Castro Returns to Havana After Tumultuous Welcome
Fidel Castro spoke to about 30,000 at Camp Columbia outside Havana, urging vigilance against Batista loyalists as Cuba begins returning to normal after his triumph. He warned enemies hid arms and praised Cuban cooperation to steer the nation toward freedom and prosperity amid a massive, celebratory parade through the capital.
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Fidel Castro
Havana
Batista
Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Castro
Camp Columbia
Oriente
Weekend of cold air grips Miami Valley forecast
A surge of Canadian air ends a brief warm spell in the Miami Valley. Official forecast calls for partly cloudy and cold conditions with highs about 27 today, 30 Saturday and Sunday. Middletown reached 25 degrees Thursday afternoon, with a 16 degree low early Friday and only a trace of snow.
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Miami Valley
Middletown
Injured man dies after train collision near Sharonville
John Hines, 47, died from injuries sustained four days earlier when his automobile was struck by a train near Sharonville, Cincinnati.
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Cincinnati
John Hines
Sharonville
Investor Wiped Out by Welfare Funds in Stock Spree
New York AP report details Harry Schweitzer 75 who used $71.10 monthly welfare to speculate on Wall Street. He says he lost about $21,000 after decades of relief payments and cash-heavy broker deals. District Attorney Hogan notes he turned over his $1,525 bank account and granted power of attorney to sell securities to repay the welfare department.
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New York
Harry Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Wall Street
Dist
Frank S. Hogan
Brobers
Welfare Agency
Department
Mikoyan pleads for hot peace amid cold war push
Soviet Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan met Detroit business leaders at the Detroit Club urging end to distrust and a “hot” peace with the United States. Outside, about 300 Hungarians and others protested with eggs and snowballs while Mikoyan visited Ford, GM, and Chrysler facilities and prepared for a Chicago stop.
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Mikoyan
Thomas P. Whitney
Detroit
Mich
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Chicago
Midwest
Walker Cisler
Detroit Edison Co
Soviet Union
United States
Hungary
Eisenhower
Cleveland
Ford Motor Co
River Rouge
America
Office girl declares only one pen pal the paycheck signer
A light humorous note says the office girl has just one pen pal the person who signs her pay check. The item highlights workplace banter about money and affection with a playful tone.
Errol Flynn Returns From Cuba With Support For Castro
New York AP. Errol Flynn arrived at Idlewild Airport after two months in Cuba with Fidel Castro and his rebels. Flynn claimed he fought with Castro forces and said Castro presented him a bandana emblem as a symbol for the new flag. He denounced reports against his participation and spoke of the rebels’ morale and discipline while noting a leg wound from a December incident.
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New York
Errol Flynn
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Idewild International
Flynn
Castro
Havana
Central Palma
Oriente
Plane With 10 Aboard Is Missing
A Southeast Airlines DC3 with ten people aboard is missing after last contact at 8:32 p.m. on Thursday while approaching Tri-cities Airport near Kingsport Tennessee. Search planes from Civil Air Patrol and state agencies joined the hunt as snow and limited visibility hindered attempts to locate wreckage.
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Kingsport
Tenn
Upper East Tennessee
Southeast Airlines
Tri-cities
Civil Air Patrol
Woman traps burglars with unloaded rifle and camera
In Norwalk California Maria Villegas used a week off from work as a carrot grader to trap two 13 year old burglars. She waited armed with an unloaded rifle and camera with flash then captured them entering her home. The boys confessed stealing $23. The photo was taken in color.
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Maria Villegas
Norwalk
Calif
Sheriff's Ofiers
Herman Garbe
Dam bursts near Rivadelago Spaniish town kills many
A dam on Lake Sanabria failed early today sending a wall of water through Rivadelago. More than 80 people are dead and many others missing as homes are swept away in the inaccessible valley near Zamora. Fire trucks troops and Falange youth were sent to the scene while Monacabril power station workers were engulfed.
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Zamora
Spain
Sanabria
Rivadelago
Pase
Madrid
Falange Party Youth Front
Monacabril
Wreckage Found In Holston Mountains Linked To 10 Deaths
The wreckage of a Southeast Airlines twin engine plane was spotted in the Holston Mountains about 20 miles east of Kingsport Tennessee. All 10 people aboard were believed killed. In Ohio a baby died after premature birth in Wilmington. In Washington the Senate blocked a civil rights reform to curb filibusters by tabling Anderson’s resolution. In Mount Healthy Ohio about 3,000 children stayed home due to a bomb scare. In Zamora Spain a dam break flooded Rivadelago killing most of the town residents.
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Kingsport, Tenn
Southeast Airlines
Holston Mountains
Here
30 Years In Room 1046
Former State Sen. James Metzenbaum received a scroll signed by 97 Hotel Satler Hilton staff naming him the hotel’s “most distinguished permanent guest.” The bell captain conceived the tribute praising his thoughtfulness and kindness. Metzenbaum, a former gubernatorial candidate and zoning expert, has lived in Room 1046 for nearly 30 years.
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Cleveland (Ap
James Metzenbaum
Hotel
Satler Hilton
Metzenbaum
Boat Capsizes in Giant Wave Off Scotland
A 274 ton fisheries protection ship capsized in gale swept seas off northeast Scotland. Three of the 19 crewmen were lost while 16 remained aboard as the Freya overturned, dumping her crew into the sea and forcing abandonment in a dinghy rescued by a Belgian trawler.
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Wick
Scotland
Fisheries Protection
Freya
Eisenhower presses tax relief and new laws in S O U speech
President Eisenhower urges a 77 billion budget discipline by a Democratic Congress and outlines plans for tax relief in the foreseeable future. He calls for civil rights legislation, anti corruption laws in labor, price stability measures, farm reform, and continued foreign aid while stressing a strong economy and military defense. He warns against wasteful spending and notes the need to protect the dollar buying power and national way of life amid Cold War tensions.
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Washington
Eisenhower
New Congress
America
Senate
House
Congress
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Democratic Congress
Soviet Union
Secretary of the Treasury
Robert B. Anderson
Teacher Saves Child From Dog Attack At School
Barbara Drugan, a kindergarten teacher at Bexley Cassingham in Ohio, sheltered and pulled Suzanne Zeigler from a Norwegian Elk Hound that lunged at 30 children on the playground. Suzanne required nine stitches after the incident, and police charged the dog owner with allowing a vicious dog to run loose.
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Columbus, Ohio
Barbara Drugan
Suzanne Zeigler
Miss Drugan
Suzanne
Keena
Bexley Cassingham School
Bexley
Susan
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