Hodges to Meet Kennedy in Palm Beach on Commerce Post
North Carolina Governor Luther Hodges travels to Palm Beach as Kennedy signals selection for secretary of commerce. The president elect also names David Bell to manage an annual budget of about 80 billion dollars. Bell will start next week with Maurice Stans coaching through Jan 20.
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Palm Beach
Fla
North Carolina
Luther H. Hodges
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Washington
David E. Bell
Harvard
Connecticut
Abraham Ribicoff
Health
Andrew Hatcher
Hodges
Commerce Post
Hatcher
Caroline
G. Mennen Williams
Michigan
Bell
Maurice E. Stans
Eisenhower
Russian space ship and dogs burn up during test flight
Moscow reports a new Rus sian dog carrying space ship shot off course and burned up in the outer atmosphere after a return signal failed. The broadcast said data gathered would aid forthcoming manned space flight though the two dogs Pchelka and Mushka were not named.
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Moscow
Earth
Moscow Radio
Pchelka
Mushka
Little Fly
Herter to Attend Belgian King Baudouin Wedding
President Eisenhower named Christian A. Herter as special representative for the Brussels wedding on December 15. He will be joined by Ambassador William M. Burden and State Department protocol chief Wiley T. Buchanan.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Christian A. Herter
Baudouin
Brussels
Dona Sabida de Mora Y Aragon
Spain
Herter
U.S
Belgium
William M. Burden
Wiley T. Buchanan
State Department
State Police Report November Traffic Accidents in Somerset
State police report 71 accidents in Somerset county during November with 18 injuries and $11 715 in property damage. In November 1959 there were 26 accidents 22 injuries and $9 035 in damage with two deaths in that period.
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Somerset County
Edward Kennedy Heads to Africa on Senate Mission
Edward M. Kennedy, brother of John F. Kennedy, leaves for a 15 day trip to Africa. He will join U.S. senators in Rhodesia and travel through Congo Nigeria Togoland Ghana Ivory Coast Liberia Guinea and Mali. He plans to report back to the president elect and pays his own expenses.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Africa
Kennedy
U.S
Rhodesia
Congo
Nigeria
Togoland
Ghana
Ivory Coast
Liberia
Guinea
Mali
Democratic National Committee
Edward
Nixon Viewed as Leader in Name Only by Rockefeller
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller pressed his view that Vice President Richard Nixon remains the GOP leader in name only while Eisenhower signals Nixon should lead the party in the next four years. Rockefeller, who toured the Capitol reconstruction with Nixon, declined to commit to a 1964 presidential bid, saying leadership is collective even as Nixon is the party’s titular head.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard M. Nixon
Republican Party
New York
Eisenhower
Rockefeller
Nixon
Capitol
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Judges Barred From Endorsing Public Office Candidates
Pennsylvania Supreme Court rules state judges may not endorse any candidate for public office under ethics rules. The ruling, 6-1, stems from a Washington County auto case where three county judges signed a political ad for Michael A. Hanna. The court said the action violated canonical ethics and could not be condoned, though it did not affect the verdict awarding $11,500 to damages claimants.
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Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Supreme Court
Washington County
Michael A. Hanna
Benjamin R. Jones
Jones
Hanna
Carl W. Straus
Bernard F. Linsenmeyer
Bernard III
Boro Police Report November Complaints and Incidents
Somerset borough police received 57 complaints in November. They made 12 vehicle arrests and investigated 10 accidents. Twelve people were jailed overnight. Property loss was estimated at $1,879 for the month.
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Somerset Borough
Fuentes Credits U S Naval Watch for Guatemalan Stability
President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes thanked President Eisenhower saying the U S naval air watch ordered by Washington decisively prevented outside forces from aiding a Communist inspired revolt in Guatemala. Eisenhower replied he is gratified constitutional order remains.
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Washington
Guatemala
Eisenhower
U.S. Naval Air Watch
Central Americas
Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes
U.S
Central American
Fidel Castro
Vatican and Anglican leaders meet in cordial encounter
Vatican City AP. Pope John XIII and Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher of Canterbury held an unprecedented hour long meeting. Both sides issued guarded communiques with no unity pledge but a friendly, historic exchange. Fisher hailed making history, while Fisher and John noted pleasure and happiness.
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Allan Jacks
Vatican City
Vatican
John XIII
Canterbury
Geoffrey Fisher
Fisher
Pope John
Antonio Samore
Congregation For Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs
Tigress To Meet President At White House Enclosure
A 200 pound white blue eyed tigress named The Enchantress will greet President Eisenhower on the White House lawn. The presentation marks her first entry into the Western Hemisphere and she will be housed at the National Zoo after acceptance. The leopard was raised in captivity by the Maharaja of Rewa in India and is gifted by John W. Kluge of Metropolitan Broadcasting Corp.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Western Hemisphere
Rewa
Nepal
India
John W. Kluge
Metropolitan Broadcasting Corp
Life jackets from S S Iri found off Welsh coast
British coast guard says two life jackets marked S S Iri were recovered near Barmouth as an overdue 3093 ton Liberian freighter named Iri, bound from England to Montreal, remains unaccounted. The ship left Falmouth on November 8 with 23 crew and no passengers, carrying China clay.
