Castro Forces Surround Rebel Band In Mountains
Castro unleashes 10000 to 15000 militiamen in a major offensive around the Escambray Mountains targeting rebel bands. Civilians evacuated as bombardment continues. reports say hundreds seized in Cienfuegos on links to rebels. In Havana regime intensifies crackdown with prison terms for counter revolution charges, including a North American alias Gentile, and detentions of two American reporters.
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Infant Dies as Train Delays Auto at Chattanooga Crossing
Pamela Jean Clark, 17 months old of Trenton Georgia, died in her mother’s arms in a car halted at a downtown Chattanooga grade crossing as freight trains blocked streets for what drivers called an eternity. Sherman Moore tried to revive her. the delay lasted up to ten minutes under a city ordinance allowing 15 minutes. The child suffered from croup.
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Pa School Placed On Probation For Abusing Official
Rostraver High School in western Pennsylvania has been put on an 18 month probation by the WPIAL Decisions Committee for improper conduct in competition. Coach George Everett allegedly abused official A Went Newton during a December 13 incident in Rostraver and Perry-Lower Tyrohe lash. Probation runs until July 1962 with a committee review then.
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Britain and UAR renew diplomatic ties after clash
Britain and the United Arab Republic announced weekend steps to resume diplomatic relations halted since the 1996 Suez invasion. The move signals rapprochement between London and Cairo, with officials describing the thaw as a constructive step toward wider regional engagement.
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One Of Four Adlai Stevenson Goes Before Senate Hearing On UN Job
Senate Republicans prepare polite hearings for four Kennedy nominees this week. Adlai Stevenson, twice Democratic presidential candidate, and Chester Bowles, former head of the 140 member platform committee, are among those appearing before Senate committees.
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Key Base Falls To Communist Rebels In Laos
Rebel forces overran Ta Vieng staging base in Laos, dealing a setback to government plans to strike Communist positions. Government units evacuated toward Savannakhet amid rumors of a capital withdrawal, while Red China backed Cambodia’s push for a Geneva peace session.
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Ousted Negroes Rejoin Classes At University
Two Negro students Charlayne Holiter and Hamilton Holmes return to the University of Georgia under a U.S. judge order to resume classes despite campus unrest. An armed prowler threatened a dorm, stealing a guard’s gun before fleeing as police sought him. State police and FBI reinforced security as 80 troopers manned the campus ahead of re-entry to ensure safety and prevent further disruption.
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Cherry Buys Gilson Store in Columbus Move Planned
Mr and Mrs Milton Cherry owners of Cherry's Hardware on West Main street purchase Gilson Builders Supplies in Columbus from Raymond Gilson after 14 years at West Main. New site opens tomorrow with same staff and product lines including hardware appliances and a Dustin kitchens line. The old Cherry location becomes part of Citizens National Bank expansion.
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Car Rams Train At Elgin Injuring Driver And Damaging Diesel
A Union City area woman, Shirley Dietwel, 59, was slightly hurt when her car hit a moving Pennsylvania Railroad diesel locomotive at an Elgin crossing yesterday afternoon. The driver, Charles I. Clark, 61, said he could not stop in time. his 1956 station wagon was a total loss with about 1000 dollars in damage to the car and 10 dollars to the locomotive. Engineer Joseph Migdal, 68, of Erie, was aboard the diesel. Earlier, another Clark, Raymond L. Clark, 23, was injured in a Lodlaville crash with an Erie Lackawanna train.
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Study casts doubt on mental hospital admissions in Pennsylvania
An official survey concludes about five percent of state mental hospital inmates may not belong in such facilities. A joint government commission panel cites nonpsychotic and senile patients as the main misplacements amid an annual hospital population near 89,000. The report also notes 28,000 aged persons are institutionalized in county homes or private hospitals and lists average costs per patient and per hospital.
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Unclear Youth Competition and Radar Tower Collapse Report
In a chaotic district tale, youths competed in an AF radar tower event with Migliacciu and others winning several prizes. Separately, a Barnegat coast radar tower collapsed after a hurricane, with Coast Guard and Navy vessels racing to rescue crew members missing after the 9 Texas Tower incident.
Eisenhower Sees 1.5 Billion Surplus in Farewell Budget
President Eisenhower sent Congress an 80.9 billion dollar budget seeking a 1.5 billion surplus for fiscal 1962, contingent on congress action. The plan envisions higher postal, gasoline, and jet fuel taxes, with revenues and spending detailed and notes possible White House reforms and a new transportation department.
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Pa Budget Weighed By Lawmakers
Harrisburg AP reports Pennsylvania lawmakers return from recess to review the Lawrence administration's nearly one billion dollar general fund proposal for 1961 62. Gov Lawrence to brief leaders and address a joint session. Budget hints include a two cent rise in the gasoline tax and boosted business taxes for urban redevelopment. The motor fund would house the gasoline tax change.
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Fatally Tragic Family Tragedy In Abilene Home
In Abilene Texas a 40 year old father fatally killed his two year old son after collapsing in bed. The father, described as severely overweight, suffered a heart attack or stroke that caused him to roll onto the child. The mother and father discovered the bodies the next morning. The doctor cited a heart condition and recent pneumonia treatment as context.
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Corry Retail Workers Get Pay Increase
Pennsylvania workers in retail gain higher minimums under a new minimum wage plan administered by the Department of Labor. Retail employees in towns under 10,000 population receive 1.50 per hour, while larger communities move to 1.00 per hour, with some 60 cent and 1.00 adjustments noted for overtime and nearby areas. Key cities cited include Union City, Columbus, Titusville, Meadville, and Youngsville as the wage changes take effect.
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Philadelphia Transit Strike Ends After Talks
The 27 hour walkout against the city transit system ended after a pre dawn settlement. Mayor Richardson Dilworth announced the agreement reached after talks with both sides. The new two year contract includes an immediate 1 cent hourly raise and higher fringe benefits for sick pay, hospitalization, and pension.
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Saturday Night Bath Scene With Python in Buckingham
A Buckinghain resident, Bary, attempts to bathe a large 33 foot python named Methuselah in a tub of water while photographers look on. The snake resists handling and wraps around Bary’s arm as he works in a roadside setting during winter.
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President Eisenhower Budget Per Capita Share Clared
Washington AP reports the per capita cost of the current budget is about 3.78 dollars per person, with a total federal outlay near 762 billion dollars. It notes an estimated population around 112 million and flags about 9 million Americans to bear the load of the shift in fiscal burden.
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