Guatemala Under State of Siege After Police Chief Murder
President Miguel Ydigoras declared a 30 day state of siege in Guatemala after the shooting death of secret police chief Ranulfo Gonzalez. He blamed Marxist forces directed from Cuba and called for congressional ratification. Police arrested two leftist leaders as crowds faced restrictions on gatherings.
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Guatemala
Miguel Ydigoras
Cuba
Ranulfo Gonzalez
Ydigoras
Fidel Castro
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Mario Mendez Montenegr
Revolutionary Party
Manuel Colom Argueta
Democratic Revolutionary Union
Congress
Priest Describes Congo Massacre at Kongolo
The sole surviving European priest from Kongolo, Father Jules Darmont, recounted to UPI how 22 European missionaries were killed and mutilated by two teenage Congolese soldiers amid a Congo crisis. British Maj. Dick Lawson rescued Darmont and brought him to Leopoldville after the massacre.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Jules Darmont
Dick Lawson
Katanga
Kongolo
DIA
Father Darmont
Darmont
CIA
Red Cross
Rusk Urges Latin America to halt Cuba action at conference
Secretary of State Dean Rusk urged Western Hemisphere leaders to curb Cuban influence through a united stand. President Dorticos accused the meeting of aiming to prepare aggression against Cuba and warned it could spark a colonial war, referencing prior exile incursions and alleged U.S. support for counterrevolutionary violence.
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Dean Rusk
Latin-America
Cuba
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Fidel Castro
Osvaldo Dorticos
United States
Dorticos
Rusk
Castro
Organization of American States
Corticos
U.S. Mainland
PTA Groups To Hear Talk By Dr. Crane
Dr. George W. Crane renowned psychologist and author will lecture on February 15 at 7 50 p m in the Madison Heights High School gymnasium. Sponsored by Roosevelt and Lindberg PTA units, the talk promotes his popular works The Worry Clinic and Psychology Applied and notes his national lecturing and teaching roles.
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George W. Crane
Herald
Roosevelt and Lindberg Pta
Madison Heights
PTA
Crane
America
Roosevelt
Lindberg
United States
Canada
Weather Favors Glenn Orbit and Ranger Moon Flight
Cape Canaveral reports favorable weather for Marine Lt. Col. John Glenn Jr. to orbit Earth on Saturday and for the Ranger satellite to launch Friday toward the Moon. A flight safety board will review Atlas 109D readiness, with potential delays if Atlantic conditions worsen.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Earth
Ranger
John H. Glenn Jr
Glenn
Air Force
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Enos
Moon
NASA
Atlantic
Police Free To Halt Pinball Play in Madison County Case
In Madison Circuit Court Judge James White set aside a temporary restraining order halting police from stopping pinball operations with recording devices. A Feb 2 hearing was scheduled for a permanent injunction. The long case began in 1959 with Harold Brandon’s injunction request and involved multiple judges and changes in jurisdiction.
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Madison
Henry County
James White
New Castle
Carl T. Smith
White
Harold Brandon
Madison Superior Court No. 1
Henry Schrenker
Madison Circuit Court
Delaware County Circuit
Alva Cox
Mune Cle
Cox
Smith
Madison County
Alcoholic Beverage Commission
Skunk Takes Over Hoosier Household After Escape
At Lake Eliza Indiana the Hall family fled their home after pet skunk Billy refused to return to his box. Billy sprayed and caused the family to relocate to relatives while plans for corrective veterinary work are arranged. The household included Ralph 5 and Richard 2.
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Halls
Skunk
Hoosier
Valparaiso, Ind
Billy
Abraham Hall
Lake Eliza
Ralph
Richard
Hoosier Hysteria Sets the Night for Regional Showdowns
Hoosier Hysteria rises as Sectional Tourney push approaches with thirteen local games on tap. Anderson at Kokomo headlines a busy CIC slate while Alexandria aims for CIC title clinch against Elwood. several districts feature key matchups and standout players like Kokomo’s Goose Ligon and Anderson’s Steve Clevenger.
