Castro Prefers Roosevelt Ike for Havana Negotiations
Fidel Castro said he will receive a four man U S delegation to work on swapping 1200 Cuban rebels for 500 tractors and possibly exchange prisoners held in the U S Puerto Rico Nicaragua and Guatemala. He said Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and Milton Eisenhower would be preferable but not indispensable and that the talks must have full negotiating authority.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Puerto Rico
Nicaragua
Guatemala
Castro
U. S
Tractors-for-Freedom Committee
Freedom Committee
Detroit
Freedom Group
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Milton Eisenhower
Cuba
Manuel Artime
Francisco
the Hook) Molina
New York
Derelict in Duty Will Face Court Martial in Texas Tower Collapse
The Air Force orders Col. William M. Banks to face a court martial for derelict in duty after the Texas Tower radar collapse that killed 28 sailors. Two other officers had charges dropped, and a Senate subcommittee investigates warnings about the tower’s failing structure.
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Texas
Washington
Air Force
Atlantic Ocean
William M. Banks
Banks
Boston
Air Defense
Robert M. Lee
William R. Sheppard
Reginald L. Stark
Lee
Raleigh
W.va
No. 4
Senate
Texas Tower
Theodore Kuss
Joseph V. Charyk
Possible Break In Laos Talks In The Making
In Geneva a possible breakthrough emerges as U S Ambassador Harriman delivers a Kennedy approved note to Andrei Gromyko. Gromyko shows eagerness to resume 14 nation talks but offers no concrete compromise. Khrushchev urged resumption after Vienna meet while rebels press Padong and cease fire remains unsettled.
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Laos
Geneva
U. S
W. Averell Harriman
Andrei A. Gromyko
Kennedy
Harriman
Gromyko
Lord Home
London
Padong
Xieng Khouang
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Vienna
Washington
Moscow
Wisconsin GOP Pushes Party Delegates to Nominees
The Wisconsin Republican Executive Committee urged replacing popular delegate selection with party caucus and convention based choice for national conventions. The move aims to strengthen party control while preserving a provisional popularity test for presidential nominees.
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la Crosse Tribune
Madison
Eau Claire
Wis
Wisconsin
GOP
Claude J. Jasper
Jasper
Patrick J. Lucey
Democratic State Committee
Resolutions Committee
Convention Resolutions Group
Robert Haase
Marinette County
Wisconsin Assembly
Stevenson Encounters Anti American Blast In Uruguay
Adlai Stevenson faced protests in Montevideo as university speakers denounced him as an envoy of Wall Street and urged him to depart Uruguay during his Latin American tour. The Uruguayan government opposed any action against Cuba and warned against armed intervention.
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Montevideo
Uruguay
Adlai Stevenson
Brazil
Fidel Castro
U.S
United Nations
Wall Street
Stevenson
Kennedy
Castro
Cuba
Rio de Janeiro
Janio Quadros
Quadros
Latin America
Americas
Hemisphere
Council
Eduardo Victor Haedo
Negro Track Stars Refuse to Enter Houston Meet
In Houston Texas segregation controversy hits a major track meet as twenty Negro stars led by Ralph Boston and John Thomas refuse to cross a picket line at Jeppesen Stadium. The withdrawal by Texas Southern follows seating segregation protests triggering a pinked demonstration with 30 picketers. The event proceeds with no world or national marks as fans are refunded.
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Houston
Tex
Texas
Ralph Boston
Tennessee State
John ‘Thomas
Boston University
Jeppesen Stadium
Texas Southern
Eldrewey J. Stearnes
Progressive Youth Association
Boston
Thomas
Stearnes
University of Houston
Johnny Morriss
Moscow Watches London Ceremony on TV
Moscow viewers watched Queen Elizabeth II and the Trooping the Colour on a London telecast as Soviet channels offered competing programs with Khrushchev, Brezhnev, and Sukarno. Reception was reported as superb though no ratings service exists to compare audience sizes.
