Eisenhower halts Cuba sugar imports to U S
President Eisenhower announced the United States would stop Cuba's sugar sales for the first three months of 1961, citing Castro regime hostility and Cuba's increasing commitments to Communist countries. The Agriculture Department set 1961 sugar quotas excluding Cuba and allocated some supply to the Dominican Republic.
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Eisenhower
Cuba
A. del Castro
United States
White House
Agriculture Department
Castro
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Hemisphere Nations
Latin America
Congress
Cuba and Soviet Union sign $168 million trade pact
Havana reports Cuba and the Soviet Union formalize a $168 million commercial agreement through a series of contracts. Ernesto Guevara led the Cuban mission, with Barlier Jacinto Torras noting the 1961 sugar harvest will reach at least 6 million tons, surpassing 1960 by 0.5 million tons, hinting at a separate sugar accord.
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Havana
Cuba
Soviet Union
Ernesto Guevara
Barlier Jacinto Torras
Bank of Foreign Commerce
United States
Senator Anderson III Suffering Cardiac Upset in Denver
Senator Clinton P. Anderson of New Mexico was examined in Albuquerque after collapsing in Denver. Doctors said cardiographs revealed three cardiac disturbances in addition to a gastro intestinal upset and that he returned home by air after falling ill while attending a meeting.
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Albuquerque
N.M
Clinton P. Anderson
D-Nm
Anderson
Denver
Portugal Textiles Workers Win 20 Percent Raise in New Pact
In Lisbon the 100000 textile workers secure a 20 percent wage increase under a contract reached between the industry guild and worker unions, effective January.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Debates Over Congo Plan To Free Lumumba At U.N.
United Nations General Assembly debates a Western backed plan to neutralize the Congo army and free deposed Premier Patrice Lumumba. The resolution cites 20 000 U.N. troops and calls for immediate prisoner releases, reconvening Parliament under U.N. protection, Belgian withdrawal, and halting interference by armed Congo units.
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General Assembly
Patrice Lumumba
U.N. Congo
United States
Soviet Union
Sembly
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N
Congo
Hammarskjold
Assembly
Koca Popovic
India
Ghana
Iraq
Indonesia
Morocco
United Arab Republic
Joseph Mobutu
Montreal Ships Beaverford Heads to London
The cargo liner Beaverford sailed from Montreal harbor Friday bound for London, marking the last ocean vessel to depart before freeze up this season.
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Montreal
Beaverford
London
Air Disaster Continues On Long Island and Brooklyn
Two jets collided near Long Island and Brooklyn, killing most aboard. The TWA Constellation 284, from Dayton to LaGuardia, had six survivors but all died. the UAL jetliner blurred across Staten Island, with one survivor. Stephen Baltz, 11, survived the first crash but was badly burned. The crash triggered fires across 18 buildings, with a church named Pillar of Fire destroyed. Fire officials describe radar loss before the craft plummeted, while witnesses recounted the fiery spectacle.
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Long Island
Brooklyn
St. Augustine’s
Arca
Stephen Baltz
Chicago
TWA
la Guardia
Dayton
Ohio
Staten Island
Clifford Bouth
UAL
Idlewild
New York
Idewild
Crash Dead From New England Names Rise From New York City Loss
AP report lists New Englanders among crash victims over New York City. Murray T. Wright of Burlington Vermont, Anne Hodgkins of New Canaan Connecticut, Barat College students Barat Greenwich, St Margaret Laviere, Arthur Bock Holden Massachusetts, Arthur B Swenson Glastonbury Connecticut, Pratt Whitney engineer East Hartford, John Walden Greenwich Connecticut salesman, Nancy Briggs Springfield Mass OSU student, Arthur W Chandler New Smyrna. Sammy Vincent.
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New York
New
Two College Girls Exchange Plane Seats
Fate spun a shadowy web as two college girls who never knew each other swapped plane seats. Miss Leslie Picker survived at 18, a UC freshman, while Miss Catherine Past, also 18, a Northwestern freshman, died after taking the vacated seat. The incident sparked questions about the exchange.
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Lynbrook
N.Y
Fate
Leslie Picker
Miss Picker
University of California
Catherine Past
Northwestern University
Bank of Nova Scotia Exits Cuba As National Bank Takes Over
The Bank of Nova Scotia announced the sale of its entire Cuban banking system to Cuba's National Bank, the last foreign-owned bank to leave the island. Bank President F. William ss said transfer terms included full dollar repatriation of shareholders’ money, with the amount not disclosed.
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Toronto
Bank of Nova Scotia
Cuban National Bank
Tolvacate
Cuba
F. Williamss
National Bank of Cuba
Notable airman listings from Lockbourne AFB report
Swich N H airman stationed at Lockbourne AFB Columbus Ohio Richard L Magnuson Hartford Conn student at Ohio State University Raymond J Walsh Middletown Conn president of Wesleyan University Press Robert F McCauliff Paxton Mass sales engineer for National Standard Co Niles Mich Charles E Somers Watertown Conn vice president General Time Corp New York Theodora Tiska Greenwich Conn student at Rosary College River Forest Ill John Wheeler Taunton Mass Airman 2 C
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Swich
N. H
Lockbourne Afb
Columbus
Ohio
Richard L. Magnuson
Hartford
Catholic Paper Sees Problems In 4Way Merger
The Pilot a Boston Catholic weekly warns the proposed four church merger among Methodist Episcopal Presbyterian United Church of Christ and others would create more problems than it would solve. It argues merger risks abandoning independent church claims and undermines hopeful ecumenical efforts.
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Boston
UPI
Pilot
Archdiocese of
Presbyterian
United Church of Christ
Dead End Street
Powell Marries Secretary in Civil Puerto Rico Ceremony
In San Juan Adam Clayton Powell 53, a Black congressman and clergyman, wed Ivette Diage 19, his white secretary, in a civil ceremony conducted by Judge Edwin Cortes. The couple planned a Puerto Rico honeymoon as reports note the bride is a former room aide.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Adam Clayton Powell
Ivette Diage
Edwin Cortes
Snow Deluge Boosts Ski Areas in New England
A norwester lashed New England with snow and rain for nearly 24 hours. Despite icy roads, ski areas in Vermont New Hampshire and the Berkshires reported 40 to 60 inches of new snow. The Massachusetts Department of Public Works ordered 280 sanders onto highways by 9 o clock as crews spread salt and calcium chloride to melt patches. Weather officials forecast clearing with frigid temps across northern New England and near freezing in southern portions.
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Boston
Labrador
New England
Vermont
New Hampshire
Berkshires
Massachusetts Department of Public Works
W U. S. Weather Bureau
Harlem Leader Powell Remarries in San Juan Wedding
Powell, a Harlem Democratic leader, ties the knot at Condado Beach Hotel in San Juan in a second marriage for him and his bride who was previously married to Hazel Scott, a noted pianist.
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Condado Beach
San Juan
Powell
Hazel Scott
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