Firing Squad Executes American and Cubans in Cuba
In Havana a military court executed Anthony Zarba of Somerville Massachusetts and seven Cuban companions for plotting an invasion to overthrow Fidel Castro. Five more Cubans were executed in Santa Clara while others received prison terms. Zarba was the first US citizen killed by a Castro firing squad. an American man from Indiana was previously sentenced but not executed.
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Anthony Zarba
Somerville
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Santiago
Santa Clara
Zarba
Cuba
San Juan Valley
Escambray
Radio Voz
U.S
Alan Robert Nye
Whiting
Ind
Castro
Oriente
Apeals
San Juan Hill
Theodore Roosevelt
Rough Riders
Richard Pecoraro
Staten Island
N.Y
TV Debate Tonight Sees Nixon Kennedy Clash Across Airwaves
The Associated Press reports Nixon and Kennedy square off for a third telecast though in different studios New York and Hollywood. The hour long program at 730 p m EST uses identical setups with a large ABC technical team. Radio networks will carry the debate at the same time as networks eyes on TV preview.
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Richard M. Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
American Broadcasting Co
Hollywood
Kennedy
ABC
New York City
CBS
Chicago
NBC
Washington
ABC News
Bill Shadel
Roscoe Drummond
New York Herald Tribune
Douglas S. Cater
Magazine
Charles van Fremd
CBS News
Frank McGee
NBC News
Shadel
West Coast
Wpix-Tv
New York
WGN. TV
Lyndon B. Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
Pirates take early lead in world series
AP reports Pittsburgh pirates built a 4 0 advantage before the fifth inning as the world series unfolded. Also dispatches note Mobutu asserting no war against the UN over Lumumba, a Wake Island search for a missing flier, Tokyo mourning Asanuma, and Khrushchev planning to depart the UN scene.
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Pirates
Leopoldville, the Congo
Joseph Mobutu
United Nations
Patrice Lumumba
Honolulu
Midway
Kwajalein
Wake
North Dakota
Pacific
Wake Island
Khrushchev Demands U.N. Censure Over Spy Flights
Soviet Premier Khrushchev denounced U.S. spy plane flights as a step beyond the brink of war and demanded a U.S. apology before the General Assembly or UN condemnation of the actions.
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Fate Not Yet Known Three Mice Rocketed 700 Miles And Back
Three mice Sally Amy and Moe rode in a 16 inch by 6 inch sealed cylinder inside an Atlas nose cone on RVX-2A test flight. The 14 ton cone was recovered in the South Atlantic after a 700 mile journey. Mission aimed to test a man in space capsule concept and radiation instruments. The fate of the mice was not immediately known as recovery crews evaluated the chamber and life-support systems.
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Amy
Moe
South Atlantic
Air Force
Atlas
Ascension Island
Coastal Crusader
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
School of Aviation
H. C. Clamman
van Allen
Westinghouse Locals Vote to Strike If No Deal
Westinghouse locals at East Pittsburgh and Buffalo plants authorize strike action if negotiations fail to produce a new contract by midnight Saturday. Local 601 votes 3,650 to 26. Local 1581 votes 2,716 to 556. IUE seeks 30 percent raise and benefits. production workers average $2.25 per hour. About 39,500 workers idle if strike occurs. Federal mediators and company reps meet again in Pittsburgh.
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Westinghouse Electric Corporation
International Union of Electrical Workers
East Pittsburgh
Westinhgouse
Buffalo, N.Y
Westinghouse Conference Board
IUE
Westinghouse
Agai
Gun's bite leaves 4 fatherless in Philadelphia tragedy
Margaret McCann 31 3% remained sedated at Presbyterian Hospital awaiting delivery of her fifth child after a pistol her husband Edward M. McCann Jr. 31 playfully tossed to her discharged killing him. Doctors expected a safe delivery with no complications.
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Presbyterian Hospital
Margaret McCann
Edward M. McCann Jr
Margaret
GE Strike Near End Despite Rumors of Break
In Schenectady New York IVE Local 301 of the International Union of Electrical Workers authorized continuation or suspension of a week long strike against General Electric. The union will press for negotiations with a pending contract and seeks to retain the escalator clause while GE pushes to remove it. About 5 000 members voted with four dissenters.
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Schenectady
N. Y
General Electric Co
International Union of Electrical Workers
IVE
Leo Jandreau
IUE
Jandreau
New York City
Local 301 Votes Against then Approves GE Strike
Local 301 representing about 8 700 of GE Schenectady workers initially voted against striking in the IUE referendum then backed the strike in a second ballot. The unit joined the strike last Thursday as IUE demands a 3 percent yearly pay hike for three years. GE counters with 3 percent plus 4 percent in April 1962. Current wages range from 2 30 to 2 40 per hour.
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Schenectady
IUE
U N debates colonialism as US backs full Assembly talk
UN Assembly moves to debate a Soviet plan for freedom of colonial and dependent territories with the United States supporting full Assembly discussion. Khrushchev and Mezincescu clash over procedure as Boland’s gavel drama ends the session amid applause and tension.
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United Nations, N.Y
United States
U.N. Assembly
U.S
Francis 0. Wilcox
Soviet Union
Africa
Guinea
U.N
General Assembly
Frederick H. Boland
Khrushchev
Boland
Andrei Gromyko
Moscow
U.S.S
Se ‘Curity Council
Sumulong
Philippine
Europe
Eduard Mezincescu
Assembly
Ireland
Civil Rights Mediation Opens Lunch Counters to Negroes
Atty General William P. Rogers said the Justice Department mediation has opened chain store lunch counters to Negroes in 90 Southern and border cities since June 1. He reviewed civil rights actions from legislation to litigation and mediation, noting progress and administration support for both the 1957 and 1940s acts.
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Washington
William P. Rogers
Justice Department
Rogers
Old Well Found In West Berlin
West Berlin archaeologists found a 1,900 year old well within city limits. A wooden ladder descended to water with skeletons of mice at the bottom, dated to about the 2nd century B C per scientists.
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Berlin
West Berlin
Weekend Showers Forecast With Warm, Partly Cloudy Days
The region may see scattered showers this weekend with warm, partly cloudy conditions tonight and Friday. Tonight's low should be in the 50s. Yesterday's high reached 83 at 3 30 p.m. and the overnight low was 48.
Bomb injures 34 in Times Square subway blast
NY authorities report 34 injured in a Times Square area subway station blast. The device exploded in a photo machine near a shuttle car, shattering windows and triggering a brief panic. Two youths fled. hats found. two suspects questioned and released. The incident follows two prior explosions in 11 days in the same district.
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Times Square
Bryant Park
42Nd Street
Fifth Avenue
Duffy Square
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