Cuban Bloodbath Atrocities Told By Cuban Regime Collapse
A Havana report by Robert Berrellez examines Batista police state atrocities and Castro era reprisals. It details executions of hundreds, including Maj Jesus Sosa Blanco linked to 108 victims, and the Argote family massacre, noting censorship and limited outside understanding of the killings.
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Cuba
Associated Press
Robert Berrenez
Arizona
Batista
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Jesus Sesa Blanco
Sosa Blanco
Bayamo
Oriente
Martin Argote
Argote’s
Liorente
Havana
Ohio Senate Advances Bills In Busy Week
Ohio's Senate moves to vote tonight on banning horse racing on Good Friday and plans a Wednesday vote to remove the $65 monthly pension ceiling. House set to vote on unauthorized practice of law with a $500 misdemeanor. Hearings and committee actions continue on SUB emergency handling, unemployment benefits, capital punishment abolition, and a $1.25 minimum wage proposal.
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Columbus
Ohio
Washington
House
Senate
House Industry and Labor Committee
Senate Commerce and Labor Committee
Judiciary Committee
Court To Air Rights Case In Macon County Voting Suit
Federal charges of long standing anti Negro voting policies in rural Macon County get their first court airing in a hearing today. U S Dist Judge Frank M Johnson Jr may decide if the Justice Department can proceed with its suit to enjoin Macon County officials from destroying old voter registration records sought as evidence. A new state law authorizes counties to discard questionnaires from rejected voter applicants.
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Montgomery
Ala
Macon County
U.S. Dist
Frank M. Johnson Jr
Justice Department
Macon
Coal Specialist Dies at 81 in Fayette County
Thomas M. Stephens of Fayette County West Virginia died Sunday. He was 81, president of the Marathon Coal Bit Co. and an authority on heat treatments and fabrication of steel.
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Princeton
W. Va
Thomas M. Stephens
Fayette County
Marathon Coal Bit Co
FBI 10 Most Wanted Fugitive Feared in Dedham Search
In Dedham Massachusetts authorities scoured the area for Frank Lorenz a 29 year old listed among the FBI Ten Most Wanted. The manhunt shifted to Dedham about 10 miles west of Boston as investigators pursued leads.
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Dedham
Mass
Frank Lorenz
FBI
Boston
Ex-Cell-O Strike Ends in Detroit Plants
A four month strike at three Detroit Ex-Cell-O Corp. plants ended with ratification of a three year labor contract. The agreement settles labor dispute after protests and negotiations involving workers and management. Precision details on plant locations and union names were not disclosed in the readable text.
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Detroit
Ex-Cell-O Corp
Gen George C. Marshall in serious condition today
Gen George C. Marshall is reported weakened and his condition remains serious at Bragg North Carolina as reports from the hospital detail his health status.
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Ft, Bragg
N. C
George C. Marshall
Cincinnati Tackles Numbers Racket Link After Bus Bombs
Police linked two Saturday night bombings to the city numbers racket. Investigators said Peter Andrews and Mrs. Sue Bohannon were charged with promoting a scheme of chance. Mrs. Bohannon, 52, was tied to a shooting death gangland style.
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Cincinnati
Greater
Peter Andrews
Sue Bohannon
Lillie May Bohannon
General Hospital
Robert Sommers
Also Squad
May T ask On Arms Deadlock
Prime Minister Macmillan met Premier Khrushchev in the Kremlin for two and a half hours to discuss the Western Soviet arms deadlock. Only one adviser accompanied the British delegation as formal talks began amid friendly exchanges and press emphasis on Pravda coverage of the Red Army anniversary.
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A. L. Goldberg
Moscow
Macmillan
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Con O’neill
Lloyd
Patrick Reilly
Communist Party
Pravda
Red Army
Stalled Car Traps Driver Then Crashes Through Fences
Earl Bradford 33 became trapped when his stalled car sprang to life and dragged him along. The vehicle tore through a wire fence, struck a parked car, crashed into a garage and another fence, and ended after hitting a tree. Bradford was hospitalized in serious condition.
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Detroit
Earl Bradford
Bradford
Strike Threat Looms Over C&S0E Workers
Nelsonville union leaders warn of a strike by Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. workers as contract talks stall. Local 1466 president Charles Pancake and Local 832 chief Floyd Barber say linemen classification re-evaluation blocks progress. contract expires at midnight Saturday with little negotiation progress.
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Nelsonville
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Co
Charles Pancake
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Floyd Barber
IBEW
Pancake
Barber
Columbus
Death Rides Clear Roads
The roads were clear across Ohio with warm weekend weather boosting travel. The Associated Press tally found 14 dead in the period from Friday 6 p.m. to Sunday midnight, 11 from highway accidents, plus victims in a fire, a train incident, and a silo avalanche at a farm.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Two Boys Rescued From Cliff Edge By Night Rim
Seaside Oregon rescue tells of two youths saved from incoming Pacific tides after a 35 foot fall on a rugged cliff. Charles Kenney 17 Netarts climbed part way up before slipping and falling. A 16 man Nehalem team and Dr. Ralph Perkins lowered to the scene pulled the injured boy and the other youth to safety as the tide closed in.
