Life At Guantanamo Base Still Pleasant and Quiet
The Guantanamo Naval Base in Cuba remains a largely normal American community amid Castro era tensions. More than 3,000 Cuban employees fear losing jobs, while 3,000 sailors, Marines, and 3,900 dependents plus 650 civilians sustain training, supply, and medical operations. The base offers extensive recreation including 20 baseball fields, pools, beaches, tennis courts, a 27 hole golf course, and multiple clubs as life continues under a six foot fence separating it from Cuba.
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Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Havana
Naval Base
Castro
United States
Guantanamo
Adm
Frank W. Fenno
Washington
Adm Fenno
Fenno
Guantanamo Bay
Fennos Corps
Raul Castro
Guantan
Naval
Meriam Silvano
Naval Exchanges
Guan
Caribbean
U.S
Ma- Naval
New TM-4 Paint Remover Promoted for Home Renovation
An advertisement highlights TM-4 on wall and wood finishes using water for cleanup. It claims easy refinishing of furniture floors and woodwork and compares the product to a remover used for Independence Hall renovations. The maker promises a money back guarantee if not the best.
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Anc
Independence Hall
Brink's Driver Vanishes With Cash Then Is Found Drinking
Brink's Inc. driver William Johnson walked off with a bag containing between twenty thousand and thirty thousand dollars. He was later found in a saloon, still with the bag, after a 26 year record with Brink's. Edgar Jones and police questioned him about dipping into the till for drinks.
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Chicago
Brink's Inc
Brink's
William Johnson
Armored Express
Edgar Jones
Johnson
Man Jumps From Auto In Ala. DWI Arrest
A 64 year old Covington County man Joseph Jackson Nutt leaped from a speeding highway patrol car while being transported to jail on a driving while intoxicated charge. He survived with minor injuries and was taken to a hospital. patrolman B J Gatlin reported Nutt was driving erratically when stopped.
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Opp
Ala
Covington County
Joseph Jackson Nutt
B. J. Gatlin
Nutt
Red China Propaganda Broadcasts Grow Quietly in U S View
Washington AP reports USIA head George V. Allen says Red Chinese propaganda broadcasts are rising and may outnumber Voice of America by year’s end. Soviet jamming partly declined, aiding U S government broadcasts as USIA seeks 120 million dollars next fiscal year to meet mounting Communist propaganda efforts worldwide.
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Washington
Voice of America
George V. Allen
U.S. Information Agency
U.S
House Appropriations
Allen
USIA
North Carolina
Liberia
The
Voice
Henry Loomis
Radio Peiping
Loomis
Russia Gains In Taking The Census
The United States census under way faces a challenge from Russia that outspends and outcounts in crucial areas. Russian methods include three visits per household and local Soviet involvement, with 400 000 enumerators and 100 000 supervisors in 209 million population, while the U S uses 170 000 enumerators and 10 000 supervisors for 180 million. The Russian questionnaire includes 15 questions, while the American census asks more and adds 64 questions for a subset of families. The Russians tally costs and methods with a high level of thoroughness and local coordination.
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Washington
Russia
America
U. S
Census Bureau
United States
U. S. Census Bureau
Piqua Atomic Plant Completes Dome Shell
The final steel section of the containment shell for Ohio’s first atomic electric plant was swung into place Friday. The 70 foot high walls will be topped by a dome to be started next week. Construction engineer Farris Power of North American Aviation’s Atomics International Division says the project is on schedule for completion in 1961.
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Piqua Ohio
First Atomic Electric
Ohio
Farris Power
North American Aviations Atomics International Division
Japs Great Gum Chewers
Before the war Japanese considered gum chewing in bad taste. Now Japan buys 23 million dollars worth of gum annually as youth influence from postwar America drives demand. Ryo Maeda of the Japanese Chewing Gum Society notes the habit spread from America. The first Americans with MacArthur allegedly chewed gum on arrival in 1945.
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Tokyo
America
Ryo Maeda
Japanese Chewing Gum Society
Douglas ‘MacArthur
Rodeo Queen Contest Sees Four Entries to Date
Middletown hosts its first championship rodeo June 9 10 11 at Barnitz Stadium with four entrants in the Rodeo Queen contest. Crowning will be a three day event sponsored by the Fraternal Order of Police and its associates.
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Middletown
Barnitz Stadium
Fraternal Order of Police
Fraternal Order of Police Associates
Carmody Boulevard
Gastronomic Air France Flight Showcases French Regions
In New York an Air France 707 Intercontinental flight offers an eight course menu representing seven French regions. Each course pairs with a regional and a vintage wine, delivering a culinary tour hours before landing.
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New York
France
Air France 707
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Lamo
Caribbean Islands
Republic
Guantanamo Na
Val Base
Naval Air Station
Naval Training
Marine Barracks
Gene Fay
N. Verity
al Storm & Screen
Ino
Peter Grant
Wlw-T
Tues
Aluminum Supply CO
Garfield ST
Wur Ley
Man
Red China
Wehla
Cushamaar
Truckster
Robert C. Young & CO
Lockland Road
Shepherd Lane
Cincinnati
Piqua Atomic Plant
South Broad ST
Sunbeam
South Broad
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