Gnome Blasts in Underground Test Seen as Success
Scientists reported a 70 percent success in gathering data from Project Gnome the first underground atomic peace blast at Carlsbad New Mexico. A five kiloton device was detonated 1100 feet in salt rock creating a leaky chamber and a radioactive cloud. The test produced a moderate earthquake and radioactivity levels rose to about 40 900 roentgens five hours after detonation though few observers were exposed and no injuries were reported.
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Allen Blakeslee
Associated Press
Carlsbad
N.M
Dec
Phillip. Randolph
Livermore
Calif
Gnome
Randolph
Atomic Energy “Commission
Carlsbad Nll
AEC
James Reeves
Soviets Cut Albanian Ties in Major Bloc Split
Moscow severed diplomatic relations with Albania in the biggest Communist bloc rift since 1948. Khrushchev denounced Albanian leaders as Stalinist and accused them of disrupting unity, with Albania backed only by China and perhaps North Vietnam and North Korea. The Albanian embassy confirmed the rupture after an exchange of notes begun November 25 and the withdrawal of Soviet staff from Tirana.
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Soviet Union
Albania
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Yugoslavia
Tirana
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Thebya
Enver Hoxha
Dominican talks collapse as Balaguer faces new crisis
In Santo Domingo on December 11, Dominicans returned to work after a 12 day general strike aimed at ousting President Joaquin Balaguer. Negotiations for a provisional government failed amid disputes over replacement. opposition leaders warned of disaster as governments moved to pacify the country and Balaguer announced measures including taxicab aid and a decree affecting Trujillo Jr. AOS backed election law reform for May while the National Civic Union prepared a new strategy.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Balaguer
Fidel Castro
Trujillo
Ping
Rafael L
OAS
National ‘Civic Union
Western ministers seek united Congo and Berlin accord
Foreign ministers from the United States Britain France and West Germany met in Paris aiming to settle policy on Congo and Berlin talks. U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk and British and French counterparts discussed pressing for a cease fire in Katanga and urged UN action, with Spaak urging U Thant to seek peace.
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Paris
Congo
U. S
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
Gerhard Schroeder
Laley
Berlin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Southeast Asia
Paul-Henri Spaak
Belgium
U.N
U Thant
Katanga
Unions Outline Plan for AFL CIO Organizing Drive
Walter Reuther pledged an all-out fight to commit the AFL CIO to a tough new system for handling labor's internal wars and to a multimillion-dollar organizing drive. Industrial unions led by Reuther warned they will escalate battles with rival building trades if the APLO10 convention rejects their proposals. The building trades planned their own meeting to decide course, likely to veto the industrials.
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Bar Harbour
Pla
Walter Reuther
Afl-Cio
Reuther
Wlinois
Weather Bulletin Forecast by Local Meteorologist
A local weather page notes forecast by a veteran meteorologist for the day. Expect temperature highs in the mid 70s, lows near the 50s, and a chance of isolated showers in the afternoon. The article emphasizes accurate timing and regional impacts for nearby towns.
Opponent of feed grain program speaks at delegates gathering
Fay Bureau president Charles Shuman, a farm owner near Sullivan, criticized the administration’s feed grain program at the first general gathering of delegates. He argued that charges reflect human needs rather than political decisions, urging production for the competitive market as production for consumption.
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Donald D. Miller
Fay
Bureau
Charles “B. Shullvan
Shuman
Sullivan
New Welfare Plan Outlined By Ribicoff
Secretary of Welfare Abraham A. Ribicoff unveiled ten administrative changes to federal state public assistance programs aimed at reducing abuses and aiding recipients. The plan requires states to establish special units to locate deserting parents, reunite families when possible, and pursue financial support, with definitions of fraud and strengthened procedures for identifying investigating and referring fraud cases.
