Britain U S Skybolt talks stall as Nassau meeting looms
Britain acknowledged stalled talks with the United States over scrapping the Skybolt missile. President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan were to decide at Nassau next week whether to end the project, with costs estimated at 2.5 billion dollars plus existing expenditures. The dispute centers on Britain’s nuclear strategy and reliance on Skybolt, including base plans at Holy Loch in Scotland.
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Dennis Neeld
London
Britain
United States
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Nassau
Washington
MacMillan
Bahamas
U.S
Pennsylvania Faces Record Cold Wave Amid Heavy Snow
The Associated Press reports Pennsylvania endured record lows with temperatures from 25 below in Lopez Sullivan County to zero at State College and 15 in Philadelphia. Five deaths were blamed on the storm as Erie and other areas saw heavy snowfall and transit disruptions.
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Pennsylvania
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lopez
Sullivan County
Philadelphia
Blairsville
Pittsburgh
Kane
Emporium
DuBois
Bradford
Warren
Franklin
Philipsburg
Johnstown
Dixon
Wyoming County
Montrose
Sunbury
Williamsport
State College
Erie
Polar Air Blasts South Driving Deep Freeze Across Nation
Bitter polar air surged from the north into the Deep South pushing temperatures below zero in mild regions. Snow bands from upper New York to Tennessee dumped 20 to 48 inches, with drifting piles over 20 feet in parts of the Northeast. Death toll exceeds 80, with some estimates reaching 150 as storms shut in the region.
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Upper
New York State
Tennessee
Ohio
West Virginia
Pennsylvania
Michigan
Canada
Midwest
Mt. Pisgah
N.C
Mt. Mitchell
Chicago Weather Bureau
Deadline Approaches for Stocking Gift Distributions
Christmas stockings will be filled for residents of the Somerset County Home and for women at the State Hospital. Monday is the deadline. Soroptimists led by Mrs. Margaret Specht supervise the five foot stocking at County Trust Co. Gifts go to 99 men and 34 women at the county home. Stuart Butts will distribute gifts on December 24.
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County Trust Co
United States National Bank
Somerset
Somerset County
State Hospital
Moday
Margaret Specht
The
Stuart Butts
Bykota
Trinity Lutheran Church
Mary Friedhofer
Maude Currie
New York
Currie
Bankers Club of
Mailbox Set Up for Letters to Santa in Somerset
A special mailbox was placed in front of the Somerset Post Office for children's letters to Santa. Postmaster George Cassett said the mailbox is for the exclusive use of youngsters wishing to tell Santa what they want for Christmas to avoid mixing with other mail.
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Somerset Post Office
Santa Claus
George Cassett
Santa
Somerset Judge Affirms Prison Break Case on Appeal
The State Superior Court upheld Judge Thomas F. Lansberry in a case involving Richard Ramp of Friedens. Ramp, 20, broke from the Allegheny County Workhouse on August 6 while booked for larceny and burglary, was recaptured three days later, pleaded guilty, and later sought a writ of coram nobis, which was denied before his appeal. Ramp had been on parole from the workhouse for prior larceny and burglary when alleged new crimes led to his return to Pennsylvania from Ohio.
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State Superior Court
Thomas F. Lansberry
Richard Ramp
Friedens
Ramp
Somerset County
Allegheny County
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Contempt risk for Connecticut housewife in peace group probe
A Westport housewife Mrs Anna MacKenzie faced contempt of Congress questions as witnesses defied a House subcommittee probing women peace movements. MacKenzie a leader of Women Strike for Peace refused to answer citing possible Fifth Amendment protection amid claims of past Communist links at Vassar College in the 1930s.
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Washington
Connecticut
House
Anna MacKenzie
Westport
MacKenzie
Vassar College
Communist Party
Elizabeth Moos
Cabinet posts out for cabinet members in Scranton administration
Gov elect William Scranton announced cabinet members will not hold major party posts. No cabinet officer may serve as party chairman and members will be barred from the Republican State Committee. Scranton also eyed Hugus for insurance chief and called for a study of the unemployment fund now $112 million in debt. He vowed a Milk Control Commission shake up.
