UN approves Congo peace operation fund after lengthy session
At UN headquarters in New York the General Assembly, amid sharp exchanges over Hammarskjold and Cuba, approved a 100 million dollar Congo peace operation fund. It admitted 16 new African nations and Cyprus, as Latin American opposition faded under the threat of a prolonged session.
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United Nations, N.Y
General Assembly
Congo
Assembly
Soviet Union
Dag Hammarskjold
U.N. Congo
Khrushchev
United States
Communist Bloc
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Republic of Cyprus
Brazil and Argentina Join in Close Controversial Pact
Brazil and Argentina pledged to combat Communist penetration in the Western Hemisphere and back Kennedy's Alliance for Progress. Presidents Quadros and Frondizi agreed to permanent consultation on common matters and coordinate actions across the continent, issuing four documents including a declaration of principles.
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Uruguaiana
Brazil
Argentina
Kennedy
Alliance For Progress
Latin America
Janio Quadros
Arturo Frondizi
South America
LC Prof Suggests Home Plan
University of Cincinnati geographer Dr. Hans H. Carol urged city planners to develop suburban satellite communities to curb urban sprawl. He described a core commercial area with surrounding housing and industrial parks on the fringe, serving 10 000 to 30 000 people, noting Greenhills as a successful example and calling for broader industry planning and organizational structures.
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Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
Hans H. Carol
Ohio Academy of Science
Greenhills
Carol
Richmond Man Dies As Car Leaves Road
A Richmond Indiana man Elija Collins Jr. 31 died when his car left Ohio 121 near New Paris in Preble County Ohio. Deputies said the vehicle ran off the road two miles from the Indiana line and crash details were provided by sheriff's deputies.
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Eaton, Ohio
Richmond, Ind
Ohio 121
New Paris
Indiana Line
Preble County
Anti Castro Broadcast Urges Cuban Rebels Not To Surrender
A Swan Island radio appeal told two rebel battalions fighting in Cuba that help was on the way and urged them not to surrender. The broadcast followed Castro’s TV release of captured invaders and cited new landings and disputed rebel casualty reports.
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Central America
Swan Island
Havana
North America
Associated Press
Miami
Fla
Castro directs mop up as exile invaders are repelled
The government radio says Fidel Castro personally directs interior mop up against surviving rebels. Havana TV plans a five hour Castro Day victory event featuring prisoners including Jose Miro Torres, son of rebel Jose Miro Cardona, who says his forces were defeated and treated well after capture.
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Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Jose Miro Torres
Jose Miro Cardona
Miro Torres
Kennedy meets Eisenhower to rally support over Cuban crisis
President Kennedy conferred with Dwight D. Eisenhower at Camp David to brief for possible steps against Fidel Castro's regime amid the Cuban crisis. He reviewed intelligence and sought Republican backing, including talks with Nelson Rockefeller and Barry Goldwater, after meetings with Nixon.
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Washington
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Rafarea
David
Hower
Camp David
Catoctin Mountain
Gettysburg
Eisenhower
Salinger
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
White House
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Cuba
All-U.S. Team Forms For Everest Climb
Norman Dyrenfurth plans to lead a 12 man all U S team against Mt Everest and two other Himalaya peaks. The Nepal government has sanctioned the expedition. Companions are yet to be chosen.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Norman Dyrenfurth
U.S
Mt. Everest
Himalaya
Nepal
Bloodless coup seizes Algiers as generals take power
A military junta of retired generals backed by paratroopers seized control in Algiers and claimed authority over Algeria and the Sahara. The move, described as orderly, disrupted Paris and prompted urgent diplomatic dispatches as De Gaulle authorities disputed the insurgents grip.
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Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
France
Tunisia
Algeria
de Gaulle
Louis Joxe
Paris
Sahara
Maurice Challe
Michel Debre
Challe
Raoul Salan
Salan
Spain
Air Force
Edmond Jouhaud
Army
Henri Zeller
Iselge
Triplets Equal 15 For Farmer's Wife
Mrs. Gerald Diemer, 38, wife of a Woodslee farmer, has given birth to triplet boys, joining a family of 12 children. The mother and the three babies were reported well at Hotel Dieu Hospital in Windsor. The Diemers now have 8 girls and 7 boys, oldest 16.
