Castro Prevails as Rebel Units Surrender Arms
Fidel Castro wins support from hold-out rebel groups as the Revolutionary Directorate at Camp Colombia and the 2nd National Front of Escambray agree to hand over arms. Maj. Camilo Cienfuegos leads the Havana armament transfer while Maj. Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo signals willingness to cooperate with President Urrutia and Castro.
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Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Revolutionary Movement
Revolutionary Directorate
Camp Colombia
San Antonio Air Force Base
Castro
Camp Columbia
Camilo Cienfuegos
Antonio Santiago Garcia
2Nd National Front
Escambray
Manuel Urrutia
Maj. Chaumont
Revolu
Air Force
Chaumont
Second National Front
Las Villas
Urrutia
Maj
Eloy Gutierrez Menoyo
Ment
Diario Nacional
Elmhurst Elementary PTA Finds Hand Stamp Notices
In Toledo Ohio Elmhurst Elementary School uses hand stamping to announce PTA meetings. On meeting days teachers stamp pupils hands with the message PTA tonight as they leave school.
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Toledo, Ohio
Elmhurst Elementary
P.T.A
U S Ambassador to Cuba Earl E Smith resigns
Earl E Smith resigned as ambassador to Havana amid disfavor with Fidel Castros movement. President Eisenhower accepted the resignation and praised his service while expressing hope for Cuba's peace and progress. Smith had served since May 1957 and faced congressional scrutiny over embassy conduct.
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Washington
Earl E.T. Smith
Havana
Fidel Castro
Eisenhower
Smith
Cuba
New York
Palm Beach, Fla
State Department
Batista
Fulgencio Batista
Kidnaping Of Brooklyn Baby Stuns City Police Pursue Clues
After a week of feverish work a large force including 500 detectives and FBI agents has not solved the kidnapping of 2 week old Lisa Rose Chionchio from a Brooklyn hospital nursery. A blonde woman seen near St Peter's Hospital and a discarded diaper found four miles away spurred clues but links remain unclear. Descriptions and sketches circulated as investigators pursue any lead while appeals for the infant's safe return persist.
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New York
FBI
Brooklyn
Lisa Rose Chionchio
St. Peter's Hospital
St. Peter's
Lisa Rose
Coney Island
St. Ket
Elsercen
Chionchio
Space Race Warnings Prompt Urgent U.S. Effort
The House Space Committee warns the Soviet Union leads by more than a year in space. It says catching up could take at least five years despite heavy effort and that spaceflight underpins military power and defense. The report notes Sputnik III payloads and calls for rapid, sustained national action.
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Washington
House Space Committee
Soviet Union
United State
House
John McCormack
D-Mass
Pennyhower
Congress
Congressional
Special Committee
America
United States
New USS Independence Commissioned by Navy in New York
The 60,000-ton USS Independence, Forrestal class, valued at 190 million dollars, was commissioned in New York with Rear Admirals Wood and Pyne officiating. Adm. Arleigh Burke hailed its versatility while lawmakers and wartime aviators attended the ceremony. The ship, christened last June, will soon host its air crews and planes.
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New York
Independence
Chester C. Wood
3Rd Naval District
Schuyler N. Pyne
New York Naval Shipyard
Adm
Arleigh Burke
Naval Operations
Bull
Navy N
United States
Adm. Burke
Soviet propose 28 nation peace conference on German treaty
Moscow proposes a 28 nation peace conference within two months in Warsaw or Prague to draft a German peace treaty. The plan includes West Berlin as an unarmed free city and a neutralized Germany center of Europe. The proposal is rejected by the West but open to study.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Berlin
Germany
Warsaw
Prague
United States
Britain
France
Europe
West Berlin
East Germany
East
West Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
V. M. Molotov
U.S
Washington
West
Mikoyan Escapes Mad Frisco Mob in Frightened Arrival
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan arrived at San Francisco International Airport from Chicago amid a mob protest shouting murder and kidnap. Police kept demonstrators back as Mikoyan was escorted to a car, with added security at the Fairmont hotel to check food for contamination.
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San Francisco
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Chicago
Francisco
Mikoyan
United Air Lines
Fairmont
Flood Victims Buried After Zamora Dam Disaster
The Zamora region mourns 18 buried flood victims from Rivadelago as search continues for more bodies in rubble. About 200 survivors find temporary lodging in Zamora with officials unsure of the death toll, unofficially 200 to 300, amid Spain’s worst disaster of the century.
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Zamora
Spain
Rivedelago
Benavente Assle
Selene
Chenoa
Rivadelago
Madrid
Democrats Prepare Bills Aimed At Ike Vetoes In Congress
Democrats in Congress plan a rapid push of bills for President Eisenhower, including an airport aid package increasing federal matching funds and a five year total of 100 million annually plus 75 million in a non matched fund. An omnibus housing measure and farm program disputes loom, with veto risks and a low income areas bill also on the table. Senator Lyndon Johnson drives Senate action on rules to speed this agenda. Senator A S Mike Monroney is set to hold swift hearings on the airport bill.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Senate
Johnson
Eisenhower
A. S
Mike Monroney
Dokla
Gator Almost Catches Dog in Riverside Event
Wilmington AP reports a Labrador retriever pursued birds shot by its owner, nearly snared by a 10 foot 7 inch alligator. The dog swam rough water and fought briars, ending with a likely loss of interest in the chase.
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Wilmington
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Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
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Hagerty
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Anastas Mikoyan
Soviet Russia
Beryezka Russian Dance Company
Civic Opera
Navy
Mike Kostial
St. Louis Zoo
Panchoets
Pancho
Dennis
Kime
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