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Newspaper
Independent
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Feb 14, 1964
Page
2
Sinatra testified about a kidnapping attempt with his abductors forcing sleep pills and changing his name while a car blocked a road. Separate commentary covered Tsarapkin at a conference, noting Soviet and American diplomacy on nuclear budgets and a push for budget cuts, with Western officials cautious about the practicality of reductions.
In Geneva the Soviet Union urged keeping the Yuri Nos senko defection out of the Geneva Disarmament Conference. Soviet negotiator Tsarapkin said Nos senko's disappearance and defection to the United States should be negotiated between Switzerland and Moscow. They warned that budget reductions could mask higher spending on weapons research and development, pressing Moscow to disclose budget details.
The witness described being abducted and moved through Sacramento Oakland and Marin County to Canoga Park in a staged kidnapping linked to a man called Monty. He claimed he endured blindfolding and two to three phone calls to assure his family he was safe while ransom was arranged.
Houston Texas resident U Lind Sey Spillman, 38, who helped make the first Texas kidney transplant in December, has been discharged from Methodist Hospital. Spillman, from Seymour, Texas, received a kidney from her mother.
California Supreme Court refused to stay the execution of Paul K. Imbler set for March 10, after he was convicted of killing a Los Angeles grocer during a 1961 robbery. The decision clears the path to the death sentence in the controversial case.
Havana Radio said an American plane intercepted the Lambda 38 in Cuban waters near Cape Antonio while the boat returned from the Gulf of Mexico. The Cuban report added 700 workers were laid off at Guantanamo on Wednesday and 900 more were to lose jobs on Thursday, with 1,600 total at the base set to depart.
Washington AP The Defense Department says Secretary McNamara rejected the Navy proposal to permit servicemen at Guantanamo to bring families. The plan to phase out dependents by early 1956 was maintained, while the Navy hopes a forthcoming policy change may occur.
Tetlow notes the base will become a prim military outpost with good schools and social clubs gone. He stresses the morale will not dim and asserts U S naval power can prevail over Castro. The piece draws humor on life for sailors and single men in Guantanamo.
The defense base discharged several hundred workers to reduce dollar flow to the Castro regime and to improve self sufficiency.
A five nation inter American investigation team found Communist Cuba guilty of aggression against Venezuela on four counts. Cuba is accused of training arming backing and financing Venezuelan guerrillas and terrorists seeking to overthrow Romulo Betancourt. The report to the OAS could lead to sanctions including withdrawal of ambassadors or suspension of economic relations. The finding was prepared in Washington and may prompt an OAS council action or foreign minister conference.
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