CIA plotted poisoning Castro trio in early 1961
A source with direct knowledge says the CIA planned a triple murder attempt in late 1960 to poison Fidel Castro Raul Castro and Che Guevara to create a post invasion power vacuum in Cuba. The operation allegedly involved Sam Giancana and John Roselli with Sheffield Edwards as project officer and Robert Maheu as liaison to organized crime.
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John M. Crewdson
N.Y. Times News Service
Washington
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
Raul
Che Guevara
CIA
Cuba
Eisenhower
Sam Giancana
John Roselli
Castro
Bay of Pigs
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sheffield Edwards
Office of Security
Edwards
Senate Select Committee On
Robert A. Maheu
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Howard R. Hughes
Maheu
Senate
Roselli
Ciancana
Alrealy
Chicago
Giancana
Miami Beach
Fontainebleau
Rosell
Castro Brothers
Guevara
National Bank of Cuba
Rays Castro
Senate probes Soviet phone monitoring capabilities
Senate Intelligence Committee will question FBI and CIA officials about Soviet interception of long distance calls in the U S. The issue, raised by the Rockefeller commission report, ties to reports of satellites and antennas at the Soviet embassy.
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Senate
Maheu
Giancana-Roselli
Congress
Maneu
Morton Galane
CIA
Washington
Senate Intelligence Committee
FBI
United States
U.S
Rockefeller Commission
Canadian broadcast rules defend limits on US program imports
Pierre Juneau, chairman of the Canadian Radio- Television Commission, defended policy to curb crossborder advertising and US program imports. He said the aim is economic, to ensure Canadian stations can improve service by boosting revenues, not to close the border or isolate Canada from U.S. culture.
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N.Y. Times News Service
Washington
Canadian Radio- Television Commission
United States
Pierre Juneau
Commission
Canada
Governors Push Appalachian Role In Regional Commission
Governors from ten Appalachian states told Senate Public Works members they will take a more active role in the Appalachian Regional Commission. The closed session addressed attendance and future participation, with leaders pledging continued federal state partnership and a bill to fund $300 million for the commission in the new fiscal year.
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Washington
Appalachian
Senate Public Works Committee
Appalachian Regional Commission
Jennings Randolph
D-W.va
Appalachia
Randolph
Commission
House
Senate
Julian Carroll
Kentucky
Cochairman
Donald Whitehead
John D. Whitman
Committee of Governors
Carroll
Whitehead
Whitman
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Maryland
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North Carolina
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Ohio
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Pennsylvania
James B. Edwards
South Carolina
Ray Blanton
Tennessee
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Virginia
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