Cuba says army crushes plotted overthrow of Castro
Fidel Castro was set to address the nation about a major conspiracy to topple his regime involving landowners and Batista era holdovers. Officials said the plot was crushed with up to 1,500 arrested, while Las Villas province faced a telephone blackout and scattered gunfire was reported in Havana.
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Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Dominican Republic
Miami
Las Villas
Cuba
Castro
Camp Libertad
Arturo Hernandez Tellaheche
Carlos Pino Socarras
Ramon Mestre
Batista
Armando Caina Milanes
National Cattleman’s Assn
la Calle
Luis Orlando Rodriguez
Hernandez Tellaheche
Mestre
Roland Masferrer
Florida
Maj
William Morgan
Toledo
Ohio
Revolutionary Army
Morgan
Secretay Herter to Press U S Stand on Dictatorships in Chile
SANTIAGO Chile AP Secretary of State Christian A Herter arriving for the Inter American Conference of Foreign Ministers was expected to issue a strong general statement rejecting coddling dictators as he meets Latin American ministers Puerto Rico Governor Luis Munoz Marin said the declaration would avoid naming individuals while signaling opposition to Batista Perez Jimenez Trujillo and Somoza amid regional tensions. The talks follow multiple exile led invasions against Trujillo Somoza and Panama and Herter plans private discussions with ministers after arrival.
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Castro
Inter-American Foreign Ministers Conference
Santiago
Chile
Cuba
Christian A. Herter
Inter-American Conference of Foreign Ministers
Herter
Puerto Rico
Washington
Caribbean
Luis Munoz Marin
United States
Fulgencio Batista
Marcos Perez Jimenez
Venezuela
Florida
Dominican Republic
Rafael Trujillo
Nicaragua
Luis Somoza
U. S
Trujillo
Somoza
U.S
Dag Hammarskjold Plan Rejected in Arab Refugee Talks
A conference of Arab experts in Beirut decided to reject Dag Hammarskjold's proposal to integrate Palestine Arab refugees into the economic life of surrounding Arab states. The decision marks a setback in regional efforts to resolve refugee status and integration.
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Beirut
Lebanon
Dag Hammarskjold
Warming Trend Brings Mild, Warmer Weather This Week
A high pressure system shifts east across the Miami Valley bringing a warm spell. Forecasts call for fair, mild conditions today and tonight with highs near 87 and a low around 65. Wednesday rises to about 90 degrees as temperatures stay warm. Middletown reports a Monday high of 82 and a 60 degree low.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Macmillan Hints Possible Election Delay in Britain
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Macmillan suggested a delay of the national election beyond the expected October timeframe, with a possible move to next spring. The anticipated vote has been held to later October previously.
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London
Harold Macmillan
Boy Injured When Object Explodes on Bike Ride
David Vandyke, 13, was struck by an explosive thrown from a car in East Denver. The object, about firecracker size, exploded near his bicycle bag, causing brain concussion, facial lacerations, and the loss of a finger. He is expected to recover.
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Billy Curtis
Des Moines
Iowa
William Devine
Donald Cook
Ira
Denver
Colo
David Vandyke
David
Pii
Kansas
California Fires Rage Across North and South. Ukiah Crews Rally
Smoke over Northern California mountains as firemen battle new flames near Ukiah and Willits. Ukiah residents defend the city while residents use hoses and wet roofs. In Vecker Canyon near Lake Elsinore the blaze killed two and injured 27 burning 1600 acres. Sheriff deputies report multiple fires near Yuba City but all were quickly extinguished. Ranger Weatherford attributes arson by youths and hunters to several Cow Mountain fires.
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San Francisco
California
Ukiah
Willits
Vecker Canyon
Lake Elsinore
Yuba City
Sheriff's Deputies
Spanish Mountain
Frank Weatherford
It Didn't Pay To Advertise Burglars Strike Ernst Office Again
In Los Angeles, Fred Ernst reports burglars stole three photo duplicating machines three weeks ago and left him joking. They returned Monday and took about $1,000 in photo copy paper, undermining his confidence in the joke.
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Los Angeles
Fred Ernst
Ernst
Bitter fight looms over labor controls in House
The House opens a week of floor battles over three rival labor management reform bills aiming to curb racketeering. The vote outcome is a toss up with Eisenhower and a GOP minority backing the strongest measure, Rayburn leading Democrats for a middle option, and AFL supporters backing a weaker bill. Senate probes into Walter Reuther's UAW begin in closed doors with public access debated.
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Washington
House
Senate
Eisenhower
Sam Rayburn
D-Tex
AFL
Nation
Rayburn
MBS
NBC
Labor Committee Bill Backed by Stewart Udall Stand
Rayburn’s stand for a bill prepared by the House Labor Committee was backed by Rep. Stewart Udall. He contended neither of the other bills could win both Senate passage and presidential approval. We’ve got to have a compromise of reasonable men if we’re going to get legislation.
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Rayburn
House Labor Committee
Rep
Stewart - Udall
D-Ariz
Senate
Flood Disaster Leaves Formosans Homeless in Record Toll
In Formosa near Taipei weekend floods displaced about 246,807 people, or one in 40 residents. Police report 619 dead, 459 missing, and 963 injured, with an earlier 773 death figure corrected to a telegraphic error.
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Taipei
Formosa
Vet Grows Weaker as Civil War Veteran Fades
Walter Williams, 116, last Civil War army survivor and nation’s oldest veteran, shows deteriorating strength per his doctor after recovering from pneumonia, his condition described as weakening day by day in Houston.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Williams
Chuckle Soothing the Times: a calm reaction
A lighthearted line notes that those who stay serene in today’s world may be unwell, highlighting a dry take on modern mood and humor without explicit details.
Insane rapist hunted after attempted attack in Atchison
Kansas police and volunteers scoured Atchison after an 8 year old girl was assaulted while a man identified as Harlan Lynn Noble, 49, who escaped from a state hospital, was sought. Noble has a record of attacks on young girls and a Nebraskan kidnapping case. Becky Koester identified him from a photo.
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Atchison, Kan
Kansas
Harlan Lynn Noble
State Medial Hospital
Larned
Kan
Lincoln
Neb
Becky Koester
Noble
Becky
Crowley Dies on 50th Birthday After Tokyo Case
Joseph P. Crowley, former Yale football star and New Haven businessman, was found dead at his Hamden home on his 50th birthday. Authorities suspect barbiturate poisoning. toxicology results awaited. Crowley had recently seen the end of a murder trial over the slaying of his brother in law in Tokyo in 1958. He had severed ties with the Jones Co and led multiple New Haven firms.
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Hamden
Conn
Joseph P. Crowley
Yale
Crowley
Tokyo
New Haven
Betty
Joseph
T. A. D. Jones
New
Haven
America
T. A. D. Jones Jr
Betty Crowley
James Corrigan
Jones
Hey Semains
Nounced
T. A. D. Jones Co
Japan
Jones ‘Co
Excello Corp
Madison
Solons Go Home While Long Naps
Baton Rouge Louisiana June 12 195?
White pupils facing expulsion get legal aid in Little Rock case
In Little Rock, Ark, religious leader Rev Wesley Pruden announced the Freedom Fund would provide money for court challenges to expulsions of white students resisting school integration. The aid aims to contest mandatory expulsions amid desegregation tensions.
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Little Rock. Ark
Wesley Pruden
Freedom Fund
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