Guatemala Army Tightens Grip as Opposition Mounts
In Guatemala City the army seizes control under Miguel Ydigoras after four days of clashes leaving 20 dead and over 200 injured. Curfew 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. and mass arrests reported as troops block key sites and hunt two rebel bands linked to Paz Tejada and the 13th of November movement.
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Morris W. Rosenberg
Guatemala
Miguel Ydigoras
Ydigoras
Congress
Mer
Carlos Paz Tejada
Jacobo Arbenz
Paz Tejada
Arbenz
Havana
Fidel Castro
Castro
Castroites
Lau
Mundial
Air i
Ahat
Uprising Reported In Red China
An unconfirmed report from the Nationalist News Agency cites a refugee tale of a large anti Communist revolt in eastern Kwangtung Province in March. About 8,000 protesters rose in Tihlapa County and spread to three neighboring counties amid clashes with Communist forces.
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Taipei
Formosa
Central
Today
Kwangtung
South China
Hong Kong
Tihlapa
Wuhua
Ngwa
Spy SAT Progress Report Reveals Long Range Test
Washington announces progress on spy satellite tests aimed at improving radar avoidance. Two launches cover over 12 000 miles, signaling a design for extended Earth orbit surveillance rather than a short range rocket.
Nuclear technician charged with passing secrets to Soviets
George John Gessner, 25, a former U S Army nuclear technician, is charged with supplying restricted data to a Soviet representative in Mexico City while at Ft Bliss. He faces arraignment in Topeka and possible death or life sentence under the Atomic Energy Act.
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Kansas City
Kan
George John Gessner
U.S. Army
Soviet Union
Gessner
Ft. Leavenworth
Newell A. George
U.S
Kansas
Internal Security Division
Justice ‘Department
Mexico City
Ft. Bliss
Tex
Homestead
FBI
Topeka
Mexico
Felt
Castro Casts Revolutionary Shakeup Threatens Purge
Fidel Castro in a televised address accused Cuba's revolutionary leaders of abuse and chaos and called for sweeping changes to the political apparatus. He urged vigilance against injustices and insisted only those worthy remain in power while addressing women graduates and gender equality. He tied the purge to a broader push to fix performance and end abuses amid a recent rationing decree and critique of Yankee imperialism.
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Key West
Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
St Patrick Procession and Related Festivities Noted
The article lists a St Patrick’s Day procession with Thomas J. Kieh the U S ambassador Mayor Robert F Wagner and New York Governor Nelson A Rockefeller and Connecticut Governor Dempsey among those in the reviewing stand. It mentions Cardinal Francis presiding and lifting the Lenten fast dispensation. After the parade, Irish American dances banquets and parties follow with the flower show adding shamrocks bells of Ireland and green carnations.
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Thomas J. Kieh
United States
Robert F. Wagner
Nelson A
New York
Richard New Jersey
Dempsey
Connecticut
Francis
St. Patrick’s C
St. Pat
Ireland
New High Point Fire Department Station Opens
Braxton Younts reports in a Sunday Enterprise feature on the 10 A Fire Department one of the area’s oldest volunteers now housed in a new station. The piece highlights strengthened training and a push to fund via a district tax. The Enterprise also previews tomorrow’s foreign aid survey examining 15 years of program goals and outcomes.
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High Point
Braxton Younts
Sunday Enterprise
Congress
Missing plane search widens as life signs vanish
United States and Philippine forces press a vast Pacific search for a KC97 missing off Guam after a Thursday night takeoff from Travis Air Force Base carrying 93 Army personnel. Officials say a ditching is possible and planes cover 250000 square miles seeking debris or survivors.
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Guam
Clark Air Force Base
Manila
Travis Air Force Base
California
South Viet Nam
U.S
Philippines
Air Force
Killers Hit Pharmacies In Algiers
The European terrorist group Secret Army Organization attacked Algiers pharmacies in a campaign to paralyze the city. By noon 30 attacks were reported with 14 killed and about 20 wounded among the Moslem population. Evian talks in France sought a cease fire amid long nationalist unrest.
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Andrew Borowiec
Algiers
Algeria
Secret Army
Oran
Evian
France
Planes fly corridors first time after dark
Soviet planes roamed the Berlin air corridors at night for the first time after dark, Western officials said. The Allies called the flights an annoyance as Soviet flights used the 20 mile wide corridors, flying at similar times and altitudes as Western passenger planes. They noted no public questions or direct confrontations so far and that Soviet pilots can use the routes with space available.
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Berlin
Israeli raid on frontier leaves casualties and arms seized
A night border clash saw Israeli forces launch a hit and run invasion and seize large Syrian arms. The Syrian army reported one dead and five wounded, while Israel allegedly suffered heavier losses with four tanks and eight vehicles lost. Five buses and five ambulances carried Israeli casualties from the battlefield.
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Bn Damascus
Brazil presses to halt atmospheric tests at disarmament talks
Brazil leads an eight nation middle bloc urging immediate cancellation of atmospheric nuclear tests despite U S readiness to proceed in late April if Moscow does not sign a test ban with inspections. The dispute centers on international versus national inspection and could widen beyond U S and Soviet roles.
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John M. Hightower
Geneva
United States
Brazil
Kennedy
Russia
Andrei A. Gromyko
U.S
Dean Rusk
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Moscow
Tax Agents Crack Down On Gamblers Nationwide Raid Records
Federal agents arrested 98 people and seized 12000 in a seventh national crackdown on gamblers across 48 cities. They raided 83 gaming rooms, confiscating 28 slot machines and 18 cars as part of enforcing $50 annual stamps, $250 per coin operated device, and 10 percent profits tax. Arrests spanned New York City New Orleans Patterson N J Donora Pa Los Angeles Torrance Downey and other California sites with multiple arrests in several locations.
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Washington
New York City
New Orleans
Patterson
N.J
Donora
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