U.S. pivots to tougher Cuba policy under Castro regime
U S strategists consider a harder approach after concluding diplomacy failed. The plan targets Fidel Castro’s government with decisive actions guided by evolving circumstances and timing.
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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1960
Page
1
Castro regime reshuffles minister as Cuban assets face seizure
Fidel Castro replaces Communications Minister Oltuski with Raul Curbelo Morales amid signals of looming expropriation of the Cuban Electric Co. and the Cuban Telephone Co. The move follows U S tensions over sugar policy and the Texaco Oil takeover. U S denounces the Texaco seizure as a naked act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuban Electric Co
Cuba
Osvaldo Corticos
Enrique Oltuski
Raul Curbelo Morales
U S weighs sugar subsidy cut to pressure Castro regime
Washington eyes slashing the Cuban sugar quota to pay Americans whose property was seized by Castro. A seven point State Department bill accuses Havana of propaganda and marks the Texaco refinery seizure as a naked takeover, while OAS action hinges on wider regional backing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oliuski
Cuban Telephone Co
U.S. International Telephone and Telegraph Co
Castro
U.S
Cuba
United States
Texaco Oil Company
Santiago
Oil Company
Texaco
Esso Standard
New Jersey
British-Dutch Shell Co
Soviet Union
U. S
U.S. State Department
Venezuela
House
Organization of American States
Department
Inter-American Peace Committee
OAS
Caribbean
Grace and Rainier Fly to Europe in Separate Planes
Prince Rainier and Princess Grace of Monaco flew to Europe on two separate planes. Both declined to comment on reports of domestic strife amid a Philadelphia ill father claim. Lois Weber said the prince went to Paris for business while Grace returned home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prince Rainier
Princess Grace
Monaco
Europe
John B. Kelly
Philadelphia
Idlewild
Lois Weber
Arthur P. Jacobs
Principality of
Paris
Burdick Clingsto Narrow Lead in North Dakota Senate Race
Democratic Rep. Quentin Burdick held a slim edge over Republican Gov. John Davis with 2,304 of 2,314 precincts counted in the North Dakota special Senate election. Burdick led by 762 votes as absentee and late ballots shaped the result, with a state canvassing board set to decide final figures. Davis suggested possible irregularities could trigger a recount, though none were reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N.D
Quentin Burdick
North Dakota
Burdick
John Davis
Davis
Washington
GOP
Senate
Nonpartisan League
League
NPL
Singers Lead Parade as They Enter International Contest
In New York and Llangollen, North Wales 20 singers led by Wilbur Funk wave from a ramp in an international competition scene. Photofax image from AP shows the group ready for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Llangollen
North Wales
Wilbur Funk
AP Photofax
Weekend too soon GOP blocks proposed recess plan
House Republicans vote unanimously to oppose a Democratic plan for Congress to recess this weekend and return in August after the national conventions. Rep. Charles B. Hoeven calls the recess move politically inspired and says there is still time to complete the public's business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Congress
Charles B. Hoeven
Iowa
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Hoeven
Johnson
Los Angeles
Chicago
Eisenhower vetoes federal pay raise bill
President Eisenhower vetoed a bill to raise federal employee pay by seven percent for about 1.3 million workers and offered support for a smaller increase tied to living costs. Democrats plan an override vote in the House, with a Senate path uncertain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Eisenhower
House
Senate
Congressional
Congress
Gasoline Spill Sends 8400 Gallons Of Fuel Across Watkins Streets
A tanker carrying 8400 gallons tipped on a turn near Watkins Minnesota spilling its contents and flooding streets with gasoline fumes. Sheriff deputies guarded the scene for hours until danger passed. Separate notes cover House GOP doubts on Congress recess before conventions and party leaders split over a postconvention session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watkins, Minn
Meeker County
GOP Primary Elects 3 N.D. Endorsees, Streibel Trails
In North Dakota, Rep. Don Short and two other convention endorsed candidates won GOP nominations for Congress and governor. C. P. Dahl captured the lieutenant governor post. S. Bryce Streibel trailed Orville Hagen in the lieutenant governor race as returns from 1,861 of 2,314 precincts showed Hagen 39,699 votes to 37,023 for Streibel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fargo
N.D
Don Short
D-Nd
North Dakota
Short
Hjalmar Nygaard
Enderlin
Congress
C. P. Dahl
Nygaard
Raymond Wendsel
Anson J. Anderson
Democratic - Nonpartisan League Combine
Dahl
William Guy
Bryce Streibel
Fessenden
GOP
Orville Hagen
Arnegaard
Hagen
Streibel
Khrushchev Arrives in Vienna for Nine Day Visit
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev lands in neutral Austria for a nine day state visit amid a generally apathetic crowd. About 6,000 gather at the Soviet War Memorial as his motorcade arrives from the airport and passes the Imperial Hotel where he stays. A small band of Austrian Communists offers a thin cheer while most citizens appear bored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vienna
Austria
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Imperial Hotel
Straight Shooter Term Explained Its Honest Origins
A straight shooter is a person of integrity once tied to fair play in dice games. The phrase originates from dice players who shot straight, using fair dice and honest aims.
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Lewis Gulick Washington
US S
Oltuski
Electric Company
Olinski
American and Foreign Power Co
Moscow
State Department
Prince
Princess
Grace
Rainier
Benson
Ezra Taft Benson
Bagley
Wales
Austin Choralaires
Jackie Schultz
Faribault
Kay Keyes
Minneapolis
Airlines
PUGH
Watkins
House Gop
Everett M. Dirksen Ofllinois
Streibel Trails
Nikita
By Richard O'Regan
Harold Connolly
Mark
Santa Monica
Calif
Melbourne
Czechoslovakia
Connolly
Olga Fikotova
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