Break in US Cuban ties shocks Washington and Havana
A sharp U turn in U S Cuban relations followed Castro's demand that all but 11 diplomats leave Cuba within 48 hours. Eisenhower era officials called it a calculated insult and began transferring duties to Swiss Ambassador Rossi as Cuban diplomats across the United States faced expulsion.
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Rusk
Kennedy
Washington
the Times
Herter
Eisenhower
Cuba
Spain
Castro
U.S
Havana
U. S
Daniel J. Braddock
Walter Rossi
Braddock
West Palm Beach
Fla
State Department
United States
Break With Cuba Reshapes U.S. Ties Across Sectors
Miami AP reports early reactions to the diplomatic break with Cuba across communications, transport, finance, government affairs, mail and refugees. Southern Bell will not halt calls. Pan American adds a flight amid growing demand while National Airlines weighs continuing service. Bank leaders expect little financial impact, embassies close, and refugee policy remains unsettled as officials assess the situation.
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Miami
Fla
U.S
Cuba
Mead B. Ferris
Southern Bell Telephone Co
Pan American World Airways
National Airlines
Coner Kimball
First National Bank of Miami
United States
Immigration Service
Edward W. Ahrens
US Fails To Convince SEATO Unit
US officials presented material in Bangkok to show Soviet aircraft transfer soldiers from North Vietnam into Laos. Allies voiced no evidence of invasion, noting Vietnamese forces cross border briefly to aid Pathet Lao then withdraw.
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Seato Unit
Jim Becker
Bangkok
Thailand
United States
Viet Nam
Laos
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
U.S
Washington
State Department
Cary
Vientiane
Pathe Lan
Crisis in Laos domestic quarrel discussed by Indian official
Kansas City AP report quotes B K Nehra, Indian commissioner general of economic affairs, saying the Laos crisis is a domestic quarrel worsened by leftists and foreign intervention would not solve it. He notes peaceful talks can accomplish more. Nehru is related to Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
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Kansas City, Mo
Laos
B. K. Nehra
India
Volved
Nehru
Jawaharlal Nehru
New Style N Reactor Blast Kills 3
An explosion at the New Style N Reactor station near Arco Idaho killed three and injured none. AEC officials say the blast likely stemmed from a chemical reaction involving aluminum components and boiling water while the facility tested a portable power source for armed forces. The building’s basement contained the reactor and boiling water with minimal exterior damage as investigators prepared a report.
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Here
AEC
America
Arco
Idaho
Lan International Atomic Conferencesn
Geneva
Washington,d.c
Army
Navy
Witnesses Describe Air Collision Over New York
New York AP reports Civil Aeronautics Board inquiry details the Dec 1 disaster when a United Air Lines jet and a Trans World Airlines Constellation collided above the city. 128 people aboard and on the ground were killed. Witnesses from Staten Island and nearby areas recounted flames, debris, and a midair impact, with one plane seen breaking apart and both craft plunging.
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NEW York
Civil Aeronautics Board
United Air Tanks
DCR
Trans World Airlines
Walter J. Warren
Staten Island
Constellation
Fen
Warren
TWA
UAS
Branklyn
Hook Hansen
Hansen
Chart Tpaina
Dowp
Urgent session pressures House on relief funds
In Harrisburg the Pennsylvania House returns to tackle a 62.5 million dollar to fund relief checks education subsidies and other needs. The plan calls for borrowing 50 million from state employee and state teachers retirement funds plus 12.5 million from unused appropriations. Senate support follows as governors and lawmakers aim to approve by a late Friday/early Saturday session.
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Ay Brill
House
Lawrence
Senate
General Assembly
Water rate hike protest moves to Tenth and Philadelphia
The protest over water rate hikes in Indiana moves again to the corner of Tenth and Philadelphia Streets. Police Chief Harry H Owens urges area parents to assist in a smooth transition for children especially in lower grades.
