Refugees claim Soviets now control Cuba in Cozumel escape
Rafael Rodriguez leads 89 Cuban refugees including 28 women and 22 children who fled last week in a hijacked navy tender to Cozumel Mexico. He says Soviets have orders in Cuba and the people suffer hunger while foreigners are kept from daily life. Some refugees urge returning to the vessel to seek U.S. entry. U.S. Embassy in Mexico City says visa requests would be promptly considered.
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Cuba
Rafael Rodriguez
Mexican
Rodriguez
Castro
Fidel Casto
Fidel Castro
Havana
Cubana
U.S
Florida
United States
Mexico City
Cincinnati to Get New Federal Bank
Cincinnati AP report says a new Federal Reserve Bank building is planned for downtown Cincinnati. Fred Kiel, VP in charge, says preliminary studies will determine needed facilities and a site. The project fits the central business district redevelopment program. The Fed now occupies basement and upper floors of a 14 story building on East Fourth Street.
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Cincinnati
Federal Reserve Bank
Fred
Chuckle: mistaking steam work for fog generation
A light humorous observation noting some people confuse actively building steam with creating fog. It uses playful tone and implies a misperception about effort versus outcome.
Kennedy warned Viet Nam may be lost without reforms
AP reports President Kennedy warned strong U S officials in Viet Nam fear the anti Communist war could be lost unless the Diem government enacts sweeping reforms U S leaders want changes including removal or shift of Ngo Dinh Diem aide Ngo Dinh Nhu and his wife amid charges they fuel public dissatisfaction American diplomats military officials and broadcast comments by Mrs Nhu in Belgrade Yugoslavia echo the criticism of Viet Nam policies and the U S stance toward the Diem regime.
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Kennedy
Viet Nam
Tokyo
South Viet Nam
U.N
U Thani
Ngo Dinh Diem
United Nations
United States
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nou
U.S
Nhu
Battle near Dam Doi Ends in Battle Hardness
Viet Cong guerrillas retreated after Marines landed by helicopter and pushed them from Dam Doi in a bloody fight. In nearby Cai Nuoc and Kum Doi, towns suffered heavy destruction with burning and bodies reported, marking a harsh, deadly encounter in Vietnam.
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Cai Nuoc
Kum Doi
Saigon
Twenty Navy Men Rescued After Launch Capsizes
Sen Henry M Jackson backs limited nuclear test ban treaty saying risks are serious but acceptable. The Washington Democrat who chaired Kennedy's 1960 campaign was viewed as a principal critic before today.
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Washington
Henry M. Jackson
Pupils Seek Support For School Boycott
A crowd of more than 200 teenagers rallied near a downtown high school in Birmingham to support a school boycott protest against integration. The event echoed earlier demonstrations as students urged Philips High students to join the action and condemn desegregation, with tense chants and police involvement reported.
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Birmingham
Ala
Philips High
High Point
N.C. Cap
Wallace
Tuskegee
Tuskegee High
Jack Casa
Medical Aid Bill Passed By Congress
Washington AP Congress approved Kennedy administration’s medical education program as the first major education bill sent to the White House this session. The Senate backed the $236.4 million measure 71 to 9 and the House previously passed it 288 to 122, marking the era’s first broad federal aid in education since 1958.
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Congress
White House
Kennedy
Senate
House
South American Airship May Be Down In Cuba
Six Central Americans may be in Cuba after landing a private twin engine plane on the southern coast. Gen Tachito Somoza’s plane, once reported 100 miles southwest of Key West, disappeared after a Belize flight plan. Coast Guard search halted amid Cuban radio reports of a landing at Cienfuegos.
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Fla
Cuba
Miami Herald
Tachito Somoza
Theicaraguan Armed Forces
Luis Somoza
Fidel Castro
Key West End
Belize
British Honduras
Coast Guard
Cienfuegos
Ceylonese Delegate Attacks Madame Nhu Over Buddhist Crisis
Maithripala Senanayake, chief Ceylonese delegate to the 61 nation interparliamentary union, challenged Mrs Ngo Dinh Nhu in Belgrade. He cited a serious violation of human rights and a threat to world peace. He urged an impartial UN inquiry to reveal the truth about Buddhists in South Viet Nam. The delegate warned the region could spark broader religious strife in Asia.
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Yugoslavia
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Maithripala Senanayeke
Interparliamentary Union
South Viet Nam
Missing Sailor Sought After Navy Launch Capsizes
A Navy launch returning men from shore leave capsized in rough Long Island Sound near Port Jefferson. Twenty men rescued, one missing. Survivors reached Hazelwood then Coast Guard and fire crews ferried to safety. one man taken to hospital. Eighty to ninety minutes earlier the craft, carrying crew of 250, went down bow first during antisubmarine tests aboard Hazelwood.
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N.Y
Iap
Long Island Sound
Ralph L. Nelson
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Hazewood
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Long Island
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Cletus Scheperle
Navy
Scheperne
John Getchel
Coast Guard
Nelson
Old Field Beach
Setauket
Mather Memorial Hospital
Donald J. Hanson
Midgetown R
Faeese
Fires endanger Sao Paulo as Parana blazes threaten crops
In Curatiba Brazil AP reports Parana state fires threaten neighboring Sao Paulo as firefighters save coffee and lumber lands. Over 140000 homeless after fires razed about 30 percent of Parana's coffee and lumber area amid an eight month drought. Death toll uncertain though officials dismissed reports of 250 per shed.
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Curatiba
Brazil
Parana
Sao Paulo
Rhodes Heads West For Republican Governors Meet
Rhodes leaves Columbus for Denver to attend the first meeting of the Republican Governors Association on Saturday. Governor Rhodes travels with aides and will participate in policy discussions and strategy planning at the Denver gathering.
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Columbus
Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Denver
Colo
Republican Governors Association
Students clash with police outside Cuba hearings
Police struggled with a young man identified as William Massey during a disruption outside the House Committee on Un American Activities hearings on travel to Cuba. About 50 youths in beatnik attire were denied admission, some shouting that Cuba is freer than Louisiana, while others looked on as officers removed Massey and confiscated protest signs in the Capitol.
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House Committee On UN- American Activities
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Massey
Committee
Fidel Castro
State Department
George Lincoln Rockwell
Rockwell
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