Rebels threaten Castro regime in Cuba's Escambray battles
In central Cuba rebels in the Escambray Mountains advance sabotage against Fidel Castro's government. Radio Rebelde reports Osvaldo Ramirez killed, lieutenant El Congo Pacheco wounded or captured. Ramirez symbolises a real threat. Guevara warns of sabotage as fires and explosions hit banks and fertilizer plants near Havana.
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Cuba
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Mao Tse-tung
Che Guevara
Escambray
Las Villas
Castro
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Ramirez
Fulgencio Batista
Havana
Matanzas
Vedada
Guevara
Santa Clara
Carlos Rafael Rodrigues
National Institute of Agrarian
Middletown Ohio Postoffice Subscription Rates
Subscription rates listed for Middletown Ohio news journal. Details include 6 cents per weekday copy, 11.5 cents Sunday, 50 cents weekly by carrier, 10 dollars yearly inland six days by mail, 20 dollars yearly for seven-day mail outside trading area, and 35 dollars yearly outside the US. All subscriptions payable in advance. Published daily by News Journal Inc. Founded in 1857.
Kennedy Says Literacy Standard Is Federal Question
Attorney General Kennedy argues Congress can set a fixed literacy standard such as a sixth grade for voting, claiming it limits state discretion. Senators cite Supreme Court rulings upholding state literacy tests and warn Congress cannot strip states of power without a constitutional amendment.
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Kennedy
New York “Herald Tribune
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Supreme Court
Feder
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Department of Justice
Willis Robertson
Virginia
Sam Ervin
North Carolina
Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Senate
Supreme Court of the United States
Lassiter
Northampton County Board of Elections
Douglas
Guinn
United States
Weekend hospital notes praise new patient amenities
Dave Regan writes of a sudden emergency admission to Middletown Hospital. He describes a deluxe room upgrade with adjustable bed controls an air conditioner funded by a federation backed charity ball and a wall mounted television. He thanks readers for cards and good wishes and notes his surgeon completed two operations at once.
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Middletown Hospital
Federation of Women’s Club
No chastening joy in present time yields later peaceable fruit
A biblical verse from Hebrews 12 11 discusses chastening as painful yet necessary. It explains that despite current grief the discipline yields righteousness for those trained by it reflecting spiritual growth and endurance.
Test resumption risks global consequences and nuclear race
The piece argues the United States bears shared blame for restarting atmospheric nuclear tests after 1958 moratorium breaks, warning of global anger and sorrow and a renewed Soviet test program. It notes broader instability, including rising Volkswagen prices and a tangential quip about a 1938 Fender design.
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Porgy and
Bess
United States
Soviet Union
Pravda
Moscow
Many Sided Program Shows Space Efforts Move Ahead
A reading on the space program notes that successes and failures fuel progress. While a moon mission failed in communications, it still reached the moon, and a Saturn launch advances plans for manned trips around Earth and perhaps the moon by 1967.
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Moon
Earth
Clouded Future Deficit Seen at 7 to 9 Billion
The federal deficit for the year ending last June was 5.9 billion dollars. The administration projects 7 billion for the year ending next June. Senator Byrd and others expect it could rise as high as 9 billion, prompting questions about next steps.
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Sen
Byrd
Elisabethville copper paved streets and planned town design
Elisabethville the Katanga capital features copper laden slag blocks in roads, with neat houses and inviting streets reflecting planned development. The Empire State’s first constitution was adopted on April 20, 1777, and George Clinton was elected governor. Brief notes on Brocken specter, locusts versus grasshoppers, Bermuda Hop’n John dish, and world wine diversity.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
New York
Empire State
George Clinton
Broadway gossip spans politics and performers
Dorothy Kilgallen notes industrialist George Rompey as a possible Republican candidate with little chance. The piece covers disputes in Las Vegas shows, costly managers draining stars, divorces, and jokes from Friars Club events, highlighting Jose Ferrer, Rosemary Clooney, Shari Lewis, and Joe Louis among others in a panorama of 1950s entertainment headlines.
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George Rompey
Keely Smith
Corbett Monica
Keely
Riviera Hotel
Las Vegas
Lenny Kent
Jose Ferrer
Joe
Uncle Sam
Jose
Roger Williams
Lee Evans
Manhattan Tower
Bart Howard
Capitol Records
Lee
The
Embers
George Dixon Humor From On High
A Washington report on the White House press dinner where President Kennedy and Prime Minister MacMillan traded jokes with the crowd. The piece highlights Kennedy’s satire of himself and Reid’s impersonation of a press conference, noting the rare comedic moment between two world leaders and the global appetite for humor.
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United States
Britain
John F. Kennedy
Harold MacMillan
White House
Kennedy
JFK
Elliot Reid
Mr. Reid
Reid
Kennedy & MacMillan
Palm Beach
Rainy days linger as Britain laments forgetful walkers
A London woman reports her Alsatian police that vanished on the way home from a dog training school where it had just graduated. The note ends with an aside about spring rain disrupting daily life and a light remark about hockey.
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Milt
Sterling
London
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