Cuban Reports Due U N Cuban Crisis Statements Planned
United Nations reports say the Soviet Union and United States will issue separate statements in the Security Council to wind up the Cuban crisis. Washington seeks verification of Cuba weapon removal and guarantees no reappearance. Moscow wants a U.S. pledge not to invade Cuba. Kennedy and Khrushchev had agreed on safeguards in late October.
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Soviet Union
United States
Security Council
U.N
Uniteds
Cuba
U.S
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Union
Kennedy Urges National Action on Air Pollution
President Kennedy called for national action against air pollution saying it jeopardizes economic vitality and health. Surgeon General Luther L. Terry warned health hazards and $7 billion yearly economic losses, as officials opened a conference amid London's deadly smog with 136 deaths to date.
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Washington
London
Kennedy
Luther L. Terry
Public Health Service
United States
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Winchester Board Meets One Member Short
The Winchester Board of Supervisors met with one member absent as Supervisor Paul Luttrell recovered from a heart attack at home. A Sanitation update and routine agenda were discussed during the session.
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Board of Supervisors
Paul Luttrell
Carl J. Gerken Named Assistant County Agent
Carl J. Gerken 27 was named Frederick County assistant agent effective December 17 succeeding Joe B. Wrightman who resigned December 1. Gerken, born in Fairfax County, earned a 1958 Virginia Tech animal husbandry degree and previously worked in Virginia farm management. He is married to Roberta Bank of Martinsville and they have a four year old daughter. He will handle 4 H Club work and assist the extension program alongside John T. Wolfe and Arlis Frymyer. The Frederick County Board of Supervisors confirmed the appointment at their meeting.
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G. H. Clark
Gerken
Joe B. Wrightman
ASCS
Shenandoah County
Fairfax County
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Virginia
Roberta Bank
Martinsville
Valley Mill Road
Clarke County
John Gerken
Frederick County
John T. Wolfe
Arlis
Frymyer
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Wilbur Anderson
Anderson
George Whitacre
Soviet offer to install black boxes ends at Earthquake Centers
At the disarmament conference Soviet Delegate Semyon Tsarapkin said Moscow would place three black box devices on its territory with inspectors able to service them and retrieve taped data. Western powers warned the system would be an insufficient only auxiliary measure and demanded far more units.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Alexei Roshchin
Roshchin
Tsarapkin
Soviet Unveils Record Budget for 1963
The Soviet government presented a record 87.6 billion ruble budget for 1963 with military spending rising to 13.9 billion rubles. Finance Minister Vasily Garbousov announced the plan at the Supreme Soviet session, detailing income of 87.6 billion and expenditures of 86.1 billion.
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Moscow
Vasily Garbusov
Supreme Soviet
Bodies of 9 More Mine Victims Found
Rescue teams locate nine more bodies at a coal mine near Carmichaels Pennsylvania raising the total recovered to sixteen with twenty one still missing. U S Steel officials say the ventilating system is disrupted and body recovery will take time. Clergy and medical staff describe instantaneous deaths from the blast and gas ignition.
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Carmichaels
Corp. Robena
U.S. Steel
Pittsburgh
Lewis Evans
State Secretary of Mines
Evans
Andrew Horvath
Point Marion
David Tingle
Frank J. Boehm
Greene County
Tingle
John Moore
Frick Mines
Nehru Warns Cease-Fire Could Be Trick in Himalayan Conflict
Prime Minister Nehru told Parliament and later Indian troops that China’s cease-fire and withdrawal offer might be a strategic ruse. He urged continued resolve, said fighting could resume, and insisted China withdraw to positions held Sept 8. He offered to take the dispute to the International Court of Justice if China withdraws.
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New Delhi
India
Nehru
China
Himalayas
Peking
International Court of Justice
Ceylon
Rockefeller Aims 1964 Nomination Against Kennedy
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller plans to run for the 1964 Republican presidential nomination by positioning against President Kennedy rather than rivals. Advisers expect a tough GOP battle to block him but believe opposing Kennedy strengthens a general election effort. Rockefeller will delay pre campaign organization until after the New York legislature adjourns, likely not free until May.
