World issues top briefed White House session
President meets with GOP and Democratic leaders at the White House for two hours to discuss international affairs. Rusk McNamara and McCone briefed lawmakers while Saltonstall and Dirksen report broad topics and little Congress questioning. Domestic issues were not discussed except possible tariff negotiation authority.
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Washington
White House
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
John A. McCone
Central Intelligence Agency
Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Senate
House
Ways and Means
Tendersweet Fried Clams All You Can Eat
Dining ad announces all you can eat fried clams at Howard Johnson's in the George Washington Hotel for 1.29 with page reference and promotes federal savings insurance and Winchester Savings & Loan offers, noting current 4 percent dividend.
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Howard Johnson
George Washington Hotel
Ederal Savings & Loan Insurance Corp
Winchester Savings & Loan
Molotov Returns to Post in Vienna Amid Soviet Drama
Former Foreign Minister Molotov, labeled a Stalinist by the latest party congress, returns to his Vienna atomic post. The move sparks surprise in Moscow and speculation he narrowly avoids expulsion as Khrushchev’s purge arguments unfold. He travels by train and may reach Vienna today pending visa status.
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V. M. Molotov
Communist Party
Vienna
Foreign Office
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Khrushchev
Molotov
International Atomic Energy Agency
Atomic Energy Agency
Soviet Union
Sukarno Escapes Bomb Attack in Makassar
President Sukarno escaped unharmed after a bomb exploded during a four day Celebes tour. Three were killed and 25 injured in the crowd watching his arrival. He later addressed a student rally and inspected a military base as security was tightened.
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Indonesia
Sukarno
Celebes
West New Guinea
Dutch New Guinea
Brown assails Nixon over Birch ties in national speech
California Governor Edmund G. Brown condemned Richard Nixon for aligning with ultra right wing Birch supporters, urging Republicans to oppose extremism. Brown warned Nixon risks walking two sides of the street as two Birch-backed California congressmen are cited as examples.
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Richard M. Nixon
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John H. Rousselot
Sabena Airliner Forced Down by Soviets, Say Officials
A Sabena jet with 27 aboard from Tehran to Istanbul landed at a Soviet air field after claiming pursuit by Russian planes. Brussels and Istanbul report Soviet fighters escorted the craft to Yerevan before planned onward flight to Istanbul.
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Freddy Moureau
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I’ner
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Europe
Far East
Iran
Toll of Virginia Weekend Traffic Deaths Tops Eleven
The first weekend of 1962 in Virginia saw eleven traffic fatalities, with Rockingham County reporting five. The year’s toll reached 21, two more than a year earlier, as victims ranged from King George and Springfield to Elkton, Broadway, Harrisonburg, Petersburg, Rocky Mount, Orange County and beyond.
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Associated Press
Rockingham County
Raymond Lewis Williams
Rt. 1
King George
Fredericksburg
U. S. 301
Edgehill
King George County
Daniel E. Thayer
Springfield
Shirley Highway
Ten-Power Dollar Stability Plan From IMF
The International Monetary Fund announced a ten nation agreement to create a 6 billion dollar currency pool to bolster the dollar and other non Communist nations. The pool can be drawn on to cover temporary drains, with the United States as lead sponsor and likely major beneficiary pending congressional and parliamentary ratification.
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International Monetary Fund
Congress
IMF
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United States
Strikes by Right Wing Army Cripple Algiers and Oran
A two hour general strike called by the Secret Army for Algeria cripples Algiers and Oran as hospital staff protest police control. Exile rebel leaders meet in Morocco seeking peace with France while signaling readiness for concrete moves.
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Oran
Algeria
Secret Army
Morocco
Charles de Gaulle
American troops halt Soviet officers at West Berlin border
At the West Berlin border U S military police stopped a bus with 18 Soviet officers for 75 minutes until assurances were given that the banned commander Col Andrei Solovyev and Lt Col Georgi Alekseev were not aboard. The incident marked a third such roadblock in a week as tensions rise at Check point Charlie. Mayor Willy Brandt said the wall is hurting those who built it.
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West Berlin
Checkpoint Charlie
Friedrichstrasse
Berlin
West Germany
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Neues Deutschland
The
East
Harrison to Become Virginia Governor on Saturday
AP reports Albertis S. Harrison will be sworn in as Virginia’s 64th governor at 2:30 p.m. on January 13 on the Capitol south portico. A 19 gun salute follows, with a 34 unit parade and brief inaugural address by Harrison, who turns 55 two days earlier.
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Albertis S. Harrison
Virginia
John W. Eggleston
State Supreme Court of Appeals
State Capitol
111Th Artillery
Norfolk
Harrison
Trains Collide In Dense Fog Killing 87 In Netherlands
In Woerden a express from Leeuwarden to Rotterdam and a commuter train from Rotterdam to Amsterdam collided in thick fog. At least 87 died with hundreds injured. Rescue teams worked with torches and ambulances while officials investigate possible signal failure.
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Leeuwarden
Rotterdam
Amsterdam
van Ossterom
Damage Figure Is Unavailable After Motel Fire
STEPHENS CITY A fire at the Redwood Motel last night caused damage and an estimated loss figure was not available this morning. Firemen said the blaze began in a transformer and spread to an attic, reaching about 50 feet into another area. The alarm came in shortly after 9 p.m. with Shawnee assisting at 9:30. The owner reported no customers in the building.
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