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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 10, 1960

Page

2

Cuban Troops Move Toward Central Hills Amid Insurgent Threat

Reports from Havana indicate Cuban soldiers and militia with mortars advance toward the Escambray foothills in Las Villas province as potential prelude to a broad assault on insurgents. Unconfirmed accounts place coastal reinforcements landing at El Ingles with a suggested size of a few dozen men, possibly 20 to 40.

Havana Escambray Santa Clara Cuba Las Villas el Ingles San Juan River Fidel Castro Escambrays

Vionists in Havana Protest Soviet Ties

In Havana, about a hundred members of the Havana Electric Workers Union marched on the presidential palace to denounce Communist influence in their union. Led by secretary Amaury Fraginals, they carried him on their shoulders and chanted Cuba si Russia no, urging Fidel Castro and Osvaldo Corticos to meet their delegation.

Havana

Papered Soviet China Accord Signals New World Crisis

Washington officials say the Moscow settlement between the USSR and Red China papered over deep ideological rifts yet signals tougher Red action against the West. The joint statement stresses a period of struggle and revolution, while Khrushchev and Liu Shaoqi push a hard line against imperialism and a world Communist victory through coexistence or confrontation.

John M. Mightower Washington U.S China Moscow West Nese Soviet Union United States Communist Party Khrushchev Red Winfont Thaanean Lawing Liu Shaochi Red Party Khrushcchev and Company The Chi Vate Lupus Berlin

Rusk Emerging as Kennedy Secretary of State Favorite

Dean Rusk, former Truman assistant secretary of state and Rockefeller Foundation head, is reported as Kennedy’s top choice for secretary of state. Other names linked include Fulbright, McCloy, Bruce, and Bowles, with Kennedy asserting a soon decision. Rusk’s career spans Mills College, Army service, UN affairs, and key State Department roles during the Korean War.

Washington Dean Rusk Truman John F. Kennedy Rusk Kennedy Rockefeller Foundation New York Christian A. Herter State Department Sen J. William Fulbright D-Ark Senate Foreign Relations Committee John J. McCloy Defense Department David K. E. Bruce Germany Chester Bowles D-Conn India Georgia Atlanta Mills College Oakland Calif War Department International Security Affairs Robert P. Patterson United Nations Dean Acheson United States China Douglas MacArthur

Satellite Capsule Release Sets Space Mission Pace

The Air Force announced Discoverer XVII will eject its capsule on the 48th orbit this afternoon after a launch from Vandenberg. The craft will have traveled 1,248,000 miles and its parachuting capsule near Hawaii will be caught by planes trailing trapezes, carrying radiation measuring devices and tissue samples.

Vandenberg Air Force Base Calif Air Force Hawaii

Khrushchev Faces Chinese Pressure On Communist Policy

The passage describes a shift where Khrushchev appears to concede to Chinese demands, signaling that the Soviet Union can no longer dictate party policy and must secure Chinese approval in disputes, amid three paragraphs stressing independence and collective decisions.

Khrushchev Jie Soviet Union Communist Party

Rule Out Hospital Three Psychiatrists Say Goldfine Should Go Home

Three St Elizabeths psychiatrists testified that Bernard Goldfine’s prospects improve if treated as an outpatient rather than kept in the hospital. They diagnosed cerebral arteriosclerosis causing memory and judgment decline and said Goldfine has trouble with calculations and speech, with insomnia and headaches. The hearing addressed his appeal for release from St Elizabeths in Washington, opposed by Oliver Gasch who questioned jurisdiction and suggested hospital confinement might be better given family tensions.

Ashington Golde Bernard Goldfine Boston Cou l Goldfine St. Elizabeths B Hospital Washington U. S U. S. District Court Goldie David J. Owens Mauris M. Platkin Sylvia Luik St. Elizabeths Sherman Adams W. S. Atty Oliver Gasch Gasch District of Islambia Gold- Line

Ex-Child Prodigy Conducts BSO In Boston Debut

A Paris-born former child prodigy trained at the Berkshire Music Center conducted the Roston Symphony Orchestra as guest director. Lorin Maazel, now 3, was born near Paris to American parents of Dutch ancestry and was once invited by Arturo Toscanini to conduct the NBC Symphony Orchestra in New York.

Boston UPI Berkshire Music Center Roston Symphony Orchestra Lorin Maazel Paris Arturo Toscanini NBC Symphony Orchestra New York

Big Names Linked to Bootleg Popular Discs Probe

A New York bootleg racket focusing on phono records moved into the entertainment world with a police probe citing forthcoming disclosures of big names. Four more arrests rise to 16 in New York City and Utica, as racketeers used authentic recordings to press thousands of counterfeit albums found at a Utica-area plant and store.

New York New York City Utica N.Y

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