Exiled Cubans talk of new push against Castro
Miami exiles and freed Bay of Pigs prisoners regroup as relatives arrive on the African Pilot. Cuban Refugee Center housed hundreds while the Cuba Families Committee reports plans for more arrivals. Kennedy to attend Orange Bowl tribute as exile leaders vow to continue efforts to liberate Cuba from Soviet influence.
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Manuel Arlime
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Cuba
Russia
Department of Health,’ Education and Welfare
Cuba Families Committee
New York
James 8.Donovan
U.S
Artother
Havana
Committee
Artime
Jose Perez San Roman
Evacido
Oliva
Gordon Sworn In As Kennedy Budget Director In Florida
Gordon Gordon, a member of Kennedy's Council of Economic Advisers, was sworn in as budget director on Kennedy's Kennedy Beach estate patio with presidential advisers and HEW officials witnessing. He succeeds David Bell, who moves to top post at AID. Gordon's role centers on 1963 congressional actions, especially education and Welfare proposals.
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Kennedy
Welice Department
Kermitt Gordon
Villa
Department of Health, Education, and Welfare
Kenenedy
Gordon
Colone’l of Economic Advisers
Claude Reese
Plam Beach
David E. Bell
Budget Bureau
Bell
Agency For International Development
Wilbur J. Cohen
Francis Keppel
Képpel
Ion
Congress
Cuban Sailors Seek Asylum After Arriving Crew of Pinar del Rio
Seven of the Cuban crew members aboard the ship Pinar del Rio have sought political asylum in Morocco after the vessel arrived with miscellaneous cargo and plans to stay 24 hours. The ship's 36 crew members faced mixed reactions as tensions rise over migration and international asylum policies.
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Casablanca
Pinar del Rio
Morogco
Army cuts loom in training for U.S. reserves
Washington reports that money concerns may block authority to use a key law to mobilize National Guard and reserve forces for combat readiness. The Army proposes up to 100,000 reserve troops for two weeks of summer training, but Defense officials see about 53,000. Questions loom over whether Guard reorganization will be ready by summer to use the full plan, a move spurred by Berlin crisis shortages.
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Washington
Army
Defense Department
Berlin
Dr Kelsey to Direct Drug Tests
Dr Kelsey, renowned for keeping thalidomide from the U S market, is named head of a new FDA investigational drug branch. The reorganized drug division will assess proposed clinical tests and regulate new drugs for human use, under a broader authority granted by Congress. Her duties include evaluating firms plans for testing new drugs on humans, with pay rising to 49 2 per year.
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Kelsey
Food and Drug, Administration
Anthony A Celebrezze
Celebrezze
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FDA T
Europe
FDA
Patrol Head Will Retire This Spring
Iowa Highway Patrol chief David Herrick, 58, plans to retire next spring after a 28 year tenure as head since 1952. He will remain until the 1963 legislature begins January 14, then pursue travel and a new home in Atlantic. Herrick, a Milford native, joined the patrol at its 1935 founding.
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Des Myines
David Herrick
Iowa Highway Patrol
Herrick
Atantic
J Herrick
Milford
The
Patrol
Blast of Berlin Wall Breaks Windows in Area
A huge blast ripped a three foot square hole in the Berlin Wall and shattered about 600 windows in nearby buildings, including 130 at brigade headquarters. No injuries were reported. Police noted the charge was the largest used against the wall in 16 months and border guards were rushed to the scene.
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West Berlin
East Berlin
Berlin
Clinton Sewage Project Bids Come In Below Estimates
The City of Clinton won bids for a sewage treatment plant and two intercepting sewers under state health orders, with Low bids from Construction Co. of Fort Wayne and Gjellefeld Associates for Forest City. Total project costs, including land and engineering, will be about 1.875 million, aided by a $250,000 federal grant. work pending sale of city bonds.
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Mi ‘Ippi
C. Construction’.Co
Fat Wayne
Ind
Gjellefeld ‘Associates, Inc
Forest
City
Tow
Contin
Davenport Probes Wave Of Breakins
Police investigate a series of robberies at Davenport taverns and other businesses overnight. A masked gunman robbed Dul ly's Tavern, taking receipts while bartender John Psilas worked to close. Owner William Hunt estimated losses possibly exceeding 500 dollars. Items stolen included cash and cigarettes from multiple sites, with the Tick Tock Tavern car theft and the Dipsy Doodle drive-in reporting the largest cash loss.
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Davenport
John Psilas
Dully's
Willian ‘Hunt
Ehner Petersen
Oy Petersen
Mar
Native Troops Reported In Clash With U N Force
Reports from Elisabethville describe violent fighting between Katanga forces and United Nations troops. Tshombe claims UN shells hit the European quarter, wounding a nurse, as civilians Neared danger. US and UK consuls seek ceasefire while a UN helicopter crew faces casualties. Katanga seeks independence from Leopoldville amid UN pressure and a recent US military mission to the Congo.
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Eliud Matin
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Kartanga
London
U. S
Elisebethville
Aso
Elisabethville
There
Brussels
Northern Rhodesia
Tshombe
Elisabeth
U. N. Shere
U. N
Hel
Congo
Leopoldville
United Nations
Mineralich
United Nation
U.S
USN
U Thant
Factor Insists He Didn't Buy Pardon by JFK
Chicago report says John Factor denies paying for his presidential pardon granted on Christmas Eve. He claims he would have paid $1 million to Attorney General Robert Kennedy if Cuban prisoners release was demanded and disputes political allegations tied to his and his wife's donations to the Democrats.
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Chicago
Amserican
John
Jake
Factor
Beverly Hills
Calif
Harry Romanoft
George Murray
Alty
Robert Kennedy
William E. Miller
Kennedy
Democratic Party
New Year Getaways Packages Aim to Steer Celebrants Off Highways
Hotels and clubs across the country roll out New Year Eve programs to deter drunken driving. In Los Angeles hotels offer night packages with inclusions and transit the next day to Pasadena. Beverly Hills cut drinks to lower prices and avoid pressuring revelers to overindulge. Ohio’s Howard Johnson chain promotes a $1 per couple deal with overnight stays, dancing, and meals. Churches nationwide host indoor services. many families stay home. In Cherryville North Carolina a 15 year old custom sees residents go door to door at midnight with singing and a volley fired by about 30 men to greet the new year.
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New York
Los Angeles
Coconut, Grove
Pasadeng
Beverly Hills
Calif
Howard Johnson's
Motor Lodge
Columbus
Ohio
Cherryville
N. C
Gaston’ County
N C
Scientists Study Data About Venus
Stanford scientists presented the first extensive analysis of Mariner 9 data from Venus, noting no spectacular findings yet and that results confirm Earth-based expectations. A news conference during the jet meeting of AGU and APS drew 1,200 scientists from Europe, Canada, and the United States at Stanford. The study describes solar wind particles vastly outnumbering cosmic rays and their energy implications for Earth.
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Stanford
Calif
United States
Venus
American Geophysical Union
American Physical Socity Sone
Europe
Canada
Stanford University
Mariner
Solar System
Earth
Stay Order Delays Rail Work Rule Changes
Douglas of the Supreme Court granted a stay to block a lower court ruling allowing railroad work rule changes. The U S Circuit Court of Appeals had said railroads could reorganize employee practices, potentially eliminating thousands of jobs. Union counsel sought time to appeal to the full Supreme Court, arguing broad questions about the Railway Labor Act and disputed facts in the case.
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Supreme Court
U. S. Circuit Court of Appends
Chicago
Alroad Union
Circuit Court
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