Cuban prisoner swap hopes rise as shipload nears port
A 10,000 ton vessel laden with barter supplies including medicines and foods reaches Port Everglades after a Baltimore voyage. James B. Donovan, chief Cuban prisoner families negotiator, travels between Havana and Miami seeking a deal to free 1,113 prisoners in exchange for U.S. aid. Castro officials and Red Cross prepare lists, while dockside teams stockpile relief and await further terms.
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Port Everglades
Fidel Casto
Coast Guard
Baltimore
Ing
Miami
Florida East Coast
Seaboard Air Line
American Red Cross
Opa- Locka
Immigration, Health and
State de
Homesteade Air Force Base
James B.’ Donovan
Havana
Donovan
New York
Christias
Castro
Cuba
Hin
Miarai
Cadi
Miami Iternational
U.S
Administration Ties Rise in Cuban Prisoner Swap Talks
Washington portrays a passive public role while pressing behind scenes as the United States backs negotiations for the release of 1118 Bay of Pigs prisoners. Reports link Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy and James B. Donovan to directing the effort. The IRS ruled donations of medicine or food for the exchange may be listed as charitable deductions.
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Washington
Kennedy
U. S
Cuba
Robert F. Kennedy
James B. Donovan
New York
Atty
Gear Kennedy
Lincoln White
State Department
Internal Revenue Service
Tex
Consulate Attack in Katanga Sparks Student Demonstration
About 100 African and European students attacked the U S consulate at Elizabethville, tearing down the flag and breaking windows. Consul Jonathan Dean and staff watched from a balcony as Moise Tshombe’s guards dispersed demonstrators, who vowed to return amid threats over U S military support for the U N campaign to end Katanga secession.
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Katanga
Kennedy
U. S
Jonathan Dean
Dean
New
Tshombe
Cork Put Upon British Parties to Curb Drunken Driving
London industrial groups including Ford Motor Co Glaxo and Dunlop Tire have restricted office Christmas parties to reduce drunken driving as the national road accident rate shows its seasonal rise.
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London
Ford Motor Co
Glaxo Pharmaceutical Group
Dunlop Tire “Co
Cate
Evacuation After Gas Line Break Hits City District
A ruptured six inch gas line near a wooden bridge over Perry Creek caused an early morning evacuation of about ten homes in the citys best residential district. Firefighters extinguished the blaze and authorities ordered residents to stay clear until the area was declared safe at daybreak.
Titan 2 Moon Mission Net Sixth Success at Sea Test
Titan 2, the United States' most powerful ballistic missile, scored its sixth success in a high altitude launch from Cape Canaveral. The 103 door last rocket flew 5,000 miles to the South Atlantic Ocean on a mission described by a project official as the best yet for Titan 2.
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Cape Canaveral
United States
Two Killed in Highway Crash Near Macon Missouri
A Wednesday night crash on a bridge near Macon, Missouri killed Candace Traxel 19 of Broken Bow Nebraska and Margaret Ruse 23 of Gordon Nebraska. Injured were John Holland 21 and Linda Holland 18 of Hastings Nebraska who were taken to a Macon hospital. The Holland car struck the bridge railing and rested on the bridge. a Kansas City truck driven by Roy Richards 33 could not stop and struck the wreckage. Richards was uninjured.
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Macon
Nebrasia
Highway Patrol
Candace A. Traxel
Broken Bow
Margaret Ruse
Gordon
John Elton Holland
Linda Iine Holland
Hastings
Neh
Holland
Roy James
Richards
Kansas City
Dominicans vote in first election since Trujillo era
Thousands vote in Santo Domingo as 300 electoral units determine a new government after a dictatorship. Voters choose president, vice president, 74 deputies, 26 senators, and local officials, with results expected by Christmas. Rioting in the capital briefly mars the closing campaign.
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Santo Domingo
Dominican Republic
Tru‘filov
Tsinta
National Civic Union
Vitiato A.’ Fiallo
Civic Union
Juan Bosch
Iosa Fiverman
Congress
Rafael Trujillo
Polish plane crash kills 33 aboard near Warsaw
Fragmentary report cites a Polish airliner crash near Warsaw on a Wednesday night. It lists 33 dead including a German family of four and 24 crew or passengers, with flames seen after the Viscount crash in unclear flight path from Brussels.
