Goldwater claims Cuba reconnaissance halted
Sen. Barry Goldwater says the United States suspended low level reconnaissance over Cuba on Feb 9 and uses electronic car planes to listen from outside Cuban territory. An official source disputed the claim saying low altitude flights continued alongside high level U2 missions. Goldwater notes planes gauge details to a generator and that the new method avoids Cuban air defenses.
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Barry Goldwater
United States
Cuba
Cuban
Goldwater
Air Force Reserve
Robert S. McNamara
Senate Armed Services Committee
Navy
Air Force
McNamara
U.S
Congress
Central Intelligence Agency
John A. McCone
House Foreign Affairs
McCone
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Russians Leave Cuba for Russia in Havana Transfer
About 2,000 Russians departed Havana aboard a Soviet liner as a second vessel arrived. Authorities would not disclose the ship name or destination. The White House had said Moscow would withdraw several thousand military personnel from Cuba by mid March, including guards of missiles and bombers and Soviet trainers of Cuban forces.
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Havana
Havana Bay
White House
Kremlin
Cuba
Weather forecast mild in northeast Kansas through Sunday
Continued mild weather in northeast Kansas with low of 30 tonight and high of 56 to 55 on Sunday. Yesterday’s high 88 and low 22. year ago today high 40 and low 16. records for this date: high of five in 1956 and low of 1043.
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Kansas
Ind
Panther Killed After Terrorizing Jungleland in Thousand Oaks
In Thousand Oaks California AP reports gospel singer Stuart Hamblen shot and killed a female panther that had escaped Jungleland Wild Animal Compound and hunted residents, despite two days of alarms. Hamblen and partner Ronnie Page cornered the animal under a warehouse and fired with a 30 30 rifle, ending the threat to nearby children.
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Thousand Oaks
Calif
San Diego
Stuart Hamblen
Conenjo Valley
Jungleland Wild Animal
Caifornia
Jungleland Compound
Hamblen
Hoi
Hambien
Ronnie Page
Page
Raney Hillcrest and Plaza Sun Ad for Hours
Advertisement notes complete service hours from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. for Raney Hillcrest and Plaza Sun locations.
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Raney Hillcrest & Plaza Sun
Cuba Accused In Kidnap Of Dozen In Bahama Waters
Charles Ashmann, a Miami lawyer, says four of the Cuban detainees have been executed and appeals to the United States, Czechoslovakia, and Great Britain to assist. Eight captives are Cuban fishermen from Miami. Bahamas police rendezvous with the British navy off Day Sal following an Elbow Cay air survey.
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Kenneth Walmsley
Bahamas
Sal
J. E. L. Martin
D.S
West Indies
Elbow Cay
Walmsley
Charles Ashmann
Miami
Fla
Castro
Cuba
Ashmann
Washington
United States
Czechoslovakia
Great Britain
Ashmans
Mars Balloons Return to Earth Near Pulaski
Giant tandem balloons carrying a 3 inch telescope landed along a fence row 10 miles north of Pulaski after a Mars gazing mission. Scientists expect data to help assess life potential on Mars. Deputies guard the balloons as a Huntsville team prepares to inspect the site on U S 31.
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Pulaski, Tenn
Pulaski
Huntaville
Ala
U.S. 31
Asst
Smith Leng
Huntsville
Strafing Flights By 18 U S Fliers Noted in Fiasco
Birmingham journalist Albert C. Persons and 21 Americans were hired to replace inexperienced Cuban crews for Bay of Pigs air operations. They became 18 pilots tasked with strafing in converted cargo planes. four Birmingham natives died April 19 1961 and their bodies were not recovered.
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Birmingham
Ala
United States
Albert C. Persons
Birmingham Examiner
U.S
Kennedy
Central Intelligence Agency
Pena
Wold
Persons
Wilton B. Persons
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Alabama
Gordon Persons
Five Marines Dead In Subic Bay Helicopter Crash
Five U S Marines died in a helicopter crash near Subic Bay Naval Base in the Philippines. Two other Marines were burned and one is missing, according to the U S Navy report.
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Manila
U.S
Subic Bay Naval Base
U.S. Navy
Rockefeller Wife Wins Record Divorce Settlement in Houston
Mrs. Cecil Blaffer Hudson won an uncontested settlement of 6 million dollars in domestic relations court in Houston. The 58 year old Humble Oil heiress shared custody of two sons and received the family home valued at 350000 plus one million in paintings and sculptures. Hudson, founder of Hud son Oil and Gas Co, had been married since 1943 and separated in 1960.
