War Crimes Trials Begin in Cuba Amid Batista Aftermath
In Havana speedy war crimes trials for Batista followers have started with 15 officers executed. Provisional President Urrutia says thousands will be tried by revolutionary courts as in Germany. Arrests exceed 1,100 since Batista fled and Fidel Castro rose to power. Gunfire flared near the Nacional Hotel as rebels pursue Batista loyalists and the Tigers seek Masferrer. Masferrer fled to Key West. Cuba seeks extradition over $17 million drained from the public. A ban on alcohol sales was ordered in Havana to curb unrest ahead of Castro’s approach to the capital.
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Manuel Urrutia
Germany
Urrutia
Batista
Dominican Republic
Fidel Castro
Havana
Nacional
Diehard Batista
Tigers
Rolando Masferrer
Masferrer
Key West
Fla
Luis Bush
Cuba
U.S
Miami Immigration Office
Castro
Matanzas
Aveia
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Eisenhower urges courtesy for Mikoyan tour
President Eisenhower, amid protests against Soviet deputy premier Anastas Mikoyan, calls for courteous treatment during his U S visit. White House aide James Hagerty says Ike hopes Mikoyan sees the real America and its traditional courtesy, strength, and freedom.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Anastas Mikoyan
White House
United States
Mikoyan
America
Hagerty
New Cuban Government Recognized After Batista Fall
Washington reports the United States granted recognition to Cuba's provisional government six days after Batista's regime was toppled by Fidel Castro's rebel forces. The recognition note was delivered in Havana to foreign minister Robert Daniel Agramonte and included a goodwill message from the U S government and people.
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Washington
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Havana
Robert Daniel Agramonte
United States
Nak Liat
De Gaulle Sworn In As Fifth Republic President
Gen Charles de Gaulle takes the oath as France’s first Fifth Republic president and names Michel Debre premier. Debre, Gaullist veteran and constitution architect, will share executive duties. the new constitution concentrates power in the presidency. Cries of Vive de Gaulle greeted him on the Champs Elysees.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Michel Debre
de Gaulle
Debre
Fifth Republic
Champs Elysees
Elysee Palace
National Assembly
Broad Champs Elysees
Explosive Mt Holly Fire Destroys Massey Hardware
A fire at Massey Hardware Store in Mount Holly caused $250000 in damage after paint and ammunition explosions. Police report the blaze began at 3 55 am with shells and glass shattering as firefighters from multiple towns battled the unfolding blast. Owner C E Massey chaired the county board of commissioners.
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Mount Holly
N.C
J. N.paulk
Massey Hardware
Mt. Holly
Stanley
Lowell
Gastonia
East Gastonia
Belmont
Catawba Heights
New Hope
C. E. Massey
Gaston County Board of Com
Johnsons Filibuster Compromise Becomes Senate Clash
In Washington a bloc of senators pushing tighter anti filibuster rules opposed a Lyndon Johnson compromise. They planned to set aside his resolution and advance a broader overhaul of Senate rules, backed by a steering committee of antifilibuster forces. Johnson seized the opening move as the new Senate convened and won the initial skirmish. Senators Paul Douglas and Hubert Humphrey were noted among the responders.
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Johnson
Senate
Paul H. Douglas
DII
Hubert Humphrey
D-Minn
Johnson Opens Path to Quick Vote on Filibuster Reform
Senate Democratic leader Lyndon B. Johnson signaled a rapid showdown on substituting a tougher anti filibuster proposal for his compromise plan. He expressed confidence in beating back a bipartisan push led by Jacob Javits and allies seeking stricter limits on filibusters with Vice President Nixon’s backing.
