Four man team heads to Havana over tractor swap
A four man U S team leaves for Havana to negotiate with Fidel Castro on swapping 500 tractors for 1 200 Cuban invasion prisoners. The Tractors for Freedom Committee led by Mrs Franklin D Roosevelt Walter Reuther and Milton Eisenhower aims to finalize terms in about a day then return. The effort hinges on Castro agreeing to specifics while avoiding prisoner exchanges.
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Washington
Havana
Fidel Castro
U.S
Tractors-for-Freedom Committee
Castro
Miami
United States
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Walter P. Reuther
Milton Eisenhower
Kennedy
Gable's Son Christened In Catholic Ceremony
John Clark Gable, 10 week old son of Clark Gable, cried loudly during his Catholic christening at St Cyril's Church Encino. Marilyn Monroe and other stars watched as his godmother Mrs Carl Leigh carried him past spectators on the church steps. Kay Gable, the mother, patting the baby, wore a nervous smile while Rev Michael Lalor led the rite. About 100 invited guests attended the ceremony.
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Hollywood
John Clark Gable
Clark Gable
Marilyn Monroe
Carl Leigh
St. Cyril’s Roman Catholic Church
Encino
Kay Gable
Michael Lalor
State Faces Crisis Over New Kansas Flag Design
Topeka AP says Secretary of State Paul R. Shanahan must redesign Kansas flag after a 1961 centennial design added Kansas to a blue field but outsized proportions. A manufacturer warned three feet seven inches by five feet eight inches is too large to pair with other state flags, so Shanahan plans a near official three by five foot flag until 1963 legislative action.
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Topeka
Paul R. Shanahan
Kansas
Shanahan
United States
Godwin Named Assistant Secretary for Lay Relations
Wendell R. Godwin former Topeka school superintendent is named assistant secretary for lay relations of the Kansas State Teachers Association. He will succeed Minter E. Brown on July 1 as Brown retires after 18 years with the association.
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Topeka
Wendell R. Godwin
Kansas State Teachers Association
Minter E. Brown
Brown
Association
US Canada plan exchange fuels GOP criticism of Kennedy
Washington DC Republican leaders attack President Kennedy over the Cuba air power plan for Cuban freedom fighters while Washington and Ottawa confirm a military aircraft exchange. Canada to acquire 86 F 104 Voodoo fighters and 20 CF 105 Starfighters to be produced for NATO use with Canada operating the Pine Tree radar line. US pays 240 million of 320 million total costs.
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Washington
William E. Miller
Kennedy
Miller
Pennsylvania
Hugh Scott
Joseph S. Clark
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Cuba
Scott
Clark
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Canada
United States
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
U.S
Violence Erupts In Alps Dispute
In Bolzano Italy predawn blasts hit six communities in the South Tyrol conflict as a road worker died after a dynamite charge exploded near him. Extremists push for autonomy for the German speaking population amid Italy Austria tensions. Power towers were toppled and repairs will take miles of travel through rugged terrain leaving areas without electricity for a time.
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Bolzano
Italy
South Tyrol
Austria
Wheat freight derails near Ottawa Kansas
Two war loads of wheat and six tank cars derailed Sunday twelve miles east of Ottawa. No injuries reported. An unrelated line notes octopuses have three hearts and a keen brain among invertebrates.
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Ottawa, Kan
Santa Fe
Ottawa
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