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11Th
Philadelphia
Tenth
Harry H. Owens
Mable Beers
Robert Bud Baird
Indiana Insuranceman
John Lingenfelter
White Township
First ‘National Bank
West End Drive-In Bank
Philadelphia Street
Baltimore and Ohio
7Th
Washington Streets
West End
Edward B. Bennett
South Sixth Street
Tony
Grandview
Priority Bills On Jobless Aid Headed To Floor
In Washington the Senate Democratic leadership moves to assign the 8S, 1 number to the low in spirits areas bill and push it through for passage ahead of President-elect John F Kenne. The measure is expected to be the first Senate bill of the year. Dozens of other measures may be discarded in the coming days as the session begins. Also noted an attack with stink bombs at a Brussels store.
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Washington
APJ
Senate
John Fl Ken
Ned
Brussels
Romulo To Speak As ISC
Romulo will address ISC in his current role. He served as special envoy to the Philippines president to the United States from 1954 to 1955 with ambassadorial rank. He aided MacArthur in Bataan and Corregidor, later rising to Brigadier General and receiving numerous decorations. He led the Philippine delegation to the United Nations Conference in San Francisco in 1945.
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Philippines
United States
Romulo
MacArthur
Bataan
Corregidor
Australia
United States Army
Leyte
Manila
Philippine Congressional
Philippine Legion of Honor
Order of the Phoenix
United States Legion of Merit
Comander
Cuba
Mexico
Spain
Philippine Islands
Venezuela
Magsaysay
San Francisco
Kaufmanns Set for Mt Lebanon Store Plans
Kaufmanns outlines a multi million dollar suburban department store plan for Mount Lebanon. Officials said the investment would range from 5 to 46 million dollars and depend on a zoning change. The project would be built on a large site at the Washington and Gilkeson Roads intersection.
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Pittsburgh
Kaufmann
Mount Lebanon
Washington and Gilkeson Roads
Philippine diplomat wins multiple global honors
He led the Philippine Delegation to the United Nations General Assembly starting in London 1946 and attended subsequent sessions. He earned the Pulitzer Prize in Journalism for Far East correspondence before World War II, plus Gold Medals from World Government News 1947 and Woodrow Wilson Foundation, among others. He was named Freeman of Plymouth in 1948 and received Manila’s City Award for Merit in 1949.
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United Nations General Assembly
London
United Nations
Far East
World Government News
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Foundation
International Benjamin Franklin Society
Plymouth
England
City of
Manila
Sharp council debate over Cuban invasion charges
Woolworth spoke after the council met to discuss Cuban invasion charges. Roa and Wadsworth criticized U.S. actions while noting the White House decision to break relations with Castro. They argued the move enhances aggression and harms diplomacy as Guantanamo reports surfaced.
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Woolworth
United States
Cuba
White House
Roa
U.S
Wadsworth
Guatemata
U.S. Guantanamo Naval Base
John F. Kennedy
Eisenhower
Kennedy Flies to NYC for Cuba Defense Talks
President-elect Kennedy flies to New York to confer with defense chief designate Robert McNamara amid strained Cuba relations. They discuss the Cuban crisis, the Guantanamo base, and U.S. policy as the Eisenhower administration ends diplomatic ties with Castro. Kennedy also fills two defense posts, naming Cyrus Vance as general counsel and Charles Hitch as Pentagon chief financial officer.
