People ahead of Washington on Cuba issue in 1961
In the summer of 1961 the public urged bold action on Cuba while Sen. Fulbright counseled patience. Had Marines landed in Havana a year earlier, critics would have opposed it, but privately authorities might have approved. Now, with the Russians entrenched, Washington finally acts in an election year.
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Washington
Cuba
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Arkansas
Latin America
Asia
Africa
Fulbright
Wash
Havana
We Are Losing World War II anti Communism series
Slick college paper reflects rising conservatism on campus. First issue features Robert Stack in an anti Communism series and a feature What Is Socialism. Monthly student forum on national and international affairs announced. Walter noted as faculty sponsor Richards Jr. and Tascosa Mi Pioneer.
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Robert Stack
Ranger
Stacklears
Tascosa Mi
Richards, Jr
Walter
Weather notes and opinions mix with scattered city facts
A fragmentary daily note cites Creede Colorado weather with Aspen peak readings from Cleta Bell Black and Don Peeples. It mentions a Washington opera group redefining democracy and recalls the Buffalo Evening News noting Agriculture's 100th birthday. It closes with references to Billie Sol Estes and Wally Phillip in Chicago.
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DD. Vaughn
Kentucky
Creede
Colo
Cleta Bell Black
Don Peeples
Ted River
Washington
Bufalo
Department of Agriculture
Billie Sol Estes
Wally Phillip
Fribune
Chicago
Rusk pushes to remove house amendment on foreign aid
Secretary Rusk urged the Senate to strike a house amendment that would cut off aid to any country whose ships carry goods to Communist Cuba. He warned the move would strain U.S. policy with allies and hinder efforts against Berlin. Senate leaders opened a preliminary probe into Cuba cargoes as lawmakers debated restoring funding from a House cut.
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Senate
Rusk
Cuba
Magnuson
Senate Commerce Committee
House
Peace Corps
Monetary Fund
Fuusk
United. States
Berlin
Cea Ree
Soviets Renew Threat of War Map Locates Banes Cuba
A Soviet renewed threat of war is described with a map locating Banes in Cuba near a claimed Russian technical wave that could establish a new missile site. The base is said to threaten Guantanamo Naval Base and Navy shipping lanes sixty miles to the southeast, intensifying concerns over U.S. security.
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Banes
Cuba
U.S
Ny Wave
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Mississippi trustees cleared in Meredith contempt ruling
US District Judge Sidney Mize cleared three University of Mississippi officials of contempt in the James H. Meredith segregation case. The judge said power rested with the state board of trustees, not campus officials. The defendants Williams Lewis Ellis smiled as the ruling ended. The board faces a separate contempt hearing in the Orleans circuit court next Monday.
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Meridian
Miss
Sidney Mize
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
Board of Trustees
University
John D. Willams
Liberal Arts
Arthur 3. Lewis
Robert B. Ellis
State College Board
Ircuit Court of Appeals
Orleans
Soviet Union Warns Against Cuba Policy At UN
United Nations in New York hears a stern warning from the Soviet Union about U.S. actions toward Cuba as Andrei Gromyko criticizes Washington. Adlai Stevenson replies for the United States, defending its stance while urging restraint and support for peaceful solutions. The scene unfolds amid ongoing Cold War tensions and calls for unity. The fair continues with attendance concerns and Armed Forces Day events noted.
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Artment
Uni- United Nations
N.Y
Union
United Nations
U.S
Cuba
Meredith
United States
Ment
Andrei Gromyko
Warnin
U. General Assembly
Adlai F. Stevenson
Gromyko
Stevenson
Three Die at Times Square Collision
In New York a powerful auto plowed through a sidewalk and into Rosoff's Restaurant on West 43rd Street. Three people were killed and six injured, one seriously. Driver Paul Bonadio of Lee New Jersey and his half brother Nicholas Piro of Airview New Jersey were uninjured. Police tied the driver to investigations into gangland figures, while witnesses described a cloud of dust and shattered equipment at the scene.
