The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1962-12-21
NATIONAL
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PRESIDENT KENNEDY con-
ferfed with British Prime Mini
ster Macmillan at Nassau in the
Bahamas Wednesday and Thurs
day. Among other cold war is
sues, the two men discussed the
possibility of a new. S~oviet-in-
spired flareup Of the Congo cri-
sis "A high-level U. S. military
mission was in New York
Wednesday for discussions with
UN Secretary General U Thant.
The mission was to fly to the
Congo later in the week to sur
vey that country'S military
needs. The UN has been trying
for nearly two years to brine.
SeceSSi0niSt Katanga province
under control Of the central gov
eminent at Leopcldville.
JAMES DONOVAN, the New
York attorney who successfully
negotiated the release of W pilot
Francis Gary Powers in return
for Russian spy Col. R Rudolf
Able. is again trying to arrange
the release Of lib Cuban
prisoners. They were captured
in the abortiye Bay of Pigs in
vasion in 1861. A large supply
OF U. S. food and medicine is
being assembled in Miami. Fla,
for shipment to Cuba as ransom
for the captives if the deal goes
through. Hopes are high the
men may be freed before Christ
mas.
GOV. HARRISON said
Wednesday A. 900 new jobs have
been provided in Virginia during
the past year and the state S
economy is generally sound de-
spite a few weak spots. He told
a news conference that of the
new nonagriculturai job about
5000 were filled by displaced
farm workers. 5000 by persons
previously unemployed. and rs
600 by those joining the labor
force for the first time or who
had just moved into Virginia.
There was a trend toward fewer
and larger farms, but cash re-
ceiptS were up. One weak spot
was poultry which has n
virtually cut off from the Com
mon Market nations: Another
was the unusual difficulty in
selling certain types Of tobacco
abroad. Net farm income gen
orally continued to lag behind
the rest of the economy.
RUSSIA'S BLACK BOX" OF
robot seismic station proposal to
police a nuclear test ban was
fatty rejected by the U. S.
Wednesday. U. S. Ambassador
Arthur Dean told the 17-nation
disarmament conference meet
ing in Geneva that the Soviet
proposal was vague and
foggy.' The U. S also announc-
ed the West cannot accept any
test ban based solely on Rus
sia's good faith.
THE STATE DEPARTMENT
announced Wednesday the U. S.
has decided to extend diplomatic
recognition to the revolutionary
regime in Yemen. Yemen is a
tiny country in the Middle East.
The monarchy was overthrown
several weeks ago and Egypt's
President NaSSer has backed the
new regime. However, Jordan
and Saudi Arabia, monarchies
themselves, tried to restore the
old government and allegedly
sent troops INTO the country.
There was fighting between
tribesmen loyal to the monarch
and forces of the new regime.
THE u S. COMMUNIST Party
was found guilty this week Of
failing to register AZ an agent
Of the Soviet Union and given
the maximum fine of a b o
$l26. 900. The Reds say they will
appeal. This was the latest
round Of a l2-year legal battle
against the party. The Justice
Department now plans to prose.
cute its top leaders.
THE MONA Lisa. a priceless
portrait Of a woman by the late
18th and early 18th century
Italian Leonardo de Vinci. ar
rived in New York Wednesday
abroad the S. S. France. On
loan briefly from the French
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