Cuban diplomats resign as Castro regime shifts posts
In Madrid, veteran Cuban diplomat Luis Sotto Figueroa says he is technically retired after being replaced for not being a Communist. Exiled officials report Igilio Remos Caraballal and Oscar Jorgane told to leave Madrid posts. Fernando Gainza Gonzalez also signed off.
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Luis Sotto Figueroa
Castro Reme
Sotto
Uban
Xiled
Igilio Remos Caraballal
Vigo
Oscar Renzo Jorgane
Adrid
Vienna
Ernando Gainza Gonzalez
Ginza
Spain
Cuba
Tto
Juana
Jorge
Caraballal
Jorgano
Isidro Rosales
Red China Reports Border Withdrawals and Indian Captures
Tokyo report says China pulled troops back from Kokihsiniang to Kelu on the eastern border while India increases armed forces with American aid. New China News Agency says 1 181 Indians held after war and that India shifts its economy toward war with U S funding.
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Tokyo
UPI
Red China
India
Peking Radio
Kokihsiniang
Kelu
Communist
New China
United States
Christmas Cards Trigger Bomb Scare in England
In Liverstock England a cardboard box with no return address prompted George Andrew to alert police recalling a recent mail bomb case. Two officers opened the box and found dozens of Christmas cards Andrews had ordered.
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Liverstock
England
UPI
George Andrew
Andrews
Bay of Pigs Prisoners Near Release Reported
1 113 Bay of Pigs prisoners may be released soon as James B. Donovan travels to Havana to finalize arrangements. A Red Cross line ship stands by to carry medicine and food for Castro’s ransom demand, with details such as release order still under negotiation.
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Donovan
Havana
Cuba
Fidel Castro
New York
James B. Donovan
Cuban Families Committee For the Liberation of Prisoners of War
Town and Village
Miami News
Miami
Alvaro Sanchez
Cuban Families Committee
Berta Barreto
Washington
State Department
Castro
American Red Cross
Farrell Lines
Baltimore
Baltimore Sun
Russia
Francis Gary Powers
Rudolf Abel
UPI
Caribbean
Lighter Side: Economics Humour From Washington
Dick West riffs on cotton subsidies and farm price supports in Congress. He mocks export subsidies that help foreign mills buy U S cotton cheaper, then notes the circular subsidy idea would pay to raise and lower prices, ending with a quip about Alice in Wonderland.
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Dick West Washington
UPD
House
U. S
U.S
Subcommittee
Jack
Cupid Gets Assist That's A Piper
An ad in the St Louis Post Dispatch lists an engagement by Miss Phyllis Ann Waller, 25, promising marriage after a flight log dated December 9 1962 from St Louis to Jefferson City. Pilot John J Morganthaler states in the log that she consented to wed after being offered marriage or jumping from the plane at New Merle Missouri.
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ST. Louis
APD
John J. Morganthaler
Post- Dispatch
New Merle
Missouri
Phyllis Ann Waller
Nevadans in Service in Okinawa and aboard Kitty Hawk
Nevada service members include Pvt Richard B. Loden of Las Vegas assigned to the 1st Artillery on Okinawa and Fort Buckner. Michael W. Gallagher of North Las Vegas serves aboard USS Kitty Hawk, currently deployed overseas with planned foreign port visits. Robert E. Palm of Las Vegas sails aboard USS Hornet in the Western Pacific and returns to the United States December 20.
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Army
Richard B. Loden
Norman Ave
Las Vegas
the & Artillery
Okinawa
Loden
Artillery
Fort Buckner
Fort Ord
Calif
Rancho High
Michael W. Gallagher
USN
James Lenhart
Salt Lake Ave
United States
L” St
Western Pacific
Seventh Fleet
Long Beach
Far East
Hong Kong
Philippines
Japan
Hawaii
Panic at South Ockendon Post Office Three Mailmen Cause Alarm
Police responding to a telephone tip traced a mail truck fleeing the South Ockendon post office to three part-time postmen in overalls who had been hired for the Christmas rush. The men were non uniformed and driving the vehicle when observed.
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South Ockendon, Eng
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