Bay of Pigs Relatives Arrive in Florida on African Pilot
The 922 Bay of Pigs relatives reached Port Everglades aboard the African Pilot after a perilous voyage from Havana. The ship, once connected to ransom aid, carried families to reunite with loved ones in the United States. Measles cases arose. Red Cross report noted nine illnesses, with ambulances standing by. The scene featured flags, brief celebrations, and urgent security as U.S. Coast Guard escort vessels guided the freighter into port.
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Miami
Fla
Port Everglades
Fort Lauderdale
Fidel Castro
United States
Red Cross
Joe McGowan
Associated Press
Havana
Banning Lary
U.S. Coast Guard
Angla Ceballos de Marero
Castro
Cuba
the Bay
Maine educators press federal aid and higher teacher pay
The Maine Teachers Association president urged expanded federal funds to support schools and a higher minimum teacher salary to lift Maine education. He warned against federal controls and cited low town salaries, noting 77 towns pay under 4000 dollars yearly. The assembly backed seeking 101st Legislature action to raise salaries and extend shared funding principles beyond local and state levels.
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Augusta
Maine Teachers Association
Maine
Thurlow Pitts
MTA
Representative Assembly
Pitts
Europe Plunged Into Bitter Winter Storm Across Continent
A deadly blizzard in Britain killed at least 18 after a Scot Express rear-ended a local train near Manchester. The cold front extended across Europe with deaths in Portugal and widespread snow from Spain to Italy. Rescue efforts faced icy roads as Arctic winds disrupted travel and left cities like Barcelona and Hammerfest battling freezing conditions.
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Europe
Coppenhall Junction
Manchester
Harold Schiff
Cheshire
Mediterranean
Siberia
Portugal
Spain
Barcelona
Valencia
Italy
Alps
Sicily
Italian Alps
Kashmir Talks Open Under New China Border Deal Cloud
Pakistan and India began Kashmir talks in Rawalpindi under a cloud created by a Pakistan China border pact. Ayub Khan sought clarification on the Red China agreement, while Nehru and Ayub agreed to meet after lower-level talks, prompted by Western pressure to ease arms tensions and seek a settlement.
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Rawalpindi
Pakistan
Kashmir
Red
China
Sinkiang
U.N
New Delhi
Mohammed Ayub Khan
Ayub
Red China
India
Subcontinent
Himalayan
Britain
United States
Ayub Khan
Nehru
Chuckle Girls Remember Reference Books Never Get Checked Out
A lighthearted note from Gen Fea Corp remarks that even chatterers who pose as walking encyclopedias cannot replace reference books in value or permanence.
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Gen
Fea. Corp
Cold Weather Grips Nation As Arctic Air Pushes East
Temperatures linger across the nation with sub zero readings in Utah and Midwest towns. Readings approached thirty one below in some Western and Midwest cities while a cold front moves eastward toward the Midwest tonight. Portland Maine reports minus sixteen at Caribou with milder readings downtown and a sunny cold forecast ahead.
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Midwest
Utah
Western
North Central
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Ohio
Delta
Florida
Tennessee
Georgia
Alabama
North Carolina
Pacific Coast
Texas
Louisiana
Carolinas
Virginia
Plains
Mississippi Valley
Portland
Maine
Caribou
U.S. Weather Bureau
Limestone
Houston
Greenville
Millinocket
Bangor
Weather Bureau
Mayor Fosdick Not Solely GOP
The Biddeford mayoral question centers on whether Ulysses Fosdick won in March 1921 as Republican or Citizen aligned. Fosdick defeated Thomas Locke 2478 to 2218 amid four ballot columns, with women voters contributing about 1000 votes, and later records show Pomerleau as first GOP chief since 1895.
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Biddeford
William W. Pomerleau
Charles S. Hamilton
Jerome A. Morin
Ulysses Fosdick
McArthur
Ar hritics Knew This Already By ALTON BLAKESLEF AP
Physicians warn urban living may cause urbophrenia a condition of city jitters and indoor climate. Biometerology links weather and climate to life affecting health. Arthritis sufferers report pains worsen before storms due to changes in barometric pressure and humidity as tests show.
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Alton Blakeslef
Associated Press
Philadelphia
Igho Hart Kornblueh
University of Pennsylvania
Joseph Problems
Kornblueh
Lee Hollander
American Association For the Advancement of Science
I Kornblueh
Graduate Hospital
Prennsylvania
Work Stoppage Ensured By Longshoremen In Charleston
Stevedores in Charleston canceled plans to unload seed potatoes today as a split within the International Longshoremen's Association AFL-CIO persisted. The local Union defied national orders by unloading bananas, while top officials moved to investigate and warn of possible charter loss. Police supervised cross-picketing in Galveston as a non affiliated group unloaded a Swedish banana shipment.
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Associated Press
Charleston
S.C
Gulf Coast
International Longshoremen’s Association
Afl-Cio
South Carolina
William V. Bradley
ILA
Galveston
Tex
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