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New York
West 4Rd Street
43Nd Street
Rosoff
Rosoff's
Paul Bonadio
Lee
N.J
Joe Adonis
New
Willie Moretti
Nicholas Piro
Airview
Bonadio
Zella Dusen
New ‘York Times
Stetty
National Aeronautics
Eontouey
Space Administration
NASA
Duseh
House passes radio station bill for spies cited by Asia Latin America
The House approved a bill to let countries build radio stations in Washington. Protests cited dangers for spies. Critics said up‑to‑date links already exist in Europe and elsewhere. The measure authorizes the president to license foreign governments to run stations to broadcast messages home. The State Department noted no similar stations exist in some capitals.
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Washington
The
House Today
Coutries
Afia
Rica
Asia
Latin America
House Commerce Committee
House
Europe
State Department
Radio Bil
Today's Schedule for Events and Shows
Judging Grade Sh and Ponies with Registered Shetland Ponies at 9:00 a.m. 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. 4H and FRA Awards Program Gouly Arena. Ice Capades at Coli venue from 1:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. with multiple shows including 5:90 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. performances.
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Shetland
Gouldy
Gouly Arena
Mercury Attitude Control System Fault Delays Cape Launch
The Crossroads report describes a malfunction in the attitude control system discovered during preflight checks for Mercury at Cape Canaveral. Officials say the fault requires removing the spacecraft and 14 other components, delaying launch with no prior system failures in earlier Mercury flights.
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Ata
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Malfunction Orbit Postponed by Space Agency
Washington AP reports a six orbit mission by astronaut Schirra is postponed to October 3 or later due to a malfunction. The space agency announced the delay as the project undergoes checks and adjustments.
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Washington
Space Agency
Weather Forecast Fragment With Unclear Text
Fragmentary weather snippet shows garbled phrases and unclear data. Key details such as location date and conditions are not reliably readable. Likely an inland forecast with possible temperature hints but content remains indecipherable for precise styling.
Sugar Beet Allotment Sought for West Texas Growers
Panhandle sugar beet associations prepare for Tuesday hearing under the Sugar Act terms. About 25 000 to 30 000 acres are sought to yield 65 000 tons annually through 1966. At least 16 areas nationwide filed reserve applications. A Texas Sugar Beet Growers Assn delegation left Amarillo for Colorado Springs led by James W. Witherspoon and including Henry Sears and Bob McLean.
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Department of Agriculture
West Texas
Texas Sugar Beet Growers Aassn
Hereford
Amarillo
Colorado Springs
Colo
James W. “Witherspoon
TSBGA
Henry Sears
First National Bank of
Bob McLean
First St
$900 Million Canal Recommended for Texas Flood Control
Washington AP reports Army engineers urged a $900 million barge canal linking Fort Worth Dallas and Houston Ship Channel with the Trinity River system. The plan would finance about one third from federal funds with major cost shares from state and local agencies, including four reservoirs and floodways along West Fork Trinity. The recommendation, dated during Johnson era, outlines a 13 year construction horizon and river channel improvements to reduce flood risk for Dallas Fort Worth and surrounding communities.
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Washington
Republic
Congress
Trinity
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Texas
Corps of Engineers
Caterina Serle
Dallas
Fort Worth
Iites Oe
Period Worth
Dalla Fork
Engineers map Trinity Basin project from Dallas to Denton
The four year study by Army Engineers outlines the Trinity River basin plan from Fort Worth through Denton to Aubrey and Duck Johnson, detailing channel rectification water supply flood protection and water quality goals. It highlights cost benefit returns of about 1.60 for every dollar invested and the role of the Texas Water Commission and local agencies in proposed Duck Creek Johnson area protections.
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Southrrovisions West Division of
Army Engineers
Houston
Jet
Canal
Fort Worth
Noanoxe
Denton
Aubrey
Elm Fork
Lake
Mountain Creek
Trinity River
Rec
Loto-L
Tennessee
Justi
Trinity
Negregangs
San Riage Ne Oecer Authority
Texas
U.S
Study Commission
Olson Game
Texas Water Com
Ty Eiko Sis
Duck ¢ Johnson
Texas Water
Sie Phy &S
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