Somoza Prepares for Cuban Invasion Force
Nicaraguan President Somoza marshals troops to meet three Cuban-sent boats and rebels landed by plane from Costa Rica. He asks the OAS to investigate, while Castro denies aiding the revolt. Government claims rebels missing and has seized arms, with no confirmed casualties.
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Governor Marl K. Long in psychiatric clinic
Galveston report says the 63 year old Louisiana governor Marl K Long is not violent and is in a psychiatric clinic. Doctors expect a full recovery in two to three months and provided the exclusive AP summary.
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Weather summary from The Herald fire station roof unit
Reading at 3 30 am 51 degrees with high 78 and low 47 degrees in the past 24 hours. General weather clear. The Herald building reports similar conditions with no precipitation indicated.
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Council to Seek Bids on Sale of Garbage Dept
Austin city council will receive bids Friday night for selling the garbage department as part of exiting garbage collection. The agenda also lists property changes for Weseman Arens 307 Vine and Baker 807 Airport Dr to commercial uses, a loading zone at 114 N Main, and plat acceptance for Oak Tower Second addition.
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Street Department
Chatham
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Minnesota
U N S All Wet Hearing Sought On Herring
Maine Sardine Council asks for a hearing after the U N agenda for a World Scientific Meeting on the Biology of the Sardine includes species in the sardina group while Maine claims the herring is misnamed. Council chairman Calvin Stinson Sr asserts that many fish labeled sardine are actually herrings and urges proper classification.
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U.N
Maine Sardine Council
Rome
U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization
Calvin Stinson Sr
Birch Harbor
Maine
Council
Promtly
FAO
B. R. Sen
Stinson
Canadian
West Ministers Demand Early Berlin Talks With Gromyko
Western foreign ministers led by Secretary of State Christian Herter meet in Geneva to press Andrei Gromyko for a new Soviet proposal on the Berlin crisis. Officials said the group agreed to demand a timely Soviet response and hoped to disclose Gromyko's reaction at the Geneva talks.
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Berlin
Christian A Herter
Britain
France
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Gromyko
Soviet Union
President denies intervening in steel wage dispute
President Eisenhower said at a news conference that he has not intervened in favor of steel companies in the wage talks with organized labor. He recalled urging both sides to exercise discipline to avoid a bad national situation.
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Washington
Fisenhower
John L. Lewis
United Mine Workers
Berlin deadlock looms as four powers seek summit gateway
Western ministers met at US headquarters for a strategy session as secret talks with Gromyko began at Herter's villa. Officials said Berlin progress remained limited though Gromyko's remarks were being studied for possible openings. British and French diplomats warned the next 48 hours could decide a Berlin deal and a possible summit.
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Gromyko
Herter
Max Conrad Aims for Light-Plane Distance Record
Max Conrad attempted a new distance record flying a light plane from Casablanca to El Paso, flying over Trinidad, British West Indies at 8 48 a m EST today.
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Max Conrad
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British West Indies
Casablanca
Morocco
el Paso
Tex
Soviet smiles Amid Berlin Talks Defy Western Worry
Geneva report notes Mikhail Kharlamov cheerful as Western ministers clash over West Berlin. Western briefers say no progress, Kharlamov insists talks were useful and patience is needed. Diplomats read the grin as possible strategic signal amid stalled negotiations.
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West Berlin
Mikhail Kharlamov
Monkey in Gorilla Mask Cited for Costume Disguise
Charles Larocca, 33, was stopped in Duarte California driving a late model convertible in a black gorilla costume. Deputies cited him for wearing a disguise without a permit while filming the movie Dark Africa.
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Eisenhower urges Soviet shift for Berlin rights in Geneva talks
President Eisenhower said there was no clear progress at Geneva that would justify a summit. He urged the Soviet Union to commit to Western rights in Berlin pending German unification and cited other good faith steps. He spoke after meetings with Gromyko and the foreign ministers of Britain France and the United States.
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Four prisoners escape from Iowa State Penitentiary during breakout
Four long term inmates at the Iowa State Penitentiary in Fort Madison escaped by sawing bars from an outside wall window in cell house 19. They overpowered a guard and cellblock captain, sitten the emergency alarm, and fled to ground after cutting two bars each. Warden John Bennett released names of the escapees Lloyd Woodson Albert Boerger Elon Gircher and Robert Janes and night cell house captain Lawrence Smith reported the incident.
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Lloyd Woodson
Quincy
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Peoria
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Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Lawrence W. Smith
Janes
Jones
Boerger
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Woodson
Girdler
Bennett
Vote Nears on Spending Bill
Washington AP reports a divided House must decide today on a $38.848 billion defense appropriation for 1960. The dispute centers on which service, Army or Air Force, has the superior air defense missile in the Pentagon program.
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Air Force
Freeman holds line on withholding tax stance in Minnesota
Gov Freeman said he will not yield on withholding and doubts House will concur. A tax conference panel, amid a sixth week of a special session, seeks a solution to the tax tangle. Freeman notes no indication withholding raises rates elsewhere and criticizes merit pay plans.
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Rochester TV Suffers Blow at Hearing
A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction to block Rochester City Council action aimed at blocking Kstp-TV programs on Video Inc. cables. Kstp-TV and Kroc-TV affiliates of NBC argue programs are in demand in Rochester and should be carried by the local service.
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Rochester
Kstp-Tv
Kroc-Tv
National Broadcasting Co
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Community Service
State Road Toll Rises to 223 in Minnesota Crashes
Minnesota's traffic deaths climbed to 223 after a Marshall area collision killed a Sleepy Eye truck driver injured in a May crash. Irma Van Viaenderen, 69, and Cyril Van Viaenderen, 60, were in a two car wreck 15 miles south of Marshall. Sam Ver Crusse, 73, hospitalized in serious condition. Hazel Taylor of Whitefish Montana and James Taylor, 68, were also hurt. Vernon Guhike, 36, died after burns from a truck fire following a grade crossing crash near Norwood.
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Council Bluffs
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Irma van Viaenderen
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Hazel ‘Taylor
Whitefish
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Basilio Fulmer Set for 15 Round World Title Bout
Carmen Basilio has accepted terms for a National Boxing Assn world middleweight championship bout with Gene Fulmer. The 15 round fight is slated for late summer with potential sites including Los Angeles San Francisco Salt Lake City and Ogden Utah.
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Carmen Basilio
National Boxing Assn
Gene Fulmer
Norman Rothschild
Syracuse
N.Y
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San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Ogden
Utah
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