Last Man Out of Bay of Pigs Invasion Speaks
Isidoro Noriega, the last prisoner to leave Cuba after the Bay of Pigs mission, recalls 20 months of torment from prison to airlift. He describes weight loss, hunger, and fear, and vows that the next time they return they will win. His wife Lillian and children share the emotional reunion.
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Oscar Praley
United Press International
Miami
Sidoro Noriega
Wings of Freedom
Cuba
Noriega
Isidoro Noriega
Valley Forge
Lillian Noriega
Lilliana
Isidore
Lone Ranger
Alex
Giron Beach
Igter
Sport Palace
Havana
Naval Hospital
Principe
Isle of Pines
United States
San Antonio
Type Cast Opera Singers Like in Movies and TV
Rise Stevens says opera stars often become typecast as iconic characters in film and TV. She cites Octavian and Carmen as examples and notes fellow mezzo-sopranos Blanche Thebom have found success in similar roles. Stevens plans to explore other characters while staying busy with operatic, concert, TV, and recording dates. She is married to Walter Surovy. they have a son, Nicholas, 17. The family splits time between a Park Avenue apartment and a West Hampton home.
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New York
UPI
Rise Stevens
Carmen
Octavian
Richard Strauss
Miss Stevens
Park Avenue
Blanche Thebom
Walter Surovy
Paul Henreid
Nicholas
Park Ave
Urovy
West Hampton
Long Island
Leap From Window Injures Peabody Girl
In Peabody Massachusetts a 13 year old Ruth Pohj fractured her ankle leaping from a second floor window after hearing voices she thought burglars at 3 a.m. The burglars were her parents returning from Christmas Eve mass, a practice taught by Victor John for emergencies.
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Peabody, Mass
UPI
Ruth Pohj
Victor John
Sawyer Signs New Power Contract With Parker Davis System
Governor Sawyer announced a contract between the Colorado River Commission of Nevada and the United States for electric service from the Parker Davis system to southern Nevada. The pact increases energy to over 100 million kilowatt hours beyond the prior agreement and sets more favorable costs. Executed also were contracts with listed customers and a power exchange agreement with the Salt River Project to secure delivery to the region.
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Conor Grant Sawyer
A.B. West
Bureau of
Salt River
Nevada
Bureau
United States
West
Bureau of Reclamation
Parker Davis Power Energy
Spri
Sawyer
Colorado River Commission
Commission
Flin**ote Company
Stauffer Chemical Company
National Lead Company
Basic Management Inc
Ameri
Victor I. Corbeil
Salt River Project
Corbeil
Grant Sawyer
Bureau of Land Management
Carson City
Medical fraud and quackery target seniors in wake of aging
Washington reports Sen. Pat McNamara chairs hearings on fake medicine and bogus health foods starting January 15. He cites arthritis drugs and misleading promotions costing seniors over a billion dollars yearly, with old age scams replacing carnival hucksters.
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Washington
UPT
Pat McNamara
O-Mich
McNamara
Clergyman Quits Village Store for Night Postal Job
The Rev Victor Sheldrick, a Methodist minister in Werrington England, says he left running the village store to take a night job at the post office because some customers stopped visiting after learning he is a clergyman.
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Werrington
England
UPI
Victor Sheldrick
Adding Machine Burns Down Shop in Los Angeles Fire
The shop president said he was tallying Christmas sales when the adding machine printed $99,000 and burst into flames from an electrical fault. Fire caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to the sportswear shop.
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Los Angeles
APS
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Steeet
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Roxy
Sahara Hotel
Beachcomber
Billy Allen
Sauara
Bik
Santa
Thunderbird Optimist Club
Thunderbird Hotel
Can Potash & Chemical Corp
Pacific Engineering & Production Co
Overton Power T Srnel
Amargosa Valley
Parker Davis Power System
Furn
Pinance Companys
Harry Kay & Associates Commodities
15Th & Charleston
Chicago Board OF Trade
LAS Vegas Sun
APT
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