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Porish
Warsaw
Poland
Kennedy and Macmillan Extend Talks on Skybolt Crisis
Kennedy and Macmillan continued discussions in Nassau over NATO defense matters including Skybolt amid Cold War strains. Aides and officials noted progress despite divergent views and extended sessions to address Cuba, India China tensions, and Moscow's ideological battles as they aimed for a broader strategic agreement.
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Nassau
Bahamas
Kennedy
Harold Macmillan
Evita
U. S
Phillip Tabor
W. Averell Harriman
J. Kenneth Galbraith
India
Macmillan
Palm Beach
White House
Pierre Salinger
Moscow
Sabin Vaccine Gets OK From U S Officials
U S officials approve Sabin oral vaccine for Americans urging use with a note of very small risk for adults. Surgeon General Luther Terry and a special advisory committee assess a one in a million chance live virus could cause paralytic polio in all ages, slightly higher for those over 30. They urge continued vaccination programs focusing on children and young adults while comparing Sabin to Salk vaccines as a defense against polio.
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Washington
Luther L. Terry
Terry
Oval
Sabing
Salk
Moon Rocket Program Gets Major Overhaul
NASA ordered a major overhaul of its Moon rocket program, delaying vital lunar research by months but aiming to boost chances of success. Officials expect near real time TV pictures from the moon and the placement of instruments to measure quakes and geography, essential before piloted missions by the decade’s end.
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Washington
Space Agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Tyne
State Lacks Authority Over Amish Private Schools
Judge Peter Van Metre ruled the state cannot close two private Amish schools in northern Buchanan County. The decision directs the county to pursue attendance actions against parents and students, requiring accredited teachers or enrollment in public schools. Amish leaders faced fines and jail for operating unaccredited schools.
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van Metre
Independence
Peter van Metre
Buchanan County
Jorgensen
Hazleton
Atorney
Oelwein
Oelwein School
Fayette County
Mona Lisa Arrives in Washington Under Heavy Guard
The Mona Lisa, priceless and valued at about 100 million, arrives from the Paris Louvre under a strict security convoy to be unveiled in Washington by President Kennedy. After a stay of three weeks, she will travel to the Metropolitan Museum in New York before possibly touring American cities. French objections cited humidity and risk, but the gesture aims to foster goodwill, aided by Jacqueline Kennedy's passion for art.
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Washington
Vaia
Mona
Leonardo Das Vinci
Paris
Louvre
Kennnedy
Congress
Mus
New York
France
Secret Service
Kennedy
New World
Jacqueline Kennedy
Rampage killer in Novi hid claws after murder
Novi Mich A violent incident ends with a 13 year old girl dead and a mother assaulted as James Gostlin 20 is said to have driven from Dearborn after killing Shirley Husted 13 in her home He allegedly assaulted the Husted parents Rita 33 and Wesley 40 as well as molestation claims surface involving a babysitter Gloria 11 Witnesses say Gostlin told police I just killed two people upon surrendering at Dearborn police headquarters He reportedly escaped from his brother Edmund during the rampage and was drinking prior to the attack The Husted household included Shirley and siblings Carol 7 Gloria 4 Marilyn 6 with Shirley found deceased in the kitchen eye area injury reported
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Novi
Mich
Dearborn
Hanmer
Shirley Husted
Wesley Husted
Gostlin
Edmund
Gloria
Pelice
Carol
Marilyn
Shirley
Snow Likely in Southeast Iowa Tonight and Friday
Snow moved into southeastern Iowa ahead of winter with the Weather Bureau warning of 4 inches or more in extreme southeast and extreme south central areas tonight and Friday. Cooler temperatures follow. lows near 30s and highs in the 30s, while scattered snow fell today. Council Bluffs reported 7 inches, Shenandoah 1, Red Oak 1, Atlantic about 4. highways wet and slushy southwest of Lions City through Keosauqua, with some icy spots on unsalted roads.
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Jaws
Weather Bureau
Sombeask
Iowa
Mercury
Council Stuffs
Shenandoah
Red Oak
Atlantic
Iowa Highway Commission
Lions City
Denison
Wintersel
Ouumwa
Keosau
Ex-Sen. Green in Coma at Hospital
Former Senator Theodore Francis Green aged 95 remained in a coma and in danger at Jane Brown Hospital Providence R I early today. Green, oldest to serve in the U S Senate, was admitted Wednesday after being stricken at home. He did not seek reelection in 1950 after four terms.
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Providence
Theodore Francis Green
Jane.Browm
Green
U.S
Senate
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