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Windsor, Ont
Gerald Diemer
Woodslee
Hotel Dieu Hospital
Diemers
De Gaulle Replaces Captives In Algiers Junta
France replaces jailed leaders in Algiers with Algerian Affairs Minister Louis Joxe who gains full powers and General Jean Olie named military commander. Debre warns of tragic consequences as France tightens security and recalls personnel amid the Algiers coup.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
Algeria
de Gaulle
Louis Joxe
Jean Olie
Michel Debre
Joxe
Olne
Jean Morin
Fernand Gambier
Algiers
Debre
Olie
Louis Terrenoire
Mercury Test Delayed as Capsule Launch Postponed
The Space Agency delayed the Mercury capsule test launch set for this weekend and moved it to next week, but officials said the plan for a manned Mercury flight from Cape Canaveral remains on schedule within about two weeks.
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Washington (D AP
Space Agency
Cape Canaveral
Fla
Chuckle: The happiest decade for women between 29 and 30
A humorous cord about age asserts that a woman's best years run from age twenty nine to thirty, framing the interval as a peak period of happiness. The quip reflects social jokes about youth, aging, and female experience in the era.
Rebel Council Blames Reds for Cuban Beach Invasion
The Cuban revolutionary council led by Jose Miro Cardona said MIG aircraft and Soviet tanks inflicted a grave reverse on Cuba’s cause but they would not call it a defeat. He urged peace appeals to the Pope, the UN, and 11 Latin American nations to halt executions, while calling for coordinated Western Hemisphere action.
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New York
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Cuba
Jose Miro Cardona
John XXIII
International Red Cross
United Nations
Miro Cardona
United States
Castro
Washington
Kennedy
Family files nearly one million dollar suit over radiation fallout
The Preston Mitchell Ranch near the Wyoming South Dakota border reports 137 sheep deaths and illness in 1959. The Mitchells seek 994461 in damages from the federal government alleging radiation poisoning from Atomic Energy Commission handling of radioactive material.
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Cheyenne
Wyo
Preston Mitchell
Wyoming-South Dakota
Mitchells
U. S. District Court
Alladin, Wyo
Atomic Energy Commision
Mitchell Ranch
Belle Fourche
S. C
Prisoners Say Cuban Invasion Propaganda Misled Them
Dozen inmates captured during the ill fated invasion told investigators they were influenced by Radio Swan broadcasts and rebel messages from North America. The televised interrogation in Havana followed a six hour marathon in Key West revealing claims of U S complicity and poor Cuban conditions. One landowner questioned said he sought to restore free enterprise and elections.
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Key West
Fla
Radio Swan
North America
Havana
Cuba
Jose Miro Torres
Jose Miro Cardona
Revolutionary Council
U. S
Cubatr
Prisoners recount Cuba invasion plot and training details
One prisoner testified he fled Cuba January 23 1959 with 12 companions aboard a boat less than a month after Fidel Castro took power. He described transport to Vieques and Puerto Rico then New Orleans, 17 days at a Louisiana base, frogman training, and marking a beach for invaders. Another man Juan aged 28 said he was recruited in Miami and flown from Opa-Locka to Retalhuleu Guatemala with US instructors, trained in remote camps, and told bridges in Cuba had been blown in preparation for the invasion.
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Cuba
Fidel Castro
Vieques
Puerto Rico
New Orleans
Louisiana
Juan
Fulgencio Batista
Miami
Opa-Locka
Aeropuerto de Retalhuleu
Guatemala
U. S
Mercenary Talk On Cuban Invasion Plans Emerges
Miro Torres wearing camouflaged battle gear confirms US help for the invasion was discussed among mercenaries. He notes U S involvement is true while insisting Cuba is not run by foreigners. Recruits said to come from Miami and trained in Guatemala or Nicaragua before sailing to the site, with some boats flying the Lebanese flag.
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John Schwab
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Schwab
Milwaukee
U. S
Miro Torres
United States
Cuba
Miami
Guatemala
Nicaragua
Boston Met Boss Gets New Assignment
Erich Leinsdorf, 49, conductor of the Metropolitan Opera orchestra, will become conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra at the end of the 1962 season. He succeeds Charles Munch, 69, who plans to retire.
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Boston
Erich Leinsoff
Metropolitan Opera Orchestra
Boston Symphony Orchestra
Charles Munch
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