Ohio Adventurer Awaiting Verdict in Cuban Trial
American adventurer William A. Morgan and 13 others face a military tribunal in Havana on charges of arming anti Castro rebels in Escambray. Defense says no verdict yet though reports claimed Morgan and Maj. Jesus Carreras were sentenced to death. Morgan linked to prior Cuban counterspy case and ran a frog farm exporting $2 million in frog legs. Morgan renounced U.S. citizenship in 1959 proclaiming I am Cuban.
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Havana
William A. Morgan
Jorge Luis Carro
Carro
Morgan
Maj
Jesus Carreras
la Cabana
Escambray
Castro
Cuba
United States
Washington
Elizabeth Taylor Faces Minor Recovery Setback
London reports actress Elizabeth Taylor, 29, suffered a slight setback in recovering from double pneumonia. Doctors were summoned to her hospital room urgently, but a friend said the complication is not serious enough to return her to danger. She has been hospitalized for a week.
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London
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
11 SW Ohio Counties Hold New Airport Talks
Community and business leaders from 11 southwest Ohio counties meet in Middletown for a conference on a proposed regional jet airport. The plan, first broached last year by Dayton Mayor R. W. Patterson, would place the facility midway between Cincinnati and Dayton.
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Ohio
Middletown
R. W. Patterson
Dayton
Cincinnati
Nixon Declines To Seek California Governor Post
Former vice president Richard M. Nixon said he will not run for governor of California next year. He urged Republicans to seek new faces, predict a sweeping victory in California, and outlined a plan to boost GOP power while stating he is not a candidate.
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Sacramento
Calif
Richard M. Nixon
California
Republican State Central
Nixon
Ife
Joseph C. Shell
Los Angeles
Shell
House
Senate
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Thomas H. Kuchel
Congress
Leader Araes Negroes To OK Racial Pact
The Associated Press reports Martin Luther King Jr urged Atlanta Negroes to accept a desegregation lunch-counter agreement with major stores aimed to reopen counters on a segregated basis until school desegregation occurs. The plan sparked mixed views among leaders and prompted Easter boycott actions in Rock Hill and Louisville.
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Associated Press
Martin Luther King Jr
Atlanta
King
Atlanta Chamber of Commerce
Warren Methodist Church
Rock Hill
S. C
Louisville
University of Georgia At Athens
Atty. A. T. Walden
Samuel Williams
Williams
James Farmer
New York
Congress of Racial Equality
Winthrop College
South Carolina
York County
Martinsville
Durham
N. C
Duke University
North Carolina College
J. Neal Hughley
Laison
North Carolina
Joseph Charles Jones
Johnson C. Smith University
Charlotte
Oxford
Billy C. Barton
Pontotoc
Miss
University of Mississippi
Eisenhower heads to Gulf fishing trip
Ex-President Dwight D. Eisenhower leaves Palm Springs for deep sea fishing in the Gulf of California with Charles Jones president of Richfield Oil Co.
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Palm Springs
Calif
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Gulf of California
Charles Jones
Richfield Ou Co
Kennedy plan seeks compromise on feed grain program
Washington AP reports the Kennedy administration works on a compromise to resolve Senate and House clashes over the emergency feed grain program. Central dispute is whether Secretary Freeman may sell surplus grain below price supports, a move critics say would depress prices and force compliance. The Senate approved a version minus sale authority. the House approved with sale power, pushing toward conference talks and a March 15 deadline for action. Ohio Democrats split on the vote with Lausche opposing and Young supporting the measure.
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Washington
Kennedy
Senate
House
Secretary of Agriculture
Orville L. Freeman
Congress
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Administration
Ohio
Frank J. Lausche
Stephen M. Young
Man Arrested for Drunken Driving on Hunter Street
Corwin Charles Wilkinson, 53, Willard, was arrested by city police on Hunter St at 3:45 a.m. on charges of drunken driving and driving without a license. He is held in city jail awaiting arraignment before May or Francis Myers. Police noted his license is valid only when he wears glasses. he said he does not own a pair.
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Corwin
Charles Wilkinson
Willard
Hunter St
Francis Myers
Wilkinson
Coaster Wagon Hit By Car Children Escape Injury
A Logan mother and her two children escaped injury when a car driven by William R. Saulters struck the wagon they were crossing Main Street at Market Street. The incident occurred at 3 30 p m Friday. Saulters was charged with failure to yield to a pedestrian and ordered to appear before Mayor Francis Myers at 8 p m.
