Reporter-Turned-Bomber Pilot Claims Cuba Raid
Alexander Rorke Jr a photographer said he joined a four man bombing raid on Havana oil refineries. He claimed the plane launched homemade bombs ignited by cigars and that the raid lasted 4 minutes 40 seconds with no tanks blown and no shots fired. The State Department expressed skepticism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Alexander Rorke Jr
Cuba
Rorke
Havana
State Department
Lincoln White
Department
Radio
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Esso-Shell
Fidel Castro
Morro Castle
Duvalier Dynasty Hit by Gun Attack in Port au Prince
Gunmen fired from a car at a school gate injuring no children but killing the driver and two bodyguards as President Francois Duvalier’s children Jean Claude and Simone escaped into the building. Militia and tanks sealed streets while security forces hunted for attackers after the assault amid threats tied to May 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port AU Prince
Francois Duvalier
Jean- Claude
Simone
Jean-Claude
Duvalier
Methodist Bird College
Cuban Gunboats Harry Cutter Near Coast Guard Patrol
Two Cuban gunboats near a U S Coast Guard cutter in the Florida Straits engaged in maneuvers after a distress report. F8U aircraft from Key West were dispatched. maneuvers ceased with no shots fired. The incident occurred about 30 miles northeast of Havana in international waters. no evidence the small distress boat carried Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
U. S. Coast Guard
Florida Straits
Defense Department
Key West
Fla
Havana
Coast Guard
Cuba
Danby Youth Dies After Danby Car Crash in Manchester
An 18 year old Danby boy, Donald Kapusta, died at Putnam Memorial Hospital from injuries from a crash near East Manchester. Five other teens rode in the 1953 Mercury convertible. driver Paul Jarvis survived with others, including the victim’s brother William, 16. Lucille Campany, 16, was treated at the scene for a leg bruise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danby
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Manchester
Paul Jarvis
Bennington
Hoosick Falls
N.Y
Jarvis
East Manchester
Richville Road
William
John Kapusta
Francis Powers
Gene Butler
Lucille Campany
Campany
William G. Loomis
Brewster Funeral Service
Herter Opens Trade Talks in Ottawa
U S special representative for trade negotiations Christian A. Herter arrives in Ottawa for two day talks with Foreign Minister Paul Martin and senior officials. He says discussions under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade offer a chance for substantial multilateral expansion of world trade benefiting participating nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Christian A. Herter
U.S
Herter
Kennedy
Paul Martin
Lester B. Pearson
Daylight Saving Time Begins Across States
The Associated Press reports that 113.3 million Americans will set clocks forward at 2 a.m. Sunday. Several states and the District of Columbia observe the time change, while nine other states implement local variants. Virginia regions start on Sunday with the rest shifting on Memorial Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
District of Columbia
Virginia
Capitol Roundup: DST bill, agriculture post, civil rights suits
Washington reports a Senate bill for nationwide Daylight Saving time in June to August. Senator A Willis Robertson cites clock changes causing travel confusion and extra costs. Freeman seeks an additional assistant secretary for the Agriculture Department to oversee research and education. A civil rights suits bill would let the attorney general sue on individuals’ behalf, sponsored by Douglas and four Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Robertson
Virginian
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Congress
House Agriculture Committee
Freeman
Paul H. Douglas
D-Ill
Senate
Hubert H. Humphrey
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Souvanna Blames Commies For New Outbreak in Laos
Premier Souvanna Phouma denounces Communist tactics and defends U.S. neutrality as Red China the USSR and Pathet Lao charge U.S. blame. U.S. warships in Southeast Asia and about 1500 American troops to join Thai maneuvers amid Plaine des Jarres shelling and Cold War tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Souvanna
Laos
Vientiane
Souvanna Phouma
United States
U.S
Moscow
W. Averell Harriman
Khrushchev
U.S.S.R
Red China
Soviet Union
North Viet Nam
Pathet Lao
Souphanouvong
Kong le
Plaine Des Jarres
Sinkapo
Red Chinese
Plaine
Viet Nam
Red
Thailand
Bangkok
Thanom Kittikachorn
Adm
Harry D. Felt
U.S. Pacific
7Th Fleet
South
Khrushchev Pledges Laos Peace Support After Kennedy Letter
Soviet Premier Khrushchev and Harriman concluded a 3 1/2 hour talks in Moscow pledging continued support for the Laotian peace agreement. The joint communique reaffirmed U S and Soviet backing of the general Laotian agreement while U S officials claimed Pathet Lao started the latest fighting. Harriman traveled to Spaso House and planned further meetings unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Khruschev
W. Averell Harriman
Soviet Union
Laos
United States
Kennedy
Council of Ministers
Vienna
Harriman
Red Star
Tass
Hanoi
Viet Nam
U.S
Pathet Lao
Khrushchevy
Gromyko
Warden cites Vermont prison limits on youth and rehab
Vermont warden Robert G. Smith outlined facility limits and the challenge of mixing young inmates with longer-term prisoners. He described a three phase program emphasizing custody care and rehabilitation to ease young offenders into life after release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Robert G. Smith
State Prison
House of Correction
Windsor
Smith
Bennington
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Rutland
State
Pennsylvania
Auburn
N.Y
Vermonters Hurt In Auto Crash
Two men were critically injured in a head on collision on Route 14 in Sharon. Wendell T. Matte, 37, of White River Junction and Maurice C. Vercoe, 39, of Burlington were transported to Mary Hitchcock Hospital in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Rusk Plans 10 Day Tour With Tito Call and CENTO Talks
Secretary of State Dean Rusk heads a 10 day diplomatic mission starting Friday with an official visit to Yugoslav President Tito, the first by a U S secretary since 1955. The trip includes meetings in India Turkey and Iran, and the CENTO parley in Karachi with stops in Ankara Tehran New Delhi Belgrade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dean Rusk
Yugoslavia
Tito
Central
Middle East) Treaty Organization
Karachi
Rusk
Nehru
India
Turkey
Iran
Ankara
Tehran
New Delhi
Belgrade
U.S
John Foster Dulles
State Department
Department
Koca Popovic
Kremlin
Moscow
China
CENTO
Soviet Union
Atlantis II Photos Fail To Find Thresher Sub
Oceanographic Research vessel Atlantis II took high quality pictures of the Atlantic seabed but found no sign of the sunken Thresher submarine. Cameras were lowered about a mile and a half to 30 feet above the bottom over a 30 by 35 foot area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Atlantis II
Atlantic Ocean
Thresher
Navy
Atlantis
Woods Hole
Mass
Twenty One Bodies Recovered From Virginia Mine Blast
Rescue teams pulled 21 bodies from the Clinchfield Coal Co Compass No 2 mine at Dola West Virginia after a gas explosion late Thursday night. One worker remained missing as crews labored to recover the victims. The blast trapped 22 men about 12 miles northwest of Clarksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Clinchfield Coal Co
Dola
Also Mentioned on This Page
Beatrix
Netherlands
Netherlands Seamen’s Club
New York
Canada
Associated Press
MIT
Boston
U. S
FBI
Sherman Billingsley
Stork Club
Harry Cutter
Pentagon
Donald Kapusta
The
Capitol
News
Nikita
Pacific
Constellation
Midway Island
Department of Defense
U.S. Navy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!