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Jack Bell Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Kennedy
New York
Rockefeller
GOP
Wisconsin
George L. Hinman
Virginia highway death toll reaches 891 for 1962
The Associated Press reports ten people died in Virginia during the weekend from traffic injuries, bringing the 1962 toll to 891 with nine weekend fatalities after one prior death. Victims include Raymond J. Arnold of Stuarts Draft, Frank Delano Monteith of Fredericksburg, and James Claudius Butts of Norfolk.
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Associated Press
Virginia
Hermon Smith
Richmond
Raymond J. Arnold
Stuarts Draft Rt. 1
Charlottesville
Waynesboro
Frank Delano Monteith
Fredericksburg
Masseponax
Spotsylvania County
Monteith
Virginia Redistricting Case Heads to Supreme Court This Week
Virginia faces a Supreme Court appeal over its 1962 redistricting acts after a federal court ruled them unconstitutional for city-area bias. Gov. Harrison rejects a special session, delaying plan as 100 House members and 40 senators may face elections next year, with the Capitol undergoing renovations.
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Supreme Court
Richmond
Old Dominion
General Assembly
Fairfax
Arlington
Norfolk
Albertis S. Harrison Jr
Harrison
High
House of Delegates
Assembly
Subfreezing Streak Looms as Temperatures Plunge
A forecast calls for a low near 10 degrees tonight with escalating cold and sunless forecast tomorrow a high in the upper 20s. Snow flurries yesterday left a trace at the Winchester Fruit Laboratory and roads from Winchester to Stephens City and the Virginia border face icing and closures as crews spread abrasives. December and year to date precipitation are below normal, with 1.02 inches this December and 37.17 inches for the year.
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Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
Highways Department
President Kennedy Returns From Western Nuclear Tour
President Kennedy flies into Andrews Air Force Base after a West tour of nuclear installations and a desert getaway. He meets with Secretary of State Rusk before Rusk departs for a NATO conference in Paris. A priest hints the First Lady should join future trips, noting parishioners’ curiosity about Jackie.
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Washington
Kennedy
Andrews Air Force Base
Palm Springs
Calif
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Paris
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Winter storm blankets Midwest to Deep South with record cold
A midwinter pattern dumps heavy snow from the Midwest into the deep South with blustery winds. Northern Indiana Ohio upstate New York and interior New England face heavy snow warnings while temperatures dip below zero in Minnesota and Florida nears freezing in Tallahassee and Jacksonville.
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Indiana
Ohio
New York
New England
Minnesota
Florida
Tallahassee
Jacksonville
Kentucky
Tennessee
Virginia
Carolina Mountain
Georgia
Houghton
Mich
South Bend
Ind
Chicago
Cleveland
Skirmishing in Brunei City as British force presses revolt
In Brunei Town and Seria oil fields, 700 Gurkhas and British troops attack rebel forces amid stiff resistance. More than 500 rebels reportedly surrender or flee as the government bans the Rakyat Party. Rebel leader Azahari vows to continue until British withdrawal.
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Brunei
Seria
Borneo
Rakyat (People’s) Party
Legislative Council
Kuala Belait
Shell Oil Co
A. M. Azahari
Philippine
Manila
Kennedy
Sarawak
North Borneo
Hoffa juror replaced by alternate in trial session
An alternate juror, Walter Harper of Bethpage Tennessee, substituted for regular juror Mrs James Paschal from Woodbury Tennessee in the Hoffa conspiracy trial in Nashville. The switch followed reports of an attempted approach to a panel member and an earlier secret hearing amid an air pistol incident involving a former patient.
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Nashville, Tenn
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Walter Harper
Bethpage
Tenn
James Paschal
Woodbury
Hoffa
William E. Miller
Detroit Free Press
Government
Miller
Paschal
Merital
Dick Powell Cancels TV Appearances
Hollywood AP reports actor director Dick Powell has canceled television appearances for part of the 1962 63 season on his doctor's orders due to treatment for a lymph gland condition. A Powell spokesman said he is not yet ready to return to work.
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Dick Powell
Histor
Powell
Wes
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