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Seaside
Ore
Oregon Beach
Charles Kenney
Netarts
Donald J. Kangas
Portland
Nehalem
Ralph Perkins
Dr. Perkins
President To Defend Foreign Aid Requests
President Eisenhower is prepared to press a strong fight for his 3.93 billion dollar foreign aid request. Republicans warn of veto risk if cuts hit the program while Democrats consider trimming mutual assistance to offset higher outlays in the 77 billion dollar budget. Eisenhower notes Viet Nam with 125000 troops as an example where abroad defense support is essential.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Fisenhower
United States
White House
Viet Nam
LC to show Birth of a Nation despite protests
The University of Cincinnati will screen the film Birth of a Nation after previously canceling a showing last Thursday. Dean F R Neuffer of Evening College cites plans to proceed amid protests by about 20 phone callers and by the Cincinnati United branch of the NAACP.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Dean F R. Neuffer
Evening College
Cincinnati United
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Predicted U S Mars expedition targets 10 to 15 years
A Florida winter park article reports scientists predict the first US manned Mars expedition will land on Mars in about ten to fifteen years. The claim frames Mars as the next frontier for space exploration and manned missions.
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Winter Park
Fla
U. S
Mars
Greeks Celebrate Release of Over 900 Prisoners in Cyprus
In Nicosia and around the island crowds welcomed the British freeing more than 900 political detainees held since 1955 under emergency rules tied to EOKA. Camps were closed and emergency orders lifted as independence prospects rose.
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Nicosia
EOKA
Paign
London
Cyprus
Findlay Girl 3 Seeks Heart Surgery at Marymount
Doctors at Marymount Hospital planned a repair of Penny Stiner's defective heart with a heart lung machine to keep her alive during surgery to mend a hole between the heart's lower chambers. Penny, from Findlay, had known heart problems since five weeks old and her condition worsened.
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Cleveland
Marymount Hospital
Penny Stiner
Findlay
New C130 Model Favored by Air Force for Europe Drop
The Air Force expects to begin receiving a new C130 transport model within months with a nonstop range up to 4000 miles enabling paratroopers to reach Europe from U S bases. Existing C124s offer long range but lack key features, while the Army seeks to test dropping a full battle group of about 1400 paratroopers into a mock European engagement.
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Panama
Air Force
U.S
Europe
Norstad Hospitalized With Skin Ailment and Vein Inflammation
Gen. Lauris Norstad is in the hospital suffering from a skin ailment and a mild inflammation of a vein in his left leg, according to his headquarters.
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Paris
Lauris Norstad
Soviet says first atomic surface ship ready to sail
London reports the Soviet Union declares the world’s first atomic surface ship will soon be ready to go to sea. Officials promise a demonstration of the vessel’s capabilities in the near future.
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London
Soviet Union
Dulles to Undergo Third Cancer Treatment Today
Secretary of State John Foster Dulles will receive a third X-ray cancer treatment today after a brief pause during which he met on world affairs with Vice President Nixon and Allen Dulles. Senators debated Symingtons suggestion Dulles resign, while Mansfield defended his indispensability.
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Washington
John Foster Dulles
Dulles
Richard M. Nixon
Allen W. Dulles
Stuart Symington
Hubert H. Humphrey
D-Minn
Symington
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Boy Rescued From Pit Dies Later in Hospital
In Washington a bank of sand collapsed on 11 year old Randolph L. Ford while he played in a sand pit. Rescuers pulled him out after 25 minutes and he died later in hospital from apparent suffocation.
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Washington
Randolph L. Ford
Randolph
Motive Sought In Slashing Of Greensburg Mayor
Mayor Sheldon Smith of Greensburg Indiana, also Greensburg City Court judge, was slashed in his private office by three men while his associates restrained him. He remained in fair condition with numerous superficial cuts and injuries to neck and back. Police doubt personal revenge given his spotless reputation and say no leads or motive yet found.
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Greensburg
Ind
Sheldon Smith
Greensburg Memorial Hospital
Smith
Warren Melick
Two Doctors Missing On Mercy Flight From Berlin
Snowbound search in the White Mountains for Dr. Ralph E. Miller and Dr. Robert E. Quinn, Dartmouth Medical School faculty, missing since Saturday after their single engine plane disappeared en route from Berlin to Lebanon to treat a heart patient. Temperature fell to 15 below zero with no outdoor fires sighted. officials fear for the pilots’ survival.
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Berlin
N. H
White Mountains
Ralph E. Miller
Robert E. Quinn
Dartmouth Medical School
Lebanon
West Virginia Night Weather Warnings Turn Cold
Windy mild and rainy tonight then turning cold with snow flurries in the northwest by morning. Tuesday stays windy and colder with partly cloudy skies. Temperatures drop to 25 to 30 tonight and a high around 42 below zero on Tuesday.
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West Virginia
Morse Mat High
Wednesedday
Coler
Lake Erie
Albany
Ata
Lea Moines
Helen Clea
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Miami
St Paul
Uomaha
Salomie
Elou
Richmond
SessAne Leouls
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William Woodman
Buckingham Palace
Queens Yeomen of the Guard
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Mammari
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Phaneronemi Cathedral
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Hobawk
Findlay Girl
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