Cubans Silent On Successor
Havana sources note Fidel Castro under medical rest with Raul Castro seen as likely heir as speculation swirls over a leadership transition. Raul, 28, Cuba's defense minister, recently visited the Soviet Union Czechoslovakia and the United Arab Republic while Cuba weighs a potential cabinet reshuffle.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Raul
Castro
Raul Trillo
Washington
Cuba
Fidel
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
United Arab Republic
Osvaldo Corticos
Commission To Scrutinize Rate Change
The State Utilities Commission is asked to hold a hearing on Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co. rate changes. Assistant Atty. Gen. Kent Burns seeks state intervention as part of the case filed for Monday. The company seeks to extend base rate areas and adjust local exchange rates to reflect growth in eastern North Carolina.
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Raleigh
State Utilities Commission
Carolina Telephone & Telegraph Co
Kent Burns
Burns
Jack Havens
North Carolina
Bell Manager Reports State Ports Busy
John M. Wasson Southern Bell general manager says North Carolina ports at Morehead City and Wilmington are completely filled due to industry hunting. He noted 200 of about 1,000 firms contacted in the U S and Europe show definite interest, with Pleuger Uterwasserpumpen Co of Germany building on a 20 acre Statesville tract and two other West European firms in Charlotte or nearby cities, one likely to locate here.
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Charlotte
Southern Bell Telephone Co
John M. Wasson
North Carolina
Charlotte Lions Club
Morehead City
Wilmington
Germany
Statesville
Insurance Agent Held For Murder in Norfolk
Norfolk police arrested 49 year old insurance agent Paul Joseph Lagus after he allegedly argued over a poker debt with Chief Radioman John Frederick Cooper outside a Naval base petty officer club. Cooper died days later at Portsmouth Naval Hospital. Lagus, a former Navy warrant officer, was released on $5,000 bond and the case was bound for a grand jury.
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Norfolk, Va
Norfolk
John Frederick Cooper
Naval Base
Paul Joseph Laus
Od Cooper
Navy
Lexington
Cooper
Naval Hospital
Portsmouth
Lagus
U.S
Gilbert R. Swink
Three States Hold Primary Elections Today
Three states Michigan Kansas and Missouri vote in party primaries for congressional and local offices. Michigan voters weigh governor candidates as G Mennen Williams ends reelection bid while Bently Bagwell and Hare contend. Kansas features a three man GOP governor race with Docking unopposed in Dems seek Senate candidate Schoeppel. Missouri sees Dalton favored for governor with Farmers and Ewald in a tight GOP contest.
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Michigan
Kansas
Missouri
G. Mennen Williams
James M. Hare
John B. Swainson
Detroit
E.D. Connor
Michigan State University
Paul D. Bagwell
Mary
McDill
Huck)Boyd
John Anderson
W. H
Bill) Addington
George Docking
Joseph Henkle
Frank Theis
U. S. Senate
Andrew F. Schoeppel
John M. Dalton
Edward G. Farmer Jr
William B. Ewald
Farmers Hope For Cloudiness In North Carolina Tobacco
Eastern North Carolina tobacco farmers seek clouds over sun to slow ripening after tropical storm Brenda. Excess moisture risks brown spot disease and overripe leaves, threatening curing barn space and timely harvest by Aug. 23, though optimism remains about the belt crop.
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Alton Boswell
Wilson
Boswell
Furney Todd
North Carolina
Debate Over U.S. Defense Strength and Deterrence
AP Military Affairs Writer Elton C. Fay notes that campaigns cannot prove defense prowess without a shooting conflict. Democrats accuse Republicans of lagging in defense, while Nixon argues strong U.S. power, with Kennedy and Johnson veterans involved. Soviet threats and U2 RB-47 flights heighten tensions amid Cuban issues and rocket warnings.
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Elton C. Fayap
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Eisenhower
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Texas
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Henry Cabot Lodge
Maees
Wachovia
Bank and ‘Trust. Company
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Federal Reserve System
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Ye Carll
G. Whitfield Jones
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