Martial Law Ends In Cuba As Urutia Takes Lead
In Havana provisional president Manuel Urrutia moved quickly after seizing the Presidential Palace. He appointed Jose Miro Cardona as premier, announced free elections within 18 months to two years, and rescinded the martial law and curfew. Fidel Castro's victory march continues as his forces approach Havana with thousands of supporters. The government reshuffle reaches 11 ministers, with key posts still to fill.
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Havana
Manuel Urrutia
Urrutia
Jose Miro Cardona
Havana Bar Assa
Camaguey
Fidel Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Castro
Batista
Interior
Santiago
Cuba
Camilo Cienfuegos
Revolutionary Directorate
Cienfuegos
Fire Won't Wait In Kennedy's Christmas Home Loss
In Kulptown Pa a two year build culminates in a one story frame and cement block house ready as a Christmas gift for his wife and son. Firefighters arrived too late and the Kennedy family lost everything. Separately a judge granted a charter for Kulptown's first fire company despite township objections to the tax burden.
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Kulptown
David Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Kennedy
Dormitory Fire Kills 7 Air Force Students
Seven airmen died and at least 13 were injured when a one story barracks at Syracuse University housing Skytop dormitory fire. The 45 occupants included airmen studying Russian. winds and freezing conditions hindered firefighting. Names withheld pending next of kin. Deaths linked to Wright Patterson AFB, Dayton Ohio.
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Syracuse
N.Y
Air Force
Syracuse University
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base
Dayton
Ohio
Peter Dowling
Dowling
Kalamazoo
Mich
University
Fire at Skytop barracks hospitalizes Air Force cadets
Around 6 am a fire broke out in a Skytop prefabricated barracks used as freshman housing near the Air Force Institute of Technology. About 90 minutes later the blaze was controlled. 15 cadets, arriving within 48 hours from various bases, escaped through windows with burns and soot.
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Air Force Institute of Technology
Havana restores order after general strike and arrests
Havana returns to normal as businesses reopen and services resume after Castro’s strike to rally support for Urrutia. Swift trials are promised for over 1,100 prisoners since the rebels seized power, including more than 600 police and 500 army aviation personnel. Batista loyalists face executions and fliers jailed for attacking towns harboring rebels.
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Havana
Castro
Urrutia
Batista
Salk urges fourth polio shot for stronger immunity
AP reports in Ann Arbor that Dr. Jonas Salk recommends a fourth dose of the antipolio vaccine to strengthen protection against infantile paralysis. In Columbus, Gov. ONeill names Verlin L. Pulley Miami University trustee, term through 1965, former mayor and Capitol Varsity president. Martinsburg fire kills four residents at a nursing home. five rescued.
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Ann Arbor, Mich
Jonas Salk
Columbus
William O'Neill
Verlin L. Pulley
Miami University
Oxford
Pulley
Miami
Charters D. Maple
Lebanon
Capitol Varsity Co
Martinsburg
W. Va
Akron man says Batista prisoners neglected by U.S. officials
An Akron man claimed that he and other Americans held prisoner in Cuba by Batista supporters were virtually neglected by United States officials during the months they were imprisoned.
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Akron, Ohio
Akron
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
United States
Maine Senator Smith joins revolt against Senate leadership
Washington AP reports Senator Margaret Chase Smith of Maine joining a Republican bloc challenging party leadership, claiming the leadership is out of touch with the times during a Tuesday meeting of rebel Republicans.
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Washington
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate
The
Times
Columnist Keeps Mum Is Jailed for Contempt
New York AP reports Marie Torre, syndicated columnist for the New York Herald Tribune, is jailed in a pastel jail room for 10 days of contempt rather than reveal a confidential source about entertainer Judy Garland. Torre chose custody to protect press freedom and avoid source disclosure.
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NEW York
Marie Torre
New York Herald Tribune
Judy Garland
Miss Torre
Riots Rock Congo City. 34 Dead in Leopoldville Violence
In Leopoldville, Belgian Congo, two days of rioting leave 34 killed and about 100 seriously injured. Shops burned, Catholic missions ransacked, schools and police HQ destroyed, Europeans stoned and shot at, priests beaten amid broader urban unrest.
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Leopoldville
Belgian Congo
Riots In Leopoldville As Troops Patrole Main Avenue
Riots in Leopoldville spread violence across the African sector after a political meeting referenced Congo independence. Troops and armored vehicles patrol the city with barbed wire barricades, roadblocks, and movement halted from Brazzaville. Shops, many Greek and Portuguese owned, were looted and set ablaze. The unrest marks the worst since World War II.
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Congo
Avenue de Gaulle
Miss Torre Sentenced by Judge for Contempt in News Source Case
Miss Torre, 34, mother of two, appeared Monday before US District Judge Sylvester J. Ryan. He had held her in contempt last November after she refused to reveal her news source. The judge asked if her position had changed. her attorney answered no. Torre was ordered to serve time in Hudson County Jail in Jersey City, where federal women prisoners with short terms are held.
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Miss Torre
Sylvester J. Ryan
US District Court
Ryan
Sher
Hudson County
Jersey City
N.J
Torre’s jail term and possible repeat imprisonment loomed
In court and Hollywood, Miss Torre faced potential reincarceration if she remained silent. Ryan noted her lack of judicial support, while Miss Garland and Sid Luft expressed sympathy. Torre could be released before January 14 by changing her mind, or be sentenced again if she persists in contempt.
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Ryan
Hollywood
Miss Garland
Sid Luft
Miss Torre
Contempt Conviction Ties to 1957 CBS Column
Miss Torre was jailed for refusing to name a CBS executive in a hostile column about Miss Garland, who sued CBS for libel. The case went to the Supreme Court after a First Amendment defense, but review was denied. In the interim, guests will write her column.
