Cuba Conducts War Trials After Batista Regime Fall
In Havana speedily organized war crimes trials target followers of Batista with 15 officers executed so far and thousands to be tried by revolutionary courts. Provisional President Manuel Urrutia says trials will mirror German war crime proceedings. Arrests exceed 1,100 since Batista fled. Fidel Castro governs as leader amid sporadic gunfire and ongoing efforts to quell Batista loyalists, including the Tigers. Masferrer-led group sought extradition for seizing 17 million dollars from Cuban people.
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Dominican Republic
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Rolando Masferrer
Masferrer
Key West
Fla
Luig Bush
U.S
Miami
Fire kills 16 in Boswell Oklahoma home blaze
A four room wooden house near Boswell Oklahoma burned killing 16 people including 15 children and Sara Gardner 38. Victims included Gardner and his ten children, three nieces and two visiting nephews. Fire officials cite two burning stoves and a rear room without an outside door as factors. The roof collapsed before firefighters arrived as the family panicked and crowded into one room.
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Okla
Sara Gardner
Oklahoma City
Gardner
Oklahoma
Juanita
Easter
Isaac
Larry
Louise
Gwen
Omie
John Anthony
Patricia Ann
Patricia Jan
Mrs. Gardner
May Ruth Haddix
Bobbie Woolbright
Peggy Sue Ward
Linda Fay Ward
J. B. Richburg
Richburg
Cuba Recognized by United States After Batista Fall
The new Cuban revolutionary government is officially recognized by the United States six days after Batista’s regime fell. A recognition note delivered in Havana to foreign minister Robert Daniel Agramonte conveyed a goodwill message from the U.S. to Castro’s rebels and the new government.
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Cuba
Red States
Isional
Fulacio Batista
Fidel Castro
Havana
Robert Daniel Agramonte
United States
Castro Reaches Matanzas Amid Crowds In Cuba
Castro arrived in Matanzas sixty miles east of Havana on Wednesday in a slow trek through cheering crowds. Urrutia pledged to honor international asylum rights as Batista loyalists seek refuge in Latin American embassies after the dictator fled. Five more Cuban military men, including Lt. Col. Cornelio Rojas, were executed in Santa Clara for torture and related crimes.
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Santa Clara
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Cornelio Rojas
Mikoyan Tours Midwest Asks for Trade Ties
Anastas Mikoyan arrived in Detroit amid protests from Hungarian and Iron Curtain immigrant groups while pursuing closer U S Soviet ties. He met wealthy Midwest industrialists at Union Club and toured Lincoln Electric Co, Eaton’s farm, and local plants, urging expanded trade and better relations with the United States as he planned stops in Chicago and Los Angeles before New York and Washington.
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Anastas I. Mikoyan
American Midwest
Detroit
United States
Russia
Midwest
Mikoyan
Soviet Union
Cleveland
Cyrus Eaton
Eaton
U.S
Lincoln Electric Co
Walter L. Cisler
Detroit Edison
Ford River Rouge
General Motors
Chrysler
Detroit Automotive
U S Believes Mikoyan Seeks Four Power Talks This Spring
U S officials tell allies Mikoyan appears to push for a four power conference on Germany this spring. Dulles and Nixon aides report no new concessions yet, with Berlin and Moscow still keeping to vague generalities. State Dept cautions not to expect rapid progress as talks proceed cautiously.
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United States
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Germany
State Department
Mikoyan
Kremlin No. 21
Eastman
Midwest
Berlin
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Kremlin
Dulles
Nixon
Weather Update for Miami Valley Area
A persistent low pressure system between two highs brings clouds rain fog and light snow or freezing drizzle. Official forecast calls for cloudy cold weather with a high near 31 and low around 20. Friday looks partly cloudy and cooler with a 25 high after noon. Middletown reported 37 degrees at 3 pm yesterday and a 25 degree low this morning.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Chuckle: Husband to Wife About Aptitude Test
A jocular note speaks of taking an aptitude test and jokes about owning the company. The tone is light and satirical, implying a spouse’s playful view on career ambition and self importance.
De Gaulle Becomes President of Fifth Republic France
Gen Charles De Gaulle was sworn in as the first president of the Fifth Republic. He named Michel Debre premier and pledged to use strong powers when needed. Debre, a Gaullist reformer, will share executive duties as France moves to a presidential system with consolidated authority.
