Mikoyan Begins 113 Day U S Coast Tour
No 2 Kremlin official Anastas Mikoyan arrives in Cleveland for a coast to coast tour set to last 13 days. A crowd of Iron Curtain nationality groups blocks lines of police as Mikoyan greets Cleveland industrialist Cyrus Eaton and his wife before a press conference.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Anastasi Mikoyan
Kremlin
Mikoyan
Capital Airlines
Cyrus Eaton
Eaton
Washington
Mikhail Menshikov
New York
Rita Sylvester
West Warwick
R. I
Miss Sylvester
George Donnahoo
Falls Church
Airlines
Bill Patchen
Arlington
Batista Flees Cuba as Revolution Surges on New Year’s Day
Havana dispatch reports Fulgen cio Batista abandons his post and flees to the Dominican Republic aboard a hurried flight. Many loyalists are jailed or fleeing as Castro’s rebels gain ground near Santa Clara and Batista admits defeat amid growing disaffection in Cuba.
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Cuba
Fulgencio Batista
Fidel Castro
Dominican Republic
Batista
Santa Clara
United States
Castro
Weather Outlook Shows Warmer, Cloudy Skies Ahead
Cloudy skies and rising temperatures mark the forecast for today and tomorrow. Rain is possible in parts of the state tonight. Yesterday’s high reached 43 degrees and a low of 22. Midmorning reads 46 with last night’s low 43 at Selman Field. Tonight’s lows 42 to 46, tomorrow’s highs 54 to 58.
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Federal Aviation Agency
Selman Field
Ike and Cabinet Attend Prayer Service Marking 86th Congress
President Eisenhower worshipped at National Presbyterian Church to begin the 86th Congress with Cabinet officers, Congress members, and Supreme Court members in attendance. Vice President Nixon joined the service. Wilton B. Persons and James C. Hagerty accompanied the President. The sermon focused on peace and wisdom for the hour.
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Eisenhower
Congress
National Presbyterian Church
Supreme Court
White House
Wilton B. Persons
James C. Hagerty
Richard M. Nixon
Theophilus M. Taylor
General Assembly
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United Presbyterian Church
Castro Signals Cuba Will Avoid Ties With Communists
Fidel Castro stated the provisional Cuban government will avoid diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and other Communist states. He said Cuba should not support any dictatorship and criticized dictatorships as a menace for America. Diario de la Marina quoted him on Britain arms confiscation and noninterference with President Manuel Urrutia’s government.
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Fidel Castro
Soviet Union
Diario de la Marina
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
America
Manuel Urrutia
Britain
Urrutia
Cuban Ministers Begin Work After Revolt
President Manuel Urrutia’s ministers reported to offices to launch the revolutionary government's reconstruction and reform program. Urrutia held the first cabinet meeting after dissolving the Cuban congress and declaring rule by decree for 18 months.
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Havana
UPI
Manuel Urrutia
Urrutia
Trapped Well Digger Claws To Safety After 13 Hours
A city bus overturned on Westminster street injuring two Monroe students Erma White and Lillie with bruises but no serious harm. The driver Billy Cruse 18 reportedly fell onto one student as the bus capsized after attempting to move books near a door. The bus veered off the shoulder into a ditch about five feet before tipping onto its side and causing the injuries.
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Monroe
Westminster Street
Erma White
Lillie
the Francis Hospital
Billy Cruse
van Dodom
Cruse
Bastrop Key Returned in Saltillo Honor
The Bastrop key to the city was presented to Eulalio Gutierrez, presidente municipal of Saltillo, by H. D. Ruffin and C. C. Fryday in Mexico. The ceremony honors Bastrop founder Juan Filipe Baron de Bastrop who is buried in Saltillo, and a commemorative bedspread with Mayor Carter’s name was produced for the occasion.
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Baron de Bastrop
Saltillo
Gutierrez
Carter
Ruffin
MoeKeithen
Northeast Louisiana State College
Mexico
Bastrop
Ed J. Harlan
Kellogg Company of Mexico
Emergency Civil Defense Hospitals to Be Stored in Monroe
Monroe will host two civil defense emergency hospital units to bolster disaster planning. Mayor W L Howard and State officials announced that E A Conway Memorial Hospital and St Francis Hospital will store one unit each at designated sites. The federal program through the Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization covers equipment and supplies, with narcotics excluded and property retained by state officers.
