Cuban POWs Relatives Head to U S for Permits
Relatives of Bay of Pigs prisoners crowd Cuba to leave, facing strict rules including proving paid urban reform bills and submitting two photos. Ulises Carbo describes Castro's unpredictable stance, the air base scene at San Antonio de Los Banos, and lingering casualties from the 1961 invasion.
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Castro
Ulises Carbo
Carbo
Fidel
San Antonio de Los Banos Air Base
Havana
Bay of Pigs
Houston
Christmas Scenes Across Nations Highlight Holiday Observances
The piece surveys Christmas celebrations from Queen Elizabeth II’s broadcast and the Telstar beacon to Holy Land pageantry in Bethlehem, Moscow church services, and festive life in Moscow’s GUM department store. It notes Pope John XXIII’s Rome visit, wartime sentiments, and postwar tensions with Cuba and Castro, ending with Miami prisoner perspectives.
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Jacqueline
Elizabeth II
Commonwealth
America
Holy Land
Freed Cuban prisoners recount harsh confinement before release
Artime, last of the freed captives to leave Cuba, describes himself and two top commanders as kept naked in a one yard square cell, confined for eight months without sunlight, fed like dogs, and denied contact, while detailing the invasion force's plan under OAS backing to oust Castro.
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Chicago
Adlai Stevenson
United States
Castro
United Nations
U.S
Cuba
Stevenson
Miami
Jose Raul Varona Gonzalez
Organization of American States
OAS
Western Hemisphere
Artime
Jose San Roman
Andres Eneito Oliva
JFK Grants Pardon to Charles Factor in Deportation Case
President Kennedy issued a full pardon to John Factor also known as Jake The Barber, sparing him from deportation after a 1943 mail fraud conviction. White House secretary Pierre Salinger said the pardon was signed Monday. Factor, a Southern California philanthropist, was once a Chicago kidnapping victim in 1933. Deportation proceedings had begun a week earlier by U.S. Immigration Service.
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Palm Beach
Fla
UPD
Kennedy
John
Jake the Barber
Services Today For Mrs Young
Funeral services for Mrs. F. F. Young 70 of 3414 29th St will be at 4 p m today in the Ford Memorial Chapel First Baptist Church with Dr J Ralph Grant and Dr Dudley Strain officiating. Graveside burial will be in Gladewater under Sanders Funeral Home direction. Mrs Young a longtime Lubbock resident died Tuesday evening at St Marys Hospital. She had been in ill health and hospitalized since Friday. Survivors include a brother H A Leaverton Evant a stepson John M Young and a stepdaughter in law Mrs Thomas C Young plus four grandchildren.
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29Th St
St. Mary's Hospital
Ford
J. Ralph Grant
Dudley Strain
First Christian Church
Gladewater
Sanders Funeral Home
Young
Lubbock
First Baptist Church
Chou En-Lai Attacks Khrushchev Over Open airing of problems
Chou En-Lai, during a Peking dinner for Mongolian leaders, condemned Khrushchev for exposing Communist internal disputes. He urged closer Chinese Mongolian cooperation to maintain peaceful coexistence and unity on Marxist-Leninist grounds amid intra Communist tensions.
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Tokyo
UPI
Chou En-Lai
Nikita Khrushchev
Chou
Peking
Russia
Communist New China
Mishap Victim's Services Today for Bobby Miller
Services for Bobby Lee Miller 24 killed in a one vehicle crash near Lamesa will be at 2 p m today at First Baptist Church Andrews with Rev. Alvin Boyd of Midland officiating. Burial follows at Andrews Cemetery via Singleton Funeral Home. Miller worked for a Pecos well servicing company and was fatally injured when the pickup overturned on icy roads. Survivors include his wife Judith his parents Mrs. Paul Miller Vernon and Paul Miller Sr. Lamesa two sisters Mrs. Frank Dobbins Wichita Falls and Mrs. Wayne Howell Vernon seven brothers Paul Jr. Andrews Bill and George Pecos John Amarillo Gerald in Hawaii Jerry and Ed Vernon.
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Judith
Paul Miller
Vernon
Paul Miller Sr
Holy Land Christmas Observances Mark Global Joy
Crowds fill Nazareth and Jerusalem as churches toll bells for Christmas birth 1962 years ago. Pilgrims from around the world attend services on both sides of the Jordan border with Bethlehem and Nazareth scenes and official radio Mass broadcasts adding to the celebration.
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Holy Land
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Jesus Christ
Nazareth
Jordan
Dormition Abbey
Mt. Zion
Christ
New Town
Birth notices and mournful Christmas across towns
Multiple birth announcements list parents and clinics with weights and times for infants born at Lauf Clinic including Regalado, Arguello, Styles, Rodriguez, Boyd, Sheppard, Castella, Betts, Perez, Cargile, Foerster and others. A separate wartime notice reports Christmas morning in Meade and a Christmas Day wake for Lawrence Lee Reine in Missouri with survivors listed.
Christmas Eve Fire Claims Third Victim in Austin
A Christmas Eve blaze in an Austin one story frame house killed three youngsters and their great grandmother. Roy Ed Smith 3 Debbie Gayle Wilson 2 and Mrs Jessica Jones 76 died after the fire started from a gas stove. Juannita Smith 1 survived in fair condition as police say parents left the children with Mrs Jones Monday night.
