Fulbright Says Cuba Invasion Was a Blunder by U S
US leaders were questioned about the ill fated Cuban invasion Fulbright chairing the Senate Foreign Relations Committee said the operation was a collective mistake by the White House Defense Department CIA and State Department He noted the testimony by CIA director Dulles and deputy Bissell and said a decision on calling military advisers may come later Church added the invasion showed poorly conceived planning and a dual mistake in policy and military action.
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Washington
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
White House
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
State Department
Centra Intelligence Agency
CIA
Allen W. Dulles
Richard M. Bissell Jr
Dulles
Defense Department
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
Laos
Cuba
Frank Church
D-Idaho
Church
Latin America
Space flight delays as weather halts Shepard mission
CAPE CANAVERAL Florida AP storms shelved the first American space shot hours before launch. Alan Shepard Jr. and backup John Glenn faced another day of prep amid weather and rocket trouble with Redstone booster fuel feed tubes. Delays may push liftoff to Friday or later as missions expand into a rainy season.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Alan B. Shepard Jr
Cape
Atlantic
Shepard
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Weather Bureau
Florida
U. S
Castro Move Aimed At Red Protection
William L. Ryan analyzes Castro regime's push for Soviet protection and a socialist state label in Cuba. He questions Khrushchev's willingness to risk War World III, notes U S pressure possibilities from embargo to OAS actions, and predicts the Communist party will run Havana while Castro stays as front man.
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William L. Ryan
Associated Press
Fidel
U.S
Kennedy
United States
Washington
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Cuba
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U. S.S
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Iron Curtain
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Western Hemisphere
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Laos Rebels Order Halt To Shooting Amid Attacks
Laos rebels ordered a halt to shooting while a battalion reportedly attacked Western backed government forces in southern Laos. The government and Pathet Lao held ceasefire talks nearby as observers remained hopeful an armistice could be worked out.
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Pathet Lao
Vintiane
Boun Oam
North Viet Nam
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House and Senate approve private school bus bill
Augusta reports the House and Senate agreed to passage of a private school bus transportation bill without restrictive amendments. The 74 to 68 vote receded from prior House action and concurred with the Senate, moving toward an enactment vote later in the week. The proposal would let cities and towns decide if local tax funds may pay for bus service to parochial and other non-profit private schools.
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Augusta
House
Senate
Judiciary Committee
Right To Work Head Agrees To Probe Maine
Maine Citizens for Right to Work leader R Murray Briggs of Presque Isle welcomed a possible attorney general investigation of National Right to Work Committee activities in Maine. Rep Cleveland P Curtis and Rep Leonce Jobin urged inquiry into Reed Larson and Glenn Green, with Briggs inviting Larson to Maine. Attorney General's office said no formal request has been filed yet.
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Augusta
Maine
Citizens For Right To Work
R. Murray Briggs
Presque Isle
Cleveland P. Curtis
Bowdoinham
Frank E. Hancock
Leonce Jobin
D-Rumford
Curtis
Reed Larson
Glenn Green
National Committee
Briggs
Maine Committee
Larson
National Council For Industrial Peace
James Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Washington
Attorney General's Office
Plans Roll Forward On New Saco Hospital
The Saco Osteopathic Hospital Board of Directors met at Wonderbar in Biddeford and elected officers led by President Dr Dana Rowe. They reviewed architect plans for a new hospital, noting building funds from the Lucy Brigham and Rowena Brackett estates will finance expansion and a nucleus for construction. Maine Forestry Dept says 5 million seedlings will be planted this spring as 5,000 acres are reforested under the state program.
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Saco Osteopathic Hospital
Wonderbar
Biddeford
Dana Rowe
John Roberts
Richard Wallace
Richard Pfeiffer
Jean Servais
Saco
Lucy Brigham
Rowena Brackett
Augusta
Maine Forestry Department
Lions Clubs Elect Officers in Joint Kennebunk Wells Meeting
Lions clubs of Kennebunk Kennebunkport and Wells Ogunquit held a joint meeting at the Howard Johnson on the Turnpike Kennebunk last night electing officers for each group. Kennebunk picks Leblanc as king lion Hanson first vice president Webber second vice president Bibber third vice president MacKinnon secretary Stackhouse treasurer Welch tail twister Smith and directors Truscott Page Page. Wells club elected Maynard Trafton king kon Johnson first vice president Colby second vice president Foley Stansfield secretary Fellman treasurer Gray tail twister to be appointed at each meeting.
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Kennebunk-Kennebunkport Lions Club
Wells-Ogunquit Lions Club
Howard Johnson
Kennebunk
Arthur Leblanc
King Lion
Rodney Hanson
Vernon Webber
Earl V. Bibber
George MacKinnon
Allen Stackhouse
Fred Welch
Richard Smith
G. Hollis Truscott
Roland Page
Carl Page
Robert Nadeau
James Page
Wells Club
G. Maynard Trafton
King Kon
Stanley E. Johnson
Raymond W. Colby
Kennedy Unveils Seven Point Textile Protection Plan
President Kennedy proposes seven measures to aid the import troubled textile industry without harming world trade. The plan rejects country by country quotas and favors evaluation on merit for protection. A Cabinet committee led by Luther Hodges drafted the program including expanded Commerce Department research.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Commerce
Luther H. Hodges
Commerce Department
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