Castro Ready to Install New President in Cuba
Fidel Castro declared Santiago provisional capital and named Manuel Urrutia as provisional president as Cuba enters a general strike. Prio Socarras, exiled in Miami, arrived in Havana to back the revolt while Castro moves toward Havana to install Urrutia in the presidential palace.
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Castro
Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Santiago
Manuel Urrutia
Fulgencio Batista
Urrutia
Carlos Prio Socarras
Miami
Batista
Prio
Weather Blamed for Rising New Year Traffic Deaths
Hazardous weather and snow sleet and rain pushed the New Year holiday traffic toll higher than the 1956 57 record of 409 and well above the pre holiday estimate of 390. The count rose after a rough start with six La Porte Indiana family members killed in a Pontiac Illinois plane crash while returning from a California vacation.
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National Safety
Council
la Porte
Ind
Pontiac
Ill
California
Eastern Prepares For Limited Northern South Flights
Eastern Air Lines readied some planes for limited north south service after a 38 day strike by flight engineers. American Airlines remained shut for the 14th day due to pilots’ walkout. About 30 flights were slated today as pacific terms emerged with 16000 Eastern employees returning to work following a New Year's Eve peace pact with engineers and an agreement with the pilots union.
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Eastern Air Lines
American Airlines
Idlewild
Miami
Eastern
Air Line Pilots Association
Help Is Dispatched For Seifuku Maru Crew
The Navy Search and Rescue Center reports dispatch of aid for crewmen of the sunken Japanese fishing vessel Seifuku Maru 135 miles northwest of Midway as storm conditions hamper rescue efforts.
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Honolulu
Navy Search and Rescue Center
Midway
Holiday Deaths and Disasters Summary
Fragmentary OCR lists figures: traffic 150 fires 25 miscellaneous 38 total 213. No clear dates or locations provided.
Ohio Sees Five Die On Roads In New Year Weekend
Ohio reports five highway deaths in the first 42 hours of a 102 hour period with one fatality on New Year’s Day. Mixed accidents including fires drownings shootings add six more deaths. a double fatality occurred near Xenia, Greene County, hours after AP started tallying at 6 p.m. Wednesday.
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Ohio
Xenia
Associated Press
Greene
Social Security finances OK says advisory council
A special advisory council completed a year long study and found Social Security in good financial shape. It says a new tax schedule voted by Congress provides adequate for short and long range costs and funds benefits for the elderly survivors and disabled workers. The tax rate and base were increased effective Thursday for both employers and employees.
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Washington
Congress
Havana Post attack wounds AP reporters during revolt
Rebels fired on the Havana Post building today injuring three Associated Press staffers who were covering the post-revolt chaos in the city.
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Havana
Havana Post
Associated Press
Fidel Castro Forces Enter Havana Leading Advance
Fidel Castro's revolutionary advance enters Havana as spearhead units push into the capital amid rising momentum for the movement and the potential collapse of opposition in the city.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro rebels seize Cuba as Batista flees exile
At Havana Castro forces control the capital while Batista departs to the Dominican Republic. A general strike declares success, looting ends, and Ceasefire negotiations begin as Castro names a new army chief. Refugees flee to the United States and Caribbean ports as Urrutia is eyed for provisional leadership.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Batista
Castro
Santiago DE Cuba
Manuel Urrilla
Ciudad Trujillo
Dominican Republic
New York
New Orleans
Jacksonville
Key West
Daytona Beach
West Palm Beach
Washington
State Department
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
United States
Paris
Hectore de Ayala
Urrutia
London
Moscow
Marine drill instructors face court martial and acquittal
At Parris Island a Marine recruit platoon case moves to court martial with two more drill instructors charged for assault and bribery. SGT Ralph Grant, Racine Wis, was acquitted after a quick trial. Charges target Willard Poss Augusta Ga and Ronald Heller Milwaukee Wis with assault and bribery allegations.
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Parris Island
S. C
Ralph Grant
Racine
Wis
Marine Corps
Grant
Sets
Willard Poss
Augusta
Ronald Heller
Milwaukee
Steel Valley
Poss
Heller
West Virginia Ohio Weather Summary With Snow Flurries
Mostly cloudy and windy in West Virginia with minimal cold, snow flurries, low 20s to mid 20s. Ohio sees much colder air tonight into Saturday with occasional snow flurries and lows near single digits to mid 20s. Five day forecast: temperatures 5 to 10 degrees below normal, continued cold through Wednesday. snow flurries likely Saturday Sunday and again Tuesday near Lake Erie. Elsewhere shows varied conditions from rain in Albany to snow in Minneapolis and showers in St. Louis.
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West Virginia
Ohio
Ohio Five Eday
Lake Erie
Albany
Atlanta
iPhicago
Sir Cleveland
Dietrokt
Ioscess
Oak Helena
Los Angeles
Memphis
T. Pant
Oklahoma City
Philadelphia
Portland
Ore
St. Louis
Britons' Atlantic balloon crossing goes unanswered
Four British explorers failed to communicate as their 46 foot silver and black balloon disappeared after a December 14 sighting 390 miles from the Canary Islands. The radio had been silent for 15 days and the craft remained unfound with about 3000 miles left to complete the route.
