Junta Extends Control to Oran Algeria
France reports the right wing military junta that seized Algiers has extended its control to western Algeria by taking over Oran. President de Gaulle assumes extraordinary police powers as cabinet meets and a state of emergency is proclaimed. Paratroopers supported by European settlers reportedly backed the takeover in Oran under Gen Maurice Challe.
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Paris
Algiers
Algeria
Oran
Charles de Gaulle
France
Legi
Maurice Challe
Algerian coup splits French forces as De Gaulle loyalists resist
Gen de Pouilly of Oran remains loyal to De Gaulle and moves his post to Tlemce amid a junta strike that fragments the 500,000 man French army in Algeria. Communications with Algeria are cut as Challe takes Algiers with little bloodshed while much of the country supports talks with nationalist rebels toward ending the seven year war. Radio Algiers reports the junta’s control in Oran and De Pouilly's removal to field duty.
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de Pouilly
Oran
de Gaulle
Tlemce
Algeria
Mediterranean
Algiers
Chalie
Challe
France
Sax
Mutiny Charge Shocks Oran As De Gaulle Moves In
In Marseille a mutiny by younger officers against De Gouilly shows mass European support in Oran. Two De Gaulle lieutenants flew into Oran with powers to quell the insurrection as Louis Joxe and Gen. Jean Olie evade capture. De Gaulle’s cabinet proclaims emergency and vows court martial for Challe and others.
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Marseille
de Gouilly
Oran
de Gaulle
Louis Joxe
Jean Olie
Algeria
Challe
Raoul Salan
Andre Zeller
Edmond Jouhaud
Col
Yves Godard
Castro Not Answering His Phone Weekend in Cuba
AP report shows Fidel Castro unreachable by phone this weekend. Inquiry by Francisco Stilley found Castro out of Havana with no reachable contact point while Osvaldo Corticós offices also blocked calls. The effort was verbatim and cost nothing as it relied on person to person lines.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Associated Press
Francis Stilley
Savana
Castro
Havana
Osvaldo Corticos
Corta
Comunicacion
Plea At UN Succeeds To Save Congo Mission
The United Nations General Assembly ended its 15th annual session after a late plea for Cuban American peace and a move to fund the Congo operation for 10 months in 1961. The body set aside 100 million dollars, with the United States pledging 47.5 million.
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William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
General Assembly
U.N. Congo
Nation Assembly
U.N
Congo
United States
Witnesses To Identify Eichmann At Jerusalem Trial
Adolf Eichmann faces prosecution witnesses in Jerusalem as the trial resumes. Dr Benno Cohn, 66, a Tel Aviv lawyer, is among the first to testify about a 1936 Berlin Zionist meeting where Eichmann was said to be kicked in the stomach amid a near riot.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Exchmann
Amog
Benno Cohn
Eichmann
Berlin
Cohn
Tel Aviv
Eichmann Witnesses Portray Different Image in Court
Cohn notes Eichmann appeared submissive during a brief Israel meeting after his capture. Moshe Agami recalls Vienna 1938 order to appear before Eichmann and later says Eichmann shuddered when confronted. Other witnesses describe a history of complicity.
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Cohn
Eichmann
Gestapo
Israel
Argentina
Moshe Agami
Vienna
Telviev Insurance Agen
Agami
Avrahan Krassik
Comey
Cincinnati Vending Firm Sues Police Over Pinball Seizures
Pioneer Vending Inc. sues Police Chief Stanley R. Schrotel and City Manager C. A. Harrell seeking return of 13 pinball machines seized by police. attorney Ambrose Lindhorst says the machines are amusement devices not gambling devices and differ from those deemed gambling machines last year.
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Cincinnati
Pioneer Vending, Inc
Stanley R. Schrotel
C. A. Harrell
Ambrose Lindhorst
UN Adopts US Backed Latin American Resolution on Cuba Tensions
The assembly approved a Latin American backed resolution urging peaceful action to ease Cuba United States tensions by a 59 to 13 vote with Cuba and the Soviet bloc opposing and 24 abstentions. Earlier the body reversed its Political Committee and struck a provision seeking OAS member involvement.
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Cuba
United States
Soviet Bloc
U.N
Organization of American States
Cuban Foreign Minister Attacks OAS As US Puppet
Raul Roa denounces the OAS as a US puppet and opposes a resolution warning that continuing the American Cuban dispute may threaten world peace. Irish president Frederick H. Boland notes the 15th U.N. session is the longest in history, lasting 137 days across two periods. The body adjourns without finishing its agenda and postpones Africa aid, outer space cooperation, Korean unification, disarmament, and freedom for Hungary and Tibet to the next session starting September 19.
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Raul Roa
OAS
Frederick H. Boland
Ireland
U.N
Africa
Korea
Hungary
Tibet
Clue Found In Missing Cincinnati Man Case
Cincinnati police say a possible lead in the disappearance of Henry Buchman 63 last seen February 17. A witness reports three youths attacked an elderly man near Buchman’s home beat him unconscious and dumped him in a car trunk. Buchman’s sister says he may have been carrying a large sum of money.
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Cincinnati
Henry Buchman
Buchman
Mary McGevney
Chuckle on Self Starters and a Cranky Boss
A witty observation notes that more self starters would spare the boss from being cranky. The remark links initiative to better workplace mood and efficiency.
Castro to address Cuba on TV and radio after failed invasion
Cuban radio announced Fidel Castro will appear on nationwide television and radio Sunday to explain how his regime crushed the rebel invasion. Washington officials review errors from the invasion as the United States and the Soviet Union exchange statements on Cuba.
