NATO votes to strengthen defenses with missiles planes and divisions
NATO formally resolves to bolster defenses with more missiles, planes, and 17 combat divisions based on Norstad's minimum readiness. France blocks intermediate range missile bases. Italy may accept bases under a pending agreement as talks drift on East West tensions.
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Preston Grover Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
France
Britain
West Germany
United States
NATO
Russia
Norstad
NATO Foreign Ministers Conference
Ftaly
AT&T offers shareowners record Christmas split and dividend rise
AT&T proposed a 3-for-1 stock split and a 10 percent dividend increase in a plan approved by directors and set for stockholders at the April 15 annual meeting. The move aims to widen the market for AT&T shares and strengthen capital-raising potential.
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New York
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Wall Street
At&t
New York Stock Exchange
Santa Claus
Bell System
Frederick R. Kappel
Twenty New Cardinals Receive Red Caps and Capes
Twenty new cardinals kneel before Pope John XXIII in the Vatican Consistorial Hall and receive the bir etta and mozetta. Notables include Richard James Cushing and John Cardinal O Hara. The ceremony lasts under 30 minutes before the public consistory in St. Peter's Basilica.
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Vatican City
John XXIII
Vatican Palace
Richard James Cardinal Cushing
Boston
John Cardinal O'Hara
Philadelphia
St. Peter's Basilica
John
Ham and Turkey Shoot at Ursina American Legion
Tonight at 7 30 P M the Ursina American Legion hosts a ham and turkey shoot. Today is the last day to place a Greeting to your service man in the special Christmas package edition. For 75 cents you can include a serviceman’s name and address and have the copy mailed worldwide as a holiday gift.
$200 Million Boost For Space Rocket Engine
NASA awarded Rocketdyne of Canoga Park California a contract to design a new engine with up to 1's million pounds of thrust. The project aims to be the first to launch a man into space, with an estimated program cost near 200 million dollars.
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Washington
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
California
NASA
Rocketdyne
North American Aviation, Inc
Canoga Park
Calif
November Personal U S Incomes Reach Higher Pace
The Commerce Department reports total personal income at a 360 billion dollar annual rate in November, up 2.4 billion from October. Government payments and unemployment benefits propelled the gain, while price rises limited purchasing power. Industrial output rose 2 percent, retail sales rose 1.5 percent, and unemployment fell to 5.9 percent as hiring resumes and a longer work week return.
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Washington
Commerce Department
Fire claims three Ansell children in Meyersdale home
Fire investigators say the cause remains undetermined after a Tuesday blaze at the Ansell residence on Meyersdale Road. The three children, Ronald 5 Robert 3 and 18 month old Linda, died in the dining room. Firemen removed two bodies around 12:45 a.m. and the third about an hour later. The propane gas line was found intact, suggesting gas did not start the fire.
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Ansells
First Ass’t
Bill Irwin
Meyersdale Fire Department
Ansell
Ronald
Robert
Linda
Meyersdale
House Committee urges barring Dr. Dale Alford from seat
A special House panel urged that Dr. Dale Alford be barred from taking the oath and seated until an election fraud inquiry is completed. The measure cites irregularities in the Arkansas write in contest that toppled Rep. Brooks Hays and links to Gov. Faubus era tensions.
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Washington —i
House
Dale Alford
Brooks Hays
Alford
D-Ark
Little Rock
Hays
New House
Elect House
John F. Wells
Arkansas
Orval E. Faubus
Navy Aid To Santa Claus Reaches Children In Need
A volunteer Navy task force scanned Santa letters with Post Office permission to match requests from needy children with gifts from organizations and donors. The names of the Navy officers were withheld.
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Washington
Navy
Pentagon
Post Office
Hope Retirement of Mao Means Regime Is Cracking
A wired report notes hopes among anti-Communist Asians that Peiping is weakening as Mao Tze-tung reportedly steps back yet is kept as party boss. Analysts expect little policy change while Formosa and Hong Kong speculators foresee reduced power for Mao and possible successor discussions.
