Two Americans Reported Captured After Cuban Invasion Try
Havana based El Mundo reported the capture of Allan D Thompson and Paul Hughes who allegedly landed with a small invasion force in Cuba's northeast last week. The paper tied them to Anthony Zarba and 12 Cubans executed for plot to overthrow Fidel Castro.
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Havana
el Mundo Today
Cuba
Allan D. Thompson
Paul Hughes
el Mundo
Anthony Zarba
Somerville
Mass
Fidel Castro
Thompson
Hughes
Oriente
Armed Forces Ministry
Jose Cauce
Santiago
Fateful collision in Dayton and tense Miami vigil
In Dayton Ohio a pickup carrying six boys crashed with a car near Dayton killing 15 year old Marvin Wright and injuring five youths and a married couple. The other four youths were named Fred Worley 17 Harold Williams 18 Robert Smith 19 Donald Smith 16 and Fred Martin Jr 22 all of Dayton. In Miami a tense scene unfolded as Fidel Castro supporters and foes kept a fragile peace under police watch after vandalism threats and a storefront shooting linked to Cuban politics. A photograph of Castro was removed from a Paula restaurant at authorities urging and a Cubana Airlines window was shattered with two Cubans arrested for malicious mischief. A group of women protested on Flagler Street while police detained Cuban youths cruising downtown with banners.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Dowtown
Jose Paula
Maria
Paula
Castro
Cubana Air Lines
Flagler Street
Dayton
Ohio
Here
Ohio Highway Patrol
Marvin Wright
Fred Worley
Harold Williams
Robert Smith
Donald Smith
Fred Martin Jr
Wilburt Whitman
Marjie
Ohio 202
Needmore Road
Mobattacks Cuban consulate amid anti-Castro unrest
Police said the scene was quiet after earlier gunfire and mob violence as a crowd of about 30 anti-Cuban rebels attacked the Cuban consulate. They beat consul Abebardo Leon Blanco who was swiftly recalled by Castro. One man was detained regarding a shooting at Paula's.
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Cuba
Abebardo Leon Blanco
Castro
Paula's
Japanese Unions Protest After Asanuma Slaying
In Tokyo thousands of union workers march with red flags to condemn the assassination of Socialist leader Inejiro Asanuma. Two large waves total about 26,000 protesters with a third planned, signaling national anger over the stabbing of the 61 year old party chairman.
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Tokyo
Inejiro Asanuma
Asanuma
Socialist Party
Sokyo
Tab Hunter Dog Cruelty Trial Details Emerge
Glendale California AP neighbor Roy Perrotta testified he heard howling from Hunter’s Great Dane and saw Hunter strike the dog twice. Lizabeth Hunter testified she saw him beat the animal two or three times. Hunter claims he slapped the dog’s paws with a leather strap to stop digging.
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Glendale
Calif
Tab Hunter
Hunter
Roy Perrotta
Lizabeth
Hunter Bea
Today's Chuckle Modesty
The note jokes about efforts to hide how wonderful we are, exploring self awareness with a light humorous angle and a wink at vanity. It reads like a brief comic quip on human behavior and social pretensions.
Director Moss Hart Suffers Mild Coronary in Toronto
Moss Hart 55 Broadway director and playwright is resting in hospital after a heart attack in his hotel room. Hart, directing the Broadway bound Camelot, was taken to Wellesley Hospital alongside lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe. Camelot's general manager Edwin Knill termed the illness a mild coronary thrombosis with possible delay to the December opening due to editing needs. Hart won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for You Can’t Take It With You.
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Toronto
Moss Hart
Hart
Camelot
Wellesley Hospital
Alan Jay Lerner
Frederick Loewe
Lerner
Edwin Knill
Camelot Company
Kitty Carlisle
Kennedy Promises Full Employment to Pennsylvanians
Senator John F. Kennedy pledges a Democratic administration will restore full employment policies in the nation. He labels Republican policies as failing workers and vows to move immediately to put people back to work. Kennedy cites the 1946 full employment law and criticizes Republicans for abandoning it. He tours Michigan after Pennsylvania, drawing large crowds and signaling support in key industrial states.
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Sharon
John F. Kennedy
Pennsylvania
Ashcan
Oak Ridge Plant Picketed as 1800 Union Workers Strike
Oak Ridge Tennessee AP report says a 1800 member Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union Local 9288 strike at the gaseous diffusion plant led supervisory staff to relieve workers and guard the facility. Negotiations failed over a 28 cent hourly wage rise despite Atomic Energy Commission urging delay. Federal mediator E F Hitchcock noted talks not yet scheduled but ongoing efforts to settle.