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Pittsburgh
Scranton
William Scranton
State
Republican Party
Binet
Republican State Committee
Paul W. Hugus
Hugus
Allegheny County
Secretary of Labor and Industry
Milk Control Commission
Kennedy Regrets Leak From Security Council
President Kennedy, speaking with reporters, said offensive missiles and bombers have been removed from Cuba and defended Adlai Stevenson while addressing NSC leaks. He announced plans to push tax cuts and noted the unusual two presidents news conference with Chile’s Jorge Alessandri.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Kennedy
Cuba
Adlai Stevenson
National Security Council
Khrushchev
Jorge Alessandri
Chile
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Pearl Harbor
Alessandri
Aessandri
Stevenson
NSC
Surplus Food Distribution Scheduled in Tire Hill and Ideal
Distribution of surplus food in Tire Hill and Ideal has been rescheduled for this Friday. In Tire Hill it will run from 10 to 11 30 a.m. and in Ideal from 1 to 2 p.m.
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Tire Hill
Ideal
U S Proposes Plan to Avert Surprise Attacks
U S Ambassador Arthur H Dean outlined a sweeping program at the disarmament conference to prevent surprise attack and accidental war. The plan includes a direct line linking President Kennedy and Premier Khrushchev and calls for technical-military groups to study the issues.
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Geneva
United States
Soviet Union
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Dean
U. S
Mercury Drops to Five Below Zero in Somerset
The mercury dipped to five below zero at 1 30 a m in the Somerset area. Department of Highways crews worked through the night clearing drifts on main highways and rural roads. Snow amounted to an inch or less on Wednesday with clear skies expected as a high barometer read 30 25 inches.
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Somerset
Department of Highways
Premier Khrushchev slams China over Cuba policy
Soviet Premier Khrushchev blasted Red China for calling his Cuba handling retreat and warned the United States to honor the no invasion pledge. He touted a peace victory in Cuba, vowed to meet commitments if others keep theirs, and warned of actions if not, in a two hour speech to the Supreme Soviet.
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Defense Ministry
U.S
Robert S. McNamara
Peter Thorneycroft
London
McNamara
Britain
Moscow
Khrushchev
United States
Cuba
Caribbean
Kremlin
Supreme Soviet
Red China
Mediation Pauses New York Newspaper Strike Talks
Federal mediators halted joint peace sessions in the five day strike by printers against nine Manhattan papers. Talks will resume next week as wages hours and fringe issues keep the parties apart. Local No 6 president Powers calls the situation a siege while the dispute remains unchanged since the Saturday 2 am strike. Newspapers affected include the Times Herald Tribune News Mirror Journal American Post World Telegram Sun and Long Island papers with the latter publishing a Long Island edition.
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New York
William E. Simkin
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service
Washington
Simkin
Bertram A. Powers
International Typographcal Union Local No. 6
Times
Herald Tribune
News, Mirror
Journal-American
Post
World-Telegram & Sun
Long Island Star-Journal
Long Island Press
Long Island
Nine Reorganization Plans Approved by SCE
Harrisburg AP reports the State Council of Education approved nine county school reorganization plans and rejected three on Wednesday. Approved counties include Bradford Crawford Fulton Greene Luzerne Monroe Perry Potter and Snyder with Luzerne urged to study plan adjustments.
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Harrisburg
State Council of Education
Bradford
Crawford
Fulton
Greene
Luzerne
Monroe
Perry
Potter
Snyder
Bedford
Elk
Susquehanna
Butler County
Herbert E. Bryan
Bureau of School Reorganization
Department of Public Instruction
Chester
Clinton
Huntingdon
Lawrence
Union
Wyoming
Bryan
Philadelphia
New York Times Reporter Testifies on Communist Registration
New York Times newsman Will Lissner testified that Gus Hall said registering as a Soviet agent would force the party into deadly action. The testimony opened the case the Justice Department brought to prove the Communist party willfully failed to register under the 1950 act.
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Washington
New York Times
Gus Hall
Soviet Union
Will Lissner
Hall
Lissner
Justice Department
Communist Party
John J. Abt
Department For Registration
Communist Action
Nike Zeus Fires Second Intercept Test Over Pacific
A Nike Zeus interceptor nearly reached an Atlas ICBM in the Pacific coast test, marking the second successful controlled interception. The test, from Vandenberg to Kwajalein, showed one Zeus failing due to a second-stage defect while the other intercepted as the Atlas progressed. The Defense Department signaled ongoing questions about production.
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Jerry T. Baulch
Washington
Mid- Pacific
Defense Department
Robert S. McNamara
Strategic Air Command
Vandenberg Air Force Base
California
Kwajalein Island
mid-Pacific
Vandenberg
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Ontario
Huron
John Beckler
TITAN
Tucson
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Security Council
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Lebanon
William W. Scranton
W. B. Ragsdale JR
Nike Zeus
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