Kennedy Macmillan Seek Congo Stability Amid Skybolt Rift
In Nassau Kennedy presses Macmillan on Congo defense amid a Skybolt missile dispute with Britain. U N envoy Truman leads an eight man mission to survey Congo needs as tensions over Katanga and the Leopoldville government loom. Talks also cover NATO unity and European nuclear options.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Kennedy
Meee
Africa
Katanga
Leopoldville
U.S
Macmillan
Winchester Frederick Community Chest Nears Goal
The Winchester Frederick County Community Chest reached 88 percent of its goal with 5 998 left to raise. Occasional rain was forecast with a low around 36 to 44 degrees, turning colder tomorrow with possible snow flurries. Typewriters offered at 29 50 by Kenneth and Henry Co.
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Winchester - Frederick County
Kenneth & Henry Co
Car and truck crash near Shenandoah River bridge kills horse trainer
A Maryland horse trainer, Frank Duvall Christmas, 40, of Poolesville, died when a car and a truck collided on Rt. 50 west of the Shenandoah River bridge at 5:20 p.m. The Stephens City man Jennings Everett Morris, 41, was critically injured with multiple fractures and underwent surgery. Trooper Estep cited a stop sign violation as cause. The death toll and accident toll are noted in Clarke and surrounding counties, with additional incidents including a fatality in Falls Church and property damage in Winchester.
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Maryland
Stephens City
Shenandoah River Bridge
Frank Duvall
Happy) Christmas
Rt. 1
Poolesville
Clarke County
Jennings Everett Morris
Memorial Hospital
L. A. Estep
Christmas
Rt. 50
Morris
John H. Enders
Berryville
Pumphrey
Bethesda
Boyce Volunteer Fire Co
Estep
H. F. Will, Sr
D. A. Sheetz
Virginia
Barbara Sarvis Rochell
Falls Church
Marshall St
Fairfax
Winchester
Cameron St
S. Cameron
Cecil Sts
Elson Pugh, Jr
S. Cameron St
Pugh
Marshall Baker
Josephine Fisher
Winchester Evening Star
Garnett Miller
Baltimore Man Indicted for Airplane Theft
A federal grand jury indicted 24 year old Roger Lee Woods of Baltimore on stealing an airplane from Martinsburg West Virginia airport. He allegedly flew the plane December 2 to Friendship National Airport and abandoned it. It is his third alleged aircraft theft in four years.
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Baltimore
Martinsburg
W. Va
Roger Lee Woods
Friendship National
Virginia governor cites healthy economy with jobs gain
Governor Harrison summarized a State Division report showing about 47 000 non agricultural jobs created in 1962 in Virginia. He noted 6 000+ displaced workers found work, 15 000 previously unemployed found jobs, and 25 000 new openings for residents or new labor force entrants. He warned against predicting tax levels 18 months ahead and urged support for stricter traffic enforcement amid rising highway safety concern.
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Richmond
Albertis
Harrison Jr
Virginia
Harrison
Dviision
IRS Seizes Five Gaming Machines Across Winchester Area
A federal agent seized five gaming devices in Winchester Semenoes area as the IRS intensifies a nationwide crackdown on unlicensed gaming machines. Special Agent J R Murphy said the confiscated machines include removable play devices and are owned by a vending operator rather than local stores. If licenses were paid, machines would not be touched. confiscated funds become federal property. Other Virginia locales targeted include Norfolk Virginia Beach Newport News Staunton Danville Roanoke Lynchburg and Richmond.
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Internal Revenue
J. R. Murphy
Bureau
Alexandria
Murphy
Virginia
IRS
Richmond
Associated Press
Norfolk and Vicinity
Virginia Beach
Newport News Staunton
Danville
Roanoke
Lynchburg
Winchester-Frederick County
Mona Lisa Arrives in New York Amid Royal Welcome
The Mona Lisa arrived in New York with heavy security and was placed in a guarded two room cabin for the trip to Washington where it will be shown at the National Gallery of Art. President Kennedy will open the exhibit on January 8 with Secret Service protection.
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New York
Washington, D.C
National Gallery of Art
Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
United States
Tax break eyed for drugs donated in Cuba prisoner swap
President’s aides discuss a $25 million tax deduction for medicines donated for a Cuban prisoner exchange. The deduction would use wholesale drug values for 1,113 Bay of Pigs captives, with a retail drug value around $52 million. IRS ruling and final approval awaited.
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Washington
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Congress
Plants Begin Yuletide Closures Across Area
Major factories plan holiday shutdowns with the Zero Pack Co National Fruit Co and Clearbrook Woolen Co among the longest closed for Christmas. Zeropack and National Fruit will close Friday and reopen January 2 Clearbrook Woolen closes Friday until January 1 Doubleday and Co Berryville plant shifts to a Monday Tuesday break next week.
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Zeropack Co
National Fruit Product Co
Clearbrook Woolen Co
Zeropack
National Fruit Firms
Doubleday & Co., Inc
Berryville
Virginia Beer Sales Extended to Midnight Start Thursday
The Virginia ABC Control Board voted to extend beer sale hours to midnight starting tomorrow night. The change allows city establishments selling beer to stay open one hour later, a measure already in effect in the county last summer.
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Virginia Abc Control Board
Richmond
Prison Riot in Villa de Voto Ends After 15 Hours of Bloodshed
Mutinous guards embittered by 10 slain comrades killed 23 rioters and wounded others in Villa de Voto penitentiary. About 400 inmates attempted a mass breakout, taking 20 hostages including a chaplain, as 100 guards led the crackdown and the violence subsided around dawn.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Villa de Voto
Hernando Beiro
Military Mission to Congo to bolster UN At Kinshasa
A US high level military mission led by Lt Gen Louis Tru man will go to UN headquarters to assess Congo needs and the equipment a new aid package will provide air transport gear is expected. Ste venson said the move supports the UN drive to end Katanga secession with moral backing, not troop deployment.
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United Nations, N.Y
U.S
U.N
White House
Congo
Louis Truman
U Thant
Kennedy
Macmillan
Kremlin
Katanga
Cyrille Adoula
Nassau
Truman
Thant
Robert K. A. Gardiner
India
Red China
Harry S. Truman
West Point
Pentagon
Pakistan
Fidel Castro Eyes Prisoner Exchange For Food Aid
Havana officials say Fidel Castro favors exchanging 1 113 Bay of Pigs inmates for U S food and medicines in talks led by James B Donovan. Relatives report clothing and food allowed. prisoners may be freed soon with flights to Miami.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S
Castro
New
Donovan
Isle of Pines Penitentiary
Principevana
Miami
Fla
United States
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Lord Hume
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Crier
Hicles
Charles Town
Bureau of Internal Revenue
Mona Lisa
Anderson Sheet Metal Works
ONCIA
House
Senate Appropriations Committee
Central Intelligence Agency
Internal Revenue Service
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