Dorticos defends religious rights as Catholic tensions rise in Cuba
President Osvaldo Dorticos pledged to respect all religious cults while condemning counterrevolutionaries who exploit faith. He spoke after a Havana Cathedral protest as Msgr Evelio Diaz warned of a church closures threat if anti-government demonstrations continue.
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Havana
Osvaldo Dorticos
Fidel Castro
Roman Catholic Hierarchy
Cuba
Dorticos
Evelio Diaz
Vatican
Msgr. Diaz
Seree Eee Manuel Cardinal Arteaga
Catheral
State Cuts Interest Rate on State Deposits
Governor and Council of State approve a reduction in the interest rate banks must pay on state deposits from 3 percent to 2 1/2 percent. The move follows a drop in short-term government security rates and affects about 64 million dollars deposited in banks.
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Raleigh
Council of State
Edwin Gill
Alaska Capital in Doubt as Primary Results Lag
A near record Alaska primary vote is still being tallied with Juneau’s capital move proposal facing strong opposition in the Southeast. With 70 of 298 precincts counted, 2,987 votes favored moving the capital and 8,854 opposed. regional counts show 247 yes and 8,199 no in Southeast Alaska. Incumbents Sen. E. L. Bartlett and Rep. Ralph J. Rivers lead in their races, while other Republican and Democratic contenders trail or hold slim margins as counts continue.
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Juneau, Alaska
Alaska
Juneau
E. L. Bartlett
Ralph J. Rivers
Bartlett
Lawrence Brayton
Fairbanks
Lee L. McKinley
Palmer
Lumumba Threats Discounted in Congo Crisis
Premier Patrice Lumumba’s threats to invade Katanga were dismissed as the UN Security Council prepares to replace Belgian troops with UN forces. Katanga Premier Moise Tshombe set conditions for entry, excluding Communist or Soviet-aligned nations, while Lumumba seeks Western support to back his central government.
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Legpoldville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Katanga
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Lumumba
U.N. Security Council
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Elisabethville
Harmmarskjold
Security Council
North America
Africa
Congo
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Sekou Toure
Guinea
Nine Polio Cases Counted In N C Last Week
North Carolina health officials report nine polio cases last week with seven in Cleveland County and a total of 23 for the year. Five Cleveland cases were paralytic and 18 of the year’s cases overall show paralysis. One unvaccinated four year old died of diphtheria as the state logged data.
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Raleigh
Cleveland County
North Carolina
State Board of Health
Cleveland
Rutherford
Franklin
Soviet Expels U S Air Attache Kolton in Spy Probe
The Soviet Union orders Col Edwin M Kirton the U S air attache to leave after accusing him of setting up spy apparatus. His assistant Capt Irving T MacDonald was warned on similar charges but not expelled. They had returned from a trip to the Soviet far north where they allegedly photographed military facilities.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
U.S
Edwin M. Kirton
Irving T. MacDonald
Provincetown
Mass
Foreign Ministry
Kirton
Odessa
Lira
Europe
Kirtons
Palo Alto
Calif
MacDonald
Francis Gary Powers
Willard G. Palm
Llewellyn F. Thompson
Kerton
I. T. Macdonald
Kurgan
Mother Returns For Rites After Family Murder
A North Carolina mother returns for funerals of her three children, her mother, and her husband who were killed by the husband in a mountain home tragedy. The husband shouted threats and fired a pistol wounding the father. police found four children and their mother dead, with two others mortally wounded, all dying within hours.
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Weaverville
N.C
Wayne R. Franks
Newport News
Roscoe Fox
Jerome Holcombe
Franks
Holcombe
Uzbek Letter to SF Mayor Surprises City Office
San Francisco Mayor George Christopher received a letter in Uzbeki from Tashkent, capital of Uzbekistan. Unable to translate it locally, he sought help from Columbia Professor Carl Menges for 75 dollars, a request angrily rejected by Christopher’s aide who preferred free campus translation.
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San Francisco
George Christopher
Tashkent
Uzbekistan
Christopher
University of California
Kennedy Johnson woo Dixiecrats to support ticket
Kennedy and Johnson press Southern Democrats to back the national ticket and curb Nixon's Southern push. Byrd and Thurmond weigh paths as Georgia and Virginia voters loom. Johnson targets senators to secure pro Kennedy Johnson unity while Nixon plans rapid Southern campaigning.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
South
Johnson
Olin D. Johnston
D-Sc
Russell B. Long
D- la
Kennedy
Georgia
Democrats Rush Major Legislation Ahead of Campaign
Senate Democrats push swift action on elderly medical care and a minimum wage increase, aiming to claim credit in the presidential campaign. Johnson rallied the party to block a civil rights bill, a move critics call political theater to appeal to minority voters.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate Finance Committee
Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Rebel takeover in Laos seizes Vientiane and proclaims neutrality
AP reports a rebel army group seized Vientiane the Laotian capital and declared a neutralist policy. Premier Tiao Samsonith and his government were safe in Luang Prabang while flights and telegraph service to Vientiane were halted. Rebels posted guards and roadblocks as foreign troops were told to leave.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Laos
Vientiane
Tiao Samsonith
Luang Prabang
Sisavang Vathana
U.S
Eisenhower Pushes Congress to Pass 21-Point Program
President Eisenhower, at his first news conference since July 6, argues it is silly for Democrats to claim weeks are needed to enact his legislative program. He urges Congress to stay on the job, defending his defense program and outlining changes he has made. He says no recession signs, and he would meet Khrushchev if a useful purpose exists.
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Christopher
Joe Allen
Arly
Monterey
Calif
Washington
Eisenhower
Congress
Nikita
Khrushchev
U.N
Pravda
Senate
Bishop Cushman Dies Of Attack
The Rev Dr Ralph Spaulding Cushman 80 retired Methodist bishop died of a heart attack while driving near Richfield Springs on vacation with his wife He previously led the St Paul Minneapolis and Denver areas and wrote works including The Message of Stewardship Dealing Squarely with God and Spiritual Hilltops
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Herkimer
N.Y
Ralph Spaulding Cushman
Methodist Church
Richfield Springs
Cushman
Maleigh
N.C
Vermont
Robert E. Cushman
Duke University Divinity School
Durham
Bishop Cushman
St. Paul - Minneapolis
Denver
Colo
Catholic religion becomes issue in North Carolina politics
The Kennedy Catholic question drives North Carolina politics with ministers opposing his candidacy and a statewide radio plan to explain Protestant opposition. Wesleyan and Baptist groups condemn a Catholic president while supporters deny campaigning on religion amid allegations of fake Knights of Columbus cash.
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N.C
Associated Press
John F. Kennedy
North Carolina
Massachusetts
Terry Sanford
Robert Lee Gavin
I. Beverly Lake
Kennedy
Gastonia
North Carolina Wesleyan Methodist Conference
Carolna Baptist Assn
Knights of Columbus
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Miles
Anchorage
Rivers
Kevai
David N. Beyer
Jack Ryan
William C. Haugaard
Sitka
R. L. Rettig
Ryan
Rettig
Haugaard
Ina
Air Attache
Francis G. Powers
Powers
Russia
Neneay
Dixie
William Battle
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Eissenhower
Byrd
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
White House
Richmond
Charles L. West
Olution
Carolina Baptist Assn
Henderson
United States
J. C. Canipe
Hendersonville
North Carolina Baptist Convention
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