11 Seized at Miami in Batista Arms Plot
UPI reports eight U S customs agents arrested eleven individuals loading weapons onto a large transport plane in Miami. The arms were alleged to back a counter-revolution against Cuba with plans to ship up to one million dollars in weapons to the Dominican Republic. Ferrando denied bribery charges.
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Miami
Batista
UPI
U. S
Cuba
Dominican Republic
Augusto Ferrando
Ferrando
U.S
Joseph A. Fortier
Fortier
Fulgencio Batista
Ciudad Trujillo
United States Extends 5 Million Dollar Loan to Finland
The United States loaned Finland five million dollars on Friday to aid the construction of small vessels for Finnish coastal trade.
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Finland
United States
Starkweather stay buys time for appeal
Charles Starkweather, 20, condemned for the Bennet murder, had his execution stayed by a federal court order 98 minutes before the planned 6 am death. Judge Richard Robinson granted a stay and set June 4 to perfect an appeal as Guy Starkweather welcomed the delay.
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Lincoln
Neb
Charles Starkweather
Guy
Charles
Bennet
Richard Robbinson
Omaha
Starkweathers
Laborers' Walkout Peril Ends in California Accord
A threatened strike by 50 000 Southern California laborers was averted when unions and four contracting associations reached a deal in Los Angeles. The agreement includes a 20 cent per hour wage increase and a dollar per day subsistence raise, announced by E M Mueller of International Union of Laborers Hod Carriers Long Beach Local 507. Earlier, labor leaders warned a strike might occur Monday.
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Southern California
Los Angeles
E. M. Mueller
International Union of Laborers and Hod Carriers
Long Beach
Christmas in May for a Yorktown crew man
An item notes a Yorktown crew man touched by a Christmas in May event. The report hints at a broader effort to hush up a dynamite laden incident, as discussed by Drew Pearson on page A-2.
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Yorktown
Drew Pearson
Khrushchev Threatens Separate Peace With East Germany
Soviet Premier Khrushchev told West German envoy Hans Kroll that if Geneva talks fail he would sign a separate peace treaty with East Germany. The remark linked to Berlin legal justification and the Geneva outcome. Khrushchev’s warning appeared during a East Germany tour and at a Moscow reception.
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Bonn
Germany
Khrushchev
East Germany
Geneva
Hans Kroll
Moscow
Kroll
Khm
Berlin
East Berlin
Western West Berlin plan clashes at Big Four talks
At Geneva the West rejected the Soviet counterplan for a permanently divided Germany. Herter pressed for new proposals while Gromyko offered a revised path to keep economic ties after a peace pact. In Los Angeles a convicted killer, George A. Scott, slashed his throat in custody, surviving after medical care.
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Geneva
UPI
U. S
Christian A. Herter
Germany
Herter
Europe
Maurice Couve de Murville
Berlin
Andrei Gromyko
West Germany
West
Los Angeles
George A. Scott
David . Rubin
Scott
San Quentin
Sec
Chicago Plans Diet Trial to Prevent Heart Disease
Chicago physician Dr. Harry C. Gibson outlines a study enrolling 500 men aged 45 to 62 with overweight status high blood pressure and high cholesterol. The program lowers caloric intake substitutes unsaturated fats for saturated fats and bans egg yolks to reduce blood cholesterol and prevent coronary artery disease.
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Chicago
California
Harry C. Gibson
Chicago Board of Health
Gibson
Rioters Clash as Brazilian Marines Fire in Niteroi after Ferry Strike
In Niteroi across the bay from Rio de Janeiro a three hour riot followed a midnight ferry workers strike. Marines fired on commuters wounding dozens and killing at least one as looting and arson spread through downtown. President Kubitschek withdrew the marines and ordered police to restore order.
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Rio DE Janeiro
Niterio
Rio
Navy
Bay
Juscelino Kubitschek
Moon
Hot Air Over Dixie Leaves Old WM Cold
Weather man laments more trouble in the South as storms are not the issue but political maneuvering. Assistant asks about storms while the old man notes anger rising and calls to separate black and white factions grow louder.
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Dixie
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Carol Asrcraft
Altadena
Long Beach Harbor
Orient
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Brazil
Ferry
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Malaya
Hong Kong
Ooy
Iowa City
Iowa
Ralph Neuzil
University of Iowa
Nevail
New York
Joseph Ida
Highland Park
James V. Laduca
Lewistown
N. Y
Antonio Nagadino
Niagara Falls
WNY
Salvatore Falcone
Uticz
N.Y
Jobn T. Scotish
Cleveland
Ohio
Dick Contino
Joseph J. Rifkind
Emmet Hurley
Contino
Robin
Seattle, Wash
Shchev
Afghanistan
Bob Shumway
Carol
Nick Yoakum
Municipal Pier
Slayer
L.A
Kenneth Sa
Lucifer
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