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Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Palm Breach
Fla
John F. Kennedy
Fles
New York
Roberto
McNamara
Kennedy
Secretary of Defense
Eisenhower
Fidel Castro
Wodealo
Lally
Inisenhower
Pierre Saliiver
Kennedys
Department
Vaner
Senate
Vance
Charles J. Hitech
Pacific Palisades
Calif
Pentagon
Hitch
Defense
Research Council
The
Rand Corporation
Santa Monica
Cal
Obituary notes from Indiana area dated January 1961
Obituaries list Robert Fletcher of Lackawanna New York former Nu Mine resident with arrangements by Edwards Funeral Home Rural Valley. John Leez er 85 dies January 3 in Indiana Memorial Hospital born November 2 1875 in McKeesport. Miss Clar at McFeatters of Brush Valley Indiana County Pa dies January 3. Warry White Stephens 89 dies January 3 Indiana County. Russell Edward Randolph 60s dies January 3 Indiana Hospital. Martha Myrtle Mike s ell 76 dies January 2 Indiana Hospital. Myrtle Fiola Kissinger 77 dies January 2 Indiana Hospital. William Fe Kramp Sr 65 dies January 2 Indiana Hospital. Mike Wiscoe dies January 3 Fulton Run. Oliver T Longwill dies January 4 Indiana after long residence here. Burial and service details given for multiple local church and cemetery interments.
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Robert Fletcher
Lackawana
New York
Nu Mine
Edwards Funeral Home
Rural Valley
John Leezer
Indiana Memorial Hospital
McKeesport
Salvation Army
Silver Thread Circle
Sarah (Clawson) Lencer
Leezer
Henry Potzinger
East Pike
Clarat, McFeatters
Indiana R.D
Brush Valley
Brush Valley Township
Indiana Co
John Anderson
Nancy Roll McFeatters
Brush Valley U. P
Warry White Stephens
William C. Stephens
Mr. Stephens
Cherryhill
Tnp
Penn Run
Giles
Catherine Craig Stephens
Minnie Sweeney
Crete United Presbyterian Church
Center Township
Republican Party
White Township
Stephens
Hill Top
Leda K. Stephens
Ross
Laura Belle) Holmes
New Bloomfield
H. Glenn Stephens
Frenchburg
Indiana
Ira A. Stephens
Drayton
Ohi
Edward
James
David
Wesley
William
Benjamin
Millipan
Charles
Melinda Pick
Nancy Haddon
Ida Brown
Blanche Edwards
Laura Coy
Robinson- Lytle's
Russell Edward Randolph
Edith Lorenz Randolph
N.0th
Street
Indiana Hospital
Irwin
Harry E
Margaret Mortimer Randolph
Randolph
Larimer
Westinghouse Corporation
Syntron Company
First Methodist Church of Indiana
F & AM Lodge
Daugherty Chapter
Knights Templar Lodge
Johstown
Jaffa
Indiana County Shrine Club
American Institute of Electrical Engineers
American Institute of Management
BPOE
Rotary Club of Indiana
Robinson - Lytle's
R. W. Falls
Oakeand Cemetery
Indiana County Heart Association
Myrtle Fiola Kissinger
Walter Kissinger
Myr-Walt
Homer City
Janus ‘Uary
Dinsmore
Melissa Macs Dick
Calvary United Presbyterian Church of Indiana
James Reid
Greenwood Cemetery
William Fe, Kramp SR
South Main Street
Ramey
Kramp
Homer City Presbyterian Church
Askew Funeral Home
Joseph of. Gilkey
Mike, Wiscoe
Fulton Run
Italy
R, and P, Coal Company
U.M.W
A. Ernest
Oliver
Jake) Longwill
Austin P. Anderson
Dixonville
John A
Elizabeth Boucher Longwill
Homer B
la Habra
Cal
Anshn PB. Anderson
Rache
Rockefeller Seeks Record NY Budget and Tax Refund
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller urged a record 2.5 billion NY budget with more for education highways and aid. He proposed a 10 percent personal income tax refund while seeking re election and outlining fiscal changes since 1959 including a payroll withholding system and projected revenue shifts versus 1958-59.
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Albany
N.Y
Nelsson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
New York
Tiscat
Milian
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Oakland Cemetery
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Fred Longwill
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Austin P. Anderson Jr
Hill Funeral Home
Church Street
Indiana Evening Gazette
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