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Moscow
London
Khrushchev
Leonid I. Breznev
Sukarno
Indonesia
Kremlin
La Crosse Man Aboard Missing Cargo Plane
The son of a La Crosse State College professor is listed as navigator of a missing U S Air Force cargo plane with eight aboard. The craft disappeared en route from Japan to Midway Island. Capt Leon M Miller of Hamilton Air Force Base is unaccounted for.
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la Crosse State College
U.S. Air Force
Pacific Ocean
Midway Island
Japan
Leon M. Miller
Hamilton Air Force Base
California
Leon W. Miller
Cliffside Drive
Drowning At Local Beaches Claims Two Boys
Two youths drowned Friday at unguarded beaches in La Crosse County. Virgil Kinstler 18 Hokah Minn and David Steiger 15 Chippewa Falls were both listed as drownings. Kinstler was a Luther High School student and Steiger had been staying with Mrs. Mazuk. Lifeguards responded as searches were launched and bodies recovered.
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la Crosse County
Virgil Kinstler
Arnold Kinstler
Hokah
Minn
Lake Neshonoe
West Salem
William Boma
David Steiger
Mike Mazuk
Chippewa Falls
Pettibone Beach
Mississippi River
la Crosse
Virgil
Luther High School
Onalaska
Neshonoe
Boma
Pettibone
Eugene Fry
Steiger
Gary McMullen
Redfield St
Gary
Helen
David
McMullen
Beach
David Michio
Dad King
Central
Transferred Pastor Truitt to River Falls Church
Rev Richard Truitt longtime Onalaska Methodist pastor moves to First Methodist Church River Falls and to minister to River Falls State College students. Announcement made at West Wisconsin Annual Conference in Superior with other Central District changes.
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Richard Truitt
Onalaska
First Methodist Church
River Falls
River Falls State College
Truitt
Superior
Wis
West Wisconsin
The
Methodist Church
University of Wisconsin
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
Ill
Mr. Truitt
la Crosse Area
la Crosse Hospital
Barbara
Peter
Ellen
Alton
Central District
Gordon Welch
Ellsworth
Hartland
di Bluif
Medford
Bruce Willett
Cataract
Shamrock
Melrose
Albany
Lloyd Mauer
Biellsville
Granton
Pleasant Ridge
Lelan Shaw
New Lisbon
Necedah
Dellwood
Blue River
Ralph Koelemay
Spencer
Osceola
Tornado Hurts Dozens in Ravenna Kentucky Church Collapse
A tornado struck Ravenna Kentucky injuring more than 50 and damaging a church where 23 children studied. A 9 year old girl died in nearby Lee County as Guardians, Civil Defense, and Red Cross units patrolled the area.
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Ravenna
Kentucky
Blue Grass
Lee County
Millard Webb
National Guard
Civil Defense
Red Cross
Bush
Estill County
Irvine
Kentucky River
Bellpoint
Valerie Hope Collins
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el Pais
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Fla
Harry Kelly
Daisy
Donna
Col
By Carl Hartman
By John Wyngaard
John F. Kennedy
Philip Kuehn
Milwaukee
Jack Olson
Wisconsin Dells
Gaylord Nelson
Alexander Wiley
Wiley
Yerly Committee
Max Harrelson
Sao ‘Paulo
Elnora Miller
Miller
Lake Gilmore
Minong
Capt. Miller
Central High School
San Diego State College
Stuart
Glen
Susan)Schwanburg
St. Cloud
Nancy Grey
Decorah
Towa
Associated Press
Schumacher Funeral Home
Neshonoc
Rev. Truitt
Tribune
UPI
Glen Burnie
Louisville & Nashville Railroad
Eastern Kentucky
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Betsy
Floyd Bush
Columbia
Wide Creek
Here
Weather Bureau
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Newport
Brad Collins
Daniel Collins
W. M. Noland
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