Bermuda Holds Havana-Bound Cubana Airliner
A Cubana airliner en route from Madrid to Havana landed unauthorized at Kindley Air Force Base Bermuda. The base said the plane lacked required insurance and 13 crew and eight passengers were housed there. Bermuda officials indicated entry to Bermuda proper would be denied and the aircraft was told to seek an alternate field.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Madrid
Havana
U. S. Air Force
Kindley Air Force Base
U. S
Santa Maria
Azores
New York
Kindley
Nixon Sees Kennedy Popular as Individual Not Program
President Kennedy enjoys broad personal popularity, Nixon says, but his economic program has minimal support. Nixon declined to judge the 90 day record, plans a cross country tour, and urged restraint on Cuba while offering no immediate policy proposals.
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Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Kennedy
Nixon
South Korean Sabrejet Crashes After MIG Intercept
A South Korean air force Sabrejet crashed about 100 miles south of Seoul after being chased by three North Korean MiGs. UN Command officials placed the crash at Kunsan airbase and denied direct link to the air raid alert.
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Seoul, Korea
UPI
Seoul
United Nations Command
U. S
Kunsan
Korea
Demilitarized Zone
North Korea
Ongjin Peninsula
$600 Million Aid Plan Passes House Group Action
The House Appropriations Committee approved a $600 million administration aid request to raise living standards in Latin America. Included is $100 million to help Chile rebuild areas hit by last year's earthquakes. The panel acts early amid concerns over spending details and the Cuban situation.
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Washington
iIn
House Appropriations Committee
South
Chile
Otto E. Passman
D-La
Passman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kennedy
Inter - American Development Bank
Oak Hill High School Alumni Homecoming at Elmer
Alumni of Oak Hill High School in Elmer Rapides parish will hold homecoming Saturday with registration starting at 3 p.m.
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Elmer
Oak Hill High School
Rapides Parish
Lake Charles Architect Elwood Reames to Speak at LREA Meeting
Lake Charles architect Elwood Reames is slated as the guest speaker for a Louisiana Religious Education Association gathering. The event details appear on the CHIT-CHAT page 2-A.
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Lake Charles
Elwood Reames
Louisiana Religious Education Association
Oil Leasing To Determine State Finance
Governor Jimmie H. Davis said Louisiana finances hinge on oil leasing in Baton Rouge. He spoke to the Monroe Rotary Club after flying from the Capitol where a major lease was underway. He noted bonds and construction plans tied to a $60 million bond issue and urged bidders to improve state funding prospects.
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Jimmie H. Davis
Monroe
Baton Rouge
Davis
W. Howard
Chamber of Tice
Garland Shell
Selman Field
Howard
Northeast State College
Northeast
Today’s Chuckle Ends With a Credit Confidence Joke
A light commentary notes that when a wife buys things on credit she is simply showing confidence in her husband. The quip plays on domestic trust and financial prudence with a playful twist.
Royal Husband Designs Bird Cage for London Zoo
Antony Armstrong Jones revealed at a news conference that he has been designing a large, avant garde bird cage for London Zoo. He worked evenings and weekends, using a ribbed base of balsa wood and picture wire for the frame, with architects Cedric Price and Frank Newby collaborating.
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London
Antony Armstrong-Jones
Princess Margaret
London Zoo
Zoo
Mar
Armstrong-Jones
Kensington Palace Gardens
Cedric Price
Frank Newby
Council of Industrial Design
Whereabouts Of Castro Is Mystery
Amid Cuban exile rumors in Miami a radio report says Fidel Castro is unseen since Monday and insurgent gains are claimed. Raul Castro leads the armed forces as talks of a long hill campaign surface with limited battlefield detail and a note on Siguanea bay.
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Miami
Fla
Fidel Castro
Havana
Castro
Cuba
CMQ
Radio Reloj
Vilma Espin de Castro
Fidel
Raul
Siguanea
Isle of Pines
Fulgencio Batista
Luna Community Man Dies in Self-Inflicted Gunshot
A 38-year-old Ouachita parish man named Jack L. Hutson was found dead in a parked pickup in the front yard of J. B. Leonard in Watson Community West Monroe. He allegedly told his wife and father-in-law he would shoot himself unless she returned home with him. Funeral services set for Luna Methodist Church with interment in Luna Cemetery.