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Washington
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texan
Jacob K. Javits
R-Ny
Licked
Richard M. Nixon
Castro belittles U.S. military mission in Cuba
Fidel Castro criticized the U.S. military mission to Cuba saying its services are of no value. Excelsior reported Castro’s remarks in Cienfuegos during the Cuban rebellion against Batista. He cited arms sources from Britain and Italy and expressed indignation at the Dominican Republic for selling poor weapons.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
U. S
Excelsior
Cienfuegos
Fulgencio Batista
United States
Castro
Diario de la Marina
Dominican Republic
Nicaragua
Batista
Britain
Italy
Fifteen Children and Adult Die In Farmhouse Fire
A devastating fire in Boswell Oklahoma killed fifteen children and an adult in a four room wooden house. The victims included Sara Gardner 38 and her ten children plus three nieces and two visiting nephews all Negro. Cause linked to stoves no hydrant available and rapid flash of flames trapping them in a single rear room.
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Boswell, Okla
Sara Gardner
Oklahoma City
Booker Gardner
Oklahoma
Juanita
Easter
Isaac
Omie
John Anthony
Patricia Ann
Patricia Jan
Gardner
May Ruth Haddix
Bobbie Woolbright
Peggy Sue Ward
Linda Fay Ward
Hershel Frazier
Freddie Webb
J. B. Richburg
Richburg
Armed Cuban bomber lands near Cape Canaveral in 1960
An armed B26 Cuban bomber landed at Daytona Beach Municipal Airport on New Year’s Day after flying from Cuba with asylum seekers. The aircraft reportedly approached Cape Canaveral’s missile test center, eluding air defense, with pilots stating no flight plan and no radio contact until landing. First Lt. Chester J. Loewe declined immediate confirmation.
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Daytona Beach
Fla
Cape Canaveral
Daytona 7 Morning Journal
Cape
Federal Aviation
Pentagon
Washington
Patos
Pedro Eatening
Fulgencio Batista
The
Morning Journal
United States
U.S
Mikoyan Arrives At Detroit Airport
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan lands at Willow Run Detroit amid picket protests. Police escort his arrival and escort him to Dearborn for a Ford research center visit as demonstrations by Hungarian and Iron Curtain supporters unfold in Detroit and Cleveland.
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Anastas I. Mikoyan
Cleveland
Mikoyan
Lincoln Electric Co
Glen Hershaw
Detroit
Anastas Mikoyan
Willow Run
Eisenhower
Washington
Russia
Willow Run Expressway
Ford Motor Co
Dearborn
Midwest
Soviet Union
United States
Chicago
Boss Froeb’s Bank Alarm Prank Shocks Brooklyn Staff
C Froeb, senior trustee of the Marlboro branch of Lincoln Savings Bank in Brooklyn, triggered a bank alarm by shouting and entering with a gun two weeks after a $72,000 robbery. Police restrained him after staff misread the scene. he apologized saying it was to test alertness.
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New York
C. Froeb
Marlboro
Lincoln Savings Bank of
Brooklyn
Freeb
Frank Friel
Paul McGuirk
Mr. Froeb
Friel
Froeb
Sam Botwinick
Soviets Say Mechta In Orbit Heading To Sun Speed Rise
Soviet Tass reports Mechta, the first artificial planet, has entered solar orbit and will reach peak speed near 91.4 million miles from the sun, about 32 kilometers per second. The rocket has traveled over 621,000 miles from Earth as it moves away from the planet. If manned, Blagonravov says it could carry a living module but is now an unmanned mission with future Venus and Mars landings planned. Ivan Igorsky is named as the flight’s likely first spaceman candidate.
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Moscow
Tass
Earth
Mechta
Anatoly A. Blagonravov
Soviet Academy
of Sciences
Tues
V. Dobronravov
Blagonravov
Capetown
South Africa
Today
Venus
Landstem
Blagonravoy
London
Soviet Union
Space
Ivan Igorsky
New Year Reflections On Change And Faith
The author writes that the new year shifts weekday alignment and personal outlook while the calendar remains constant. Change is linked with permanence as time moves forward, and amid all shifts God’s steadfast love and promises persist for those who seek salvation.
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God
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Tony Price
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Chester J. Loewe
Dobbins Air Force Base
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