Pope approves new cardinals and opposes birth control
Pope John XXIII names eight new cardinals including Americans Albert Meyer and Alois Muench. He warns against communism and declares artificial birth control unsound as a solution to world hunger, urging respect for religious liberty and conscience. The consistory raises the College of Cardinals to 79.
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Vatican City
John XXII
Albert Gregory Meyer
Chicago
Alois Muench
Fargo
N.D
United States
College of Cardinals
Vatican
Eisenhower Receives Massive Welcome in Greece
President Eisenhower, on a 22 000 mile goodwill tour, arrives in Athens after Tehran stop as King Paul I and Prime Minister Karamanlis greet him with huge crowds. Thousands of Greeks celebrate with flags and posters while U S aid is cited as key to Greece’s postwar rehabilitation. The tour continues to Tunis aboard the Des Moines after a Parliament address.
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Eisenhower
India
Iran
Greece
Athens
King Paul
Ellenikon
Paul I
Ellinikon
Tehran
Constantine
Constantine Karamanilis
Karamanlis
Bay of Phaleron
Hadrian
U.S
Acropolis
Parthenon
EDA
Royal Palace
Maj
John
Barbara Eisenhower
Paul
Frederika
Tatoi
Des Moines
Phaleron Bay
Tunis
New Delhi
Nehru
Twining remarks spark NATO friction in Paris talks
Gen. Nathan F. Twining labeled Western reactions to U.S. atomic weapons as excessive and dramatic. French Foreign Minister Maurice Couve de Murville expressed surprise at press disclosures of secret military committee debates and defended France's stance. Secretary of State Herter met NATO officials in Paris during nine days of talks to bolster NATO ahead of a potential summit with the Soviet Union. Douglas Dillon concluded economic talks in Europe, aiming to avert a trade war between the EEC and EFTA blocs.
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France
Nathan F. Twining
U.S Joint Chiefs of Staff
Twining
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
United States
Maurice Couve de Murville
Couve de Murville
Herter
NATO
Soviet Union
Paul-Henri Spaak
Lauris Narstad
Europe
Selwyn Lloy
Irm
Douglas Dillon
Tragic Crash Kills Expectant Mother Husband en Route to Hospital
In Lubbock a thundering crash near the city limits killed a pregnant Slaton woman, her husband James Hogue, and a man identified as Juan Vela Frusta. The unborn child also died. The Halliburtons, the Hogues’ parents, followed after and learned the tragedy later.
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Slaton
Texas weekend traffic toll rises with 28 dead in crashes
The Associated Press reports 28 killed over a weekend in Texas from 20 auto crashes and six fires. A dawn head on collision northeast of Crowell claimed four Ardmore Oklahoma residents and Vernon man bound for a quail hunt. Additional fatalities occurred in Arlington Abilene and other towns, with warnings that deaths may reach 111 through early January.
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Crowell
Ardmore
Okla
Duane Capps
Mary Burnett
Joe Pybus
Vernon
Bertie Burnett
Artie Riner
Margaret Holt
Oklahoma
Virgil Burnett
Carla Burnett
R. C. Sanders
Robert Lyles
Hines, Tex
Pybus
Robert Whaley
Arlington
Denver
Harris
Abilene
Hamilton
James Williams
Miguel Rosales
San Antonio
Sam Craig
Santa Anna
U.S
Bangs
Houston
Brenham
Taycres Set Up Calls to Santa
Snyder Jaycees arrange Santa telephone talks for local youngsters on Thursday and Friday nights from 7 to 9 p m. Children may call HI 3 3641 to speak with Santa Claus.
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Taycres
Santa
Mystery Man Identified After High Speed City Chase
Charles Frank Maturen 26 of Minnesota was identified as the mystery man. He led Snyder police on a chase after stealing a 1958 Oldsmobile convertible from Surfside Florida. Police learned the car was stolen Sept 30 in Florida and that Maturen faced Florida and New York car theft warrants. He was held for Sheriff John F. Kirk of West Palm Beach awaiting extradition. He was fined for traffic violations and will face the District Attorney.
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Snyder Police Department
Charles Frank Maturen
Minnesota
Florida
New York
Leonard White Maturen
Post Bend
Thirteenth Street
Avenue S
Jessie Browning
Twenty-fourth Street
Browning
Deep Creek
Maturen
Surfside
John F. Kirk
West Palm Beach
Snyder
White
Cotton Vote Set Tuesday
Cotton farmers and landowners or tenants and their wives vote on controls for the 1960 crop. Polling places in Scurry County include all cotton gins and the ASC office in Snyder. A favorable vote will insure support prices, though next year’s price is not yet announced. The 1959 support price averaged about 80 percent of parity.
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Scurry County
ASC
Snyder
Secretary of Agriculture
Weather snapshot for Texas regions with wintry mix forecast
Weather summary shows a mix of temperatures and conditions across Texas. North Central Texas expects cloudy skies with mild days and cool nights through Tuesday. Panhandle and South Plains face heavy snow, winds, and possible blizzard warnings with accumulations up to four inches. East and Central regions report showers and thunderstorms with a turn to colder air later Tuesday. West Texas and Pecos Valley see scattered showers and flurries with windy conditions.
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Dumas
Amarillo
Panhandle
New Mexico
Rockies
South Plains
Texas
Amarill
Perryton
Highway Department
Weather Bureau
Upper South Plains
Panhandle Plains
Snyder
Rearine
Upper Panhandle
Pecos Valley
United States council majority shrinks on UN Security Council
United States majority on the UN Security Council is set to drop from 10-1 to 8-3 after General Assembly elections for terms starting January 1. Poland joins the council, replacing Japan, with Turkey, Ceylon, and Ecuador also elected. The new lineup means the West faces tighter margins and possible veto constraints amid Cold War dynamics.
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United States
U.N. Security Council
General Assembly
Turkey
Soviet Union
Poland
Ceylon
Ecuador
Canada
Panama
Japan
Laos
Egidio Ortona
Italy
Coucil
Britain
China
France
Argentina
Tunisia
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