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Alexandria
Elwood
White River
Frankton
Middletown
Highland
St. Mary's
Markleville
Lapel
Pendleton
Summitville
Madison Heights
Crawfordsville
Noblesville
Lawrence Central
Vernon Township
Zionsville
Wilkinson
Knightstown
Yorktown
Steve Clevenger
Anderson
Tom Seal
Bobby Lewis
Bill Mauck
Tigers
President Kennedy seeks new tariff cutting powers
President Kennedy asked Congress for far reaching tariff cutting powers to forge a trade partnership with Europe's common market. In a 5,000 word message he framed the choice as between a bold expansion act and a split with non Communist allies.
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Indianapolis
UPI
Welsh
Indiana
U.S
Lake Michigan
Burns Ditch
Homer E. Capehart
Kennedy
Congress
United States
Europe
Common Market
Rainy mild day with cooling turn Saturday
Rain and mild today and tonight. Rain ends and it turns colder Saturday with a high in the mid 40s and a low in the 30s. Tomorrow's high near 40s. Sunrise 7 58 a.m. Sunset 5 53 p.m. Moonrise 11 52 p.m.
Snowplow Driver Snapped At By irate Motorist
Gary Indiana AP reports Stanley Piet, head of street snow removal, endured 36 hours on duty directing traffic around a snowplow. A motorist shouted she was ten minutes late for work and struck him with her purse before driving away.
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Gary, Ind
Stanley Piet
Piet
Indiana Highways Show Death Surge
Five people died in a sudden spike of Indiana traffic fatalities on a Thursday. A mother Nancy Miller 20 and her 8 month old son Frankie perished when their speeding car struck vehicles at a U S 40 Knights Town intersection.
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Associated Press
Indiana
Nancy Miller
Frankie
U.S. 40
Knightstown
Gene Newman
Arlington
Ohio
Rush Memorial Hospital
Rushville
Area Man Killed In Auto Mishap
Lawrence G. Dav is 21 of Fortville died after a car carrying him was struck broadside by a truck on Ind 31 four miles north of Westfield at 4 p.m. Thursday. Driver James L. Wright 21 of Anderson escaped with minor injuries. Davis died at Riverview Hospital Noblesville about 6 10 p.m. The crash was investigated by the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office.
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Logan
Ohio
Lucille Stimson
Henry County Hospital
New Castle
Harry Chapman
Rita Chapman
Howard Dickmeyer
Arnold Butler
Knightstown
Dorothy South
U.S
Muncie
William R. Ball
Columbus
Everett Butcher
Lawrence G. Davis
Main St
Fortville
Ind
Hamilton County
Davis
Paul
Ted
Helen Wolfgang Davis
Jack
Verdun
France
Kay
Patricia
Paul C. Cory
Anderson
Ind. 3
North Vernon
William McCue
Boswell
Butcher
Admirals Defend Speech Rights Amid Pentagon Censorship
Admiral Arleigh Burke and General Thomas White told a Senate subcommittee they did not feel muzzled by Pentagon order despite disagreements with several speech edits. White called some censorship frustrating yet said most protests were unwinnable.
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Pentagon
Arleigh A. Burke
Gen
Thomas D. White
White
Mills Will Not Back Kennedy Health Plan
Chairman Wilbur Mills says he will not support the administration’s medical care bill for the aged under Social Security. He predicts his Ways & Means Committee will back much of Kennedy’s program on tariffs tax reforms and welfare overhaul, but he favors Kerr Mills public aid for the elderly and will bring the proposal to a vote.
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Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
House
Ways & Means Committee
Kennedy
Mills
United Press International
Old House
Capitol Hill
Congress
Bailiwick Mills
Kerr-Mills
Local Planning Workers Attend Annual Meeting
Several Madison County planning workers will attend the 13th annual Planning Conference for Indiana January 28 to 30 at Hotel Severin in Indianapolis. Walter Haynes Audrey Welsh James Jones Ed Denman Jama Dillard will participate with speakers Dr. York Willborn Henry Cochran and William Getting Lt. Gov. Richard Ristine to close with a noon luncheon.
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Madison County
Indiana
Hotel Severin
Indianapolis
Walter Haynes
County Planning Commission
Audrey Welsh
County Commission
James Jones
Ed Denman
Anderson Planning Commission
Jama Dillard
City Commission
York Willborn
Indiana University
Henry Cochran
Muncie
William Getting
Lafayette
Richard Ristine
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Wildcats
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