Guatemala Seeks Latin Embassies for Rebel Exiles
Guatemala's leftist government watches Latin embassies for fugitives after a police round up of opposition leaders. Newspapers report raids found little evidence of an uprising, while diplomats see signs of organized anti government intelligence. Five top opponents have asylum in El Salvador and Ecuador embassies, with guards posted to block further escapes. The US criticizes Guatemala for arms from Poland fueling instability, and reports claim recruiters for Col. Carlos Castillo Armas are near the Honduran border amid talk of a vast rebel conspiracy.
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Jacob Arbenz
el Salvador
Ecuador
Guatemala plotter seeks press to claim assassination order
In Tegucigalpa a 45-year-old man calling himself Rafael Mendez Rodriguez said Guatemala's secret police chief ordered his killing of Col. Castillo. He told Castillo of the plot the day after arriving in El Salvador in March, summoning reporters to a news conference yesterday.
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Tegucigalpa
Honduras
Rafael Mendez Rodriguez
Guatemala
Col. Castillo
Mendez
Castillo
el Salvador
Women Ask Scions Advice On Problems
Washington column notes that voters write to Congress for guidance and lawmakers occasionally seek advice. Sen. William Knowland of California received a letter from a woman upset by a collision with a large truck. She argued the truck was fine but her car was badly damaged and questioned police on her supposed fault on a one way street.
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Harman W. Nichols
Washington
Congress
Sen
William Knowland
California
Knowland
Hungary's Living Standard Rises Yet Trails West Europe
AP correspondent Richard O Regan reports from Budapest on the Communist regime s new approach boosting consumer goods and living quality for the upper classes while the general population still earns far less than in prewar Western Europe. Despite more Western goods and freer press taste, Hungarians remain cautious and restless about the regime.
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Hungary
West
Europe
Budapest
Red
Russia
Soviet
West Europe
Hollywood
America
George Gershwin
Jerome Kern
Unusual Letter and Western Tales Highlight Local Page
Rep Olin Teague receives a quirky constituent note about a forgotten $1000 savings. Deputy SecDef Robert B. Anderson recalls a Waggoner Ranch tale of a bronc smashed rider who rode to the bunkhouse to clean up. Ceylon’s Malaya envoy Saravanamuttu tours globally, jokingly dubbed Uncle Sara. A tourist misreads prologue inscription at Archives, cabbie quips Shakespeare means you ain’t seen nothing yet.
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Olin E. Teague
Texas
Robert B. Anderson
Waggoner Ranch
Anderson
Batchelor Signs Non-Red Oath in POW Case
Cpl. Claude Batchelor of Kermit Texas, a former prisoner of the Koreas, signed a non-Communist affidavit at Fort Sam Houston to enable about 4000 dollars back pay. His civilian counsel Joel Westbrook plans to use part for his defense and the rest to bring his Japanese wife Kyoto Batchelor from Tokyo to the United States amid an Army inquiry into possible court martial for collaboration with the enemy.
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San Antonio
Tex
U. S
Korea
Claude Batchelor
Kermit, Tex
Fort Sam Houston
Post Prison
Batchelor
Joel Westbrook
Kyoto
Tokyo
Army
Japanese Climbing Team Fails on Ganesh Himal
Katmandu reports say a 15 member Japanese expedition attempting Mt Ganesh Himal in the Himalayas failed. The group withdrew from their third camp and could not proceed. An alternative route search also failed as the climbers headed back to Kathmandu.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mt. Ganesh Himal
Himalayas
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The Constitution's Yesteryears Ten Years Ago Summary
Ten years ago U S troops reached Rome during a march through St Mrs C M Marsh recipient of a minor operation Glenn Leslie Reel joins the Navy Pvt Walner W LaLande sustains a leg injury in an accident Twenty years ago Mary Steddom Carnegie librarian heads to Wewoka for summer break Mr and Mrs Richard Simon attend Oklahoma University commencement Fort Silk Indian School graduates from the area Thirty years ago a touring car costs 295 Dr G Dunlap returns from Alabama Shrine meet in Kansas City Roy's band performs a public concert John and William Lamb return from Emporia College to spend the summer in the area
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U. S
F of
Rome
C. M. Marsh
Columbie
Glenn Leslie Reel
Walters
Navy
Walner W. LaLande
Mary Steddom
Carnegie Librarian
Wewoka
Richard Simon
Oklahoma University
Fort Silk Indian School
G. Dunlap
Alsr
J. L. Davis
Kansas City
Roy
John
William Lamb
Emporia College
Kansas
Guard Firing Squad Performs Double Duty in Mass
National Guard firing squad at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery on Memorial Day performed a second task when they spotted a fire in a nearby parked car. Soldiers quickly used sand from their helmets to extinguish the blaze before resuming ceremonies.
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North Andover
Mass
PBA National Guard
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery
Californians Held In Roadside Theft
Californians Earl C. Shields of Weesena and James A. Strong of Loseles were arrested after a roadside armed holdup of an Indian couple near Frazier and his wife. Frazier was shot in the right arm as the pair tried to rob them. Strong faces charges of attempting to murder, with formal charges to follow once the county attorney recovers from illness.
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Panhandle
Tex
Earl C. Shields
Weesena
Calif
Shields
James A. Stronger
Loseles
Wake Frazier
Strong
Pampa
Frazier
Frank P. Dove
Three POWs Receive Oklahoma Cross of Valor
Lawton men receive the Oklahoma Cross of Valor for prior POW service. Posthumous award to Charles F. King, who died in a Japanese camp in 1945. Fain King accepts for his son. Williamson and King among others recognized. Laughlin presents the crosses for Gov. Murray.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
King
Roosevelt
Tack F R. Williamson
Gore
Belgium
Marion J. Callaway
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M. Saravanamuttu
Malaya
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Harry Routh
Fred Melton
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Indianapolis
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