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Ouachita Parish
Jack L. Hutson
Luna
West Monroe
J. B. Leonard
Watson
Leonard
Luna Methodist Church
Peters Funeral Home
Monroe
Luna Cemetery
Hutson
Sheriff Department
Bul
Czech Reds Air Crash Suspicions
Czechoslovakia official CTK agency alleged US involvement in the March 28 crash of a Czech air liner near Nuernberg West Germany killing all 52 aboard. It claimed the crash happened near an American military installation with increased air activity at the time, evidenced by Czechoslovak radio signals.
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Prague
Czechoslovakia
CTK
United States
Nuernberg
West Germany
Kennedy tax reform plan would create 500000 jobs
President Kennedy sent Congress a tax plan he said would modernize American business and create 500000 jobs. He suggested delaying any general tax cut until next year.
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Washington
Kennedy
Congress
Mercury capsule to test escape in weekend launch
UPI reports the United States will launch another Mercury space capsule this weekend to test its escape mechanism as a prelude to manned flight. The move comes amid broader plans for tax reform outlined by President Kennedy and other international updates.
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Washington
UPI
United States
Gary Cooper Gravely Ill With Cancer
Hollywood reports say Gary Cooper is gravely ill with cancer and aware of his condition. The 60 year old star is confined to his Bel Air home while family and publicists confirm the illness amid Oscar night speculation and tributes from James Stewart.
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Hollywood
Gary Cooper
Cooper
Bel-Air
York
James Stewart
Stewart
Warren Cowan
Cowan
Jimmy
Misuse Of Funds Under Probe In Union Parish
The Union Parish Grand Jury called a special session at 10 a.m. in Farmerville to hear complaints of possible misappropriation of city fines. Judge J R Dawkins presided. information came from the sheriff’s department and district attorney’s office, but details were not disclosed.
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Farmerville
Union Parish
Grand Jury
J. R. Dawkins
Third District Court
Ragan Madden
Dawkins
Weather Outlook With Showers In Louisiana Area
Partly cloudy with widely scattered showers forecast for Louisiana through Friday. Temperatures near 80 daytime, 60s at night, with little change. Wednesday's high around 80 and low in the 50s saw no rain in the area.
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Eee Louisiana
Fuiay
Collision evidence places ancient meteorite fires 580 million years ago
AEC scientists at Brookhaven report exposure ages of iron meteorites from the Soviet Union, Grant New Mexico, Arkansas and Siberia. They infer a colossal outer space collision about 580 million years ago from dated radioactive elements in the Aroos, Grant, Norfork, and Sikhote Alin meteorites.
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Washington
Outer Space
Atomic Energy Commission
United States
Soviet Union
D. Heymann
O. A. Schaeffer
AEC
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton
Earth
American Geophysical Union
Grant
Grant, N. M
Norfork
Ark
Siberia
Remnants Of Forces Put To Flight After Beachhead Collapse
Castro announces that a U S backed invasion of Cuba at a southern beachhead was crushed. Remnants fled into swamps leaving behind American tanks and arms as Moscow radio warns of further intervention. Washington calls it a limited resistance. State Secretary Rusk says no major invasion. Kennedy reviews situation with his cabinet. Castro says army and militia suffered severe losses and some rebels fled by sea but ships were sunk by war planes.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
U.S
Castro
United States
Moscow
Washington
Dean Rusk
Liklny
Kennedy
Cabint
Havana
Offshore lease bids total $16.5 million in Louisiana sale
The Louisiana Mineral Board announced $16.5 million in high bonus offers for state land leases, surpassing budget needs. Texaco and Louisiana Land and Exploration bid $2.6 million on an inland tract in Lafourche and Terrebonne, with Humble Oil posting two large bids near Belle Isle Point.
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Louisiana Land and Exploration Co
Lafourche
Terrebonne Parishes
Lake Raecourei
Philip-Brice Island
Timbalier Bay
Helis
Humble Oil and Refining Co
St. Mary and
Iberia Parkh
Belle Isle Point
Humble
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