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Rene Coty
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Georges Catroux
Michel Debre
Eisenhower Urges Courtesy Toward Soviet Visitor
President Eisenhower urged courteous treatment of Anastas Mikoyan amid demonstrations in the United States. The White House said Eisenhower is disturbed by protests during Mikoyan’s American tour. The Daytona Beach Morning Journal reported an armed Cuban B26 bomber flew near Cape Canaveral on New Year’s Day and was not challenged by U S Defense, prompting Pentagon checks.
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Eisenhower
Anastas Mikoyan
White House
United States
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Cape Canaveral
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Federal Aviation
Pentagon
Israeli jets fend off four Egyptian MIGs over Negev
Israeli fighters engaged four Egyptian MIGs in a brief air battle over the Negev Desert, driving them off. An Israeli army spokesman announced the clash tonight, with no immediate reports of casualties or further engagements.
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Negev Desert
Soviet Aviation Describes Atomic Aircraft Status
The Moscow based Soviet Aviation described an atomic aircraft but did not say if the Soviet Union possesses one or is constructing it.
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Soviet Aviation Today
Soviet Union
Stanley C. Allyn Named OSU Trustee
Stanley C. Allyn aged 67 from Dayton was appointed as a trustee of Ohio State University in Columbus. The announcement details his new role and regional ties within Ohio higher education governance.
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Columbus, Ohio
Stanley C. Allyn
Dayton
Ohio State University
Thanks, But No Thanks Liberty Bell Crack Offer
Philadelphia AP reports the Maers and Stainback Foundry of London offered to repair the cracked Liberty Bell. Independence Hall superintendent M. Anderson replied that no thanks would be given and that Americans would not want the crack removed.
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England
Whitechapel
M. ©. Anderson
Independence Hall
Gale sinks 40 boats in Norways Far North coast
Officials counted at least six dead and 40 fishing boats sunk or damaged after a two day gale along Finnmark coast. One boat remains missing as the storm ends but snow reduces visibility to about 100 yards.
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Oslo
Norway
Finmark
Two 17-year-olds fined for terrorizing couple
In Springfield Ohio two rural high school youths aged 17 were fined $50 each by Juvenile Court Judge Harry G Gram for terrorizing a middle aged couple. They tossed lighted tire crackers into the yard and made fake phone calls claiming they did it for fun.
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Springfield
Ohio
Harry G. Gram
Hungarian Woman Defends Rock Throw At Mikoyan Visit
Emma Halhai a 19 year old Hungarian freedom fighter described in Cleveland police interview why she hurled a rock at a car guarding Soviet Deputy Premier Anastasi Mikoyan during his visit. She cited family losses in Russian camps and claimed prior actions in Budapest including setting a Russian tank ablaze and stealing gasoline with her husband. She was released on personal bond and the Halhai family resides at 2603 Central Ave.
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Cleveland
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Halhai
Budapest
Mike
Mikoyan
Cleveland (Ap
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Anastasi Mikoyan
Michael
Ian Iron Works
Margit
Hallhai
Frank Czigler
Reds Lob 33401 Shells At Quemoy
In Taipei Formosa the Chinese Nationalist Defense Ministry reported heavy Communist bombardment of the Quemoy Islands killed three civilians and wounded four. The ministry said 33,401 shells were fired from the mainland, many in a four hour period, with civilians specifically targeted.
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Taipei
Formosa
Quemoy Islands
Boss Froeb Tries Bank Drill by Surprise Visit
In Brooklyn's Marlboro branch of Lincoln Savings Bank a senior trustee Augustus C Freeb entered Wednesday and ordered everyone to lie on the floor. After a burglar alarm sounded police rushed in and the manager and staff quickly identified him as the boss. He apologized saying he did it to test alertness. An unidentified spokesman later praised the boss as a capable figure.
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Augustus C. Freeb
Marlboro
Lincoln Savings Bank of
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Charles Roppolo
Freeb
Frank Friel
Paul McGuirk
Burn Victim Dies In Cincinnati After Heater Fall
Henry Henderson, 42, died from burns sustained when a large oil space heater toppled on a fifth floor landing of a storage building. Three other men working on a construction job in Sharonville were also burned. The incident occurred Wednesday after the heater overturned in the hallway.
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Henry Henderson
Sharon‘ville
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