Blizzard Cleans Up Cold Brings Citywide Delays
New York and the Northeast face record prewinter snow and deadly cold as blizzard conditions paralyze transit. Ice and snow hamper trains buses and airports while schools operate with delays. Deaths from heart attacks overexertion and exposure rise as communities cope with piled drifts and stalled traffic.
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Rusk Seen Likely to Oppose Summit Talk
Dean Rusk, named secretary of state by Kennedy, is expected to oppose Khrushchev’s push for a quick summit. He favors cautious negotiation and reserving presidential diplomacy for rare uses, as outlined in a New York lecture. Rusk’s background includes key posts under Truman and a leadership role at the Rockefeller Foundation. Bowles as undersecretary and Stevenson to UN are noted.
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Rusk Accepts Salary Cut Upon Secretary of State Move
Dean Rusk will reduce his pay when he becomes secretary of state in the Kennedy administration. As president of the Rockefeller Foundation he earned a reported 50 000 to 75 000 dollars annually, while the secretary of state salary is 25 000 dollars. The State Department covers official entertaining.
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Crat Orchard Lake Levels Reported Near Spillways
Crat Orchard Lake sits 23 inches below its spillway while Little Grassy Lake shows level near its spillway. Devil's Kitchen Lake records 8 feet below its spillway, indicating significant drop in water storage across the system.
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Texas Suit Ruled Out GOP Loses Vote Test In Illinois
The Associated Press reports Republicans failed to overturn Kennedy’s victory margins in Illinois and Texas. Official nationwide totals show Kennedy ahead of Nixon by about 114 thousand votes out of over 70 million cast, with Kennedy at 34,220,364 and Nixon at 28,105,305. The Electoral College remains at 300 for Kennedy, 269 needed to win, as confidence grows in finalizing results with Mississippis and Louisiana’s unpledged electors pending certification.
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Cyanide threat ends as barrel found in spillway
Spring Valley residents were not evacuated after a 100 pound barrel of deadly potassium cyanide was recovered undamaged in a spillway near St. Margaret's Hospital. The missing barrel from a Libby Oil and Chemical Co truck prompted state police and Civil Defense to prepare evacuation plans. Trooper Jack Krueger and Deputy Dan Shea located the barrel in water two blocks east of the hospital. it had apparently bounced from the truck.
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Skelton Resting After Diaphragm Rupture Surgery
Doctors say comedian Red Skelton is resting comfortably after a three hour surgery to correct a ruptured diaphragm. He underwent the operation yesterday and is reported in good condition at Cedars of Lebanon Hospital. The 47 year old entertainer may have ruptured his diaphragm during pratfalls on stage.
McNamara Seen As Defense Chief In Kennedy Administration
In Washington on December 13 AP reports Ford Motor Co. president Robert S. McNamara arrived to meet with President-elect John F. Kennedy and is seen as a likely choice for secretary of defense. Pierre Salinger said announcements could come this afternoon, with Kennedy weighing cabinet and farm labor posts as Meany and farm leaders call on the incoming administration.
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Cane Fields Burned as Bombings Hit Cuba
A wave of bombings linked to opponents of Prime Minister Fidel Castro spread from Havana to Camaguey Mitanzas Jovellanos and Mayang with sugar cane fields reported burned. Authorities blamed Yankee imperialists seeking to ruin Cuba’s main cash crop as attacks on cane fields became routine.
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Hoffa Bridges Defy Government Labor Curb
Oakland reporting on an unprecedented stand by James Hoffa of the Teamsters and Mary Bridges of the Wear Coast Longshoremen. They vow to resist government curbs amid rising labor tensions. Clashes and unrest ripple through labor circles as opposition groups mobilize.
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Pullout Weakens U.N. Congo Power
United Nations Congo command faces crisis as Guinea and Morocco declare withdrawals, joining UAR and Indonesia in leaving troops totaling over 5,500. The moves shrink the 20,000 strong force and intensify global tensions amid accusations of failure to protect Patrice Lumumba and criticisms of U.S. role in the operation.
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New Moslem Riots Feared In Algeria
The Algiers bloodbath deepened as 90 killed and hundreds injured in four days of fighting. French troops surrounded moslem quarters while President de Gaulle cut his Algeria visit short amid fears of renewed violence at funerals and in the Casbah.
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Gizenga Claims Congo Capital Move To Stanleyville
Antoine Gizenga, former deputy premier to Patrice Lumumba, declared himself Congo's only legitimate leader and proclaimed Stanleyville the capital. He cables UN chief Dag Hammarskjold noting he has assumed the premier's duties after Lumumba's arrest and shifted the national capital from Leopoldville to Stanleyville. The UN mission alerted Western-aligned ambassadors to the challenge against President Kasavubu and Mobutu.
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