Aide Pearce Defects to Cuba For Personal Reasons
In Havana US Army Maj. Richard H. Pearce, 36, once aide to Lt. Gen Thomas W. Dunn, fled to Cuba with his 4-year-old son last May. He grants interviews to foreign reporters and says his move is personal, not political. Pearce teaches English at a local school. the boy stays with his mother in Houston per a 1965 divorce decree.
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Richard H. Pearce
Thomas W. Dunn
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Ft. Sam Houston
Tex
Pearce
Richard
Communist Party
Granma Pub
Lished
Maximo Gorki
Houston
John C. Mitchell
Alaska’s Malaspina Glacier Surpasses Rhode Island Size
Alaska’s Malaspina Glacier is larger than the entire state of Rhode Island, highlighting its massive ice extent and significance in Arctic geography. The comparison emphasizes the glacier’s scale relative to a U.S. state and underscores Antarctic or Arctic glacial volumes.
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Malaspina
Rhode Island
What You Should Know About Vietnam booklet boost order
The Associated Press increased orders to 50 900 copies for its 48 page booklet What You Should Know About Vietnam. Available through The Journal at 1 dollar per copy, the colorful pamphlet includes maps photos charts a chronology and a 17 000 word text by Richard F. Newcomb and AP analyst William L. Ryan. Orders encouraged in lobby or by coupon. further reorders likely.
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Associated Press
Vietnam
Richard F. Newcomb
AP News
William L. Ryan
Happiness Is Freedom For 71 Cuban Refugees
Happiness for 71 refugees is freedom from Communist Cuba. The group, including Juan Soto who lost his son to a Castro firing squad and Amerco Puig who smuggled a small American flag through Cuban customs, arrived by Mexican plane from Havana to Matamoros and awaited travel arrangements to the United States, mainly New York City and Miami. Most are U.S. citizens or Cuban relatives, examined in good condition, and are the first Americans allowed to leave since December. About 3,000 Americans and Cuban relatives still seek permission to depart. Mexico has negotiated a repatriation agreement with Cuba.
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New York Reduces Death Penalty to Three Offenses
In 1793 New York's legislature narrowed the death penalty to three offenses namely murder stealing from a church and treason against the state.
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Heart transplant patient’s condition improves in Cape Town
Louis Washkansky, alive after a pioneering heart transplant, thanks his surgeons and tells his wife to wait a week before visiting to reduce infection risk. Doctors say his status is satisfactory as they monitor for signs of rejection this weekend, while Vatican commentary reflects on the operation’s philosophical implications.
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Denise Ann Darvall
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L’osservatore
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Christian Barnard
Banard
Lithuania
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