Envoy Exits as U.S. and Spanish Envoys Depart Cuba
In Havana on January 21, the United States and Spain initiate recalls as Cuba under Fidel Castro ejects its Spanish ambassador Juan Pablo de Lojendio and summons U.S. envoy Philip Bonsal. Demonstrations rally to Castro’s stance amid worsening U.S.-Cuban relations.
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Cuban Confederation of Labor
Juan Pablo de Lojendio
Velisca
Pal in Gulf Plane Crash
Frances Spears says she learned 11 days before the Nov. 16 Gulf crash that her husband Robert V. Spears survived and was alive, with ex-convict William Allen Taylor said to have taken his seat on the ill fated airliner. FBI and agents questioned Spears’ wife as she described the dramatic reveal and Spears’ flight fate.
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Gulf of Mexico
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Spears
William Allen Taylor
Tampa
Fla
FBI
Phoenix
Ariz
William A.) Turska
Turska
Lakewood
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Taylor
Mrs. Spears
East Dallas
Barker
Lakewood Hotel
No Payments for Bombers
Airline bombings cost insurers but no payouts went to heirs of suspected bombers. Mercury International and others sold policies to Robert Spears of Dallas and New York attorney Julian Frank. Spears, insured for 100000, survived a Gulf of Mexico crash. Frank, insured near 900000, died in a North Carolina crash.
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Robert Spears
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New York
Julian Frank
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Gulf of Mexico
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Franks
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Mercury International Insurance Underwriters
Klum
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Plane Down: 37 Die In Avianca Crash At Montego Bay
A Colombian airliner from New York crashed on landing at Montego Bay Jamaica killing 37 and wounding many. Nine survived, all 17 Americans aboard perished. The Super Constellation lay on its back in swamp water as flames and explosions followed the impact. Prominent victims included Thomas C Capehart and John H Marhoefer, among others, as investigators worked through the wreckage and rescue teams searched for survivors.
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Montego Bay
Jamaica
New York
Caribbean
We Need a Moses Not Santa Claus in 1960 Politics
The piece argues the two major parties offer similar platforms and warns voters to seek a clear choice between free enterprise and a planned economy. It questions whether Americans will accept austerity to return to solvency as inflation and debt loom. It references Byrd and Javits as contrasts within parties.
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Harry Byrd
Virginia
Jacob Javits
New York
Moses
Santa Claus
This and That with a Texas Oil Millionaire tale at chamber
After a chamber speech on Wednesday a Texas oil millionaire visited California with his family. His daughter was saved from an undertow by a lifeguard who administered rescue breathing. The father arrived in a Cadillac and demanded the life-saving method be the real thing.
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de Lois Walker
T.O.M
Chamber of Commerce
California
Finch murder trial defense cites hired ex-con for damag e evidence
The defense in the Finch murder case argues an admitted ex convict was hired to obtain damaging material against Barbara Jean Finch rather than to kill her. Cody testified he was paid to kill, not to gather evidence, and the DA’s handwriting expert flagged forged signatures on a $3000 check tied to Dr. R Bernard Finch and Barbara Finch.
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Los Angeles
Finch
Barbara Jean Finch
Jack Cody
Cody
Minneapolis
Grant B. Cooper
Donn E. Mire
Dr. Finch
Barbara R. Finch
Mire
Mechem Linked to 1960 Campaign By Meantime Editor
Santa Fe special correspondent Capital Will Harrison weighs the former governor’s role in the 1960 race. He provides analysis of Mechem’s potential influence and positions his view in the state capital context. The piece appears on page 4.
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Will Harrison
Santa Fe
New Mexico
Mechem
200 Trapped By African Mine Blast
A ventilator fan exploded at the Clydesdale coal mine trapping 506 miners 600 feet underground in the Coalbrook Mine near Vereeniging Orange Free State. Officials said the initial blast caused a rock fall then a second blast. several hundred miners fled to safety. Six of the trapped men were white and the rest African.
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Bloemfontein
South Africa
UPI
Clydesdale
Lpielburg
Orange Free State
Coalbrook
Free State
Vereeniging
Soviets Claim Rocket Missed Target by About a Mile
Soviet news agency Tass announced a multistage ballistic missile fired from about 7,760 miles away missed the target in the mid Pacific by 1.24 miles near a U S controlled bullseye zone southwest of Hawaii. The claim contrasts U S disclosure of hits near two miles and 5 000 mile ranges. Washington said the fall occurred within a large target zone and a pilot witnessed a bright orange explosion.
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Mid- Pacific
Hawaii
Tass
Venus
Mars
U.S
Washington
Eisenhower
R. A. Gray
Tyura Tam
Aral Sea
Russia
United States
Pacific
Missile armed with political warhead
Moscow signals peaceful aims for rocket tests but uses timing and propaganda to project power. A Pacific missile nose cone passed into the ocean after Japan and the United States signed a new alliance treaty allowing continued American troops on Japanese soil, a move denounced by the Russians.
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Moscow
Pacific
Kremlin
Japan
United States
Propaganda Campaign Forewarns Asia Of Soviet Space Probe Claims
In 1960 Amarillo records show 18 sunny days out of 21 with fair to clear skies. Amid rocket news, Soviet statements claim peaceful space probe tests while stressing missile accuracy, signaling Asia that the Pacific may be no American stronghold.
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Amarillo
Houston
Dallas
Okla
City
Amarillo Area Weather Outlook Through Saturday
Partly cloudy and cold conditions persist in Amarillo and vicinity with slowly rising temperatures. Low near 12 degrees this morning and a high around 36 today. Northwest Texas stays partly cloudy and cold today then warms modestly Saturday.
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Amarillo
Texas
Rayburn warns of complacency on Russia missile threat
Speaker Sam Rayburn voiced concern that top defense officials are complacent about Russia's growing missile threat. He spoke as Defense Secretary Gates testified that the U S remains overwhelmingly powerful and that new intelligence supports a more optimistic outlook than a year ago.
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Washington
UPD
Sam Rayburn
Russia
Texas Democrat
Congress
Thomas S
Gates Jr
United States
Gates
House Armed Services Committee
Deadline Looms in 1960s Poll Tax Drive
January 31 marks the deadline to pay your poll tax amid a busy political year. Citizens are urged to settle dues to maintain voting eligibility as campaigns surge nationwide.
Missionaries to Planets Questioned by Reader
In a letter to the editor D. E. Scott of Wellington questions Bishop Oxnam’s idea of sending missionaries to Mars Moon and other worlds to teach moral living. He suggests space travel will reveal space heathens eager to learn gospel doctrine and implies future generations would bear the cost.
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Oxnam
Shining Light
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