Railroads Seek Court Order to Block Impending Strike
In Chicago the nation’s railroads filed a U S District Court petition to halt a scheduled strike by 53 000 workers from three unions after wage talks with Washington broke down. A hearing was set as unions claim a walkout would cripple 187 and terminal lines.
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Chicago
U.S
Washington
Iké
Joseph Sam Perry
Afl-Cio Railway
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
International Association of
Weather Oddity In Dec 9 1963 With Harsh Freeze
The Winchester Fruit Research Lab notes high minus forty and low thirty one matching the previous year. Police Chief Maj. J Thomas Boyd lists parking rules for the next day and the Christmas Parade with no parking after five p m and plaza clearance at five p m.
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Winchester Fruit Research Lab
J. Thomas Boyd
Boyd
Shee Es Coen
He’ Plaza
Christmas Gifts at Grove Furniture Co
Cedar chests priced at 29.95 and up fireplace sets at 20.95 and up recliners featured at Grove Furniture Co during a holiday sale.
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Art Grove Furniture Co
Wilson Says Talks Chart NATO A-Force Objectives
British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and President Johnson mark progress toward a broadened NATO nuclear force plan. They aim to form a jointly owned mixed manned nuclear surface fleet with West Germany as a central member and seek Allied participation and cost sharing.
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Wilson
Washington
Harold Wilson
Johnson
NATO
U.S
West Germany
Charles de Gaulle
House of Commons
Britain
United States
Senators Probe Bank Records in Baker Scandal
Senate investigators plan to examine bank records of Bobby Baker and witness Don Reynolds as part of a probe into an alleged political payoff tied to a government construction contract. Reynolds testified Baker directed inflated bills for McCloskey’s firm linked to the 1960 Democratic campaign fund.
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Washington
Senate
Bobby Baker
Senate Rules Committee
Edward T. Hugler
Baker
Don B. Reynolds
Reynolds
Matthew H. McCloskey
Philadelphia
McCloskey
Ambasto Ireland, Closkey & Co
Rey
Nolds
Hugler
UN Expects Sparks From African Bloc at Congo Debate
At the United Nations the African bloc faces sharp exchanges as Liberia and Nigeria open floor debate on the Congo matter. Tshombe’s Saturday appearance is anticipated to trigger protests over alleged Western intervention and mercenary use. Spaak to be buffeted by Africa bloc members.
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United Nations
N.Y
Securiy
Congo
Council
Liberia
Nigeria
United States
Belgium
Stanleyville
Moise Tshombe
Can
Tshombe
African Unity
Cairo
Paul-Henri Spaak
Three Day Viet Battle Won In An Lao Valley
In An Lao Valley near Saigon a three day fight left U S casualties with one soldier killed another missing and two wounded. Viet Cong losses included at least 30 dead and damage to five armored amphibious personnel carriers. A helicopter gunner Pfc Arthur A Shelton of Loyalton California was killed while guiding an evacuation. Spec 5 William R Hamlin of Seattle was reported missing.
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An Lao
U.S
Viet Nam
Army
Arthur A. Shelton
Loyalton
Calif
William R. Hamlin
Seattle
Wash
Final Gemini rehearsal at Cape Kennedy tests Titan 2 launch
Cape Kennedy Florida AP reports the final Gemini rehearsal launch set for today. A Titan 2 rocket will send an unmanned Gemini capsule on a 16 600 mph suborbital flight to 105 miles altitude and splashdown 2 150 miles southeast over the Atlantic. Recovery planned. If successful, astronauts Virgil I Grissom and John W Young may fly an orbital Gemini within three months.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
Gemini
Atlantic Ocean
Virgil I
Grissom
John. W. Young
Boy She Likes Causes Rash in Norwich
In Norwich England Mar grethe Larsen a 17 year old stenographer says she is allergic to marriageable men confessing a nervous rash that appears on her neck and chest whenever she sees a boy she likes a doctor calls it an exaggerated blushing and expects the rash to fade with age.
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Norwich
England
Margrethe Larsen
Margrethe
Soviet Budget Cut Reflects Lower Military Spending
Kosygin announces 1965 military budget at 12.8 billion rubles about 12.9 percent of expenditures, down from 14.5 in 1964. He urges Western powers to follow suit and stresses peaceful coexistence while Khrushchev-era policies guide Soviet diplomacy.
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Soviet Union
Kosygin
Supreme Soviet
Hose
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Goldwater Ready to Confer With Ike Nixon on GOP Crisis
Barry Goldwater plans to tell a Republican summit in New York that leadership fights are tearing the party apart. He will meet with Dwight D. Eisenhower and Richard M. Nixon as the GOP debates its future ahead of the January 22-23 RNC in Chicago. Dean Burch, the party chair, says no agenda is set for the informal gathering. Goldwater’s talks aim to explain the split between conservative and moderate factions. Eisenhower and Nixon had social talks with Gov. William Scranton in Gettysburg, described as nonpolitical. Rep. Robert Taft Jr. said he is not seeking the chair.
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New York
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
Dean Burch
Burch
Arizona
Nixon
GOP
Republican National Committee
Chicago
Johnson
Robert Taft Jr
Ohio
Indonesia closes USIS activities over violence fears
Indonesian officials shut US Information Service operations in Surabaya and Jakarta amid anti American protests tied to Congo and Malaysia conflicts. Mobs looted and burned libraries and centers, while U.S. diplomats assess the shutdown and damage.
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Jakarta
Indonesa
U.S. Information Service
Surabaya
East Java
U.S
USIS
Paul N. Neilson
Congo
Malaysia
Indonesia
Sukarno
Howard P. Jones
Ministry of Police
Allan McLean
Neilson
Information Service
Jogjakart
Open House at Schowel Furniture Co
Lane Cedar Chests priced at 49.95 and easy terms offered during an open house on Saturday December 12 from 1 to 9 PM. Door prizes and refreshments announced by Berryville Florist.
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Lane Cedar Chests
Schowel Furniture Co
Berryville Florist
City Council approves cable franchise ordinance with bids in January
The council voted 12 to 1 to approve the Community Antenna Television Franchise Ordinance. Bids will be received at the January 12 meeting and read aloud. The ordinance opens the way to piping television signals to subscribers and free educational TV to schools. The franchise term is 12 years with an option for eight more. rates must be set by bid and approved by the council.
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Carroll H. Henkel
Weather remains sunny as low moves off coast
A low pressure area has moved off the Virginia coast bringing mostly sunny skies and cold temperatures to the Richmond area.
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Richmond
Virginia Coast
Weekend specials at Newberrys and Buzzgella's sale items
Foreign car keys made at Newberrys. Weekend special on leather and tapestry bags. Buzzgella's just received a shipment of children's cowboy boots in red black and brown. Dome Shoes advertises 40S at Loudoun St with a savings offer insured by the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corporation and a 4.25 percent dividend at Winchester Savings & Loan. corner Boscawen & Washington.
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Loudoun St
Federal Savings & Loan Insurance Corporation
Winchester Savings & Loan Corner
Boscawen & Washington
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