Priests killed in Congo violence amid UN reports
UN sources said 20 Roman Catholic missionaries were beaten with bicycle chains and fatally injured by marauding Congolese troops on New Year’s Day near Kongolo in Katanga. A seminarian testified under oath to UN officials in Buka. The killings followed earlier reports of massacres amid Congo turmoil.
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Congo
UPI
United Nations
Kongolo
Katanga
Kivu
U.N
Buka
Stroops Royal
Eotaineyville
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Joseph Pakassa
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Elisabethville
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Land Rejection Ruling Stated For Rainbow Valley Areas
PHOENIX UPS Bureau of Land Management director Fred J. Weiler cites a USGS report showing groundwater in Rainbow Valley and Waterman Wash areas declining rapidly due to overdraft. Over 400 applications for 169 acre homesteads are pending amid water shortages and high cultivation costs.
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Phoenix
UPS
Rainbow Valley
Waterman Wash
Bureau of Land Management
Fred J. Weiler
BLM
U.S. Geological Survey
Gila Bend
Weiler
Waterman’ Wash
New Savings Bond Planned to Aid College Costs
Washington reports a proposal for an Education Savings Bond to help families save for college. If issued the bond would pay a higher return than the 3 percent earned by Series E and H bonds at maturity but faced opposition from key lawmakers. The Treasury favored the idea in 1959 but dropped it due to bank competition and concerns it would undercut the savings bond program.
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Washington
UPI
Treasury
Van Doren Is Sentenced After Guilty Plea
Charles Van Doren of Columbia University pleaded guilty to perjury in the rigged Twenty One quiz show case and received a suspended sentence. Judge Breslin noted the evident humiliation and said the punishment began when the cheating was exposed. Van Doren and fellow contestants Bloomgarden and Miss Von Nardroff admitted guilt and were given suspended terms.
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New York
UPI
Charles van Doren
Breslin
van Doren
Doren
Grand
Congressional
Nardroff
Bloomgarden
Miss von Nardroff
Mayor Guest Former Ciney Figure To Attend
Local report notes a former Ciney mayor, taft era connection, listed as guest of honor at an upcoming civic event. Details remain sparse but connection to historical city leadership is emphasized.
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Cinc
Chiales Taft
Algiers clashes over plastic device injures Arabs and Europeans
In Algiers a plastic hazardous device in Bone triggers a fatal incident killing Arabs and injuring many. A Moslem mob attacks a European and fires on an oil dump and car. Troops close streets to separate Arabs and Europeans amid ongoing violence linked to the Algeria conflict.
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Algeria
UPI
Bone
Secret Army Organization
OAS
Scottsdale Council OKs Won derbowl Downey Center Zoning
Scottsdale city council approved zoning for the Wonderbowl Downey shopping center at the northwest corner of Scottsdale and McDowell Roads. Plans include a 151000 sq ft Wonderfair department store a 90000 sq ft unit for small shops and an 800000 sq ft 84 unit apartment buffer around the site.
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Scottsdale
Scottsdale and
McDowell Roads
Wonderfair
Huge Airlift Swings Into Second Day
In Germany four large US transport planes arrived at Rhein Main Air Base signaling the second day of Opera tion Long Thrust II. The airlift aims to reinforce Western European defenses with speed and efficiency carrying 5 400 soldiers from Fort Lewis Washington to Germany by week end. The first troops landed Tuesday from the 4th Infantry Division battle groups for maneuvers in Bavaria. One group returns to the United States in February while the other two remain in Germany for an indefinite period.
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Frankfurt
Germany
Bavaria
United States
Fruit and vegetable prices to climb nationwide
ST LOUIS Mo. Fruits and vegetables will rise in U S markets due to frosts in Texas California and Florida according to U S Department of Agriculture market reporter Fred Tuttle. He added that exact price increases are not yet known.
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VPT
Texas
California
Florida
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Fred Tuttle
Tuttle
Rescuers Seek Missing Boy Scouts in Abandoned Mine
Rescue workers using a bulldozer and heavy equipment attempt to bore into an abandoned mine in Philipsburg Pa to find two Boy Scouts Wesley Lowe 13 and Larry Lee 19 missing since Sunday. A neighbor James Anderson 14 saw them enter the mine which drops about 50 feet with water up to 10 feet deep in spots.
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Philipsburg
UPS
Wesley Lowe
Larry Lee
James Anderson
Knight Bows Out Aiding Nixon Bid
Former California Governor Goodwin Knight withdraws from the governor race prompting three Republicans to run against incumbent Edmund G. Brown. Nixon, Harold Powers, and Joseph Shell emerge as contenders while Knight declines to name support. Brown calls Knights withdrawal a test of moderates in the party.
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UPI
Goodwin J. Knight
Edmund G. Brown
Knight
Nepauus Rms
Richard M. Nixon
Harold Powerk
Joseph Shell
Los Angeles
Brown
Powers
Pema Mae 2
Neva
Weil
Nixon
US Senate
William F Knowland
Scottsdale election debate on voting machines and polling sites
Scottsdale officials and candidates clash over voting machines. Law requires one machine per 650 voters and 14 precincts exist, but current limits yield one per 3,000 voters. A proposal to add sites at Hohokam School and city hall was halted until after registration closes.
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Searies
Scottsdale
Art Petersen
St. Hohokam School
Bill Schrader
Enn
Searles
Gas Pipeline Blast Kills Eight in Alberta
Eight men employed by Piggott Pipeline Co. are dead and four injured after a 20 inch lateral gas line explosion near Edson Alberta. The blast, described as Alberta’s worst such disaster, injured Reinhard Welch who suffered severe burns. RCMP cordoned the area as investigations continue and victims’ identities await verification. Gas flow to the United States remained undisturbed.
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Alta
Piggott Pipeline Co. Etd
Calgary
Alberta Gas Trunk Pipeline
Alberta Gas
San Francisco
United States
Fox Creek
Traffic Toll Up By 2 In Arizona Deaths From Weekend Crashes
Arizona's traffic toll rose by two as two people died from injuries suffered in weekend crashes. John Henry Pierce, 78, of Apache Junction, died Tuesday night at Southside Hospital in Mesa from a crash east of Mesa last Saturday. His wife and the other driver were injured earlier. Benjamin Russell Baskin, 68, of Georgia, died Tuesday from injuries after his car left the road and hit a tree near Show Low Monday. He was alone.
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UPI
Arizona
Highway Patrol
John Henry Pierce
Apache Junction
Southside
Mesa
Ruth
Benjamin Russell Baskin
Georgia
Patrick Named Bank President
The Villey Battle Nation named James E. Parte as the new president of Patrick Bank. Former executive vice president Petsad was among the directors seen in Phoenix this afternoon.
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Patrick
Phoenix
UPI
Villey
James E. Parte
Petsad
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