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Washington
Dec
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Rihicoff
a_news
Kennnedy
Eichmann Found Guilty of War Crimes in Israel Trial
Israel convicts Adolf Eichmann of crimes against the Jews humanity and war crimes in a three judge verdict. He faced possible death by gallows under the Nazi and Nazi collaborators law of 1950. The court ruled personal responsibility applies beyond orders and detailed the Gestapo chief's role in Jewish affairs.
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Reich
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Moshe Landau
Vermont
Canada
United States
Germany
Izhak Ben- Zvi
Tshombe Loses U N Control In Congo Crisis
U N peace overture and Moslem reports say Katanga leader Moise Tshombe has lost control of his province as white mercenaries direct fighting. Eleventh hour moves by U N General Thant and Stevenson seek unity and restraint. Katanga youth league vandalizes U S consulate in Elisabethville while U N jets strike Camp Shambers base.
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Elisabethville
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Congo
Vince
Sean ‘McKeowen
U. No
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Moise Tshombe
McKeown
Eligabethville
Thant
Adlai E. “Stevenson
U. S
U. N
Botti
Britain
Lord [Home
London
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Shamber
Kajlanga
Britain withholds bombs to U N Congo force
In a stormy Commons session, Edward Heath said Britain will not deliver the 24 half ton bombs promised to U N forces in Katanga until the UN clarifies Congo policies. He stressed support for the UN objective of conciliating factions and expelling mercenaries but voiced concern over how bombs could be used defensively.
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U. N
Katanga
United Nations
Congo
House of «Commons
Edward Heath
Seal
Heath
Moise Tshombe
Katanga Tshombe Charges Attack Aimed Against Industry
Katanga leader Tshombe charged that United Nations aerial strikes target Katanga industry and copper mines. He cited damaging raids on Kolwezi and the Luilu plant, plus an attack on Elisabethville airport, while UN sources reported limited damage and no casualties.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
Congo
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APY
Moise
United Nations
Kanga
U.N
Post Office
Trans-Matters
Kolwezi
W.N
Union Miniere du Haut
Tshorbe
Brussels
India
United Na
U. N
Santa Cited For Violating Sunday Law
Doylestown Pennsylvania December 11 AP Santa Claus and four helpers face police action as they walked Sunday in 193? in suspected violation of the local Sunday law. Police Chief Will F. Riempp of Bensalem Township investigated the incident naming Charles Staeger of Cornwells Heights as involved in the suspected unlawful activity.
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Doylestown
Santa. Claus
Bensalen
Santa
Charles Staeger
Cornwells
Christa
Court Rules For Sit In In Baton Rouge
The U S Supreme Court unanimously voided breach of the peace convictions of sixteen Negro sit in demonstrators who sought to end lunch counter segregation in Baton Rouge Louisiana. The court found there was no evidence they disturbed the peace and they sat peacefully. Hundreds have been arrested in the South and elsewhere due to sit ins. This case was the first to reach the high court.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Baton Rouge
High Tribunal
He High
Nobel Peace Prize for Zulu Leader Luthuli in South Africa
Nobel prizes were distributed in Stockholm and Oslo with Albert John Luthuli of South Africa receiving the 1960 Peace Prize for his nonviolent struggle against apartheid. Alongside, other winners included Dr. Georg von Bekesy in medicine and Melvin Calvin in chemistry. Hammarskjold, killed in the Congo mission, was honored posthumously with the 1961 prize. The ceremony noted Luthuli as the first African laureate, while acknowledging the broader political context in South Africa.
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Stockholm
Sweden
Nobel Frizes
Robert Hofstradter
Chiet
Stanford University
Tor Trom
Africa
Yugslavia
Ern
Tvo
Andric
Yugoslavia
Oslo
Olav V
Norway
Gubhuli
Hammarskjold
U.N
Congo
Kong Gustaf Adal
Georg” von, Bekesy
Harvard University
Tor Aid
Wr. Melvin-Calvin
University of California
Berkeley
Nobel
Albert
John’ Luthuli
South Africa
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Na‘Africa
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