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Oak Ridge, Tenn
Oak Ridge
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
OCAW
Atomic Energy Commission
E. F. Hitchcock
Atomic Trades and Labor Council
Nixon Says Eisenhower Guidance Helps Nixon Bid
Phoenix AP report says Vice President Richard Nixon told a Los Angeles audience he would rely on President Eisenhower for wise guidance as he campaigns across the country. He planned speeches in Tulsa and Springfield before Hartford. Nixon drew huge crowds in Los Angeles, stressing no territorial concessions to the Communists and aligning with the administration on policy.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Richard M. Nixon
Eisenhower
White House
Nixon
Los Angeles
California
Tulsa
Springfield
Ill
Hartford
Conn
Matsu and
Quemoy
Senate
Three Men Killed in Zanesville Car Crash
In Zanesville Ohio three men were killed and a fourth critically injured when their westbound car sideswiped a tractor trailer on U S 40 half a mile east of town and left the road. The dead were Richard Geyer 26 Robert W Edwards and Walter Newell 46. Gary Shook about 24 was listed in Bethesda Hospital with head and internal injuries.
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Zanesville, Ohio
Zanesville
U.S. 40
Here
Highway Patrol
Richard Geyer
Robert W. Edwards
Walter Newell
Bethesda Hospital
Gary Shook
To Keep Peace In The Family
In Miami a man drives a car with both Kennedy and Nixon bumper stickers. He supports the Democratic candidate while his wife votes Republican.
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Miami
Fla
South Miami
Mystery Sub or School Of Fish Off Hawaii Coast
A US Navy hunter killer task force led by the carrier Kearsarge searched the Pacific for an unidentified underwater object sighted a week earlier by an Air Force crew. Reports say it could be a submarine or marine life. most contacts turn out to be a fish, whale, or similar.
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Honolulu
Kearsarge
Pacific
Long Beach
Calif
San Diego
Air
Navy
Soviet Union
China
Adm
John
Thach
Constellation
United States
Eisenhower Celebrates 70th Birthday At Gettysburg
President Eisenhower relaxed at his Gettysburg farm after a family dinner marking his 70th birthday. Attending were Mrs. Eisenhower, Lt. Col. John Eisenhower, Mrs. John Eisenhower, and the Eisenhower grandchildren. He planned more golf before returning to Washington. He departs Sunday for a nine day coast to coast trip.
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Gettysburg
Eiesnhower
Inlaw
John Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Arthur Nevins
Washington
UN Move On Disarmament Dominates U N Session
The United Nations General Assembly, groggy after days of speeches, lays out a crowded agenda led by East West disarmament plans. The U S Britain and Italy push for resumption of disarmament talks, contrasting Khrushchev’s Soviet plan for a quick treaty with broader controls. A separate Venezuela child slaying case is noted with Francisco Molina sought in New York.
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United Nations
N.Y
Nikita Khrushchev
U.N. General Assembly
Khrushchev
Assembly
United States
Britain
Italy
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Red Envoy Seeks Laos Influence After Aid Pause
In Vientiane the Soviet ambassador Alexander Abramov met Prime Minister Souvanna Phouma less than a day after the U S troubleshooter left Laos. The move signals Moscow’s effort to fill the aid gap as Parsons warned Souvanna that neutrality with Communists isn’t workable. Abramov, the first Soviet ambassador to Laos, refrained from commenting on the crisis.
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Vientiane
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
United States
Far East
Soviet Union
J. Graham Parsons
Prince Souvanna
Alexander Nikitich Abramov
Parsons
Abramov
Cambodia
Souvanna
Moscow
Global disarmament and Africa dominate UN agenda
Plans for an international control body under the United Nations collide with Soviet push for a super panel of 99 nations. The political committee will review three disarmament items and the Disarmament Commission report. The Assembly lists ten Africa items with Algeria's independence struggle, a U S program for Africa development, and Soviet anti colonialism demand leading the slate. Hungary and Tibet issues will trigger East-West wrangles on the floor.
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United Nations
Disarmament Commission
Assembly
Algeria
U.S
Soviet Union
Hungary
Tibet
Morse campaigns at Lexington town dump in Lowell
Republican congressional candidate F. Brad Morse visits the Lexington town dump to seek votes. He notes hundreds of men dumping rubbish on Saturday morning and says he will be there with coffee doughnuts and campaign stickers and buttons.
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Lowell
Mass
F. Brad Morse
Congress
Dist
Lexington
Tragedy strikes Berkeley County family in hammer attack
John Prohaska, 31, chemist and Charleston Rubber Co. executive, returned to his North Charleston home to find his wife Bonnie, 30, allegedly battered their four children with a hammer. All five were injured. Bonnie was found incoherent and hospitalized for observation. The eldest son, John, 20, said his mother attacked them. Authorities found the bloody hammer in the bathroom. Bonnie uttered, Oh my God, what have I done. The family was once named among the state's ideal families.
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North Charleston S.C
John Pohaska
Bonnie
Berkeley County
Prohaskas
America
John
All Saints Episcopal Church
John Prohaska
Charleston Rubber Co
Charleston
Bonnie Prohaska
D. E. Nettles
Robert Laird
Anna Maria
Mark Raymond
David
Prohaska
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Mich
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Molina
Venezuela
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