Prison Mutiny in Argentina Ends After 23 Die
Mutinous guards killed 23 prisoners during a 15 hour riot at Villa de Voto prison in Buenos Aires. About 400 inmates stormed cells and seized two hostages before authorities regained control and guards retaliated.
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Villa de Voto Penintentiary
Buenos Aires
Argentina
Villa de Voto
A.m
Hernando Beiro
Leopoldo Insaurralde
Col
Miguel Paiva
Penal Institutes
Schweitzer Urges UN to Withdraw From Katanga
Nobel laureate Dr Albert Schweitzer urged the United Nations to pull its troops from Katanga and for the United States to refrain from intervention. He said Katanga should remain independent of Congo and criticized supporting reunification under Leopoldville. He noted no US soldiers are in Katanga but American planes coordinate U.N. troop movements.
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Brussels
Belgium
Albert Schweitzer
United Nations
Katanga
United States
Equatorial Africa
Moise Tshombe
Schweitzer
la Deniere Heure
Congo
Lambarene
Gabon
Belgian Congo
U.S
U.N
Leopoldville
Amercan
Kennedy
Louis W. Truman
Harry S. Truman
Truman
Moscow
Britain
Inmate Uprising Leaders Fatally Wounded by Public Safety Blast
Ringleaders incited cell block invasion shouting threats. A machine public safety device caused fatal injuries to at least four ringleaders. Public safety actions continued for over four hours. Director Paiva resigned after disobeyed orders. Officials confirm no prisoners harmed.
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Paiva
Truck Crash Kills Passenger Near Charlotte
A Patterson Flowers truck from Shelby hit an abutment near Charlotte killing a passenger, Hubert Raper Jr., 20, of Shelby. The driver, Donald Ray Digh, 26, was injured. The collision happened at the U.S. 29 and Interstate 85 junction.
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Charlotte
Patterson
Shelby
Hubert Raper Jr
Rt. 1
Donald Ray Digh
U.S. 29
Kennedy Macmillan Meet on Congo Crisis and Skybolt
President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan opened a two day summit amid fears of a new Soviet push in the Congo. They discussed the Skybolt missile issue, NATO cohesion, Soviet Chinese tensions, and European defense and economic questions.
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William L. Ryan
Nassau
Bahamas
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Congo
Defense
Robert §. McNamara
George W. Ball
Foreign
Lord Home
Peter Thorneycraft
Kennedy-Macmillan
NATO Alliance
France
Hope for Bay of Pigs prisoners freed by Christmas
Hope rose that 1,113 Bay of Pigs prisoners may be freed by Christmas in exchange for U S food and medicines. Negotiator James B Donovan and Cuban families committee members pressed Castro after talks in Havana. Supplies were assembled near Miami as eight airlines and trucking firms prepared to move hundreds of thousands of pounds of aid to Florida.
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Havana
Bay of Pigs
Fidel Castro
U. S
New York
James B. Donovan
Castro
Miami
Fla
Donovan
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolph Abel
Alvaro Sanchez
Virginia Betancourt
Cuban Families Committee
Berta Barreto
United States
Opa-Locka
Air Transport Association
Florida
Red Cross
Opa Locka
Farrell Lines
Port Everglades
Fila
Mona Lisa Arrives in New York for Royal Welcome
The Mona Lisa arrived aboard the SS France in New York for a brief visit with a royal welcome and heavy security. The painting will travel to Washington for an exhibition at the National Gallery before returning to the Louvre.
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New York
France
National Gallery of Art
Washington
Kennedy
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Louvre
Paris
Jean Chatelain
Maurice Serullaz
Department of Painting
The
M. Tournois
Louvre Laboratory
Grand Salon
Chatelain
John Walker
National Gallery
White House
Pierre Salinger
United States
Spartanburg Girl Delays Christmas Wedding Due To Illness
Doris Helen Blalock, 18, postponed her planned wedding after two trips to General Hospital. A kidney blockage from tuberculosis led to a Dec 9 kidney removal and transfer to County Tuberculosis Hospital. Her parents praise her bravery as they wait for a doctor’s report on when the wedding may proceed.
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Spartanburg
S. C
Doris Helen Blalock
Ralph Blalock
General Hospital
Doris
County Tuberculosis Hospital
Transit 5A Satellite Provides Broad Navigation Signal
The Transit 5A satellite launched from Point Arguello California on a Blue Scout rocket sent a steady signal from polar orbit to aid ships and submarines with position fixes. The 140 pound craft entered orbit about 90 minutes after liftoff amid a sunset glow seen across California. A second space probe using a Blue Scout unit launched later that night with payload details undisclosed.
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Point Arguello
Calif
San Diego
San Francisco
Air Force
Navy
Nassau hosts unplanned social for Kennedy and Macmillan
In Nassau Bahamas an unscheduled cocktail party and beach barbecue welcomed President Kennedy and Prime Minister Macmillan. Count Bernadino performed calypso salutes praising both leaders while Nassau celebrated their conference visit with dances and light entertainment.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Kennedy
Macmillan
Count Bernadino
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Lyford Cay
Hope
Mona Lisa
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White Sands
Emerald Beach
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Khrushchev
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