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Miss Torre
CBS
Miss Garland
Miss Garand
The
Herod Tribune
Ryan
U.S. Supreme Court
Tibet Guerrillas Growing Stronger
AP dispatch from Taipei reports Formosa political paper Hsin Sheng Pao stating anti Communist forces are strengthening near Lhasa and along the Kansu Sinkiang border with more than ten thousand armed guerrillas active in southern Tibet.
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Taipei
Formosa
Lhasa
Tibet
Kansu
Sinkiang
Hsin Sheng Pao
Do You Sell Maternity Clothes Joke Incident
A real estate office rings with a caller asking for maternity clothes. The boss replies they do not sell them, then a setup line suggests a comical misdirection about a larger street. The brief punchline hinges on a playful misunderstanding.
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Co.n
Mikoyan Assures U S Of Entry Into Berlin
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan told U S officials Berlin would retain free Western access, a pledge tied to Berlin’s future status. He met with State Department leaders and will brief President Eisenhower around Jan 19 or 20. Senator Humphrey suggested willingness to negotiate a settlement, though specifics were not disclosed.
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Washington
Anastas I. Mikoyan
United States
Berlin
Kremlin
Mikoyan
State Department
Soviet Union
East Berlin
West Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Britain
France
Khrushchev
Eaton
Mikhail Menshikov
U.S
Field Farm
Cadillac
Michael J. Blackwell
Secretary of
State Dulles
Eisenhower
Hubert H. Humphrey
Dminn
Humphrey
Red Leader to Visit Eaton Amid Cleveland Picketing
Soviet deputy premier Anastas Mikoyan arrives in Cleveland on Wednesday for a visit with Cyrus Eaton, with expected picketing by Hungarian and other Central European groups. The United Hungarian Societies urge peaceful protest amid concerns over cosmopolitan Cleveland. A rumored troika gift from Khrushchev to Eaton may or may not be used.
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East Berlin
East Germany
Berlin
United Nations
Mikoyan
Kremlin
Khrushchev
Eric Johnston
Motion Picture Assn
Hentai
Johnston
Hungary
Tcadence
Mik-yo-an
Murderler
Cleveland
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Cyrus Eaton
Russia
Washington
United Hungarian Societies
Eisenhower
United States
Andrew Dono
Theorganization
Dono
Eaton
Nikita Khrushchev
Moscow
New York
Batista Was Lincoln Fan
FLAT ROCK NC On his 81st birthday Carl Sandburg recalled Cuba’s dictator Fulgencio Batista autographed two four volume sets of Abraham Lincoln The War Years Batista loved Lincoln reading about freedom but Sandburg said it did him no good as Castro’s rebels toppled him Sandburg spoke at his mountain home and ended with a Hurrah for Castro.
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Flat Rock
N. C
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Abraham Lincoln
Carl Sandburg
Batista
Lincoln
Fidel Castro
Sandburg
Castro
Balloonists complete 3000 mile Atlantic crossing to Barbados
Four British balloonists aboard Small World slept in Bridgetown hotels after a 24 day voyage begun Dec 12 from the Canary Islands. They crossed the Atlantic in a 7% by 15% foot plastic craft suspended from a 47 foot balloon and finished in a gondola after part of the crossing in the sea. The group, backed by the London Daily Mail, was greeted by a jubilant crowd and Barbados officials. Police guarded the gondola as souvenirs sparked near riot crowds.
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Small World
Canary Islands
Barbados
Bridgetown
London Daily Mail
Atlantic
West Indies
Sir Grantley Adams
Robert Arundell
Bridgetown Harbor
Balloon expedition crew lands in Barbados with mixed reports
Reports in Barbados say the four person gondola crew landed after four days. Captain Arnold Bidart, 51, London maker of ash trays led the party with son Timothy, 21, Cambridge student, radioman Colin Mudie, 32, and his wife Rosemary, 30, the cook. Mrs Mudie stood out among onlookers as they arrived at a southeast coast hotel.
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Barbados
Arnold Bidart
London
Ejdlart
Timothy
Cambridge
Colin Mudie
Mudie
Rosemary
Cook
Mrs. Mudie
Johnston
Eidart
Rhee May Run Again for Fourth Term
A government spokesman said President Syngman Rhee will run next year for a fourth term. He will be 84 next March and 85 by the May 1960 presidential election, during which he has led South Korea since 1948.
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Seoul
Syngman Rhee
Rhee
South Korea
Republic
Blast Kills 30 in Istanbul Office Buildings Collapse
An explosion in central Istanbul shattered two crowded four story office buildings this morning. Thirty people were believed killed and about one hundred seriously injured as emergency crews searched through the debris. Authorities sealed the area and launched a full investigation into the blast.
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Istanbul
Turkey
Warm Up Forecast For Miami Valley
The weatherman says temps rise to 24 degrees today with sunny skies. Tonight should be fair and not as cold, near 12 above by morning. Wednesday turns cloudy and warmer, with a high near 28 as mild southerly air moves in. Middletown recorded 15 degrees by 4 p.m. yesterday and 2 below at 6 a.m. today.
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Miami Valley
Baby Kidnapping Case Shifts to Coney Island
A note found in a subway diaper near Coney Island signals a shift in the search for the newborn kidnapped from Brooklyn. Police describe the note as a possible crank message. Detectives check hospital records and possible suspects, including two women fitting a broad description. The Chionchio family, parents of the missing infant, receive public messages of support.
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Coney Island
New York
St. Peter's
Brooklyn
Frank Chionchio
Cascade
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