Six Americans Face Possible Sentences In Cuban Trial
Six men accused of conspiring against Fidel Castro could be deported, imprisoned, or executed after a two hour military tribunal in Havana. The defense cited Castro's cautions toward the new U.S. administration and Khrushchev's release of two fliers as possible acts of good faith. Names include George Beck Tommy Baker Donald Green James Bean Alfred Gibson and Leonard Schmidt.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Khrushchev
Kennedy
United States
Cuba
Castro
Althouh Castro
Luis Raul Fleitas
U.S
Fleitas
Army
Alan Robert Nye
Navy
Nye
George R. Beck
Norton
Mass
Tommy L. Baker
Dothan
Ala
Donald Joe Green
Gastonia
N.C
James E. Bean
Cedar Falls
Alfred Eugene Gibson
Mount Gilead
Leonard Louis Schmidt
Chicago
Galvao Says He's Anxious To Land Passengers
Recife Brazil AP Captain Henrique Galvao said he is ready and anxious to land about 600 passengers from the hijacked liner Santa Maria in Recife tomorrow. He spoke as a plane circled the ship and received assurances from Brazil's incoming president Janio Quadros and Governor Lacerda regarding safe disembarkation and asylum.
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Galvao
Recife
Brazil
Henrique Galvao
Santa Maria
Janio Quadros
Quadros
Juscelino Kubitschek
AEC Retires Some U S Nuclear Weapons
The Atomic Energy Commission reports that the United States has built a diverse arsenal of newer weapons and is retiring older models. It warns that further advances depend on nuclear testing and that an unpoliced moratorium risks free world security amid suspected Soviet underground tests.
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Washington
United States
Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Congress
Free World
Soviet Union
Nnational
Admiral To Meet Rebel Captain Over Santa Maria Release
A U S Navy admiral agreed to meet rebel Capt Henrique Galvao at daybreak Tuesday to negotiate freeing the 588 passengers of the liner Santa Maria. Rear Adm Allen E Smith Jr heads to rendezvous about 35 miles off Recife aboard the destroyer Gearing with Galvao amid ongoing tensions and possible transfer of passengers.
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Recife
Brazil
U.S
Tuesay
Santa Maria
Allen E. Smith Jr
U. S. Navy
Caribbean
Henrique Galvao
Smith
Antonio de Oliveira Salazar
U. S
Belem
Washington
Galvao
U.S. Navy
Atlantic
Humberto Delgado
Portuguese National Liberation Movement
Janio Quadros
Quadros
Passenger Train Slices Auto In Half Near Allendale
Hayward Holt of Hampton, Michigan escaped unharmed when a Seaboard Air Line engine struck his car at a grade crossing near Allendale. The front end was torn off, a small fire started in the rear, and Holt walked away after an X-ray showed no injuries. He credited divine protection for his survival.
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Allendale
Hayward
Hampton
Here
Seaboard Air Line Railroad
Holt
White Pupil Returns To School Amid Desegregation Tensions
In New Orleans a 33 year old father defies a white boycott by sending his 9 year old son to McDonough No 10 school accompanied by two U S marshals. A crowd of about 35 protesters gathered across the neutral ground while police and marshals escorted the child inside. The scene marked the largest picket since last November as neighborhood residents debated integration.
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New Orleans
McDonough No. 10
John N. Thompson
Gregory
McDonough
U. S
Joseph Giarrusso
Edward F. Petitbon
Thompson
Michael
St. Bernard Parish
McDonogh
Frantz
Ethel Arieux
Mrs. Arieux
Smart Young Earthling To Be Tested In Space
A chimpanzee pilot will ride 115 miles up and 290 miles down from Cape Canaveral to study mental faculties and reflexes in weightlessness. Cameras and sensors track expressions heartbeat respiration and temperature to see if cognition holds under rocket takeoff and five minutes of zero gravity ahead of human spaceflight.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
Moon
Mars
Space
Earth
Atlantic Ocean
Six Children Die In Home Blaze In South Carolina
A February fire in a five room frame house near Reidville South Carolina killed six children aged 2 to 14 and left Bertie Ruth McClintock and Clara McClintock seriously injured. Odell and John Henry McClintock and Bertie Ruth were hospitalized. The two women were mothers of the seven or more children living in the home. The blaze started in a wood and coal heater storage area and the Reidville Volunteer Fire Department arrived after the flames had enveloped the structure.
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Reidville
S. C
Spartanburg County
Tommy
Annie Ruth
Linda
Patricia
Joyce
George McClintock
Odell
John Henry
Bertie Ruth McClin
Clara McClintock
Kennedy orders speed up Polaris program and air lift
President Kennedy issues three prompt action orders to speed Polaris submarine production and cut duplication. Top officials believe existing facilities could double output, with swift moves to boost long range air lift and rapid site acceleration. By end of February McNamara must report on defense strategy and base modernization.
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Washington
Kennedy
Naval
State of the Union
McNamara
Gastonia Editor W. Stewart Atkins Dies At 47
W Stewart Atkins editor and general manager of the Gastonia Gazette died in a Gastonia hospital after his third heart attack in three years. He had served the paper since high school days and helped found a Charlotte advertising agency after World War II. Survivors include his wife two daughters two grandchildren and his son James H Atkins. Funeral services set for 2 30 p m Tuesday at First Methodist Church Gastonia.
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Gastonia
N.C
W. Stewart Atkins
Gastonia Gazette
Ben. E. Atkins
James W. Atkins
Stewart Atkins
R. Gregg Cherry
Kilroy, Hague and Atkins
Charlotte
James H. Atkins
The
Gazette
iFirst Methodist Church
Kennedy pledges rapid buildup and space program drive
President Kennedy in a joint address to Congress framed a national emergency against a dangerous communist tide and ordered a swift defense buildup. He urged faster Polaris submarine and missile work, increased airlift, and outlined plans for renewed U.S.-Soviet scientific cooperation while balancing arms control with urgent defense needs. The economy, he warned, remains troubled with seven months of recession, and he promised detailed remedial measures in coming weeks.
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Congress
Kennedy
Soviet Union
United States
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Hotel Chain Head Plunges To His Death
Carling Dinkler Sr., 66, president of Dinkler Hotels Inc., leaped from a 12th floor window at the Dinkler Plaza Hotel in Atlanta. He had recent abdominal surgery and was reportedly low in spirits about his health. The body landed on Forsyth Street, striking an unoccupied car. The chain operates hotels in Birmingham, Nashville, and Atlanta, with a Jamaica beach club as part of its holdings. His son Carling Dinkler Jr. is vice president and GM. widow survives.
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Atlanta, Ga
Carling Dinkler Sr
Dinkler Plaza
Forsyth Street
Dinkler
Dinkler Hotels Inc
Jamaica
British West Indies
Kennedy vows broad plan to lift economy from recession
President Kennedy warned of a deep recession and vowed a broad program to restore full employment and production. He outlined measures to boost food surplus redevelop distressed areas, spur housing and construction, expand minimum wage, and promote price stability and investment. He planned to send Congress new proposals within two weeks.
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Washington
Kennedy
State of the Union
Congress
U.S. Employment Agency
Integration Suit Hearing Opened as Judge Denies Dismissal
Federal Court in Charlotte opens a two year old integration case with Judge Wilson Warlick denying defense motions for dismissal and continuance. Derrick Bell seeks to add the NAACP president's sons to the plaintiffs. prior actions centered on opposition to racial integration in Mecklenburg County and the merged school system.
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Alexander
Old
Mecklenburg County School Board
Charlotte
County Schools
Mecklenburg County
Wilson Warerick
Old County Board
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