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Logan
Main and
Market Sts
Larry Aurand
Hunter St
Market St
Main St
William R. Saulters
Gore
Aurands
Saulters
Aurand
Francis Myers
Sunday drives big fundraising for Christian relief drives
Sunday is a major day for Christian action as Protestant and Catholic churches collect funds for relief programs worldwide. Church World Service seeks 14.818 million in its 1961 united appeal, while Catholic Relief Services targets at least 5 million.
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New York
Methodist
Fredrick G Newell
World Service Church
World Service
National Council of Churches
United Appeal
Bishops’ Relief Fund
Catholic Relief Services
John XXIII
Church World Service
Lutheran World Service
United Jewish Appeal
Hartman Receives Woodrow Wilson Fellowship
James A. Hartman of 1137 Third St. earns a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship for 1961 62 among 1333 students from 381 colleges. An English major at Ohio University, Hartman plans linguistics study at the University of Pennsylvania and aims for college teaching.
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James A. Hartman
Ernest Hartman
Third St
United States
Canada
Woodrow Wilson
Foundation
Mother and 2 Year Old Die in Columbus Fire
A 2 year old boy died after four hours on life support following a residence fire that killed his mother Louise Miller, 34, in Columbus Ohio. Firefighters treated 12 officers for smoke exhaustion or injuries and two siblings were elsewhere at a movie. The blaze began in a first floor bedroom for unknown reasons.
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Columbus
Ohio
James Franklin Miller
University Hospital
Louise Miller
Miller
Sharon Lee
John
Bankruptcy filings rise as Cleveland court to add referee
In Cleveland, U S District Court judges plan to appoint a third referee due to a surge in bankruptcy actions. Filings jumped from 851 in 1951 to 3442 in 1960, reflecting a rapid growth in insolvency cases.
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Cleveland
U.S. District Court
Laos Rebels Show Added Strength Threatens Peace Plans
In Vientiane Laos leftist Pathet Lao forces demonstrated new strength and pressed government troops in two directions from a battle for the Sala Phou Koun Road junction. Rebels pushed defenders eight miles north to Sala Pou Keng while royal troops abandoned near Muong Kassy. The junction dominates the north south highway in central Laos about 100 miles north of Vientiane and 40 miles south of Luang Prabang.
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Vientiane, Laos
Pathet Lao
Sala Phou Koun
Sala Pou Keng
Muong Kassy
Laos
Vientiane
Luang Prabang
U N Assembly agenda still not resolved
The United Nations General Assembly closed its first resumed week with little progress on removing Cold War items. Key sticking point is the Soviet demand for full airing of the arms issue as Khrushchev pushes total disarmament. Diplomats see possible influence from Khrushchev-Thompson talks on Congo issues and on dropping Cold War items from the agenda.
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United Nations General Assembly
Soviet Union
United States
Khrushchev
Siberia
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Congo
Assembly
Thompson
Kennedy
U.N. Congo
Dag Hammarskjold
Man Finds $240000 Bonus Then Returns It to FBI
A canvas bag with $240000 in cash fell from a Brink's armored truck in Los Angeles. Douglas William Johnson, 50, found the bag while job hunting and turned it over to the FBI after consulting his wife and a former policeman friend. The money was labeled in tens and twenties and had not yet yielded a reward.
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Los Angeles
Brink's, Inc
FBI
Douglas William Johnson
Helen
Brink
United California Bank
Federal Reserve Bank
Johnson
Johnsons
David E. Taylor
Chicago
Taylor
House Passes Kennedy Unemployment Bill Through Senate
Washington AP The House completed action on Kennedy emergency unemployment benefits. The Senate began work with a voice vote on a companion child aid measure and 13 week extensions. Cost estimates run up to 1 billion dollars with a 305 million state share. many states may opt out.
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Washington
House
Kennedy
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
Secretary of Labor
Arthur J. Goldberg
House-Senate
Goldberg
John J. Williams
Williams
Sen
Joseph S. Clark
Fair Weather Dominates Across Much of the U S Today
A large portion of the nation enjoyed fair weather while northern areas faced rain and snow. Showers and snow flurries continued from the Pacific Northwest to the Northeast with more precipitation likely in the upper Midwest and Ohio Valley. The Hocking Valley saw milder conditions as temperatures rose to 56 from 20 overnight. Sunday forecasts call for mostly cloudy and cooler conditions.
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Associated Press
Pacific Coast
California
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Great Lakes
Lower
Michigan
Upper Lakes
Ohio Valley
Texas
Hocking Valley
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