Left-Leaning Guevara Takes Over Cuban National Bank
Maj. Ernest Guevara, aligned with Fidel Castro, is appointed president of Cuba's National Bank. He vows belt tightening with no drastic policy shifts, aims to safeguard foreign exchange, and anticipates deeper import cuts amid a deteriorating balance. He rejects rumors of major deposit disruptions while stressing private investment with cooperation from money holders.
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Havana
Ernest Guevara
Fidel Castro
Cuban National Bank
Revolucion
Guevara
Cuba
Felipe Pazos
Osvaldo Corticos
Medical Journal disputes claims of youth drug from Romania
The British Medical Journal says H3 is just procaine, a local anesthetic, not a youth restoring drug. It cautions against promoting the formula as a vitamin and notes limited evidence from Dr Anna Aslan's institute in Bucharest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Medical Journal
British Medical Assn
Anna Aslan
British Geriatric Society
Institute of Geriatrics
Bucharest
Aslan
Vigor
Traffic Deaths Continue Slow Trend Upward During Holiday
The nation saw a slow rise in traffic fatalities during the Thanksgiving weekend as snow sleet and strong winds affected travel from Wednesday evening through Sunday midnight. An Associated Press survey tracked deaths from unusual causes across regions during the holiday period.
Mississippi and Louisiana Farm Income Rise in 1959 Third Quarter
The Agriculture Department reports Mississippi and Louisiana among 17 states with higher farm income than 1958 by late 1959 nine months. Mississippi totals reach 314.365 million from crops and livestock, Louisiana 208.157 million, led by crop sales.
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Washington
Mississippi
Louisiana
South
Agriculture Department
Search Underway For Missing Men
A sea and air search is under way for a Navy jet with four men aboard that plunged into the Pacific about 900 miles east of Wake Island. The pilot reported being lost and low on fuel, with the crew planning to bail out within 15 minutes. Names were not announced. The aircraft departed Whidbey Island, Washington, and Barbers Point NAS, Hawaii, Thursday en route to Japan.
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Honolulu
Navy
Pacific
Wake Island
Whidby Island
Wash
Barbers Point Naval Air Station
Hawaii
Japan
Holiday Deaths and Disasters Report
The Associated Press tracking shows 213 total incidents during the holiday period across traffic fires and miscellaneous causes. Traffic 163 deaths, fires 16 fatalities, and miscellaneous 34 incidents compose the tally.
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Associated Press
Thanksgiving Teen Dance at Monroe Recreation Center
The Monroe Recreation Department hosts a Thanksgiving holiday dance for Twin Cities teens at the Recreation Center Saturday from 7 to 10 30 p m Beatniks orchestra will perform a small admission fee charged
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Monroe Recreation Department
Twin Cities
Recreation Center
Beatniks
Educators Attend Southern Business Education Meet at Virginia Beach
Wilbur Lee Perkins head of Northeast State College Business Administration attends the Southern Business Education Association meeting in Virginia Beach. Perkins also chairs the United Business Education Association. Louisiana teachers elect Hazel Mitchell and Marie Watson as Directors of District 1 for the coming year.
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Wilbur Lee Perkins
Northeast State College
Southern Business Education Association
Virginia Beach
Virginia
Louisiana Foreign Language Section
Louisiana Teachers’ Associaton
Hazel Mitchell
Marie Watson
Monroe
Dickens Incognito claims secret life of Dickens with Ellen Ternan
London actor Felix Aylmer accuses Charles Dickens of living in sin with actress Ellen Ternan and hiding an illegitimate child. He cites a cryptic 1867 diary, once lost in New York, now in the New York Public Library, as evidence and locates the diary’s hints to Slough in Buckinghamshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colin Frost
London
Charles Dickens
Felix Aylmer
Dickens
Ellen Ternan
Aylmer
New York
Perg
New York Public Library
Buckinghamshire
England
Slough
Snow Storm Sweeps Into New York State
A major snowstorm swept into the East bringing heavy falls up to eight inches in New York state with the Adirondack Mountains hit hardest. Boonville reported 84 inches, Syracuse Utica Rome saw 3 to 4 inches, and Buffalo Rochester about 2 inches. Cold air chilled much of the nation with subzero readings in Colorado Minnesota and Wisconsin. Vermont reports three inches of snow inland.
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New York State
New York
Adirondack Mountains
Boonville
Hudson Valley
Long Island
Syracuse
Utica
Rome
Buffalo
Rochester
Upper Plains
Ohio Valley
North Atlantic States
Bowling Green
Nashville
Mercury
Leadville
Colo
Trinidad
Bemidji
Minn
Lone Rock
Wis
Vermont
Romulo decries whisper campaign against Philippines
Philippine Ambassador Carlos P. Romulo accused U S military figures in the Philippines of spreading rumors about his government. He challenged Rep Phil Weaver to name sources and warned that misinformed charges fuel anti Philippine sentiment and test American prestige.
