Bankruptcy Looms Over Dominican Republic After Coup
Dominican officials and diplomats warn the country could be bankrupt within three months if the United States and other nations do not accept the de facto regime that toppled President Juan Bosch. Officials cite aid cuts, private investment loss, unemployment, and tourism declines as key factors threatening stability and possible political upheaval.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
United States
Juan Bosch
U.S
Jose Antonio Bonilla Atiles
Washington
Venezuela jails 158 Communists in crackdown
In Caracas, President Betancourt’s government announces 158 Communists and leftists are arrested after a weekend terrorist attack that killed five. Eight congressmen are among those detained as paratroopers reinforce police and linked robberies widen the crackdown.
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Caracas
Venezela
Romulo Betancourt
Gain
Virginia Grants To Private White Schools Stopped
An associate Supreme Court justice granted a stay halting state tuition grants for white students attending private segregated schools in Prince Edward County Virginia. The stay suspends eligibility while the case on appeal challenges the Fourth Circuit ruling that opened funding channels.
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Virginia
Richmond, Va
U.S. Supreme Court
Prince Edward County
Washington
William J. Brennan Jr
U.S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
Supreme Court
Circuit Court
U.S
Oron R. Lewis
Lewis
Prince Edward School Foundation
Cuban Warns U S To Keep Hands Off Cuba
Cuban armed forces Vice Minister Maj Efigenio Almeijeiras warns the United States to keep its hands off Cuba or face consequences. He says imperialists who intervene will be cut off, voiced via a Havana radio broadcast heard in Miami.
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Miami
Fla
Cuban Armed Forces
Efigenio Almeijeiras
United States
Cuba
Almeijeiras
Havana
U S Plane Opens South Pole Route
A U S Navy transport plane landed at McMurdo Sound after flying from Cape Town over the South Pole. Rear Adm. James R. Reedy led the voyage with no significant difficulties reported. Extreme cold prevented a landing at the South Pole base.
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U.S
South Pole
Christchurch
New Zealand
McMurdo Sound
Antarctic
Cape Town
South Africa
Navy
James R. Reedy
Plan for Greatness British Scientific Drive Urged by Laborite Chief
Scarborough England AP Harold Wilson unveiled Labor Party master plan to make Britain great through a worldwide science revolution. He called for a vast rise in scientific manpower, science to industry, reallocation of research from defense, and state private partnership to build new industries and expand the economy. Two thousand delegates gave a 50 minute standing ovation, marking a major personal triumph. Frank Cousins warned that workers may lose jobs to technology, citing US experience of uncontrolled employment shifts.
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Scarborough
England
Harold Wilson
Labor Party
Britain
Wilson
Frank Cousins
Transport and General Workers Union
Cousins
United States
Macmillan Returns to No 10 After Renovation
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan moved back into No 10 Downing Street after a three year exile while the residence was rebuilt. He had conducted official duties from Admiralty House since construction began in August 1960.
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London
Harold Macmillan
No. 10 Downing Street
Macmillan
Admiralty House
No. 10
Browder Opinion Sought by Government in Ideological Rift
In Yonkers New York FBI agents questioned Earl Browder about the Red Chinese Soviet conflict and his views on communism and revisionism. Browder, 72, long linked to the U S Communist Party, recalled his past roles and said he never felt disloyal while praising reforms and U S economic progress.
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Yonkers
N.Y
FBI
China
Soviet Union
Earl Browder
Josef Stalin
Browder
New York City
America
Joffrey Ballet Entertains at White House
Emperor Haile Selassie attended a White House dinner in his honor with 120 guests. The Robert Joffrey Ballet Company performed after the meal as Jacqueline Kennedy prepared for a Greece holiday and Mrs. Joseph Kennedy hosted.
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Washington
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
America
President Kennedy
Robert
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