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Mao
Tokio
Mao Tze-tung
Red China
Peiping
Chinese Communist Party Central Committee
U.S. State Department
Hong Kong
South Korea
Formosa
Mao Tzetung & Co
Explosions Claim Johnstown Junk Dealer and Injure Fire Chief
Two blasts Wednesday in Johnstown killed Nunzio Johncola 65, who was cutting a drum with an acetylene torch at a junk yard in East Taylor Township. Fire Chief Carl A. Stager, 45, was cut by a fire extinguisher during a routine equipment inspection and is in Memorial Hospital in fair condition with multiple cuts.
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Johnstown
Nunzio Johncola
East Taylor Twp
Johncola
Carl A. Stager
Memorial Hospital
Stager
Union St
Greene County man killed while felling tree branch
Bridgeport West Virginia report states Bert H Crites 37 of Spraggs Road Greene County was killed Tuesday when struck by a branch he was cutting from a tree.
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Bridgeport
W. Va
Herbert H. Crites
Spraggs RD
Greene County
Mao Steps Down but Remains Communist Party Leader
Foreign notice explains Mao Zedong resigns as government head but keeps chairmanship of the Communist Party Central Committee. It notes his aim to separate personal prestige from state acts while detailing China’s nationwide commune movement as a drastic social revolution reshaping economics and governance.
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Mao Tze-tung
Communist Party
Mao
Chinese Communist Party
China
Russia
County-Wide Appeals to Aid Ansell Family in Fire Tragedy
Donations are being collected for Mr and Mrs James Ansell and their three children after a devastating fire in Meyersdale. The fund, managed through the Meyersdale Lutheran church and Somerset Daily American, aims for 1000 by Christmas with daily donation tallies posted in the American office window.
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James Ansell
Meyersdale RD
Meyersdale Lutheran ‘Church
Ansell
Charles E. Staub
Ansells
Meyersdale
Meyersdale Lutheran Church
Staub
Mr. Staub
Somerset Daily American
Peace Talks Break Down In New York Newspaper Strike
New York eight day newspaper strike ends talks with publishers saying no point in an early meeting. Federal mediators may call new talks. City newsstands empty since December 9 strike over wages and contract terms. Industry losses run around 17 million dollars daily with nearly 20 thousand idle workers.
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New York
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co Formed by Merger
New York J. P. Morgan and Co. plans to merge with Guaranty Trust Co. to create Morgan Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, a major consolidation in American finance.
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Guaranty Morgan
New York
J. P. Morgan & Co., Inc
Guaranty Trust Co
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
20 Year Old Youth Admits Savage Sex Slaying
In Columbus Ohio a 20 year old part time college student David S Smith confessed to the savage sex slaying of 24 year old neighbor Mrs Janice Porter and her unborn child. Sheriff Stacy Hall said Smith will be charged with first degree murder after admitting the crime and detailing the events. Porter was bound gagged and blindfolded in her home before Smith shot her in the head. Porter's husband Myron a 26 year old dentistry student at Ohio State University learned of the murder as he finished exams.
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Columbus
Ohio
Janice Porter
Stacy Hall
David S. Smith
Smith
Columbia Mourns Victims Of Department Store Fire
Bogota residents mourn 84 killed in a department store fire and stampede at the Vida store. The blaze, sparked by a Christmas lights display, trapped shoppers and led to heavy casualties with 50 injured. Government to pay funerals. three days of mourning declared.
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Bogota
Columbia
Vida
National Protection Assn
Boston
Christchurch
New Zealand
Alberto Lleras Camargo
Cali
Alberto Mazurera
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West Berlin
By Warren Bennett
Cardinals
Ursina
American Legion
ED Creagh
U.S
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James H. Ansell
Meyersdale RD 5
Lippincott
Altoona
WFBG
Somerset American
Dr. Alford
Foreign Ministry
Congress
Red
Mae
Chu Teh
Liu Shao-chi
Asahi
Liu
Moscow
Poland
Nikita Khrushchev
By Thomas P. Whitney
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
David L. Lawrence
Lawrence
Commonwealth
Gov. Leader
N. Y
Interior Ministry
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