Anti Castro fliers head for secret training camp
More than 35 anti Castro pilots headed for a secret training camp after joining a call by the Cuban Revolutionary Council for a second war of liberation. The exiles, some tied to Batista, were stripped of clothes and IDs and sent toward a destination likely in Central America.
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Miami
Fla
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Fulgencio Batista
Miami Oe
Central America
Cubana Airlines
New York
Miro Cardona
Cuba
Havana
Ship Dara sinks in Persian Gulf disaster toll hits 212
The Dara, a 5300 ton liner, sank 15 miles off the Oman coast after a collision and fire. Casualties total 212 with 560 survivors. missing include 212 and many Asians. Americans L V Dorsch and his wife were aboard en route to retire after 35 years with Caltex. The British India Steamship Co. and navies fought the blaze as a towing plan failed and beaching was attempted.
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James More O’'Ferrall
Manama
Bahrain
Persian Gulf
Gray MacKenzie
Line
Dibai
Caltex Oil Co
L. V. Dorsch
Brooklyn
N. Y
Vala
California
Caltex
Basra
Bombay
U.S
British India Steamship Co
Oman
Arabian Peninsula
H.G. Lykerk
Holland
Mich
Kennedy pledges stronger NATO conventional force and control
President Kennedy announced the United States will bolster its NATO conventional forces in Europe while preserving a robust nuclear capability. He emphasized keeping U S forces under full command and aimed to deter by maintaining measured strength, citing Norstad and Macmillan on control matters.
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Washington
Kennedy
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
NATO Military Committee
NATO
Norstad
Lauris Norstad
Europe
France
Britain
Harold Macmillan
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Macmillan
Rain lashes Carolinas as storm brings heavy showers
The Associated Press reports a Sunday deluge dropped over three inches in parts of North and South Carolina. A low pressure system and eastward storm center caused gusty winds up to 70 mph in Wilmington where 3.48 inches fell. New Bern also saw about three inches. Rivers Neuse and Trent rose two feet above normal with flash flooding but no major damage reported.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
South Carolina
Weather Bureau
Wilmington
N.C
Port City
Spartanburg
S.C
Myrtle Beach
Charleston
Greenville
Columbia
Florence
Greenwood
Pelzer
Ware Shoals
Chappells
Gaffney
Woodruff
New Bern
Neuse
Trent
Indications Soviet Space Launch Reported By CBS
CBS radio reported that a Moscow short wave broadcast suggested the Soviet Union would launch a man into space or had done so. The announcement was expected at Moscow time 3 p.m., but transmission cuts and blanks clouded details.
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New York
Soviet Union
Columbia Broadcasting System Radio Network
CBS
Moscow
Marvin Kalb
Kalb
CBS Radio
Central Telegraph
U.S. Plans Moon TV Camera and Manned Orbit
U S plans to land a television camera on the moon to beam views to earth and to attempt a manned orbital flight this year under Project Mercury. Richard Porter outlined Ranger instrument capsules and lunar seismic studies, plus Venus flyby prospects and a dozen satellite launches planned for the year.
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Florence
Italy
United States
Earth
Richard Porter
U.S
Porter
Space Science Board
National Academy of Science
Washington
U. S
Moon
Mariner
Venus
Diem Wins Reelection Quietly Amid Viet Cong Pressure
In Saigon South Viet Nam President Ngo Dinh Diem won re election by a large margin, surpassing 80 percent nationwide and over 90 percent in the Mekong Delta. About 70 percent of 7.2 million voters cast ballots after a campaign marked by Viet Cong attacks and arrests of more than 2,000 civilians.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Mekong River
Diem
United States
Viet Cong
Indochina
Nguyen Dinh Quat
Nhut Tan
Train Wreck Injures 17 in Indiana Collision
In Terre Haute Indiana a leading Atlanta Chicago passenger train derailed after striking a fertilizer truck tank trailer. Seventeen people were injured none seriously. The truck driver Henry George aged 40 was not hurt as wheels from the trailer were hurled down the track about a quarter mile, causing the derailment of a three locomotive train traveling about 70 miles an hour.
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Terre Haute
Ind
Chicago
Henry George
Eichmann Faces Trial Before Israeli Judges in Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann, former Gestapo Jewish Affairs chief, stands trial in Jerusalem before three Israeli judges on a 15 count indictment accusing him of crimes against the Jewish people and humanity. The trial features survivors who endured Nazi camps and alleges his role in the final solution.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Gestapo
Israel
Fortress
Haifa
Foreign Office
Nazi Germany
Yoel Brand
Hansi
Philip Freudiger
Hungary
Brand
Hugo Kratzky
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Avraham Krassik
Ejinsatzgruppen
Krassik
Robert Servatius
Servatuus
Jerusalem calm before Eichmann trial nears start
In Jerusalem amid the looming Eichmann trial, a quiet, orderly mood prevails as guards prepare the Beit Ha’am Community Center for 39 witnesses. Reporters note minimal crowds and a mix of curiosity from youths and adults while prosecutors outline days of testimony and cross examination questions.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Beit Ha'am
Songfests Spark Washington Square Clash in New York
In Washington Square Park New York City Sunday a noisy clash erupted between folk singing fans and police over a ban on impromptu songfests. About ten demonstrators including novelist Harold L. Humes were arrested while others were bailed on charges of demonstration without a permit and disorderly conduct. One officer was bitten by a dog and a main suspect faced felonious assault and interference charges. The protestors, seeking to hold Sunday musicales, faced police at the fountain before retreating to Judson Memorial Church for sanctuary as crowds watched and eggs were thrown.
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New York
Greenwich Village
Washington Square
Harold L. Humes
Louis Pagliaroli
Newbold Morris
Morrris
Rio
Humes
Baptist Congregational Judson Memorial Church
Howard R. Moody
Scotland Woman Is Top Mother of the Year
Mrs. Duncan T. Memory of Wagram in Scotland County was named North Carolina Mother of the Year at a luncheon with Gov. Sanford. Memory, a former housewife now teaching at Wagram High School, will represent the state at the American Mothers Committee meeting in New York on May 8 12. She wore navy and blue with an orchid. Other nominees included Mrs. James B. Turner Raleigh and Mrs. M. D. Whisnant Charlotte among many others listed.
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Raleigh
Duncan T. Memory
Wagram
Scotland County
North Carolina
Memory
Gov. Sanford
Wagram High School
Johnny
David
Thomas Memory
Portland
Ore
American Mothers Committee
New York
North Carolina State College
State Museum of Art
Governor’s Mansion
James B. Turner
M. D. Whisnant
Charlotte
George Lee Kelly
Germanton
John Calvin James Jr
Elizabeth City
Oscar Creech
Ahoskie
Robert B. Wilkins
Durham
Diffie C. Phillips
Chapel Hill
Henry Francis
Waynesville
Jeptha Franklin Jordan
Raeford
Fred R. Williams
Morganton
Craven C. Burris
Wingate
Charles Clarence Ausband
Winston-Salem
Nathan Fleming
Thomas Rupert Easterling
James Calvin Pearce
Ashebore
Roberton Clinton Smith
Postmaster Ponders Pink Paint Plans
Miami Beach merchants on Lincoln Road shopping mall urge pink postal boxes to fit the esthetic color scheme, arguing standard red white and blue clashes with the mall’s new look while awaiting government permission.
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Miami Beach
Fla
Lincoln Road
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Miami Herald
Parks Department
Paui
Scotland
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