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Monroe
W. L. “Jack’’ Howard
E. A. Conway Memorial Hospital
St. Francis Hospital
State Department of Hospitals
State Civil Defense Agency
Howard
City Civil Defense
Office of Civil and Defense Mobilization
Jesse Bankston
Red Cross Set Monthly Meeting in Ouachita Parish
The regular monthly meeting of the Ouachita Parish Red Cross support services will be held Thursday at 10 a.m. at the Red Cross headquarters on South Grand Street. Mrs. Henry Norris, nursing chairman, and Mrs. C. K. Crandall, nursing vice-chairman, will supervise the program.
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Quachita Parish
Red Cross
South Grand Street
Henry Norris
C. K. Crandall
Beagle Pup Sparks Twist in Rabbit Hunting Tale
Genial Assessor Bert Cover dale introduces a new twist in hunting stories. The focus shifts from bird counts to the dog used as a rabbit hunter. He recently purchased a young Beagle pup to trail rabbits but the Beagle seems to prefer other pursuits.
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Bert Coverdale
Two Diphtheria Cases Reported in Warren County
Vicksburg Mississippi AP report shows two diphtheria cases in Warren County with several more cases in the past six weeks across south central Mississippi, mainly in Covington and Simpson counties.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Warren County
Mississippi
Covington
Simpson
Bandits Kidnap and Rob New Orleans Grocer
Two men abducted and robbed Anthony Sartalamacchia, a 39 year old grocer, in New Orleans. They forced him to drive to a housing subdivision before returning to the store and stealing cash from a bank bag and his wallet. A third man joined the pair during the crime.
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UPL
Anthony Sartalamacchia
Sartalamacchia
Halleck Named As Martin Reign Ends In House
Washington AP reports a sharply divided Republican minority chose Charles A. Halleck of Indiana to succeed Joseph W. Martin Jr. as GOP floor leader. Halleck aims to run a strong Republican record, while his friends hint at a bid for the 1960 vice presidency.
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House of Representatives
Joseph W. Martin Jr
Massachusetts
GOP
Charles A. Halleck
Indiana
Martin
Halleck
Richard M. Nixon
Nelson Rockefeller
Noah Mason
Illinois
John Taber
New York
House
Six Tennessee Men Die In Head-On Crash Near Kenton
Six men from Cleveland Tennessee and nearby areas were killed when their car collided head on with a gasoline tanker on U S 68 two miles north of Kenton Ohio. The tanker driver Albert Fohl of Tiffin Ohio survived with injuries and said bright lights were all he remembered.
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Kenton
Ohio
U.S. 68
Here
Highway Patrol
Cleveland
Tenn
Albert Fohl
Tiffin
U S Blames Soviet for Cold War in New Booklet
The State Department released a 53 page booklet accusing the Soviet government of rewriting history to justify Khrushchev’s Berlin drive. It asserts Stalin started the Cold War and that the USSR wrecked postwar cooperation in Germany.
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United States
Soviet Union
World Today
Joseph Stalin
Winston Churchill
Germany
Nikita Khrushchev
Berlin
Khrushchev
State Department
Dep
Anastas I. Mikoyan
Mikoyan
Eisenhower
Father and Five Children Die in Brandon Fire
A Brandon Minnesota father Mark Kelly 38 and his five children Jim 16 Dennis 12 Pat 14 Mary Lee 10 Peggy 3 perished in a two story home blaze. Mark Kelly escaped but returned to rescue his children and died. Mrs Kelly fled as neighbors stopped her from re entering.
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Brandon
Minn
Mark Kelly
Kelly
Jim
Dennis
Pat
Mary Lee
Peggy
City Eyes Summer Plan To Improve 30 To 40 Streets
City Hall will launch a property owners street program this summer aiming to upgrade 30 to 40 streets. Commissioner W D H Rodriguez says a list of addresses in bad condition will be prepared, notices sent, and meetings held at City Hall to outline specifications and costs. The plan proceeds one street at a time with prior improvements already seen on Monroe streets.
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City Hall
W. D. H. Rodriguez
Rodriguez
City Engineer Department
Monroe
GOP Battles Add Color To New Session
The 86th Congress opened amid Republican wrangling over leadership and civil rights rules. Dirksen named Senate floor leader after Old Guard victory. Halleck replaces Martin as House minority leader. House Democrats under Speaker Rayburn remained orderly as focus shifted to filibuster limits.
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Senate
Old Guard
Everett M. Dirksen
Robert A Taft
Ohio
Michigan Mayor Targets California Smog Fight with Boycott
Pontia c Mayor Philip E. Rowston urged a Michigan led boycott of Hollywood films and California travel unless smog harming cars are addressed. He suggested Ohio and Indiana join, while Los Angeles considers restricting auto sales without smog prevention rules.
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Pontiac
Philip E. Rowston
Los Angeles
California
Rowston
Norris Poulson
Les
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