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Fidel Castro
Castro
Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Cuba
Kennedy declines Cuba message but denounces polemic
President Kennedy did not answer Khrushchev’s Cuba message but approved a U.S. State Department statement calling it polemical and a distortion of basic rights. The reply follows Khrushchev’s second message since the ill begun rebel invasion of Cuba this week.
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Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Cuba
U.S
State Department
Castro directs Cuban mop up of invaders on south coast
The Cuban radio reported Prime Minister Castro personally directed a mop up of invaders who landed on Cuba's south coast last weekend. Revolucion published a photo of Castro on a tank and claimed he ordered fire that sank a rebel munitions ship. An exile said Ernesto Guevara was hospitalized after attending ration. Swan radio challenged Castro to produce Guevara.
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Castro
Cuba
Revolucion
Ernesto Guevara
Economiud Wasp
Guevara
Havana awaits Castro victory speech as fear grips city
Castro unseen in Havana for days as police harass opponents and jail them en masse. A British diplomat says streets are deserted while rebels remain active in guerrilla warfare. A Swan Island radio urges continued fight with help on the way. Kennedy meets advisers at Camp David after discussing Cuba with Eisenhower.
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Castro
Havana
Cuba
Swan Island
Caribbean
U.S
Kennedy
Camp David
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
United States
U.S. Central Intelligence Agency
Eisenhower Nixon urged Kennedy on Cuban invasion report
A background briefing suggested Eisenhower and Nixon encouraged Kennedy to proceed with the Cuban exile invasion plan but the White House denied any Eisenhower Kennedy discussions before Kennedy's take office. Nixon reportedly urged action though Kennedy made the final call and bears responsibility. Officials warned of risks in U S intelligence operations near Cuba.
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Andrew Hatcher
White House
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nixon
U.S
Cuba
Florida
Confederacy Still Lives In South Observed In Death and History
A look inside Southern memory shows cadets saluting General Lee’s tomb a century after the Civil War. The Journal notes page 43 coverage on Confederate reverence and regional identity.
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Confederacy
South
Gen
Robert Lee
Eisenhower backs unity on Cuba as Kennedy presses plan
Camp David, Md. AP Dwight D. Eisenhower met with President Kennedy to discuss Cuba and avoided endorsing Kennedy's stance. He stated support for the man carrying foreign affairs responsibilities, signaling unity rather than direct approval of the administration's Cuba policy. The 70-year-old former president and Kennedy, 43, held a dramatic conference at Catoctin Mountains retreat.
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Camp David
Thurmont
Eisenhower
Washington
Gettysburg
Republican Party
Castro
Whitney Shoemaker
Camp David, Md
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United States
Cuba
Cube
Catoctin Mountains
Thurmont, Md
Kennedy Eisenhower Meet in Aspen Cottage Aide Cuba Crisis Push
Kennedy and Eisenhower held a private 1 hour 25 minute discussion at Aspen Cottage to bolster national support for possible actions in the Cuban crisis. Kennedy had earlier conferred with Nixon and Goldwater and planned to meet Governor Rockefeller this week. Nixon indicated support for military backing if Kennedy moves are needed to halt the Communist buildup.
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Kennedy
Eisenhower
Aspen Cottage
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Harry S. Truma
Richard M. Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
White House
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Nixon
Kenedy
Cuba
West Germany's Production Index Reaches 261
Bonn AP says West Germany's Economics Ministry reports industrial production index at 261, up from 100 in 1950 base year. The rising index marks ongoing postwar industrial growth and mass production capacity expansion across the economy.
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Bonn
Germany
West Germany
Estonian Writer Wins Lenin Prize for Ice Book
Tass reports Estonian writer Johannes Smuul awarded the Lenin Prize for The Ice Book recounting his Antarctic voyage two years earlier aboard a Soviet ship.
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Moscow
Tass
Johannes Smuul
Antarctic
Truce Near for Laos Sought by Britain and Soviets
Britain and the Soviet Union say a Laos truce is near with a joint government push set for Monday or Tuesday. A 14 nation conference would begin only after cease-fire verification by an international commission. The move aims to end seven years of fighting and pave a neutral, independent Laos.
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London
Britain
Soviet Union
Laos
Moscow
U.S
India
Canada
Poland
Frank Roberts
Andrei A. Gromyko
French Indochina Empire
Rankin Heads Home From Yugoslavia
Belgrade Yugoslavia AP Karl L Rankin who has served as U S ambassador to Yugoslavia since 1958 left Saturday for home George F Kennan his successor is due in May
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Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Karl L. Rankin
U.S
George F. Kennan
Bryan mayor Rol J. Christmas dies at 76
Bryan Ohio mayor Rol J. Christmas died Saturday after a long illness. He served as mayor in 1920-21, 1948-49, and from January 1, 1952, until his death.
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Bryan, Ohio
Rol J. Christmas
Bryan
Khrushchev warns US over Cuba crisis in letters
Premier Khrushchev accuses the United States of planning and financing the invasion of Cuba and warns Kennedy that if the US may topple Castro then Moscow could target American backed regimes. He calls for improved Soviet US relations amid a three letter exchange on Cuba.
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Stanley Johnson
Moscow
Khrushchev
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Castro
Soviet Union
U.S
Western Hemisphere
Khrushchev Defends Cuba Aid and Attacks U S Policy
In Washington Khrushchev challenged U S actions toward Cuba calling them gangsterism and urged Kennedy to imagine Moscow’s view. He defended Soviet support for Castro and warned that U S bases and military pressure threaten global security, urging parity with Western regimes.
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