Kennedy Heads Home After Large Welcome in Colombia
President Kennedy began the journey back to the United States after a three day tour through Puerto Rico Venezuela and Colombia where hundreds of thousands cheered him in Bogota. He warned Latin America's elite to support land and tax reforms or risk losing leadership and Western civilization.
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William L. Ryan
A (Ap
Kennedy
Eldorado Airport
Bogota
Colombi
Latin America
Puerto Rico
Venezuela
Colombia
Alberto Lleras Camargo
Dwight D. Eisenhower
India
United States
Alliance For Progress
South America
Crusading Negroes Plan To Press Drive
In Albany Georgia leaders announce plans to press a boycott and Christmas blackout to break segregation while rejecting a half day general strike. M S Page leads the movement after arresting Dr W G Anderson and Dr Martin Luther King Jr as they marched toward City Hall with 264 participants. Dr Ralph Abernathy calls for a nationwide pilgrimage to Albany to support desegregation efforts.
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Albany, Ga
Albany
M. S .Page
Anderson
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
City Hall
King
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Ralph D. Abernathy
SCLC
Abernathy
Weather Blamed on Two Accidents on Highways
Icy roads in Somerset county caused multiple weekend crashes. Orlando Monaco of Atlanta crashed into a Greyhound near the Somerset turnpike service station with $530 in damages. no injuries. A four-vehicle turnpike wreck near Laurel Hill tunnel involved six figures in damage.
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Somerset County
Somerset
State Highway Department
Orlando Monaco
Atlanta Ga
Greyhound
Charles Knight
Waynesburg
Somerset Turnpike
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Robert Spanaugh
Fredericksburg
Ajit Kapil
Chicago
John Bowman
Canton
Ohio
Spanaugh
Nevin Lehman
Central City
Kapil
Laurel Hill Tunnel
Addison
Melvin Chester Baker
New Market
Emmett McDonald
East Liverpool
Somerset Community Hospital
Nine Lives Lost in Pennsylvania Weekend Accidents
The Associated Press reports nine people died in Pennsylvania over a icy weekend. Fatalities include a plane crash near Butler killing William Geist and William H. Smith, a Wilkinsburg auto and streetcar collision, a high speed stolen car crash in Millcreek Township killing Eric-Ronald Msulf, and multiple house fires and other crashes across New Castle Kane Waynesburg Reading and adjacent areas. Investigators probe causes as authorities note one highway slip caused few deaths.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania
Plance
Butler
William Geist
Penn Township
William H. Smith
New Kensington
Wilkinsburg
Elmer C. Stamates, Jr
Pittsburgh
Sandra Kastler
Turtle Creek
Eric—Ronald Msulf
Millcreek Township
Beaver
Ethel Thompson
Vanport
Icy coating triggers Pennsylvanian motor mayhem
A glaze of ice across much of Pennsylvania late Saturday into Sunday caused numerous accidents and injuries. One death was reported near Lancaster, Vincent Coluzzi, 18, and 33 people were hurt when a charter bus plunged off an embankment.
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Pennsylvania
Lancaster
Vincent Coluzzi
Frystown
Lebanon
Harrisburg
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania Turnpike
Lehigh Tunnel
India Invades Goa and Enclaves on West Coast
Belgaum India launches full scale invasion of Goa supported by artillery tanks and air cover. Portuguese enclaves Damao and Diu face nominal resistance as India moves to end centuries of rule. Defense Minister Menon cites breakdown of civilian administration and pledges minimal force.
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Belgaum
India
Goa
Portugal
Indian Subcontinent
New Delhi
Bombay
Washington
State Department
V. K .Krishna Menon
Damao
Diu
Menon
U.S. Army to Move Troops Over Autobahn for Training
The U S Army will send Co C of the 3rd Battle Group 6th Infantry from Berlin to West Germany for a four day exercise via the autobahn. About 25 vehicles and 150 men participate as East German protests call the move illegal and provocative. The United States denies NATO control over Berlin troops.
