CIA Said to Have Saved Regis DeBray Life
Parisian writer Regis DeBray serving a Bolivia prison sentence claims in a letter smuggled from Bolivia that CIA agents intervened to halt his execution after capture near Muyupampa. The letter, to appear in Evergreen, cites a saved life and notes DeBray’s political role and prior ties to Castro. Also mentions a 13-year-old Finnish mother giving birth to a son, reported by Ista-Sanomat.
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New York
Regis DeBray
Bolivia
Ernesto Che Guevara
United States Central Intelligence Agency
Evergreen
Grove Press
Fred Jordan
DeBray
Muyupampa
C.I.A
State Department
U.S
la Paz
Ciro Bustos
Helsinki
UPI
Ista- Sanomat
Finland
Turkish Troops on Alert Over Cyprus Independence Move
In Nicosia Turkish troops were placed on alert as Turkish Cypriots announced plans to govern themselves. Ankara denied canceling all leaves while signs pointed to possible Cyprus partition amid UN mediation. Makarios protested to the United Nations as Athens reported no Greek troop alert.
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API
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Ankara
Cyprus
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United Nations
Makarios
Athens
Pope Welcomes Vietnam Ceasefire Extension For 1968 Path
Pope Paul VI expressed great pleasure at the Vietnam ceasefire extension to 36 hours and signaled a prayer driven push for 1968. He met President Johnson on Dec 23 and hoped for longer truce while noting Viet Cong and allied forces had moves affecting the calm in Saigon.
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UPI
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Vietnam
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L’osservatore Romano
Past Canadian Governor Dies at 80
Vincent Massey first governor general of Canada, brother of actor Raymond Massey, died Saturday at King Edward VII Hospital in Canada House. Born February 20, 1887 in Toronto, Massey served as governor-general from 1952 to 1959 and held posts including high commissioner for Canada in the United Kingdom from 1935 to 1946. His wife Alice died in 1950.
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London
UPI
Vincent Massey
Canada
Raymond Massey
Massey
King Edward VII Hospital
Canada House
Toronto
United Kingdom
League of Nations
Alice
Hares March On Siberia Reported By Soviet Paper
UPI reports thousands of rabbits marched along Siberian coastal towns in search of nutrients. Dogs trailed but did not deter the hares as Komsomolskaya Pravda said they drank sea water, fed on seaweed, and returned to the frozen wastes due to mineral starvation.
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Moscow
UPI
Siberian
Komsomolskaya Pravda
Sea of Okhotsk
Queen Anne Satisfactory After Miscarriage In Rome
Queen Anne Marie of Greece, 22, is described as entirely satisfactory and recovering well in Rome after a miscarriage suffered Friday night. King Constantine, 27, and the couple’s two children are noted, with a bulletin by royal gynecologist Basilios Voutilaris confirming the stable condition.
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UPI
Anne- Marie
Greece
Constantine
Basilios Voutilaris
The
Hellenes
Soviets Intensify Attacks on Zionism in Moscow
Moscow reports a sharp Soviet push against Zionism amid the Israeli Arab fighting last June. The Communist press portrays Zionism as anti-Semitic, linking leaders to past regimes and Nazi collaboration, while accusing Zionists of driving Jewish support away from socialist unity.
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Soviet Union
Israel
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Communist Youth League
Ukrainian Republic
Germany
Rabochaya Gazeta
Ukrainian Communist Party
Ivanov
Theodor Herzl
Russia
Rasputin
Palestine
Tito orders purge of Yugoslav conservatives in key party roles
President Tito announced a purge of anti reform elements in the Yugoslav League of Communists, aiming to clear conservatives from middle and top party posts. He said the crackdown follows the July 1966 move against Rankovic and signals intensified ideological and political action to secure reforms ahead of the Ninth Party Congress.
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Aleksandr Rankovic
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League of Communists
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