompson avoided details and noted further talks may occur.
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Moscow
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Andrei A. Gromyko
Berlin
Gromyko
Guatemalan President Links April Invasion to Castro Fear
President Miguel Ydigoras says last April's Cuba invasion by forces trained in Guatemala frightened Fidel Castro and halted his regional aggression. He claims anti-Castro Cubans were trained in Guatemala, cites Bay of Pigs as a victory, and says Guatemala secretly trained exiled Cubans for a military campaign while planning to recover British Honduras through reason and justice.
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Guatemala
Miguel Ydigoras
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Bay of Pigs
South America
Oyeten Ydigoras
United States
Ydigoras
British Honduras
Britain
Hundreds Delayed As 1962 Plates Fail to Catch Up
In Syracuse hundreds of Greyhound passengers faced delays up to six hours as 1962 license plates did not reach all buses. NY requires new plates by Jan 1 with Jan 31 deadline for operators. A spokesman noted drivers from a key union refused to run with old plates, and about 45 buses waited for plates.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Greyhound
New York
Odd New Year Tales From Across the Nation
The article notes quirky first baby of 1962 in Iosco County Michigan named First. Peekskill NY reports its first baby of 1962 born to Dorlin Kall, mirroring a 1959 distinction. Vermont Free Press fails to attract takers for a safety campaign funeral offer. Maryland protesters at a New Year open house later picket the governor’s mansion.
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Andrew Meisels
Associated Press
Iosco County
Mich
Larry
Dorlin Kall
Peekskill
N.Y
Kall
Peekskill Hospital
Burlington ,Vt
Free Press
Vermont
Southern Hospitality
Maryland
Kennedy Defense Advisers Confer On 1962 Military Needs
President Kennedy convenes his top defense team in Palm Beach for two days of talks with Vice President Johnson and the Joint Chiefs to outline military requirements for 1962 within a budget exceeding 50 billion dollars. McNamara Gilpatric Taylor Lemnitzer Decker LeMay Anderson and McCone join in the planning.
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Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Gen
Maxwell D. Taylor
Armed Forces
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Lyman L. Lemnitzer
George H. Decker
Army
Curtis E. LeMay
Air Force
George W. Anderson Jr
Naval Operations
East German wall boasted as impregnable despite escapes
East Berlin officials claimed the Berlin wall is so tall and strong that neither God nor the devil can help anyone cross. West Berlin papers noted at least two weekend defections. The remark targeted Bishop Otto Dibelius who cited Psalm 18 about leaping walls with divine aid.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Otto Dibelius
German Evangelical Church
Dibelius
Catalina S Drifts Dead in Water Off Florida Coast
The general cargo ship Catalina S., 2407 tons Panamanian registry, reported powerless drift in the Gulf of Mexico. A Coast Guard plane located it 150 miles west of St. Petersburg, while the freighter Irish Ash prepared to assist as the vessel lay dead in the water. Catalina S.’s destination remains unavailable.
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New Orleans, la
Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard
St.Petersburg, Fla
Irish Ash
Plaza Restaurant Serving Sarasota 32 Years Adv
This item notes the Plaza Restaurant in Sarasota has operated for 32 years, marking a long-standing local dining presence and ongoing service to the community.
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Plaza
Sarasota
Snowstorm Closes Schools Across Three States
A New Year snowstorm dumped up to a foot in Virginia and Tennessee and heavy falls in the South and East. Schools in 24 counties and 3 cities closed as traffic slowed and temperatures dropped into the coldest in New York and Maryland.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Tennessee
New England
Maryland
New York State
Watertown
Alabama
Georgia
Middle Atlantic Coast
South Atlantic Coast
South Atlantic Seaboard
Richmond
Delaware
Dover
Georgetown
Bridgeville
Atlantic City
N.J
Atlantic Ocean Resort
Carolinas
Weather Bureau
Washington
California
Florida Braces for Third Cold Front of Winter
A very strong cold front pushed Florida temperatures down with widespread fears of frost tonight. Pensacola hit 32 while Miami 46 and Orlando 43. forecast lows 25 to 32 in the north and 32 to 40 in South Florida. Showers ahead of the front dampened the Orange Bowl crowd and disrupted tennis cup matches but crops were not yet threatened.
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Miami
UPI
Florida
Pensacola
Miami Beach
Daytona Beach
Tampa
Orlando
Key West
Louisiana State
Colorado
Trouble Plagued Cartagena Reaches Halifax Harbor
The 4 million dredge Cartagena owned by Standard Dredging Co of New York arrived in Halifax harbor just ahead of a blizzard. The ship broke from the tug Vigilant amid a snowstorm near Quebec City, the crew abandoned ship, and Coast Guard rescued them. Four Vigilant crewmen later boarded the dredge, and the tug began towing her to Halifax.
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Halifax
N.S
Cartagena
Halifax Harbor
Standard Dredging Co
New York
Foundation
Vigilant
U.S. Coast Guard
Uprising in Lebanon Triggers Arrests and Violence
About 400 people were reported under arrest after a right wing group led a failed bid to align Lebanon with a pan Arab bloc. Five killed in fighting as authorities dissolved the PPS and closed the Syrian border to capture two fleeing captains. Large arm caches seized in PPS strongholds across villages.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Popular Social Party
PPS
Iraq
Syria
Jordan
Palestine
Cyprus
U.A.R
Portuguese insurgents sought after failed barracks uprising
In Beja Portugal a three hour clash with soldiers left about 40 rebels dead or captured and Capt Joao Maria Paulo Varela Gomes near death. Lt Col Jaime Filipe da Fonseca was slain after entering the barracks seeking surrender prompting tightened security and the cancellation of a Lisbon rally for mourning. The uprising, tied to Salazar's 1962 policy outline, began New Year’s morning and follows recent setbacks from Goa to the Santa Maria liner.
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Beja
Portugal
Antonio Salazar
Joao Maria Paulo Varela Gomes
Salazar
Jaime Filipe da Fonseca
Lisbon
da Fonseca
Santa Maria
High Seas
Goa
Freedom Bid of Tshombe Due Reward
Moise Tshombe of Katanga will receive an award at a March 7 rally by Young Americans for Freedom in New York. The event honors the embattled Katangan people for fighting communism, with Hoover, Dodd, and Walker among awardees and Goldwater and Tower among speakers.
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Tshombe
New York
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Young Americans For Freedom
Herbert Hoover
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Edwin A. Walker
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
John Tower
Texas
Extra 24 Hours For Tax Returns Deadline Shift
Washington AP Modern tax deadline extended by 24 hours as April 15 falls on a Sunday This year the due date moves to Monday April 16 The IRS will treat returns received by midnight as timely and postmark timing is honored under law Mortimer Caplin announced the extension to taxpayers and IRS offices
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Washington
Mortimer M. Caplin
Internal Revenue
IRS
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