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London
British Coast Guard
Barmouth
England
Montreal
Iri
New York
Iri de Vapores
Falmouth
Lumumba to Face Trial in Congo Arrest Shocks Nation
Lumumba, captured after slipping past an army guard, was flown to Leopoldville to face trial on inciting the army to revolt. Mobutu announced the ex-premier will be tried for additional crimes as soldiers jeered and the UN reported mass arrests of Stanleyville’s white population.
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Patrick Massey
Leopoldville
The
Congo
Patrice Lumumba
United Nations
Stanleyville
Lumumba
Port Francqui
Joseph Mobutu
Mobutu
Kokolo
Governor to seek funds for statewide tourist promotion program
Gov. Lawrence said he will ask the 1961 legislature for money to start a tourist promotion program. The plan mirrors the Industrial Development Assistance Act and would fund local groups with matched state and local money. He noted Pennsylvania’s tourism tax revenue and the state’s tourism potential centered in Lancaster and the Pennsylvania Dutch country.
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Lancaster
Lawrence
Pennsylvania Hotel Association
Travel Industry Council
Commonwealth
Department of Commerce
Pennsylvania
Stores Open Late Boost Christmas Shopping
Survey of managers shows Saturday and tonight openings drew shoppers for the first time since August. Business reported good to fair as the Chamber of Commerce publicized the extended hours and early Christmas buying continued through the weekend.
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Chamber of Commerce
Strike Ends at Altoona Butterick Plant After 200 Walkout
A 200 member Textile Workers Local 1071 strike at the Butterick Co. plant in Altoona ends with a new two year contract. The walkout began Thursday midnight after the old pact expired and concluded in under 10 hours. The agreement includes a 15 cent hourly wage increase and fringe benefits. wage rates were not disclosed. The firm prints patterns on fabric for women’s dresses.
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Altoona
Textile Workers Local 1071
Butterick Co
Last Holdout Students Yield At Caracas
In Caracas the last leftist students surrendered after a week from their stronghold at the university as government tanks moved in. Army reinforcements arrived from interior bases to complete the clearance of resistance amid riots and anti American, pro Cuban sentiment.
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Caracas
Richard G. Maslock
Venezuela
Caracas University
Romulo Betancourt
University Council
Stalingrad
Betancourt
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Leftist Mobs Battle Peace Efforts in Laos Capital
In Vientiane leftist mobs besieged the National Assembly and the premier's palace protesting the inclusion of rightist rebels in a new peace government. Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma pressed ahead with an all party coalition as hundreds trailed officials, and armored paratroopers guarded the palace gate.
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Roy Elsoyan
Vientiane
Laos
National Assembly
Souvanna Phouma
Pathet Lao
Phoumi
Tiao Somsanith
Savang Vathana
Luang Prabang
Souvanna
President designates Cuba as Communist under aid act
President Eisenhower used the Mutual Security Act to approve a $1 million refugee relief for 30 000 to 40 000 Cubans in the United States and Florida. The move formally labels Cuba as Communist controlled, aligning U S policy with concerns about Castro’s regime and its Cold War ties.
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Washington
United States
Cuba
Florida
Fidel Castro
Eisenhower
White school boycott loosens as Louisiana splits on segregation
In New Orleans the white boycott of integrated schools loosened further though Gov. Jimmie Davis vowed to press for segregation. Ten white and one black pupils attended William Frantz. three black girls attended McDonogh No 19. In Baton Rouge the House cleared a grant in aid bill for parents seeking private schooling with an 84 to 0 vote, while Davis said the state would keep fighting for segregation.
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New Orleans
Jimmie H. Davis
William Frantz School
McDonogh No
William Frantz
Lloyd Foreman
Pamela Lynn
Foreman
Frantz
Baton Rouge
State House of Representatives
Senate
Arthur Crais
Davis
Britain Wasted Millions on Guided Missiles
London reports that the treasury admitted large losses in British guided missile projects. A White Paper says financial management was deficient in early postwar work. Three projects cost 252 million dollars versus an estimated 22.4 million.
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London
Treasury
Parliamentary Committee of Public Accounts
Great-Grandson Of Dulles Dies Under Blanket
New York AP report says David Hinshaw Yoo, 11 months, died in his crib after an overheated electric blanket allegedly caused smothering or burning. Autopsy pending at Belleville Hospital. mother Janet Hinshaw Yoo, 18, and Korean economics professor Hyon Yoo were in the household.
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New York
John Foster Dulles
Belleville Hospital
David Hinshaw Yoo
Dulles
Hyon Yoo
Seoul University
Janet Hinshaw
Columbia University
Korea
Hinshaw
E. 95Th Street
Yoo
Robert Hinshaw
Metropolitan Hospital
Louis Cottell
Lillian Dulles Hinshaw
Four Children Die in Blaze At Huntingdon
A fast spreading fire trapped and killed four children under six in a two story home in Huntingdon Pennsylvania. The mother was on the first floor when the blaze started about 9 am and was unable to reach the bedrooms. Firemen extinguished the fire in an hour and found three children under a window while the fourth died in a crib. The fire was blamed on a defective chimney flue. damage was estimated at 6000 dollars. The mother was treated for shock and a fractured ankle.
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Huntingdon
Raymond C. Barger
Patty
Raymond Jr
Linda
Sammy
Robert Grace
Barger
J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital
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