Americans To Return From Cuba
One hundred Americans will fly from Miami to Havana on Sunday carrying ransom medical supplies, arranged through the Swiss Embassy. The group includes men women and children who had remained in Cuba despite a prior repatriation. Officials hinted an agreement with Cuban authorities may allow further repatriation. About 300 Americans are registered at the Swiss Embassy and 170 work with Fidel Castro's government.
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Havana
United States
Cuba
Miami
Fla
U.S
Fidel Castro
Food poisoning hits Holton School pupils and teachers
About 200 students and 13 teachers at Holton School in Versailles Indiana fell ill with food poisoning after turkey salad sandwiches served in the cafeteria. Some were hospitalized in nearby Vernon and other towns while others sought care from physicians. tests on the salad were underway. Township Trustee Wilfred Harrell also reported illness after eating lunch.
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Versailles
Ind
Holton
Vernon
Indiana
Wilfred Harrell
Spaceman Glenn Cancels Public Mona Lisa Visit
Washington AP John H. Glenn Jr. balked at a publicized 9 a.m. Mona Lisa viewing plan at the National Gallery of Art. News crews waited as Glenn drove up and left without entering the painting room, with museum officials saying his schedule bogged down.
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Washington
John H. Glenn Jr
Leonardo da Vinci
National Gallery of Art
Glenn
Glenna
Fire Renewed as Co-Ops Fight North Carolina Utility Rewrite
Rural electric cooperatives and REA officials challenged a proposed state utility overhaul at a two day hearing in Raleigh. Spokesmen opposed allowing private power firms to buy co-ops and urged dropping rules to regulate member owned co-ops and franchise areas. Governor Sanford criticized the plan as pro power company and not protective of consumers.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Norman Asapp
Rural Electrification Administration
REA
General Statutes Commission
Clapp
William T. Crisp
Association of 33 Rea
State Utilities Commission
Grange
Robert Scott
Tar Heel Electric Membership Association
N.C. Telephone Membership Association
N.C. Rural Electrifi
Cation Authority
The
Ed Hipp
Terry Sanford
Tarheel Electric Membership Association
Sanford
Lexington Agent Testifies on Improper Insurance Ratings
Lexington insurance agent Marvin E. Perkins testified he improperly rated 60 to 70 auto liability applications on instructions from Eastern Underwriters Inc. of Greensboro. Perkins said S. Dean Smith directed bogus points and convictions last January to speed coverage. He noted 244 policies with Southern General Insurance Co. via Eastern Underwriters and said only two calls with Stafford touched FS-1 forms.
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Raleigh
Lexington
Eastern Underwriters Inc
Greensboro
Marvin E. Perkins
S. Dean Smith
Eastern Underwriters
Lanier
O. F. Stafford Jr
Perkins
Southern General Insurance Co
Atlanta
North Carolina
Stafford
Asst
Lucius Pullen
Insurgents Attack Cuban Family in Trinidad Vilias
A small band attacked the home of Marin Valdivia in Trinidad Las Villas injuring one family member, killing another, wounding a second, and burning a government store. The leaders were identified as Pedro Gonzalez Sanchez and Jose Tapanes, with one attacker arrested. The insurgents are being pursued by revolutionary armed forces.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Cuba
el Mundo
Trinidad
Las Villas
Halvana
Pedro Gonzalez Sanchez
Jose Tapanes
Marin Valdivia
Missing Airplane Sought Amid Vietnam War Operations
In South Viet Nam a large air search deploys twenty two planes to locate a missing Mohawk aircraft and its crew. U S Army reconnaissance plane presumed crashed northeast of Saigon as ground troops plus air strikes press a Mekong Delta operation.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Mikong
Qui Nhon
Mekong Delta
D Zone
Here
Adm
Harry D. Felt
U.S
Pacific
Bangkok
Seven Die In Navy Plane Crash Near Kodiak Alaska
A twin engine Navy patrol plane carrying 12 men crashed while landing near the Kodiak Naval Air Station in Alaska. Five crew members survived in serious condition. The P2V, based at Whidbey Island WA, was en route from Anchorage to Kodiak when it hit Womens Mountain about a mile from the runway in rain and scrub timber.
