Cuba charges U S plot to overthrow Castro in new attack
Havana reports an all out attack by Fidel Castro on President Kennedy s administration and accuses the United States of plotting to topple the Cuban leader.
28 Feb 1961
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Newspaper
High Point Enterprise
Location
High Point, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Feb 28, 1961
Page
1
Havana reports an all out attack by Fidel Castro on President Kennedy s administration and accuses the United States of plotting to topple the Cuban leader.
The central Congo government, Katanga, and Kasai Province signed a military pact to form a united front against leftist rebels, while rebel activity near Leopoldville and Lulubourg waned. Kasavubu discussed U.S. support with Williams as UN reports show reduced rebel strength and tensions in Leopoldville persist.
Mrs. Marie Lewis of Goldsboro N C lost a foot and her 22 month old son Ralph suffered a broken leg when a Queen City Trailways bus and a tractor trailer collided on the Florence Darlington Highway near the Carolina Power and Light plant. About 20 bus passengers were admitted to McLeod Infirmary for observation. The drivers Clarence Calhoun and Harold Rogers were held for observation.
Moscow reports Khrushchev is considering a return visit to the United Nations and possible talks with President Kennedy in the United States. Soviet television aired films of Kennedy news conferences, showing questions about meeting Khrushchev if he attends the U.N. General Assembly. Kennedy said he had not heard if Khrushchev would come.
Prisons Director George Randall disputed a former inmate Robert Hall claim that drugs were available at Central Prison while he served there. Randall cited records showing Hall was convicted of obtaining barbiturates with a forged prescription and received an added 18 months. Hall was an honor graduate assigned to work outside the prison. Randall said Hall was under surveillance at all times and authorities knew his actions.
Dag Hammarskjold sent a letter to Congolese President Kasavubu insisting the United Nations will act to avert civil war in the Congo even without full local cooperation. He urged removal of military forces from politics and praised Congolese authorities for potential cease fires and restraint.
Washington AP report shows living costs fell 0.1 percent in January driven by lower prices for clothing used cars eggs milk and fresh produce. The CPI eased to 127.4 from 127.5 while remaining 1.6 percent above January 1960.
President Kennedy proposes a pay as you go plan to finish 41 000 miles of expressways by 1972 without raising a general gasoline tax He urges avoiding a June 30 gas tax cut and says if truck and highway user taxes fail to pass Congress should consider higher fuel and vehicle taxes to fund the project He calls for tighter billboard regulation and warns the program risks delay without $900 million annual revenue after June 30 1969.
Osborne Be zanson 72 former president and board chairman of Chemstrand Corp died Monday after suffering a stroke four days earlier.
Soviet jazz expert Leonid Utyosov argues jazz originated on the Dnieper from Odessa to Kiev and reached Moscow via Smolensk clubs. AP notes Mulligan recalls New Orleans research while quoting Utyosov in Soviet Culture.
Chester Harris twelve year old from High Point rode a bicycle toward school and ended up 36 miles away at the Burlington police station. He told officers he got lost and was returned to his parents who came to collect him.
At Goldsboro North Carolina the Air Force continues large scale digging at the bomber crash site. Officials emphasize the operation seeks wreckage parts not nuclear material and report one nuclear weapon jettisoned and one recovered with no water contamination. Three men died and five parachuted to safety.
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