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London
Atlantic
Canaries
Ohio State gets NSF grant for giant radio telescope near Delaware
Ohio State University received a $166,000 National Science Foundation grant to advance construction of a giant radio telescope near Delaware. The funds support project development and collaboration with regional research partners.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
National Science Foundation
NSF
Delaware
Federal Jobs Drop in November Byrd Reports
Senator Byrd announced that federal employment fell by 765 in November, reducing the total to 2,355,482 from October’s figure. The drop follows earlier declines and reflects ongoing federal staff reductions.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Rayburn Returns and Faces Rules Committee Challenge
House Speaker Sam Rayburn arrives back from Texas to confront a liberal drive to limit the Rules Committee. The bloc seeks rules change or a new liberal Democrat on the panel, already eight Democrats and four Republicans. Rayburn's return signals a caucus showdown as liberals warn against losing support. Martin says unchanged lines will prevail.
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Washington
House
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
House Rules Committee
Rayburn
Texas
Congress
Eisenhower urges Russia to apply peace words to Berlin crisis
President Eisenhower told Soviet leaders in a New Year exchange that genuine efforts may yield progress. He urged applying their peace sentiments to Berlin, reiterating the Western stance after formal notes to the Kremlin. He spoke while watching a football game at his Gettysburg farm.
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Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Klimenti E. Voroshilov
Here
Alliance Man Named State Purchasing Agent in Ohio
George R. Dick 41 of near Alliance is named state purchasing agent under Governor-elect Michael V. DiSalle. Dick, a Stark County farmer and controller for six Sears stores, brings purchasing auditing and accounting experience from 1941 start. A Columbia Williams County native, he is a Luther University graduate and Army veteran. He succeeds W. A. Southan of East Liverpool.
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Columbus
George R. Dick
Near Alliance
James Maloon
Michael V. DiSalle
Stark County
Sears, Roebuck & Co
Alliance
Columbia
Williams County
Luther University
Bridegroom’s failed blast averts Tokyo airliner tragedy
Thirty passengers and crew narrowly avoided death when a bridegroom aboard a Tokyo bound airliner attempted to blow up the plane. The blast failed and the groom leaped into the sea, dying by his own act.
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Tokyo
Nasser Seeks British Comet Jets Over TU104 Offer
London reports President Gamal Abdul Nasser wants to purchase British Comet IV jet airliners to replace TU104s from the Soviet Union.
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London—I
Gamal Abdul Nasser Friday
Britain
Soviet Union
Traffic Deaths Drop for Second Straight Year
In 1958 traffic fatalities in the United States were about 1500 fewer than 1957, the National Safety Council reports. It marks the second year in a row of decline.
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Chicago
United States
National Safety Council
Banking Supt McDaniel Seeks End of 1958 Bank Conditions
Ohio Banking Superintendent Robert McDaniel issues a call for the status of all state banks as of December 31 1958 asking for full reports and financial condition data from each institution to gauge stability and compliance.
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Columbus
Robert McDaniel
Banks
Twin New Year Babies Born in Columbus Hospitals
New Year’s Day brought two newborn boys to Columbus hospitals. At Grant Hospital Mrs. James Morrison welcomed her fourth son weighing seven pounds at 12 91 a.m. At Mount Carmel Hospital Mrs. Paul Hafey delivered her third son, also seven pounds. Neither baby has a daughter.
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Columbus
James Morrison
Grant Hospital
Paul Hafey
Mount Carmel Hospital
Fires claim multiple lives on New Year’s Eve
The Associated Press reports at least 28 people died in fires or explosions as the holiday weekend began. Victims include six in Rochester New York a mother and three daughters in Vincennes Indiana three children perished near Seattle a mother and daughter died in Cambridge Massachusetts two workers killed in Indian Head Maryland and a man and a woman killed by a dynamite explosion on San Carlos Apache Reservation
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Rochester
N. Y
Vincennes
Ind
Seattle
Wash
Texas
Houston
Marshall
Cambridge
Mass
Indian Head
San Carlos
Ariz
Ohioan Comes Home After 25 Year Burglary Sentence
Clencie Farmer, 45, was released from Mississippi State Prison after time served on an eight month burglary sentence given in 1932. Governor Coleman suspended the term, Farmer posted $1000 bond in Dallas, and he returned to Ohio with his wife and two children. He had served part of his sentence and believed he had a pardon before leaving.
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Abraham Marovitz
Chicago
Werner
Marovitz
Parchman, Miss
Clencie Farmer
Ohio
Mississippi
Farmer
J. P. Coleman
West Harrison
Dallas
Tex
Coleman
Texas
Hamilton
Rankin County
Miss
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