Cuba in a state of martial alert as Castro claims US invasion
Havana reported widespread troop movements and a heavy military display including antiaircraft guns along Malecon and fortifications around the capital. Militiamen patrolled rooftops while teenagers carried burp guns into the Hotel Nacional. Castro accused Eisenhower of planning an invasion by January 18, and prisoners were evacuated from Principe Prison amid unconfirmed reports of an invasion HQ. The base at Guan remains comparatively quiet.
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Havana
Caribbean
Fidel Castro
United States
Castro
U.N. Security Council
Malecon
Revolutionary Youth Organization
Hotel Nacional
Gulf of Mexico
Latin America
Eisenhower
U.S
Principe
Batabano
Isle of Pines
Santiago
Cuba
Oriente
Guan
Airport service clash prompts hearing at Forsyth County Courthouse
Greensboro High Point Airport Authority seeks to consolidate air service citing Friendship as main hub while Winston Salem counters with its own Smith Reynolds airport. Witness I W Sirbaugh says Winston Salem travelers face no major inconvenience and forecasts 100000 passengers for 1961 at Smith Reynolds, a figure criticized as fantastic by Henry Beecken.
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Forsyth County
Greensboro - High Point
Winston-Salem
Greensboro-High Point
Friendship
I. W. Sirbaugh
Washington
Forsyth County Airport Commission
Civic Aeronautics Board
Paul Pfeiffer
Sirbaugh
Smith Reynolds
Henry Beecken
Greens At Point Airport
Kennedy urged to back $342 billion national school aid plan
A task force led by Dr. Frederick Hovde urges President elect Kennedy to approve a large scale loan and grant program for education. The plan would fund public school construction teacher salaries and related needs, include state and city aid, and extend to colleges and universities with urban and rural distinctions and cost estimates. The proposal outlines per pupil and per child subsidies with annual costs ranging from $120 million to $1.2 billion and targets states in distress and large cities.
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New York
Kennedy
Frederick Hovde
Purdue University
Hovde
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Task Force
South
Weather Mostly Clear And Mild Across Nation
Mostly clear and mild winter weather prevailed nationwide with no major cold or storms. Light precipitation touched the Northwest and coastal Washington and Oregon, southern Texas, northern Florida, and light snow overnight in central Pennsylvania, western New York, and eastern upper Michigan. Temperatures climbed into the 70s in parts of Florida, Arizona, and California amid a general warming trend.
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Associate
Northwest
Washington
Oregon
Texas
Florida
Pennsylvania
New York
Upper Michigan
Mercury
Arizona
California
Senators Briefed on Cuba and Laos Crisis
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter briefed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Cuba Laos Berlin and other trouble spots. Senators described the briefing as not very encouraging and anticipated further guidance from the incoming Kennedy administration.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cuba
Laos
America
Berlin
Herter
United States
John F. Kennedy
New York
Dean Rusk
Kennedy
Rusk
State Department
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Eisenhower
Southeast Asia
Newspaper Circulation Rises 52 Percent Over 25 Years
SEATTLE AP The American Newspaper Publishers Association reports daily newspaper circulation rose 52 percent in 25 years, while U.S. population grew 40 percent. Current daily circulation stands at 58 million with projections to 81 million in 25 years.
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Seattle, Wash
United States
Stanford Smith
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Smith
Allied Daily Newspapers of
Washington
Riots erupt in Liege Belgium as police and troops clash
In Liege 1000 strikers attacked a railway station and post office as violence spread through Liege city. Police used tear gas sabers and firearms injuring a policeman a fireman and several civilians while soldiers fired on the crowd.
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Brussels
Belgium
Liege
Andre Renard
Renard
Castro Can't Take Guantanamo Base
Everett S. Allen reports from Guantanamo Bay where Fidel Castro cannot seize the base by military force despite Cuban and Soviet aid interests. The article notes U S air power, Cuban MiGs, B 26 bombers, and Castro's 26th of July forces while detailing internal purges and naval limitations.
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Everett S. Allen
New Bedford, Mass
Standard-Times
U. S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Cuba
Associated Press
New Bedford Standard-Times
NEW Bedford. Mass
Pearl Harbor
Guantanamo Bay
Fidel Castro
China
Soviet Union
United States
Castro
Leeward Point
U.S
Sanford Arrives At New Raleigh Office Early
Governor Terry Sanford reached the new Raleigh office just before 8 a.m. after his inauguration night. His staff already present included Hugh Cannon Tom Lambeth and Graham Jones. Bert Bennett, state Democratic chairman, was first caller at 8 a.m. and Sanford left for the Mansion around 9 30 for breakfast with guests.
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Raleigh
Terry Sanford
Hugh Cannon
Tom Lambeth
Graham Jones
Sanford
Bert Bennett
Fire Rips Thomas Hotel. Dozens Dead or Injured in San Francisco
Fire swept the Thomas Hotel at 971 Mission Street in the chilly dawn trapping residents. At least 15 died and up to 30 were injured as flames raced from the first floor elevator shaft. Survivors, many in underwear, escaped by sheets and gutter pipes while some were carried out by firefighters. The blaze damaged the rear of the four story building and several victims were asphyxiated.
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San Francisco
William Murray
Murray
Ray Gorman
Ed Saylor
Earl Blake
Herbert Isett
Isett
Wives of Raleigh leaders wear matching inaugural parade suits
Mrs. Terry Sanford and Mrs. Frances Philpot met at the inaugural parade and exchanged a double take and laughs when they discovered they were wearing identical suits. The coincidence involved the wives of the governor and lieutenant governor.
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Raleigh
Terry Sanford
Frances Philpott
Kennedy study cites temporary tax cuts to aid economy
President elect John F Kennedy considers temporary spring income tax cuts if the business slump worsens. A committee led by Paul Samuelson urges quick emergency measures and warns against strict balanced budget adherence during recession. The report follows reviews with Samuelson Heller Tobin and includes other council appointees. Kennedy plans to fly to Washington.
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Marvin Arrowsmith
NEW York
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Eisenhower
Paul A. Samuelson
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Samuelson
Walter W. Heller
University of Minnesota
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Carithe
By Robert Marks
Enterprise
Beecken
U.S. Naval Base
George Sweers
The
St. Petersburg Times
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Newsmen
Bangkok
Asia
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
U. S
Joseph Reap
Guantanamo Base
Mission St
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