Fighting in Elisabethville as U.N. forces clash with Katanga troops
Reports from Brussels and London say Katanga troops and U.N. forces battle in Elisabethville with casualties. Diplomatic efforts for a cease-fire were under way as Tsho mb e claimed U.N. shells hit a hospital and endangered Europeans. News transmission channels out of Elisabethville were interrupted.
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Brussels
Belgium
Katanga
U.N
Elisabethville
Europe
Eliud Mathu
Moise Tshombe
London
U.S
Rhodesia
Tshombe
Wirtz Urges Dock Talks to Resume Amid Strike
Labor Secretary W Willard Wirtz presses longshoremen and ship owners to resume negotiations over the East and Gulf Coast dock strike now in its sixth day. ILA chief negotiator says only a new shipowner proposal can break the deadlock as violence flares in Galveston.
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Associated Press
W. Willard Wirtz
International Longshoremen’s Association
East
Gulf
ILA
Galveston
Tex
Nounion
Wirtz
New York Shipping Association
Gulf Coast
Snow and inspection deadlines amid holiday notices
Snow remains on streets forcing chains for some drivers as main roads dry out. curbside parking still slick. Local car owners with inspection sticker No 12 have until tomorrow and Monday to complete inspections. Christmas Day brought three new births to local families, and holiday store notices announce year end closings and seasonal sales from Baker & Anderson and Grove Furniture Co in Winchester Virginia.
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Mmany
Gilbert Smalley
Howard Evans, Jr
Donald B. Reed
Loan & Thrift Winchester Credit Corp
Price Baker & Anderson
Assault on Grocery Store Owner Sought in City
City police seek a white man about 35 after he attacked Violet L. Sherman, 60, proprietor of Victory Market at 1024 S Loudoun St. She told officers from a hospital bed she was struck twice, once in the face and again at the back of the neck, before fleeing.
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S. Loudoun St
Violet L. Sherman
S. Loudoun
Bond Sts
Warren Rudolph
Victory Market
Rudolph
Dr. Frances Kelsey Heads New Investigational Drug Office
Dr Frances C Kelsey named head of a new FDA investigational drug branch amid reorganized drug division. The move follows stronger federal controls after the thalidomide crisis and aims to streamline human testing approvals and regulations to oversee new drug testing.
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Washington
Frances C. Kelsey
U.S
FDA
Europe
Congress
Kelsey
Soft American underestimate of hardship says scientist
Albert D. Biderman of Washington says many Americans are tougher than they think, citing daily subway commutes and danger on roads as training for harsh captivity. He notes prisoners of war and Korean War veterans reveal how expectations shape perceived hardship, with patriot questions and surprise in enduring extreme conditions.
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Philadelphia
Albert D. Biderman
Washington, D.C
Biderman
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Bureau of Social Science Research
Air Force
Byrd Returns to Rosemont After Hospital Stay
Sen. Harry F. Byrd returns to Rosemont from Baltimore hospital where he was treated for a fever after a Europe trip. He arrived with his son State Sen. Harry F. Byrd Jr. and is described as feeling well with good general health.
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Berryville
Harry F. Byrd
Rosemont
Baltimore
Europe
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Byrd
Cuban Invaders Plan Anti-Castro Show For Kennedy
Cuban Brigade 2506 survivors, 1,113 fighters, will present their flag to President Kennedy when he reviews them in Miami's Orange Bowl. Kennedy will fly to Florida to receive the flag, call the mission a bold stand for democracy, and deliver a brief televised speech as ABC carries the ceremony live.
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Miami
United States
ABC
NBC
CBS
Kennedy
Cuba
Chief Cautions Motorists on Holiday Driving
Chief Maj. J. Thomas Boyd urged strict enforcement of traffic ordinances during the holiday season and New Year’s Eve. He warned against drinking and driving, noted common-sense precautions like chains and flares, and promised arrests if necessary to protect families and reduce fatal crashes.
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J. Thomas Boyd
Boyd
National Safety Council
Explosive Blast Hits Berlin Wall Front in Dawn Raze
A pre dawn explosion in Berlin ripped a three square foot hole in the wall and shattered 600 nearby windows, including 150 at a fire brigade HQ. Police called it the largest charge against the wall in 16 months, with no immediate claim of responsibility.
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Berlin
Red Wall
West Berlin
Jerusalemer Strasse
East Havana communal dream touted by Castro tour
Fidel Castro shows off East Havana a multistory workers paradise where rent is 10 percent of wages and shops schools and a nursery serve residents. He asks Americans present to judge the project while noting low rent and security for children.
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Joe McGowan JR
Miami
Fla
Paradise
Fidel Castro
Castro
East Havana
Alfred Boerum
Leonard Scheele
United States
E. Barrett Prettyman Jr
Washington
Boerum
Havana
Juan Garcia
Garcia
Expedition Leader Vows To Return To Cuba
Exiled Cuban leaders call for renewed action after 900+ relatives arrive in Miami aboard the African Pilot returning 1113 Bay of Pigs prisoners. Manuel Artime and other invasion chiefs meet with President Kennedy who will attend a Palm Beach ceremony.
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Louis Uchitelle
Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Jorge Portuondo
Santiago
Castro
Manuel Artime
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Papa Kennedy
White House
Orange Bowl
Counscil
Bay of Pigs
Russia
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
New Budget Director Kermit Gordon Is Sworn In
President Kennedy swears in Kermit Gordon as the new Budget Bureau director during a small ceremony at his Palm Beach villa. Gordon, a Council of Economic Advisers member, will help review welfare financing as 1963 congressional action looms, with Anthony Celebrezze also joining welfare talks.
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Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
Welfare Department
Kermit Gordon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Gordon
Council of Economic Advisers
Claude Reese
David E. Bell
Budget Bureau
Bell
Agency For International Development
Anthony J. Celebrezze
Winchester Park & Shop
Grove Furniture CO
S. Loudoun St
Winchester
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Scheele
Prettyman
Beauty Par
Lor
Aida Rodriguez Valladares
Librada Muniz
New York
James B. Donovan
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