Castro Donovan Talks Seen Near Bay of Pigs Prisoner Release
In Havana Prime Minister Castro and James B. Donovan near completion of an agreement to release 1,113 Cuban prisoners from the April 1961 Bay of Pigs invasion. Sources say prisoners will fly to Miami soon with Donovans offer of medicine and food instead of cash ransom. The United States may contribute surplus food, but no final plan has been set.
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Pidel Castro
James B. Donovan
Miami
Castro
Donovan
New York
U.S
Washington
Rock Breaks Calm at Ole Miss Amid Meredith Admission
A rock shattered a cafeteria window as James Meredith faced dinner at Ole Miss amid jeering crowds. Deputy Atty. Gen. Katzenbach met students while federal troops and National Guardsmen remained on duty as court actions tied up the case.
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Rock
University of Mississippi
James H. Meredith
University
Meredith
Baxter Hall
Justice Department
U.S. Atty
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Robert F. Kennedy
Uganda Gains Independence Nation From British Rule
In Kampala, Uganda raised its new independence flag as crowds of over 40,000 watched the transition from British rule. Prime Minister Milton Obote led the new government as Uganda became Africa’s 33rd independent nation at a midnight ceremony with the Uganda Rifles receiving colors from the Queen’s Rifles.
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Uganda
Africa
Kampala
Kololo Stadium
Swanee
Duke and Duchess of Kent
Elizabeth II
Queen’s African Rifles
Britain
Uganda Rifles
Milton Obote
Dean Rusk Sees Soviet Pressure and China Differences
Secretary of State Dean Rusk told Middlebury College that Khrushchev has problems too amid the cold war. He cited Soviet China disputes, rising Soviet public pressure, and satellite nations failing to meet Communist aims, blaming Moscow for undermining UN hopes.
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Middlebury
Dean Rusk
Nikita Khrushchev
Rusk
Middlebury College
United States
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Red China
Russia
United Nations
Congress Deadlock Delays Go-Home Signal Amid Loss
Congress slowed to a near halt as House members mourn Rep. Clem Miller of California killed in an airplane crash. Senate ponders foreign aid and unemployment extensions while funding bills and a major water projects measure face impasse. Leaders anticipate possible long stay with no adjournment in sight.
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Congress
Clem Miller
California
Senate
House
Ways and Means
White House
Kennedy
House Rules Committee
Missile sites and technicians tied to Cuba report
U S Rep Richard Schwiker says Cuba has 13 known missile sites and over 5000 Russian technicians. He reports this after a congressional briefing in Washington and says 11 bases are Nike-like surface-to-air missiles while the rest guard harbors as surface-to-ship installations.
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Haverford
Cuba
U.S
Richard S. Schwiker
Rpa
Washington
Schweiker
America
Cuba level attacks set stage for UN fireworks
At the United Nations Cuba outlines its charges against the United States in a dramatic General Assembly speech by President Osvaldo Dorticos Torrado. U S Ambassador Stevenson rebukes Cuba as false and vows no aggression while warning against Soviet intervention in Cuba.
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U.N
Cuba
Osvaldo Corticos Torrado
United States
Assembly
Corticos
General Assembly
U.S
Fidel Castro
Dorticos
United Nations
Andrei A. Gromyko
Adlai E. Stevenson
Stevenson
Hemisphere
Castro
Soviet Union
Americas
Six Members in Union District Pownal Woodford Voters Approve
The union district gains six member towns as Pownal and Woodford approve joining. Pownal grades 7 12 vote 109 75, second article grades 9 12 pass 122 42. Woodford approves 30 3. New directors are David Adler and Jackson Ostrander in Pownal. Franklin Frantz elected in Woodford. Arlington Sunderland to vote next Monday.
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Pownal
Woodford
Pownal Town
David Adler
Jackson Ostrander
Franklin Frantz
John Cleary
Edwin White
John Foster
Warren Mason
Fletcher Hall
William Jay Smith
Henry W. Bassen
Adler
Ostrander
Union
North Pownal
Arlington
Sunderland
East Germany Ambulance Case Draws Protest
Western Allies protested East German guards blocking a British army ambulance from aiding a man near the Berlin wall. The Soviets rejected the protest and offered no action. Officials warned the move undermined Western prestige and raised questions about possible future steps.
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East Germany
Berlin
Berlin Wall
East Berlin
Willy Brandt
Socialist Party
West Berlin
New York
Union Officials City Studying Possible Appeal in Rutland
Rutland and operating brotherhoods of the Rutland Railway study whether to appeal an ICC order authorizing abandonment of the strike line. Unions have until week's end to seek clarification, then 30 days to appeal to a three member court. Mayor Daley and city attorney debate strategy and potential impact on local payroll losses while awaiting unions’ move.
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Rutland
The
Rutland Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
John J. Daley
Richard F. Sullivan
Daley
Sullivan
William S. Ginsburg
Ginsburg
Vermont unemployment climbs past three thousand mark
Vermont unemployment rose above 3000 last week with 255 more idle workers. Department of Employment Security reported an 8 percent weekly increase and jobless totals rising in six of eleven sectors as initial claims fell by 60 to 544.
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Montpelier
Vermont
Department of Employment Security
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