Fear of Premature Cuban Strike Grows in Miami
Associated Press analyst William L. Ryan reports growing worry among informed Miami figures that rebel actions against Fidel Castro may be premature. Observers see landings as potentially commando in strength, with top Cuban leaders silent and unclear reports on Fidel Castro, Raul, Guevara, and Corticos.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Fidel
Havana
Castro
Raul
Ernesto Guevara
Osvaldo Corticos
Jaguey Grande
Matanzas
Hayes cites big investment of insurance firms in Louisiana
Baton Rouge AP reports State Insurance Commissioner Rufus Hayes says the insurance industry has invested over 770 million dollars in Louisiana, with 625 million by five large foreign life companies in mortgages and real estate, plus 145 million by Louisiana firms. Tax law changes have shifted investments to tax free bonds, slowing mortgage activity, though state tax collections are expected to exceed 8.8 million dollars this fiscal year.
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Louisiana
Kennedy orders Walker inquiry over Birchers row
President Kennedy ordered an inquiry into Maj. Gen. Edwin A. Walker after published reports that his information program distributed John Birch Society material. The Army said Walker was relieved of command of the 24th Division in Germany and moved to a staff post pending the investigation.
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Washington
Kennedy
Edwin A. Walker
John Birch Society
White House
Army
Walker
24Th
Germany
Eichmann trial opens with gory accounts of mass killings
Israel charges Adolf Eichmann with blood lust against Jews and defiance of orders as Naphtali Bar Shalom testifies on captured wartime documents. Hausner details camps Maidanek and mass shootings, including 18,000 Jews killed in one day, and a brutal selection process. A Miami report notes 27 suspected anti Castro plotters, including Maj. Humberto Sori Marin, arrested by Cuban authorities. one American, Rafael Diaz Ottman, among them. Ordered executions and repression tied to the anti Castro insurrection are reported from Havana and La Cabana.
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UPI
Adolf Eichmann
State of Israel
Gideon Hausner
Eichmann
Heinrich Himmler
Hausner
Naphtali Bar Shalom
Germany
Warsaw
Maidanek
Sori Marin
Rafael Diaz Ottman
Castro
Key West
Fla
Havana
la Cabana
Moscow
Cuban Labor Confederation
Cuban Industrial Confederation
Postmasters to Attend 8th District NA Postmasters Meeting
West Monroe postmaster Homer Roark Monroe postmaster Woodrow Hathorn and Rayville postmaster Austin Smith will join about 40 Monroe Youth Symphony members departing for Asheville North Carolina for the annual event. The eighth district meeting of the National Association of Postmasters is set Thursday in Natchitoches.
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Homer Roark
West Monroe
Woodrow Hathorn
Monroe
Austin Smith
Rayville
National Association of Postmaster
Natchitoches
Monroe Youth Symphony
Ashville
N.C
GE executive describes rigging of turbine bids
GE official John Peters testified that three domestic turbine generator makers Westinghouse Allis-Chalmers and GE colluded to rig bids on multi million dollar projects between 1951 and 1959 in meetings to divide the market and fix pricing. He said discussions determined which supplier would quote the lowest price at each job.
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GE Executive
Estes Kefauver
D-Tenn
Senate Antitrust and Monopoly Subcommittee
Peters
Priest reports Russian tanks in Cuban raids near Colon
Reverend Teodoloro de la Torre of New Orleans says Cuban underground sources report Soviet Stalin tanks aiding Castro forces in a battle near Colon nine miles from Havana. He cites claims of Santiago’s fall and widespread fighting in Matanzas Las Villas Oriente and Camaguey, while exiles await updates.
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New Orleans
Castro
Colon
Havana
Teodoloro de la Torre
Mexico
St. John the Baptist Catholic Church
Father de la Torre
Santiago
Cuba
Pinar del Rio
Isle of Pines
Matanzas
Las Villas
Oriente
Camaguey
Fidel Castro
Demonstrators Attack U.S. Embassy in Moscow
Several thousand protesters gathered in two waves outside the U S embassy in Moscow shouting Hands off Cuba and Cuba yes Yankees no They threw rocks ink at the wall and fenced in front of the embassy. Mounted police dispersed the crowd as traffic blocked the boulevard. Inside the building people watched pro Cuban broadcasts on television while remaining calm.
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Moscow
Cuba
U.S
Kennedy updates leaders on Cuban crisis after Khrushchev appeal
President Kennedy met with Democratic leaders in the Capitol to discuss the Cuban invasion issue. He reviewed Khrushchev’s appeal and the dispatches, but offered no public comment. House Speaker Sam Rayburn said Kennedy briefed them on the real situation without detailing the Khrushchev message.
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Washington
Kennedy
Khrushchev
Congress
House
Sam Rayburn
Texas
One Dead Ten Missing In Alberta Helicopter Crash
A large helicopter carrying 11 people crashed at night 35 miles north of Cold Lake near the Alberta air force base. The pilot Flight Lt. J L Jeffs of Winnipeg was rescued with minor injuries. Ten others, three airmen and seven civilian workers, were unaccounted for. Another helicopter was sent to provide medical aid.
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Cold Bake
Alta
Alberta
J. L. Jeffs
Winnipeg
Typical Spring Weather On Tap In Louisiana
Mild and cool nights continue in northeast Louisiana through Wednesday with highs near 80 degrees and overnight lows around 45. Monday saw readings from 41 to 67 with no rainfall reported in the area.
