Rend Lake project hearing draws wide support in Benton
About 1000 people attended a Benton public hearing on the $25 million Rend Lake project with officials including Col Alfred D Arezzo outlining an objective review. Proponents cited flood control water supply and economic boosts while opponents urged careful land acquisition and smaller scope.
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Alfred D'Arezzo
Corps of Engineers
St. Louis
Rend Lake
Benton
U. S
Chambers of Commerce
D'Arezzo
U.S. Urges Allied Aid in Viet Nam Conflict
The United States seeks broader allied support to bolster South Viet Nam economically and militarily as Communist pressure grows. State Department issues a white paper warning of a clear and present danger to non Communist Asia, while Dean Rusk says Washington hopes other nations will join in aid. The two booklet report, with captured Communist documents, notes escalated Red activity and stresses need for international help and possible international control inquiry.
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John M. Hightower
Associated Press
Washington
Dec
United States
South Viet Nam
Southeast Asia
Dean Risk
U. S
Viet’ Nam
Russia
China
Viet Nam
Rusk
New African Nation Born Tanganyika Emerges at Midnight
Tanganyika, an Indian Ocean colony for 75 years, becomes a new African nation at midnight with Julius Nyerere as a guiding figure. Once German and then British, the country seeks a hopeful, prayerful start and depends on Nyerere to navigate post independence challenges.
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Tanganyika
Indian Ocean
Julius Nyerere
Nyerere
Africa
Rend Lake mining hazard cited by coal firm Old Ben
Old Ben Coal Corp says Rend Lake would create a possible hazard to its coal reserves under the lake bed near Mine No. 24 northwest of Benton. stipulations with the Corps of Engineers and Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad allege the dam would flood 2300 acres of reserves, require ventilation shaft access under the dam, and force costly reengineering. Other interests like Inland Steel and United States Steel joined the stipulations. Rep Kenneth J Gray urged cooperation to link Rend Lake with Big Muddy River and Beaucoup Creek projects to reduce transportation costs and attract industry.
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Rend Lake
Big Muddy
Reyer
Illinois
Southern Illinois University
Vocational Technical Institute
Big S Muddy River
Mg Bothes
Wells
Vernon
Golo
Weiss
Memorial Gardens
Alex Kiselewski
Old Ben Coal Corp
Rend
D. W. Buchanan, Jr
Old Ben
Benton
Southern
Inland
United States Steel Corp
Franklin County Coal Corp
C & el Railroad
AC & Ei
Old Ben Mine
Kenneth J. Gray
D-West
Frankfort
Gray
Congress
Big Muddy River
Beaucoup Creek
U N Troops Resume Airlift Amid Katanga Fighting
U N forces resume airlift to Katanga troops as fighting enters fourth day. Katanga President Tshombe accuses Americans of bombing civilian targets while British provide bombs for Indian jets. An angry Congolese student mob attacks embassies, then salutes the American house.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
U.S
U.N
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Congo
Leopard
Camp Tshombe
London
United States
Leopoldville
Sean McKeown
Paris
Northern Rhodesia
Lof
Cyrille Adaula
Adaila
West Virginia retraining program shows early success
Huntington report says jobless West Virginia coal miners can be retrained for new trades under a federal pilot program. Sixty-nine of the first 100 trained found jobs within three months. more than 500 applicants seek retraining, with state and federal programs funding classes and subsistence during study. Many go to shipyards or other industries as unemployment remains high.
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Huntington
W. Va
West Virginia
D. McMillen
Creeksiginia
McMillen
Welch
West
Virginia
Pennsylvania
U.S
Re McMillen
West Virginia Department
Walters
Rusk backs UN Congo action amid Katanga tensions
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged strong U.N. Congo operation support, warning Congo faces civil war and Communist penetration if Katanga remains unreintegrated. He said U.N. aim is stability, not seizing power, and noted Castro’s Communist ties as long known.
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Washington
Dean Rusk
United Nations
Congo
Katanga
Rusk
U.N
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Cantras
Castro
Plan Rejected By Balaguer Sparks Domino of Talks
In Santo Domingo crowds boo Balaguer after rejecting an opposition plan to end the long running crisis. Opposition leaders threaten withdrawal from talks if no agreement emerges today as government shops stay closed amid a nationwide strike demanding his resignation.
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Santo Domingo
Joaquin Balaguer
Avisis
National Civic Union
Balaguer
Trujillo
Dee
Labor Told Boosts Must Be Earned
Bal Harbour Florida December 8 AP Secretary of Labor Arthur J Goldberg told AFL-CIO leaders that unions have leeway under Kennedy administration wage restraint policy. He said the administration supports advancing wages and work standards as long as earned and not harming price stability. He also urged responsible bargaining and warned that without expanding foreign markets profits and jobs could suffer.
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Bal Harbour
Fla
Arthur J. Goldberg
Afl-Cio
Kennedy
Goldberg
Labor Convention
America
Unon
Afl-Cto
Apl-Cio
Aft-Cio
National Association of Manufacturers
New York
Congress
Reds Plead Not Guilty to Agent Registration Charge
The Communist party of the United States pleaded innocent in U.S. District Court to a charge of failing to register as an agent of the Soviet Union. The plea was entered by Washington attorney Joseph Forer before Chief Judge Matthew F. McGuire. The indictment targets the party itself and followed the registration deadline.
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Washington
Dee
Communist Party of the
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