Kennedy ends Florida visit reaches Ohio for fundraiser
President Kennedy cuts short the Florida stay scheduling Friday departure from Palm Beach to travel to Columbus Ohio for a fundraising dinner honoring Governor Michael V. Di Salle. He also plans weekend White House conferences on legislative and security matters.
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Florida
Palm Beach
Fla
Kennedy
White House
Palm Beach White House
Wibur Mills
D. Ark
House
Ways and Means Committee
Pierre Salinger
Columbus
Ohio
Michael V. di Salle
Humphrey Sees Kennedy Pushing Elderly Medical Care in Congress
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey predicts President Kennedy will push hard in Congress to enact medical care for the elderly financed through Social Security. He notes likely tough opposition on education and civil rights proposals, but supports strengthening voting rights and executive actions. He also discusses a potential cabinet department of urban affairs led by Robert C. Weaver.
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Kennedy
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Lucius D. Clay
Berlin
Congress
Palm Beach
Columbus
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Salinger
Florida
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson City
Tex
Wisconsin
32Nd
Texas
Theodore C. Sorensen
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Roswell L. Gilpatric
Maxwell D. Taylor
Honey Fitz
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Humphrey
Senate
John M. Bailey
Minnesota
Robert F. Kennedy
Department of Urban Affairs
Robert C. Weaver
Weather and election notes from The Mercury and local notices
The Mercury reports a 65 degree day with clouds and potential rain or snow tonight and tomorrow. Saturday is forecast fair and cold with a 30 degree low.
Regular Roul Meeting and Officer Elections Notice
Regular rouls meeting set for January 4 1962 at 7 30 p m with election of officers. Also announces semi annual clearance on fall and winter clothes with reductions from 25 to 50 percent at Worth s 27 North Loudoun Street.
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Sarah Zane
Loudoun St
Tshombe Accuses U.N. of Odious Aggression
Elisabethville Katanga Congo President Moïse Tshombe denounces United Nations action as odious aggression in a Provincial Assembly speech on Katanga’s secession. He asks for a cease fire amid killings and carnage, while Assembly members clash over the eight point pact with Cyrille Adoula.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
Moïse Tshombe
United Nations
Toatanga
Congo
New York
Assembly
Balubakat Party
Joseph Kasavubu
Kamina
U.N
Balubakat
Cyrille Adoula
Tshombe
Indonesia Arms Buildup Off New Guinea Spreads Tensions
Indonesia shelves a push for immediate sovereignty over West New Guinea while warning of invasion. 10,000 veteran fighters are armed on Amboina and other Molucca islands as Jakarta signals eventual self determination for Papuans if the Dutch cede administration.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
West New Guinea
Sukarno
Netherlands
Amboina
Molucca Chain
New Guinea
Busjiri
Molucca
United States
Australia
The
Hague
Jan’ de Quay
Holland
Subandrio
Ann Holsinger Crowned Fourth Greens Queen
Ann Holsinger was crowned Queen at the fourth Annual Burning of the Greens on the War Memorial Building grounds. She won from seven TAC contestants in a Dec 16 dance voting, receiving a crown and bouquet from last year’s Queen, Alice Carpenter.
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Ann Holsinger
the Greens
War Memorial
Congo River Flood Recedes as relief efforts expand
In Leopoldville Congo floodwaters are receding per U.N. Command reports. Relief operations continue for the worst flood in memory with Matadi cut off from the port and shipping halted. A barge train funded by a $10,000 U.S. government check will reach Cocquilhatville and remote villages.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
Congo River
U.N. Command
Matadi
Atlantic
Alessandro Corradini
U.N
U.S
Coquilhatville
Air Force
Europe
Cold snap sweeps New York as eight hour drop hits 34 degrees
A fast moving cold front drove temperatures down across New York State from 32 above at midnight to 2 below in Massena by 8 a.m. Snow drizzle and glazed roads closed some schools while Watertown and Sault Ste. Marie posted subzero readings. Far south forecasters warned of milder Florida but cold warnings extended from the Dakotas to New England and the Great Lakes. A frost damaged 2 to 4 million boxes of citrus, easing the record orange crop but not a severe loss.
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New York State
Massena
N.Y
Syracuse
Buffalo
Florida
Miami
Gainesville
Key West
Laos Suspends Sale of Foreign Exchange
The Laos national bank announced it has suspended selling American dollars and French francs, halting foreign exchange through banks. The move sparked speculation that the United States cut financial aid. an American Embassy spokesman declined to comment. The kip exchange rate is 80 to 1 dollar and Laos relies on aid to fund its army and projects.
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Vientiane, Laos
Laos
United States
Banque Nationale du Laos
Banque Dindochine
Primary Election Unnecessary Here Winchester
No primary election in Winchester for City Council on April 3 as filing closed with six incumbents and no other candidates. The listed candidates are L M Allen Eugene Daring Sr H W Butler Jr in the First ward and Lee Coble Stewart Bell Jr Gerald Goodman in the Second ward. Mayors and council terms extend to August or June as specified.
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Winchester
Democratic Committee
Richard Rosenberger
Boscawen St
L. M. Allen
Eugene Dearing
H. W. Butler
Lee Coble
Stewart Bell, Jr
Gerald Goodman
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Kennedy plans $120 million yearly aid to education program
Washington sources say the Kennedy administration will propose a $120 million per year federal program to raise public school quality. It aims to fund better trained teachers and state incentives, combining ideas from Secretary Ribicoff and reviving elements of last year’s general school aid bill.
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Washington
Congress
Kennedy
Abraham A. Ribicoff
House Rules Committee
Ribicoff
Melvin Rees Returns to Courtroom
Dancer band musician Melvin Davis Rees Jr. seeks to overturn his death verdict for the Jackson family murders in Louisa County. His lawyers allege trial errors and insufficient evidence support, challenging admitted evidence and jury instructions as prejudicial.
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Spotsylvania
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
Jackson
Rees
Carroll Vernon Jackson Jr
Louisa County
Alfred W. Garnett
Joseph L. Savage Jr
John D. Butzner Jr
Bell
Bell Clothes of Winchester
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