Cuba Accused Terrorism on Rise in South America
United Press International reports Communist subversion and rural terrorism spreading in Venezuela and Colombia. Presidents Lleras Restrepo and Leoni accuse Cuba of instigating and financing violence. Rural guerrillas, inspired by Guevara and aided by Soviet weapons, threaten regional stability and seek reforms for the peasantry.
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Colombia
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Raul Leoni
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Cuba
United Nations
Organization of American States
OAS
Ernesto
Che) Guevarra
Havana
Latin American
Guevarra
Fidel Castro
Latin America
Bolivia
Regis DeBray
Polaris submarine commissioning sparks pacifist picket
New London Connecticut hosts the commissioning of the Polaris nuclear ballistic submarine Will Rogers, the 41st of its kind, with 16 missiles and a 425 foot length. Pacifists plan protests at Electric Boat Division as Adm. Arleigh Brake speaks. Capt. James Osborn, who led the first Polaris, will be present alongside Capt. Robert Kaufman and Cmdr. William Cowhill. The ceremony underscores Cold War deterrence and missile safety protocols.
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United States
Seven Seas
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Underwater Sound Lab
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Arleigh A. Brake
Center For Strategic Studies
Georgetown University
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General Dynamics Corp
Russia
Robert Y. Kaufman
Naval Academy
Hubert H. Humphrey
Kaufman
William J. Cowhill
James B. Osborn
Washington
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Rogers
Polaris
Johnson
Congress
Poseidon
Vermont Dairy Heartland Keeps Federal Animal Health Office
Senator George Aiken announced Agriculture Secretary Freeman assured the Vermont animal health division of the Agricultural Research Service would stay in Vermont and not move to Maine. He cited Vermont’s large dairy stock of 328,000 cows versus Maine’s 122,000 and New Hampshire’s 70,000 as a key reason to preserve the office.
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Washington
API
Vermont
New Hampshire
Maine
George D. Aiken
Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Agricultural Research Service Division
Aiken
Freeman
New England
Army mixup sends soldier's body to wrong mother in Chicago
In Chicago and Denver a deadly error surfaced when two soldiers named Robert Earl Brown and Robert Edward Brown, both in Company B of the 2nd Battalion 8th Cavalry, 1st Cavalry Division, shared the same Army name and similar serials. One Brown died in Vietnam, the other survived after a leg injury, triggering a mistaken death notification to Mrs. Pearl Pratt of Denver who mourned for eight days before officials admitted the mixup and apologized.
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Pearl Pratt
Denver
Army
Robert Earl Brown
Johnson keeps both sides calm with Fed chair renewal
Washington remains split over credit policy as President Johnson reappoints William McChesney Martin Jr. as Federal Reserve Board chairman for another term while allowing Charles N. Shepardson to retire. Martin, 60, will lead the board through 1970, with a replacement for Shepardson to be named before April.
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UPI
Johnson
William McChesney Martin Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Charles N. Shepardson
Martin
FEC
White House
Shepardson
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