Cubans Stripped of Their Social Gains and Rights
UPI reports on Fulgencio Batista fleeing Havana as Fidel Castro consolidates power. Four years into Castro rule, Cuba faces confiscations, mass exile, and civil liberties erosion while aligning with the Soviet bloc and relying on Communist aid. The Bay of Pigs failure and the October 1962 missile confrontation mark key crises shaping Cuba’s regime.
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Fulgencio Batisa
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cuba
Americas
Batista
U.S
United States
Freedom
Bay of Pigs
Soviet
Russia
Armstrong Begins 50th Year as Jazz Trumpet Star
Hollywood UPI Louis Armstrong marks his 50th year as a trumpet player with a long career spanning continents. From a troubled youth in New Orleans to King Oliver's band and worldwide fame, Armstrong reflects on travel, writing plans, and a life in music. He travels two to three overseas tours yearly and will perform in Australia, New Zealand, Japan, and Korea next, as he continues to tour and record.
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Childress
Texas
Louis
Armstrong
King Oliver
Hollywood
United States
Guantanamo
Pops
Armstron
Australia
New Zealand
Japan
Korea
Relling
Lil
Joseph Finnigan
UPI
Louis Armstrong
Ambassador Hotel
Cocoanut Grove
New Orleans
Texas judge’s tax case and 1962 sports betting rumors
Internal Revenue checks traced the judge Roy Bean’s income tax nonfiling and led to a five year prison sentence after he claimed payment but no return. Texas scandals touched sports as bookmakers allegedly refused bets on Southwest Conference games amid a House probe. Three witnesses invoked the fifth amendment in contempt citations by the Travis County grand jury.
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Roy
Pecos
Bean
Internal Revenue
Texas
New York
State House
Travis County Grand Jry
1962 Texas Scandals Prompt Waves of Investigations
In 1962 Texas faced multiple major scandals spanning oil thefts in the hot oil case, Estes financial collapse, cotton and rice allotment abuses, and judicial trials. Will Wilson called the hot oil trespass possibly the biggest theft in state history.
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UPI
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
Billie Sol Estes
Woodrow Bean
Clem McClelland
Earl Sharp
David C. Moore
Bean
Sharp
McClelland
Moore
Atty
Will Wilson
Wilson
Longview
Estes
House of Cards
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Great Barrier Reef
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Houston
Clelland
C. W. Calhoun
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Philco
Philco Bendix
Bendex
Duomatic Wash & Dry
BIG
Philco Radio
Frontier Stamps
Will
Valna
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