Japanese Plot Smashed in Pre-Dawn Tokyo Raid
Police in Tokyo and Kyushu seized rifles gas masks and helmets after a predawn raid crackdown on an ultra rightist group plotting to assassinate Prime Minister Ikeda and other cabinet members. Thirteen men were arrested including former military officers and industrialists linked to Nichi Shan and Kawanami Industrial Co. Officials said the plan aimed to trigger a Communist revolution in Japan and that a man behind the scenes may exist. Ikeda attended a cabinet meeting after the raids.
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Tokyo
Hayato Ikeda
Japan
Ikeda
Apparenty
Daikichi Imoto
Public ‘Safety
Seoul
Fran
Sobye
Communist Party
Kyushu
Society For Japanese History
Toyosaku Kawanami
Nichi
Psuyoichi Inukai
Mikami
Eiko Industrial Co
Tkeda
Unions Set Wage Goal for Minimum Pay Rise
APL-CIO chiefs proposed raising the federal minimum wage to 1.50 per hour as the new goal, with an immediate move to 1.25 for September 1963 and further extension to cover 18 million more workers. The policy, cleared by the resolutions committee, urges Congress to act in Kennedy’s program context.
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Bar Harbour
Fla
Apl-Cio
Organized Labor
Resolutions Committee
Afl-Cio
Congress
Kennedy
America
Freeman to challenge Farm Bureau plan for farm program
Secretary of Agriculture Orville Freeman faces his largest gathering of opponents since the 1961 farm program. He is scheduled to speak at the Farm Bureau’s 43rd annual meeting and urges Farm Bureau to unite for a new program while presenting figures claiming the bureau’s cropland adjustment would cost $168 million more than the administration’s plan. Freeman calls for moving beyond old thinking and criticizes opposition to the administration’s farm program. The former headlines note 1.6 million Farm Bureau members across 48 states Hawaii and Puerto Rico and Charles Suman’s push for a market price system.
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Donald D. Miller
Chicago
Orville
Freeman
American Farm Bureau Federation
Farm Bureau
Farm ‘Bureau
Sansa
American’ Farm Bureau Federation
General Farm
Continental
Hawaii
Puerto Rico
Charles
Shuman
Reds Blame Each Other For Break
Moscow accuses Albania of provoking the break in diplomatic ties as Moscow cuts relations with the Balkan state. Albania retorts Moscow aims to suppress Albania and worsening relations with the Soviet Union. A Radio Tivatia broadcast claims the Soviet people will punish Khrushchev for anti Marxist deeds. Peiping has not commented.
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Moscow
Russia
Albania
Balkan
Radio Tivatia
Fremier Khrushchev
Peiping
Poland Aims to Break Ties With Albania Soon
Poland expected to break relations with Albania following the Soviet line. Officials declined to confirm Moscow's notice, while US observers doubted Menshikov's forecast as likely. In a separate incident, a Southern Airways DC3 overshot Jackson Airport runway and plowed into mud. no injuries reported.
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Poland
Albania
New York Times
Warsaw
Soviet Union
Moscow
Enver Hoxha
Jackson
Miss
Southern“ Airways
U.N. Reports Katanga Attacks. 50-60 Katangan Dead Feared
Un officials say Elisabethville came under heavy bombardment and shelling during the night. Indian Gurkha troops suffered casualties as U.N. forces claimed a secret Katangan plan to dynamite the Union Miniere copper complex. Casualty estimates vary, with McKeown placing Katangan deaths at 50 to 60 and U.N. losses at 10 dead, 37 wounded, and 8 missing.
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Elisabethville
U. N
U. N. Command
U.N
Katanga
USN
Brussels
United Nations
Moise Ishombe
Roe Tivo
United’ Nations
Sean McKeown
Congo
New York
I. J. Rikhye
U Thant
Union Miniere Coppercobatt
Peoria taps river water as pollution progress noted
Springfield reports Illinois River pollution to Peoria is reduced enough to allow direct drinking water intake by Peoria from the river. Engineers seek an electronic, multi aspect reporting system, while noting gaps in yardsticks for pollutants and exotic substances. Clarence Klassen, head sanitary water board engineer, explains permits require adequate sewage treatment and post war growth pushes sewer extensions.
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Larry Kramp
Springfield
Peoria
Ilinois
Ean
Clarence W. Klassen
Klas
Beardstown
Sanitary Water Board
Klassen
Navy Chief Connally Resigns to Run for Governor
Fort Worth Texas December 12 AP John B Connally secretary of the Navy will leave Dec 20 to return to Texas and seek the governorship He will be replaced by Fred Korth a Fort Worth banker Connally a Fort Worth attorney 44 known as a behind the scenes power in Texas politics He is close to Vice President Johnson and Sam Rayburn Korth 53 is described as a cool veteran of Washington politics amid Kennedy administration turnover
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Fort Worth
Tex
John B. Connally
Kennedy
Texas
Fred. Korth
Conally
Connally
Lyndon B. Johnson
Sam Rayburn
Democratic Party
Korth
Jasother
Washington
Eichmann Told No Mercy Awaiting Sentence in Israel
In Jerusalem, a special Israeli court convicted Adolf Eichmann on all counts of a 15 count indictment for the Holocaust. Judge Moshe Landau ruled that mitigation is not supported, declaring Eichmann a key figure in the Nazi genocide of six million Jews. The court’s 100,000 word judgment offered no praise or leniency.
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Jerusalem
Adolf
Eichmann
Gestapo Colone
Navi Gersmany
Lts
Avery
Gideon Hausner
Argentina
Israel
Moshe Landau
Landau
Santa Claus in Buck County blue law miscue
Santa Claus in Penndel Bucks County was arrested Sunday under blue laws for Sunday employment. The case, tied to old 1794 provisions, saw Santa released after brief appearance before Squire William Oettinger. Four helpers were cited. protests from local ethics group noted.
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Penndel
Santa Claus
Rudolph
Santa
Lar
Riempp
St. Nick's
Bucks Canty Ethical-Business Practices Committee
Ban of Justice
William Oettinger
OAS Accused of Coercion in Dominican Crisis
President Balaguer accused the Organization of American States of coercion and intervention in Dominican Republic affairs. He said sanctions should be lifted only after a dialogue between his government and the opposition yields a political solution. Crowds demonstrated for his ouster as a student was wounded and police used tear gas while troops dispersed the protests.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Joaquin Balaguer
Organization of American States
OAS
Balaguer
Two Belgian cargo planes collide near Brussels
Brussels December 12 AP reports two Belgian air force CS cargo planes collided in the air and crashed in flames near Brussels. Thirteen men were killed, five crew members and three military passengers per plane. The routine night landing at Chievres 37 miles southeast of Brussels ended in a muddy field with burning debris scattered over a wide area.
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Brussels
Belgium
Defense Ministry
Chievres
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Mikhail A. Menshikov
United States
Menshikov
Marseilles
DePue
Hlinois
Alinois
Navy
Court
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