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Austin
UPI
Santa Claus
Jessie Jones
Roy Ed Smith
Debbie Gayle Wilson
Juanita Smith
Explosion injures man using child’s chemistry set in Ilford
Ron ald Fenton, 36, was hospitalized after an explosion in Ilford while he experimented with his son’s Christmas chemistry set. He sustained burns on his hand and back. the incident occurred Tuesday and was treated at a local hospital.
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Ilford
England
UPI
Ronald Fenton
Santa Water Ski Stunt Ends with Mishap in River
In St Louis, Santa Claus water skied Christmas Day but sank after losing the tow rope. Bruce Chelist and two University City friends planned the stunt with candy canes for kids. Spectators pulled Santa ashore as he handed out treats from a dripping sack amid cheer.
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Santa Claus
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University City
Eads Bridge
Santa
Bruce
Gene Hughes
Art Nordan
Rites Pending for Clovis Eastman at 39
Clovis J. Eastman 39 died on arrival at Methodist Hospital at 2:35 p m Tuesday. Services planned with Rix Funeral Home with no verdict yet. He is survived by his wife two sons Jerry Don and Travis Charles a sister Mrs Dick Alford Smyrna a brother Doyle Gene Eastman 805 Ave D and his parents Mr and Mrs J A Eastman 2606 Auburn.
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Methodist Hospital
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Rix Funeral Home
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Travis Charles
Dick Alford
Smyer
Doyle Gene Eastman
Ave. D
J. A. Eastman
Austin Dies a cat: military training and work or fight bill
Austin championed labor draft measures during the war and backed the work or fight legislation. He opposed isolationism, criticized the 1937 Neutrality Act, and played key roles in foreign policy studies and the Dumbarton Oaks Conference. Later he joined the UN, resigning his Senate seat to Ralph E. Flanders.
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UNI
Senate
Arthur H. Vandenberg
Michigan
United States
Nazi Germany
Great Britain
Philippines
Commonwealth
Near East
Dumbarton Oaks
World Bank
Ralph E. Flanders
Car theft hijinks end with assault and cash loss
Johnny Martinez of Floydada reports being driven by six men who beat him on U S 87 in north Lubbock and stole $30 and his shoes after offering to pay the driver. Police also report a break in at North College Lanes causing $60 damage to a glass door. A cigarette machine at a service station was pried open with money missing from the box, while other units showed no entry.
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Johnny Martinez
Floydada
North Lubbock
U.S. 87
North College Lanes
N. College Ave
Ray Woods
Ave. A
Candle causes convent fire in Leeds chapel
A candle toppled from the Christmas crib after Mass and sparked a blaze that destroyed the chapel of St. Joseph's Convent in Leeds England. The mother superior and 20 nuns had just left the chapel when the fire began and tried to fight the flames before retreating due to smoke and heat.
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Leeds
England
UPI
St. Joseph's
Train jumps tracks near San Luis Potosi no injuries reported
A speeding northbound passenger train derailed near San Luis Potosi Mexico on Tuesday with no injuries. National Railways of Mexico spokesman said damages are about 20000 dollars.
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Mex
National Railways’ of Mexico
Bitter Cold Grips Plains with Snow and Freezing Rain
A winter storm sweeps the Plains and Southwest bringing subfreezing temperatures from Dalhart to Las Vegas and snow in New Mexico and Texas. Roads turn hazardous as police urge chain use and officials report icy spots on highways along with widespread frost and dense fog across the region.
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Tennessee
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Dutch Farmers Drain Zuider Zee Find 94 World War II Plane Wrecks
Dutch farmers plowing reclaimed Zuider Zee land uncovered 94 World War II plane wrecks as Royal Netherlands Air Force salvage teams assess hundreds more sites. A mid November ME-109G crash near five feet of mud yielded a blond pilot remains, gunfire damage, an empty extinguisher, and a folded map showing northern Holland. The finding supports a forecast of about 100 additional wrecks as the area dries further by next summer.
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Joop Marmelstein
Hague
UPI
Zuider Zee
Royal Netherlands Air Force
Air Force
Holland
All Quiet As Longshoremen Take Day Off
On Tuesday 60,000 longshoremen under the National Maritime Union held a 100 percent effective strike grounding ships from Maine to Texas. Picketing will resume today as a late contract offer from shipowners failed to reach members, and officials call the move senseless and paralyzing.
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Maine
Texas
National Maritime Union
Gulf
Atlantic
International Longshoremen's Assn
Afl-Cio
Thomas W. Gleason
Preson
Satellite Simulator Demonstrates Attitude Control Testing
A Bendix Eclipse Pioneer Division simulator replicates key outer space movements to test attitude control systems. It supports testing for Nimbus weather satellite and the Orbiting Astronomical Observatory and Orbiting Geophysical Observatory missions.
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Teterboro
N.J
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Outer Space
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Bendix Corporation
Nimbus
Orbiting Astronomical Observatory
OAO
Orbiting Geophysical Observatory
OGO
Dominican leader Bosch to seek aid in Washington visit
Washington reports that Juan Bosch, winner of the Dominican Republic’s first free presidential election in 30 years, will travel to Washington next week to secure firm commitments of Alliance for Progress assistance.
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Frank Kracher
Chicago
Juan Bosch
Dominican Republic
O'Hare
Patricio
St. Joseph's High School
South Bend
Ind
Washington
UPI
Alliance For Progress Assistance
London swimming race in Serpentine amid 30 degree weather
Charles Bryant, 79, was among two men competing in Hyde Park Serpentine Lake’s annual swim. He finished last as the 30 degree chill did not deter the event. Turkish engineers plan a water pipe under the Istanbul Strait.
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UPI
Charles Bryant
Hyde Park
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