Counter-Insurgency Taught To Latin-American Officers
Washington AP reports more than 160 officers from nearly every Latin American country graduated from a Panama based U S program teaching counter insurgency. An April 9 class of 33 began in Panama with plans for more, with ranks from second lieutenant to brigadier general and a focus on guerrilla and anti guerrilla tactics, intelligence and civil affairs.
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Panama
Army
Cuba
Ft. Gulick
Panama Canal Zone
United States
No Standing Sign Sparks Towed Car Confusion
An angry motorist towed from a downtown New Haven street during evening rush hour argued with police. He claimed he just paid a meter and did not realize No Standing zones apply to cars, prompting the police captain to explain the rule.
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New Haven, Conn
Dunfey Clan Reunites for Jubilee at Logan Airport
Boston AP report: extended Dunfey clan gathers from Weston Lowell Hampton N H Manchester and Portland to greet Sister Anna Francesca S N D returning from Honolulu. Family includes mother Catherine Dunfey and 32 grandchildren. Marie Francesca S N D marks 50 years as a nun on April 28.
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Boston
Dunfeys
Logan International Airport
Weston
Lowell
Hampton
N.H
Manchester
Portland
Anna Francesca
S.N.D
Honolulu
Catherine Dunfey
Mrs. Dunfey
Marie Francesca
Julie Billiart
North End
Prescott Not Revere Aroused N E Says Prescott Ancestral Ride
Gertrude Prescott of Bozeman Montana argued she deserves credit for Dr Samuel Prescott who she says finished Revere’s ride. She traced Prescott’s route in a colonial costume from Concord through Lincoln Stow Acton and other towns while reenacting the alarm that spread. Miss Prescott teaches zoology at Montana State College.
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Concord, Mass
Gertrude Prescott
Bozeman
Mont
Paul Revere
Samuel Prescott
Revere
Lydia Mulliken
Lexington
Concord
William Dawes
Samuel Adams
John Hancock
Lincoln
Prescott
Dawes
Pescott
Acton
Stow
Congard
Montana State College
Christmas Island Atom Test Site Under Hot Humid Conditions
Christmas Island, a 222 square mile U.S. nuclear test site, is described as hot and soggy with a busy atmosphere. Antennas dot the coral atoll as tests are scheduled this month and about 1,600 civilians work there and at nearby Johnson Island. The 1,600 foot runway is busier than Honolulu Airport.
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Christmas Island
Atom
Honolulu
U.S
Pacific
Johnson Island
Equator
Hawaii
Honolulu International
Soviet Withdrawal of Konev Mirrors Clay Pullback
Berlin reports confirm Marshal Ivan S. Konev is replaced by Col. Gen. Ivan Yakubovski in East Germany, restoring pre wall-era command. The move follows Kennedy's dispatch of Gen. Lucius Clay and sparks talk of U S Soviet Berlin negotiations linking both withdrawals.
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Konev
Berlin
Ivan S. Konev
East Germany
Ivan I. Yakubovski
Tass
Yakubovski
Kennedy
Lucius D. Clay
Clay
White House
Kremlin
Reds Press Diplomacy to Halt U S Nuclear Tests
In Geneva the Soviet Union pressed for an unpoliced moratorium on atmospheric tests while the United States and Britain held firm that tests will proceed. Zorin urged a halt over the Easter weekend and linked the issue to international control and onsite inspections, with Washington and London insisting tests continue unless a verifiable treaty is agreed. The eight nonaligned nations submitted a neutralist plan to bridge the gap.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Pacific
United States
Britain
Zorin
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Joseph Godber
Washington
London
Kennedy
Macmillan
Kremlin
Brazil
Burma
Ethiopia
India
Mexico
Nigeria
Sweden
United Arab Republic
Dean
Chrismas
Johnston Island
Presiden
World's largest cigar in Buende museum may crumble
Carl Paetow, director of the Buende Cigar Museum, notes a 26 year old cigar measuring 5 feet 6.929 inches long and 26.378 inches in diameter is deteriorating. Wrapper leaves peel and tobacco crumbles. Repairs are hoped but difficult, requiring removal from a glass case. If used, it would take about 600 hours to smoke.
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Buende
Germany
Carl Paetow
Moscow seeks twin offensives against EEC and Alliance for Progress
Moscow launches two major propaganda campaigns targeting the European Economic Community and the U.S. Alliance for Progress in Latin America. The efforts aim to disrupt West European integration and destabilize Latin American economic aid, with warnings of harsher measures if needed. Moscow views the Common Market as the larger threat but concentrates on Latin America to blunt U.S. influence.
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Moscow
European Economic Community
Common Market
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Kremlin
United States
West Berlin
Viet Nam
Isometric Exercise Plan Touts Quick 10 Second Routines
Vic Obeck a 44 year old former professional football player and NYU educator and athletic director promotes isometric exercises that require only 10 seconds per move. He suggests stomach pulling to slice an inch from the waist in a week a wall push to strengthen arms and a head press to work neck muscles.
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Boston
Vic Obeck
New York University
Obeck
Hearty Appetites Beef Stew Recipe Circulated for Men
A man shares his beef stew method with friends via mimeographed copies. The recipe serves about a dozen, often doubled for 24, uses frozen vegetables, and includes step by step browning of meat and vegetables, long simmering, and a final addition of onions carrots and potatoes. Dessert features frozen baked pound cake and sherbet.
Woolworth sees surge in exotic pets sold in 1961
Wyman L. Hammond of Woolworth reports Americans increasingly buy unusual pets. The chain sold 100000 chameleons 750000 turtles 500000 birds and four million fish in 1961 reflecting a shift toward nontraditional companions.
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New York
Wyman L. Hammond
F. W. Woolworth Co
Hammond
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Notre Dame Academy
Tyngsboro
Catherine Leroy
Bishop Fenwick High School
Peabody
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Gerald
Paul
Roy
Walter
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New Hampshire
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Sayles
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Dial
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Perod
Reds
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AP Food
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Williamstown Savings Bank
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