Cuba Mother Denounces Slaying at Havana Stadium Trial
The Havana stadium war crimes trial opened with a widowed mother of 11 accusing ex military commander Jesus Sosa Blanco of killing her husband. Spectators booed as Sosa Blanco faced the crowd in a tense arena scene. The woman testified he and troops "machine gunned" her husband, a father of 11, and she begged for mercy.
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Mai
Jesus
Sosa Blanco
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Mourder
Batista Regine
Juan Bautista Castillo
Oriente
Sosa
Radio announcers and station IDs described in garbled message
A fragmented note discusses radio announcers reading forecasts and the length of the longest word in English. It mentions station identification and humorous asides about announcers' hands, yielding a quirky, nonsensical snapshot of broadcast culture.
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WME
Ivery
Jet Bomber Missing Near Point Mugu
A Navy Sky Warrior bomber from the Missiles Test Center vanished after a 10:17 am takeoff during practice landings at Point Mugu. The jet circled the area for about 80 minutes before disappearing inland as an aerial search began.
Tyrone Power's Son Born and Named Ty rone William Power
Deborah Power widow of Tyrone Power gave birth to a son named Tyrone William Power weighing five pounds twelve ounces. The middle name honors Willines Wilde. Power had married in 1958 and died in 1959. The baby continues a family tradition of the Tyrone name.
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Hollywood
UPI
Deborah Power
Tyrone Power
Thursday
Vrais Janiees
Tyrone
Power
Tunica, Miss
Maauil
Spain
Baby Kidnaped by N Y Sitter
New York police reported a woman acting as a babysitter abducted a 23 day old boy after sending the mother on a wild goose chase for an apartment. The suspect lured the mother to a clinic and offered a larger Bronx apartment, leaving with the infant and later leaving. The case follows another infant kidnapping in December.
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New York
UPI
Gladys Garela
Dora Liza Tavarez
Rgiven
Tiny Lisa Rose Chlonchio
al Hospital
Streetcar Walkout Prohibited in Los Angeles Transit Row
Superior Court issued a restraining order to stop a strike by Los Angeles transit workers tied to Local 1277 of the Transportation Union. A further hearing is set for 3 a.m. Wednesday, the strike deadline having been midnight Monday, amid wage dispute and bargaining tensions with the Metropolitan Transit Authority. The MTA, overseeing LA transit, says it cannot negotiate while the order stands as unions seek 25 cent hourly increases from current rates of 2.25 and 2.27 dollars. The union split includes bus drivers and streetcar conductors awaiting a single representation decision within 60 days.
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Los Angeles
The
Transportation Union
Metropolitan Transit Authority
Otter
MTA
Civic Authority
Brotherhood of Railroad
Miners Trapped as Susquehanna Floods Mine Tunnel
In Pittston Pennsylvania the Susquehanna River floods a Knox Coal Co tunnel trapping 56 miners. Forty four reached safety in hours of effort with rescue crews aiding. Initial counts misjudged the dead. nine more missing were later identified. Twenty eight rescued in deep water as federal aid surveys begin.
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Pittston
Susquehanna
Knox Coal Co
Beeye
Robert Groves
Pentagon reports on captured soldiers and ACBM claim
The story notes Defense Secretary McElroy stating Russia lacks an arms control measure to fire at the United States. It also mentions the Pentagon withholding comment on a report that three U.S. soldiers have been held by German Communists for eight weeks.
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Russia
United States
Pentagon
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