NATO ministers seek patch for U S France rift on nuclear policy
NATO foreign defense and finance chiefs wrap up yearend talks with no agreement on joint nuclear control. U S officials push for multinational responsibility while France under De Gaulle seeks full control. talks to continue within the alliance with potential coordination of strategy. Britain proposes a wider nuclear command including submarines and V-bombers, subject to White House veto.
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Paris
Atlantic Alliance
United States
France
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
U.S
Dean Rusk
Charles de Gaulle
Maurice Couve de Murville
de Gaulle
Pierre Messmer
Robert S. McNamara
Washington
Rusk
Red China
Johnson
Britain
White House
Jaycees Plan 1965 Banquet and Week Events
The Junior Chamber of Commerce schedules the Outstanding Young Farmer banquet for January 14 at the Oakhurst Tea Room. Bill Adams of Sun Drug Co becomes a member, total membership 62. Jaycee week is January 17 to 23 with Carl Keiser and Bob Fike as co chairmen. They donate to the Somerset Garden Club and appoint a health committee liaison.
Wilson wins first vote on Atlantic nuclear force plan
Prime Minister Harold Wilson sees support as 311 to 291 in the Commons for a mixed NATO nuclear force. The plan includes British bombers and Polaris submarines with a multiple veto to ensure unanimity, aiming to prevent nuclear spread while keeping safety control. Conservative opposition warns of strategic uselessness.
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London
Harold Wilson
House of Commons
Labor
Wilson
NATO
Ca‘ch
Alec Douglas-Home
Britain
Western Pennsylvania Snow Flurries and Cold Snap
Weather bulletin notes snow flurries and much colder conditions in Western Pennsylvania on Friday with locally heavy snow squalls near Lake Erie bringing 3 to 5 inches or more. Highs Friday 10 to 18, lows Friday night 0 to 10 above. Saturday turns fair and warmer.
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Pennsylvania
Lake Erie
Congo Hostage Rescue Sparks U N Clash Over Congo
Soviet diplomat denounces the Congo rescue as monstrous and an attempt by Western powers to dismember the country. He claims 10 000 Congolese were killed by mercenaries and Belgian paratroopers. Tanzania and other African nations condemn Western interference while Nigeria and Congo critique O A U efforts.
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United Nations
N.y.ap
Soviet Union
Congo
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
U.N. Security Council
Moise Tshombe
Belgium
Fedorenko
Council
United States
Britain
U.S
Island of
Ascension
Stanleyville
Oscar Kambona
Tanzania
Wandering State Hospital Patients Cannot Be Stopped
Dr Leonard E Egerman explains elopements from Somerset State Hospital are inevitable and cites 100 to 120 per year globally. He notes most patients return home or are located quickly, urges humane therapy and freedom within care limits. See ELOPEMENTS on Page 2.
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State Hospital
Somerset State Hospital
Leonard E. Egerman
Somerset
Missing
Compromise Prospects Rise on Medicare Plan
Washington AP reports that House Ways and Means Chair Wilbur Mills said he could back a health care program for the aged administered by Social Security funded by a separate payroll tax. Senator Anderson declined to judge prospects, AFL comments from AMA were withheld, and previous Senate House conference failures linger.
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Washington
Johnson
Wilbur D. Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
Clinton P. Anderson
N.M
Mills
Social Security Agency
American Medical Association
Senate
Four Guardsmen killed in Midair Tanker Crash at Fort Worth
A National Guard KC tanker plane with 11 aboard crashed during a practice landing at Fort Worth's Greater Southwest Airport. Four guardsmen died. seven survivors, all from the Dallas Fort Worth area, escaped with no serious injuries. First Lt. Richard V. Yeates survived, says the aircraft exploded on touchdown during a routine four hour training mission.
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Fort Worth
Tex
National Guard
Dallas-Fort Worth
Greater Southwest International Airport
Dallas
Mason Lankford
Richard V. Yeates
Yeates
D. M. Pressley
Ray Supert
McNamara Confirms Europe A Stockpile
Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara affirmed that atomic demolition munitions are among NATO s stockpiled weapons in Western Europe and that the Allied commander could order their use only with presidential authority. He noted a ~60 percent rise in Western European nuclear warheads over three years.
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Washington
Europe
Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Paris
Germany
NATO
Supreme Allied Commander
John Jordan Elected President of Somerset Fire Department
John Jordan was elected president of the Somerset Fire Department at the annual officers meeting on Thursday night. He succeeds Don Younkin on the board of directors, with Ralph Barnett as vice president and Edgar H. Pyle as treasurer. Additional officers include Robert Romesburg, Dan Hartzell, Guy Silvis, Newton Picking, Walter Heist, Robert Lloyd, Claude Queer, Lloyd Hostetler, and Frank Baker. The group planned a turkey party for December 21 and to remove Christmas street lights on New Year’s Day, with a film Energy on the Move shown by Columbia Gas Co. and emergency gas control booklets distributed.
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John Jordan
Somerset Fire Department
Jordan
Don Younkin
Ralph Barnett
Edgar H. Pyle
Robert Romesburg
Dan Hartzell
Younkin
Guy Silvis
Newton
Walter Heist
Robert Lloyd
Claude Queer
Lloyd Hostetler
Frank Baker
Columbia Gas Co
Silvis
Ringo Starr and Rudolf Nureyev Tonsil Operations
The Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and ballet star Rudolf Nureyev both underwent tonsil surgery this month. Fans flooded hospital switchboards with inquiries, though Nureyev’s operation drew far fewer attention than the pop story, with only about twenty four calls recorded.
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Ringo Starr
University Hospital
Rudolf Nureyev
Royal Ballet
London
Ringo
Nureyev
Soviets Set Up New Conditions To Pay U.N.
The Soviet Union demands a formal General Assembly resolution with no negative votes before contributing to a U.N. save-the-fund. Ambassador Fedorenko insists payment be final and excludes arrears wording. Adlai Stevenson waits for Thant invite to weigh adequacy amid rising arrears and Article 19 dispute.
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U.N
United Nations
N.Y
Soviet Union
Nikolai T. Fedorenko
U.N. General Assembly
Fedorenko
U Thant
Congo
Middle East
Thant
New York
Save-The- U.N. Fund
Stevenson
U.S
Adlai E. Stevenson
Somerset Chamber Hears Industry Story On Funds Drive
At the Somerset Chamber of Commerce meeting, attorney Nathaniel Barbera outlined letters between Irving Katz and the chamber clarifying the Shirt and Pajama Company's use of a vacated building. Katz cited labor shortages and the need for 10 percent community match of 12,500 from Katz and 17,500 borrowed by the chamber. The group noted funds would come from Pennsylvania and federal sources and that the payment was not rent.
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Somerset Chamber of Commerce
Nathaniel Barbera
Irving Katz
Somerset Shirt and Pajama Company
Chamber of Commerce
Shirt
Leasors
Shirt and
Katz
Pennsylvania
Board clarifies Cranberry name in Venango County
The U S Board on Geographic Names defined Cranberry in Venango County six miles south of Oil City. The board, under the Interior Department, says Cranberry was formerly Cranberry Village and Salina. This change among 438 approved to resolve map name spellings nationwide.
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Washington
U. S. Board On Geographic Names
Cranberry
Venango County
Oil City
Interior Department
Cranberry Village
Salina
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Don Meese
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