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Kodiak, Alaska
Kodiak Naval Air Station
Navy
Womens Mountain
Whidbey Island Naval Air Station
Wash
Alaska Area
Anchorage
Kodiak
Tornado Rips Tennessee Town in Winter Storm
A freak winter tornado struck Spring Hill Tennessee causing widespread damage to the business district and homes. The Tennessee National Guard aided responders while power lines and U S 31 were affected. No serious injuries were reported among 180 children at the local orphanage.
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Middle Tennessee
Tennessee National Guard
Tennessee Highway Patrol
Civil Defense
State Highway Department
Tennessee
Church of Christ
R. B. Toone
U. S. 31
Jesse Eastep
National Guard
Eastep
Tennessee Orphanage Home
Church of Christ Institution
Spring Hill
Nashville
Tshombe Freed From House Arrest With Nightly Curfew
Katanga leader Moise Tshombe remains under a nightly curfew in Elisabethville after a peace tour to the Rhodesian border. U.N. officials say he is not under house arrest but must avoid inciting Katangans or urging a scorched-earth policy. The U.N. remains wary of Kolwezi and possible clashes as troops move to clear supply lines.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
Moise Tshombe
U.N
Tshombe
United Nations
New York
Mokambo
Rhodesia
Sakania
Kolwezi
Kitwe
Godefroid Munongo
U Thant
Northern Rhodesia
Arctic cold snap grips wide regions with heavy snow
Arctic air and blowing snow slammed broad areas from the northern Appalachians to Texas and the Pacific Northwest. Temperatures fell to 35 degrees below zero at Drummond Montana with subzero readings across Wyoming, Montana, and the Dakotas. Snowdrifts rose in Nebraska and Colorado while heavy warnings spanned northwestern Texas and Oklahoma.
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Drummond
Mont
Wyoming
Montana
Great Lakes
Rockies
Texas
Texas Panhandle
Pacific Northwest
Laramie
Wyo
Nebraska
Colorado
Kansas
Sidney
Neb
Oklahoma
New Mexico
Missouri
Stenographer Evades Taxes For 20 Years
Olga Hobeck a 57 year old stenographer in Chicago says she has not filed tax returns and has evaded about 24000 dollars in income taxes for 20 years. She claims four dependents on education income though she supports only herself and her brother Arthur 50 who was discharged as schizophrenic in 1941. The VA denies compensation and IRS will review the irregularity.
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Chicago
Veterans Administration
Olga Hobeck
Internal Revenue Service
Hobeck
Arthur
Miss Hobeck
East Berlin Welcomes Khrushchev for Socialist Unity Congress
East Berlin awaits Premier Khrushchev at the Socialist Unity Party Congress as Walter Ulbricht leads the East German Communists. The event centers on the Soviet Chinese leadership dispute with snow covered streets and banners, including Lincoln’s phrase on the party HQ facade.
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Berlin
East Berlin
Khrushchev
Socialist Unity Party
Walter Ulbricht
East Germany
Communist Movement
West Berlin
Germany
Abraham Lincoln
Briefings Probably Are Dead
Washington report on President Kennedy ending background briefings after New Year disclosures. The White House released some quotes from the Palm Beach session and British papers printed direct quotes, triggering criticism. Kennedy signals tougher leadership with possible friction with allies over Polaris missiles. Press secretary confirms likelihood of no further background briefings.
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Douglas B. Cornell
Washington
Washington Institution of Journalistic
Kennedy
White House
Palm Beach
Fla
Britain
U.S
Europe
Pierre Salinger
John H. Colburn
Richmond, Va
Times- Dispatch
Freedom of Information
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America
J. Carter Brown
Brown
Air Museum
Mona
By George Arfeld
Mekong River Delta
Spring Hill, Tenn
Spring Hill High School
Arctic
Ated Press
Appalachians
Oregon
Mercury
Denver
Cheyenne
International Falls
Minn
Dalhart
Amarillo
McAllen
IRS
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