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Louisiana
Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Offered for Swift Signature
Global leaders Grea t Britain and the United States presented a complete nuclear test ban treaty to the Soviet Union and offered immediate signing. In related dispatches, a Kentucky farm girl received another life term after pleading guilty to a second murder in Franklin Louisiana. The UN heard a warning from Soviet Delegate Valerlan A Zorin of military support for Fidel Castro. U S State Department says no word on Americans still in Cuba. Pointe Coupee Parish grand jury indicts Marvin Bueche for murder in the pistol slaying of 20 year old Louella Landry.
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UPI
United States
Great Britain
Soviet Union
Franklin, la
Kentucky
United Nations, N. Y
Valerian A. Zorin
United Nations
Fidel Castro
Washington
State Department
Cuba
New Roads
Pointe Coupee Parish
Marvin Bueche
Louella Marie Landry
Morganza
ICBM Warning From Arizona Scientist
An Arizona scientist warns that placing ICBM launching sites upward of at least nine major cities would nearly guarantee death for an additional three or four million Americans if the United States is attacked.
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Washington
Arizona
United States
Navy tightens security at Guantanamo Bay base
UPI reports the U S Navy asserts strict security at Guantanamo Bay Cuba with 3250 sailors and Marines on alert. Base commander Rear Adm Edward J O Donnell rejects Cuban rebel aid charges while Marines and war dogs guard against attacks. Possible rebel landing near Santiago unconfirmed. civilian worker losses would not cripple base operations.
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Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
UPI
U.S. Navy
Guantanamo Naval Base
Cuba
Edward J. O'Donnell
Fidel Castro
O'Donnell
Santiago
Navy
Guantanamo
Naval Base
Dedication Set At Sterlington High School
Sterlington High School will be formally dedicated in a special ceremony Friday night. Ouachita Parish School Board member Charles Drennan announced an open house and tour of the high school, which opened last September, at 7:30 p.m. Rep. Lawrence Gibbs of Monroe will be the featured speaker in the auditorium along with Supt. W. W. Ward and board president Charles G. Wall Jr. of West Monroe. The public is invited.
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Sterlington High School
Charles Drennan
Ouachita Parish
Drennan
Lawrence Gibbs
Monroe
Supt
W. W. Ward
Charles G. Wall Jr
West Monroe
Sewer Tax Vote Under Way in Sterlington District
Sterlington property owners vote on a five mill maintenance tax for a sewer district in Sterlington proper creating District 1 Sewerage District. About 100 qualified voters. polls open at 6 a.m. and close at 8 p.m. Ward 1 not fully included.
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Sterlington
Ward 1
Liz Taylor Wins Oscar After Near Death Battle
Santa Monica recalls Liz Taylor winning best actress for Butterfield 8 as she battles weakness from pneumonia. She nearly fainted twice during the 90 minute ceremony and later told reporters she would not miss the party. Accompanied by Eddie Fisher and her doctor, she rested before entering the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium and described walking as the longest since her illness.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Liz Taylor
Beautiful Star
Liz
Eddie Fisher
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium
Abc-Tv
Dior
Cannibal student expelled for buttering up teachers
A humor column recalls a cannibal expelled from school for buttering up teachers, a punny anecdote from a lighthearted chatter section.
Change Of Venire In Negroes' Case
Four Negroes charged with aggravated battery in the knifing of Louisiana Tech star Jim Hinton seek a change of venire and to quash the petit jury in Ruston district court. Their lawyers argue bias due to racial exclusion from juries, while prosecutors recount the stabbing incident on Interstate 20 and pursuit to Highway 8 and Wesley Chapel.
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Ruston
Louisiana Tech
Jim Hinton
Harold Lee Howard
Willie Lee Goree
Theodis Goree
Roy James Goree
Charles Morton
Jonesboro
Joseph Guerriero
Monroe
Guerriero
Lincoln Parish
Ragan Madden
Howard
Hinton
Madden
Andy Malone
Tech
Highway 8
Wesley Chapel
Three Speakers Set for Friday Water Pollution Meeting
A Friday meeting on water pollution will be hosted by the Louisiana Arkansas Division of Mid-Continent Oil and Gas Association in Monroe at the Holiday Inn. Nathan G. Beard chairs the event with an executive luncheon, featuring three speakers: Chester Coco Marksville State Mineral Board. Henri Volbrette New Orleans Louisiana Chemical Association. and Sam Hanna Monroe News-Star World staffer.
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Monroe
Louisiana-Arkansas Division of
Mid-Continent Oil & Gas Association
Nathan G. Beard
Baton Rouge
Holiday Inn
Chester Coco
State Mineral Board
Marksville
Henri Volbrette
Louisiana Chemical Association
New Orleans
Sam Hanna
News-Star— World
Coco
Castro Invaders Threaten Cuba as Khrushchev Backs Castro
Soviet Premier Khrushchev urged Kennedy to halt the invasion of Cuba and promised all necessary aid to Fidel Castro. Rebels moved inland from 90 miles east of Havana after a landing in Las Villas. Cuban PM Castro led defense efforts as counterrevolutionaries threatened his life. U.S. and Soviet positions clashed over blame and support.
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Kennedy
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Khuushchev
Castro
Havana
United States
Las Villas
Colon
U. S
Florida
Central America
Soviet Union
U.S.A
Storm-Spotting Program Cited By Weather Bureau
The Weather Bureau outlines its hurricane detection efforts to Rep. Colmer. It highlights a radar network and unmanned weather stations in the Gulf, with plans for satellite use. Colmer says he prefers economical data methods and will monitor developments rather than press his bill.
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Weather Bureau
Washington
William M. Colmer
D-Miss
Gulf of Mexico
Gulf States
Colmer
Bureau
Navy
Gulf
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