Hunger Is a Colonel and Outranks Him
In Santiago Cuba disillusionment grows as economic collapse, not revolt, looms for Castro regime. Longshoremen, businessmen, and farmers say hunger will force change, with a worker noting hunger as a colonel outranking Fidel Castro. A sugar mill shift and militiamen’ s fear of entry into Santiago highlight tension as December harvest nears.
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Santiago, Cuba
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Santiago
Sierra Maestra
Fidel
Thanksgiving weekend highway death toll rises nationwide
The Associated Press reports 430 highway deaths, 49 fire deaths, and 109 other accidents over a 102 hour Thanksgiving weekend, totaling 588. California led with at least 50 highway fatalities. Michigan New York Ohio Pennsylvania and Texas each reported 20 or more.
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National Safety Council
NSC
California
Michigan
New York
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Texas
Ohio 6th In Nation In Deaths
Ohio logged at least 21 traffic deaths during the 102 hour Thanksgiving period from 6 p m Wednesday to midnight Sunday. The state ranked among the top six in fatalities, with 26 deaths counted by the Associated Press in a comparable nonholiday period two weeks earlier.
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Associated Press
Ohio
Appeals Court Reverses Apalachin Conspiracy Convictions
The U S Court of Appeals reversed the conspiracy convictions of 29 men who attended the Apalachin New York underworld convention on November 14, 1957.
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New York
U. S. Court of Appeals
N. Y
Chuckle: Dime Sparks Unlikely Screwdriver Insight
A light humorous note suggests a common coin, the dime, can serve as a makeshift screwdriver in a pinch. The quip playfully weighs the coin’s value against practical, improvised use.
Negro Pupils Have Schools To Selves
In New Orleans white students from two near integrated schools boycotted, heading to segregated campuses. Three Black girls entered McDonogh No. 19 with a spectator taunt heard as tension rose. The federal panel weighed delaying integration as state and federal suits collide, while payroll and school operations faced disruption.
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New Orleans
McDonagh No. 19
Armand Davie
William Frantz School
Barnard Parish
J. Thomas Jewell
James F. Redmond
McDonogh No. 19
Frantz
Louisiana Teachers Association
Louisiana Education Association
Baton Rouge
Henry C. Bezou
Midwest Storm Takes Toll Across Plains
A powerful autumn storm blew from the Rocky Mountains into northern Kansas spreading tornadic winds, thunderstorms, and heavy snow across the Great Plains. Snow depths reached four inches in Colorado and Nebraska with visibility near zero as gusts up to 40 mph chilled temperatures across the region.
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Rocky Mountains
Kansas
Gulf of Mexico
Mercury
Colorado
Nebraska
Akron
Colo
Chadron, Neb
Scottsbluff
North Dakota
Weather turns bitter as cold front arrives
A strong low pressure system sweeps in from the Midwest bringing rapid temperature drops. Highs near 70 fall to 36 to 40 tonight with little rebound tomorrow, as scattered snow showers may occur. A warming trend is expected Thursday, but another cold spell looms by the weekend. Yesterday’s official high was 64 and the overnight low 54 with 0.2 inches of rain.
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Midwest
Cabinet Called Into Session as Venezuelan Riots Escalate
In Caracas the Betancourt cabinet met in emergency session amid violent leftist riots that left three dead and over 100 wounded. National Guard units patrolled the capital as clashes spread to police stations and streets. high schools and normal schools closed after confrontations linked to Cuba’s Castro influence and domestic opposition factions.
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Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
National Guard
Betancourt
Castro
Cuba
Fermin Toro
Lumumba Heads for Stanleyville in Secret Move
Ex Premier Patrice Lumumba slipped from his guarded residence Sunday night and headed to Stanleyville, his Congo stronghold. Aides said he went to attend the funeral of his infant daughter, with a brief stay planned before a unity conference of Congolese leaders. Mobutu ordered the army to intercept him. UN troops guard Lumumba’s residence.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Stanleyville
Oriental Province
Lumumba
Joseph Mobutu
United Nations
Mobutu
Eisenhower Goals Commission Outlines 1960s Program
The Eisenhower era national goals commission proposes a 1960s program costing billions in higher spending and possible tax increases. It urges strong military alliance, expanded education and foreign aid, and desegregation by 1970 with reduced barriers. Nuclear disarmament as the ultimate aim.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Commission On National Goals
America
White House
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
United States
Busy Kennedy Family Splendid After Weekend Arrival
Washington AP reports John F Kennedy and his wife cope with weeks of busy preparations as infant John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr arrives three weeks early. Doctors say the baby is healthy, 20 inches long, weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces, and feeding well. mother recovers from Caesarean and attends Mass with Caroline despite lively antics in church.
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United States
Caroline
Kennedy
Secret Service
John Fitzgerald Kennedy Jr
Edward B. Broocks
Broocks
John Jr
N Street
Holy Trinity Church
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