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George Boultwood
Berlin
U.S
West Germany
Co. C
3Rd Battle Group
6Th Infantry
East Germany
Prague
Czechoslovakia
West Berlin
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Elizabetville Battles Ignite as U.N. Presses Katanga
Fighting rages in Elisabethville as 5,000 U.N. troops mount a mortar barrage and a pincer movement to isolate the secessionist capital. Tshombe reportedly inside, Brussels radio appeals Kennedy for immediate ceasefire amid claims of looting and mutiny.
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Dennis Neeld
Elisabethville
Katanga
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Kipushi
Rhodesia
Brussels
Kennedy
Katanga- U.N
Union Miniere Mining Co
Guillaume Derriks
Union Miniere
Union Miniere of
Queen Elisabeth Hospital
Red Cross
George Senn
Switzerland
Sean McKeown
Senn
Leopold II
Fear 300 Dead in Worst Circus Fire in History
A crowded circus tent in Niteroi burned as a panicked rush for exits caused many deaths and injuries. Authorities suspect arson. the death toll was reported as high as 300 with 500 plus injured. Police called the blaze horrific and urged hospitals to aid responders.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
Niteroi
Ringling Bros
Hartford
Celso Pecanha
Roberto B. Garcia
Niterio
Guanabara Bay
Lopo Coelho
County Receives 4332.92 Aid for Child Care Programs
Somerset County will receive 4 332 92 from the State Auditor General's office via the Department of Public Welfare for county child care. The Milk Control Commission granted meritorious and cost of living increases to two county employees, Bialek and Stephanko, with biweekly salaries of 183 and 158 respectively.
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Capitol Hill
State Auditor General
Department of Public Welfare
Somerset County
Somerset
Milk Control Commission
Meritorius
Stanley H. Bialek
Central City
Andrew J. Stephanko
Graham Avenue
Windber
Commission
Bialek
Stephanko
Eichmann Files Formal Notice of His Appeal
Adolf Eichmann has filed formal notice of appeal against the death sentence in Jerusalem. Lawyer Dieter Wechtenbruch said reasons may be submitted within 15 days and hearings in January are expected at the same Jerusalem center. The defense argues the court was not competent and erred in judgment while Eichmann remains in Ramleh prison with a death-row wing.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Reich
Dieter Wechtenbruch
Eichmann
Wechtenbruch
Israeli Supreme Court
Robert Servatius
Gestapo
Ramleh
Tel Aviv
Israel
Santa Claus Keeps Post Office Busy Sunday
Santa Claus kept the post office busy all day Sunday and last week as people headed to church found mail boxes full. Parcel post delivery occurred during the day and the Sunday before Christmas is usually the most crowded with weekend mailings.
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Santa Claus
Four Departments Fight Blaze In Hooversville
Hooversville four fire departments battled a three story brick building fire in Hooversville starting about 10 15 a m Saturday. The Taverns refrigeration unit fire spread to two upper apartment households the McGowan and Sheeler families with furnishings lost in the lower tavern level. No injuries were reported. Property saved was estimated at 80 000 and damage at 25 000 with about 30 hours of effort.
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Hooversville
George DeNorcey
DeNorcey
Joe Berk
Johnstown
McGowan
Sheeler
McGowans
Sheelers
Central City
Windber
Holsopple
Ober
Rotary International Head Receives Syrian Distinguished Merit Medal
Joseph Abey president of Rotary International is awarded the Distinguished Syrian Merit Medal the highest civilian honor from the new Syrian regime. He and his wife from Reading Pennsylvania plan to travel to Jordan to inaugurate a Rotary Club in the Jordanian sector of Jerusalem.
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Damascus
Syria
Joseph Abey
Rotary International
Abey
Reading
Jordan
Jerusalem
Adoula Ready to Talk Katanga Reintegration
The United States says Prime Minister Cyrille Adoula is prepared to discuss reintegrating Katanga into the Congo with Moise Tshombe. Ambassador Edmund Gullion reported Adoula's willingness, after Kennedy named Gullion special representative to arrange a Tshombe Adoula meeting.
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Washington
United States
Cyrille Adoula
Republic of the Congo
Katanga
Congo
Moise Tshombe
State Department
Adoula
Tshombe
U.S
Edmund Gullion
Kennedy
Gullion
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