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Cecil Blaffer Hudson
Edward J. Hudson
Houston
Tex
Hudson
New York
New Jersey
Hudson Oil and Gas Co
Hudson Engineering Co
Newport
R. I
Joseph Lee Blaffer
Humble Oil Co
Atlanta Berlin Wall barricades torn down after court order
In Atlanta a state judge ordered dismantling of wood and steel barriers across Peyton and Harlan roads, ending a weeks-long racial controversy. Mayor Ivan Allen Jr. said the city would not contest the ruling as officials emphasized finding living space for Atlanta's growing Negro population. White homeowners had erected the barriers to block Negro movement into a white neighborhood amid pressure to sell.
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Atlanta
Peyton
Harlan
Superior Court
George P. Whitman
Ivan Allen Jr
Whitman
Aldermanic Board
Continued Pleasant Weather Near Weekend Finish
The forecast calls for warm weather to continue through Sunday with little temperature change. Overnight lows around 34 and Sunday highs forecast between 50 and 55 as skies stay fair to partly cloudy. Friday’s high reached 53 with no significant weather shifts expected.
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Weather Bureau
Wakarusa Watershed Work Plans Near Completion
Plans for the Wakarusa Watershed are nearing completion yet require substantial work on conservation practices before operation. Conservation is essential to keep land in production and minimize silt in water retaining structures, with about 75 percent of Douglas County farms already participating at various levels.
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Wakarusa
Douglas County
Douglas County Soil Conservation District
Conservation effort ties watershed plan to farm practices
Douglas County Soil Conservation District official Melvon Wertzberger says financial aid backs farmers adopting conservation plans. The Wakarusa Watershed spans Douglas Osage Shawnee and Wabaunsee counties, with 32 000 flood prone acres and estimated annual flood loss of 616 760 dollars. Five state lakes need 250 000 dollars each for replacement due to silt buildup. Wertzberger stresses watershed and county farm conservation must progress together for success.
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Melvon Wertzberger
Douglas County Soil Conservation District
Wakarusa
Wakarusa River
Douglas
Osage
Shawnee
Wabaunsee
Kansas River
Eudora
State Fish & Game Commission
George Moore
Moore
Wertzberger
Monet Work to Hang at KU Museum Exhibition
Claude Monet's Winter on the Seine Vetheuil will be displayed at the Kansas University Art Museum during the 1962 63 Twentieth Century Painting show. The 26 by 36 inch oil is a new gift from Mr and Mrs William A Findlay Jr of Chicago arriving for Sunday's opening reception.
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Claude Monet
Kansas University Art Museum
Seine
Vetheuil
Monet
William A. Findlay Jr
Chicago
Arizona University
KU Museum
Marilyn Stokstad
Culbertson seeks election to Lawrence school board
Ray L. Culbertson 36 of 918 Murrow Ct announces candidacy for the Lawrence Board of Education in the April 2 city election. He is first vice president and Lawrence manager for Capitol Federal Savings and Loan Assn and joins Dr C O Nauman Incumbent Oscar Rumsey and Mrs Ethan Allen on the ballot. Culbertson filed plans March 8 deadline and cites civic responsibility as motive. He moved from Topeka in 1983 and has 15 years in banking with a Kansas University degree. He and wife Frieda Wray have three children.
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Ray L. Culbertson
Murrow
Lawrence Board of Education
Lawrence
Capitol Federal Savings and Loan Assn
Culberton
Citizens Committee For
C. O. Nauman
Oscar Rumsey
Ethan Allen
Culbertson
School Board of City Commission
City Hall
Citizens Committee
Rock Chalk's Big Dump Fractures History at KU Revue
The 14th Rock Chalk Revue at the University of Kansas features the Theta-ATO skit The Big Dump a Boston Tea Party parody with Samuel Adams Betsy Ross and colonists opposing Lord North. A near capacity crowd saw the spoof with a harbor tea raid and a twist on monopoly charges at the Union Jack Bookstore.
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Kappa Alpha Theta Sorority
Alpha Tau Omega Fraternity
Kansas University
Hoch Auditorium
Samuel Adams
Betsy Ross
Adams
The
All Suffering Colonists
ASC
Lord North
Union Jack
Ben Franklin
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