Castro bars 17 to 26 year olds from leaving Cuba
Premier Fidel Castro declares Cuba will not permit men aged 17 to 26 to depart for the United States to avoid being drafted. He defends an open door policy while refugees call the exodus a vote against him. Coast Guard reports 1,086 refugees since Oct 7. An American seaman estimates about 7,000 waiting for transport to the US.
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Mayana
UPI
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Pedro Marrero Stadium
United States
Coast Guard
Camarioca
Aradio
Permanent Home Scen for Veep
Senate approves a bill to establish a permanent residence for the vice president. A three member commission appointed by the President could spend up to $ million for an official residence in the District of Columbia.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
District of Columbia
Sukarno Bids End To Anti-Red Violence In Indonesia
President Sukarno ordered a halt to violence and racialism after the October 1 coup attempt. Army arrests of Communists continued as authorities searched Jakarta areas for concealed arms and ammunition, with a major security sweep near Kemajoran Airport involving 800 soldiers and 2,000 militiamen, and a curfew shifted to 9 p.m. to 4 30 a.m.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Sukarno
Koti
Supreme Operations Command
Indonesian Communist Party
Armed Forces
Peking
Radjawali Selatan
Kemajaran
UAW backs Johnson Viet Nam policies in unanimous vote
United Auto Workers International Executive Board approved a statement supporting Johnson administration Viet Nam policies. One official opposed some wording. The union cites no military solution and warns against total withdrawal, urging continued military action to deter Communist aggression. Emil Mazey criticizes U.S. Indochina policy but backs negotiated settlement. The statement precedes student protests and national reaction.
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Detroit
Viet Nam
United Auto Workers Union
UAW International Executive Board
United States
Union
Peking
Emil Mazey
Indochina
Mazey
Saigon
Russians Admit Anti Soviet Works By Two Writers
Two Soviet writers confessed to anti Soviet propaganda charges and smuggling works abroad. Andrei Sinyavsky admitted using the pen name Abram Tertz, while Daniil acknowledged writing Moscow Calling as Nikolai Arzhanov. They are reportedly in Lubyanka Prison as investigations continue with no trial date set.
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Moscow
UPI
Andrei Sinyavsky
Abram Tertz
Daniil
Nikolai Arzhanov
Lubyanka
Democrats Oppose Volpe Tax Bill at Statehouse Stand
Massachusetts Democrats publicly oppose Gov Volpe's latest sales tax plan despite income tax reform, arguing the package is flawed and doomed to fail. Some lawmakers back parts of the measure, including a business levy, while the bill faces Senate debate and party divides. The news also notes a separate proposal to safeguard Massachusetts Crime Commission records and a dog theft offense bill, plus Volpe naming 15 publishers and editors to an Advisory Committee on Communications.
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Boston
Jeaders
John. A. Volpe
Volpe
House
John F. X. Davoren
D-Milford
Senate
Maurice A. Donahue
D-Holyoke
Davoren
Edward M. Flanagan
Medford
Donahue
Associated Industries
Massachusetts Crime Commission
Statehouse
Alfred Gardner
Secretary of State
Secretary of
Kevin H. White
Gov. Volpe
Massachusetts
David Manning White
Boston University
Department of Journalism
State Commerce Department
Commonwealth
Lawrence K. Miller
Berkshire Eagle
Pittsfield
Aiken Criticizes Wealthy Interests Behind Foreign Aid
Sen. George D. Aiken charged that vested interests in underdeveloped nations thwart reform and sour Americans on foreign aid. He said rich elites oppose land and tax reforms while poor seek false hopes in communism, echoing President Johnson's pledge to target aid to nations delivering real benefits.
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Washington
George D. Aiken
Vermont
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Aiken
United States
Sen. Aiken
Johnson
AA Missile Sites Gain in North Viet Nam
Washington reports about 20 antiaircraft missile sites in North Vietnam, roughly triple the initial count of eight. Five U.S. warplanes have been shot down by these defenses, the last on October 4, while Viet Cong losses have surged as strength grows in the South with 75,000 to 80,000 regulars and 100,000 to 120,000 guerrillas.
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Washington
UPS
Viet Nam
Defense Department
Hanoi
U.S
Independence
Viet Cong
South Viet Nam
Tax Dodge Charges Against Boston Legislators in UPI Report
State Rep. Royal L. Bolling of Boston and former legislator Thomas M. White face criminal informations in U S District Court for willful failure to file federal income tax returns. Readouts cite incomes from 1959 to 1983 and potential penalties of up to one year imprisonment or a $10,000 fine.
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Boston
UPI
Royal L. Bolling
U.S. District Court
Thomas M. White
Dialpole
U.S
John M. Callahan
Bolling
White
Kennedy matriarch backs site for JFK library project
Mrs Rose Kennedy testified before Massachusetts lawmakers endorsing a bill to grant up to 11 acres of state and MBTA land near Harvard College in Cambridge for the John F Kennedy library complex along the Charles River. The land, valued at about 6 million dollars, would be supplied free to the project with state reimbursement to the MBTA.
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Boston
UPI
Rose Kennedy
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Joint State Administration Committee
Massachusetts Legislature
Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority
MBT
Harvard College
Cambridge
War Games Staged In German Region
Communist Warsaw Pact forces conduct October Storm maneuvers near West Germany. Neues Deutschland reports a Polish airborne division flown in for a parachute assault. U S Army Berlin Brigade ends a four day exercise in Grunewald forest. No connection between the two maneuvers evident.
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Neues Deutschland
Grunewald
Green Forest
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