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Washington
Carlos P. Romulo
U. S
Philippines
Phil Weaver
Rneb
Weaver
Romulo
Infant Killed as Fire Burns Down Albany Apartment
A downtown Albany apartment fire killed an infant and injured at least 13 others, with three hospitalized in critical condition. The blaze spread from trash cans under the first floor stairs to the four story brick building as residents, many children, fled via windows. Isaac Tucker, 17, suffered a skull fracture from a jump, while Frances Johnson, 15, and Linda Layne, 16, burned.
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Albany
N. Y
Isaac Tucker
Frances Johnson
Linda Layne
Chuckle Defines A Man's Dresser Dilemma
A witty old joke notes that by the time a man can buy his wife dresses at a fancy shop he has not earned the money or status to do so. The quip reflects social expectations about money and romance.
Japanese Mob Protests U S Military Ties
Thousands of protesters in Tokyo demanded an end to Japan U S military ties. Police reported 50 to 60 injured after violent clashes at the Diet grounds as leftist groups paraded red banners and clashed with officers amid a petition drive against the mutual defense pact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
United States
Soyhiyo Labor Federation
SOHYO
Akira Iwai
Payola Singer Receives Police Escort Over Payoff Claims
Don Anthony 31, cited fear of reprisals after accusing disc jockeys of taking payoffs to air his song. A detective escorted him from his Bronx home to the district attorney for questioning amid reports of intimidation. He said he was bled of 5000 dollars by DJs in New York Boston Philadelphia and other cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Bronx
Don Anthony
District Attorney's Office
Anthony
Chicago
Philadelphia
Washington
Baltimore
The
New York Post
Snowfall Hits Shreveport Area
Snowflakes blankets Shreveport as the heaviest Northwest Louisiana snow in years covers roads and lawns. Temperatures fall to around 30 degrees tonight with daytime highs near 40 as the weather system moves through the region.
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Shreveport
Louisiana
Tobacco Firms Disclaim Charges In New Surgeon General Warning
Washington AP report notes a strong new Public Health Service warning linking smoking to rising lung cancer rates. Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney cites new evidence in a Journal of the American Medical Association article, drawing sharp tobacco industry criticism and political reaction in Appomattox and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Public Health Service
Leroy E. Burney
Journal of the American Medical Assa
Burney
C. C. Little
Tobacco Industry Research Committee
New York
Monroe Christmas lights switch on expected this afternoon
The lights ceremony led by Mayor W. L. Howard will mark the start of the Christmas season in Monroe downtown. City crews installed decorations costing merchants nearly 10 000 dollars at the corner of N 3rd and DeSiard Street with utility and city officials joining in.
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Monroe
W. L
Jack) Howard
Jim Williams
Chamber of Commerce
Howard
N. 3Rd
DeSiard Street
French L. Smith
Utilities Commission
Dave Silverstein
H. L. Hales
Woodrow Murphy
Arthur Barker
Williams
Parker
Clouds Signal Cold Front Dims Thanksgiving Warmth
A cold front moved into northeast Louisiana ending mild Thanksgiving weather. Tonight brings freezing temps and cloudy skies. Selman Field logged 79 degrees yesterday with .32 inches of rain. By midmorning today north winds dropped to 40. Tonight’s lows 28 to 32, Saturday highs 52 to 56.
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Louisiana
Federal Aviation
Selman Field
Death Watch Cancelled as Churchill Recovers
Sir Winston Churchill near his 85th birthday remains unexpectedly vigorous despite two strokes and pneumonia. He joked about meeting his Maker and later canceled a meeting with Adenauer before resuming activity, ending a lengthy death watch at his London door.
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London
Sir Winston Churchill
Lord Alanbrooke
Churchill
Hill
Konrad Adenauer
Britain
Aden‘auer
Winston
UN envoy reports ongoing trials after Hungarian revolt
Sir Leslie Munro said trials and executions from the 1956 Hungarian revolt continue with Russian troops still in the country. He noted Hungarian and Soviet authorities denied him access to Hungary and warned of no timely response to UN inquiries. Five prison sentences were handed down for conspiring to overthrow the state order.
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United Nations, N. Fr
UPI
Leslie Munro
New Zealand
U. N
Hungary
Munro
General Assembly
Janos Kadar
U.N
United Nations
Budapest
Castro Purge Rounds Up 250 Counters in Holguin
Cuban military investigators announce the arrest of more than 250 counterrevolutionary suspects in simultaneous raids across Holguin in eastern Oriente province. Among those seized is William Fuller, an American attorney and landowner.
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Havana
Holguin
Oriente
William Fuller
Fuller
Gibara
U. S
Institute of Agrarian Reform
Sevilla
Fidel Castro
Revolucion
Castro
Cuban Development Co
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National Safety Council
NSC
Twin City
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America
Pamela Bilbo
Rupert R. Bilbo
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Pamela
Greenville
Miss
Payola
Appomattox
Watkins Abbitt
D-Va
Tre
Bills Boiss
Bath
Mill St. W.M. FA
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