Cuba Cuts Overseas Purchases Amid Financial Crisis
Cuban foreign trade offices are ordered to halt all purchases except for sugar and nickel sectors and a medical research center. Bank sources say Cuba spent more than it earned, prompting retrenchment as credit freezes spread, amid ministerial shakeups and a collapsing sugar market.
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New York
UPI
Cuba
Havana
Regina Boti
Marcelo Fernandez
Cuban National Bank
Maj
Alberto Mora
United States
Congo troops airlifted as ANC tightens grip at Bukavu
A large U S C130 carried Congolese troops to Bukavu where the army reportedly encircles Communist led rebels in heavy fighting a U N spokesman says the ANC seems to be gaining the upper hand.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
UPI
Bukavu
ANC
Congolese National Army
United Nations
Weather and Death Notices for Local Area
WEATHER Cloudy with scattered thundershowers this afternoon tonight and Saturday. Not much temperature change tonight with a low 64 to 72. Somewhat warmer Saturday with a high 76 to 84. HIGH Thursday 71 and low last night 51. DEATHS Shirl Ann Krabill infant Willard.
Willard Policeman Charles Lindsay Suspended for 15 Days
Willard patrolman Charles Lindsay, with 18 years on the force, was suspended 15 days for an incident Wednesday. City Manager R. Keith Armstrong cited two departmental rule violations and said Lindsay may appeal, with a personnel review board to hear the case if appealed. The informal council meeting discussed the matter amid calls for a full report.
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Lindsay
the Reflector
James Buzzard
Armstrong
Calvin C. Fillings
Charles Lindsay
Viet Cong Overwhelms Government Troops Near Saigon
Communist forces ambushed a battalion near Saigon in Kien Hoa Province killing at least 120 government troops and wounding 60 with four Americans dead. The clash, 45 miles southwest of Saigon, followed an assault on Phu Tuc outpost. One American corpsman was also killed in central Viet Nam.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
UPI
Kien Hoa
Phu Tuc
Chuong Thien
Viet Nam
U.S. Army
A Shau
Girl Hit By Car In City Crossing Incident Injures 12-Year-Old
Kathy Wheeler was struck by a car at 1 04 p m on Garden Street and treated at Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital for contusions to the right hip left elbow and a left arm abrasion. Driver Walter Wagner saw her on the sidewalk and could not stop when she ran into the street. Witnesses Venice Grams Cheryl Renneckar and Alex Daniels corroborated the account. Wheeler looked down and failed to see the vehicle as she crossed toward the Woolworth Building side entrance. No citation issued by city police.
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Kathy Wheeler
Garden St
Fisher-Titus Memorial Hospital
Walter E. Wagner
Milan Ave
Venice A. Grams
Wagner
Cheryl Renneckar
St. Marys
Alex T. Daniels
Newton
Miss Wheeler
Linwood
Woolworth
Togliatti Dies in Crimea After Brain Hemorrhage
Palmiro Togliatti, veteran leader of the Italian Communist party, died at 3:20 p.m. in Yalta Crimea after brain surgery and pulmonary complications. He was 71. The death prompts a likely leadership struggle among Giancarlo Pajetta Pietro Ingrao Giorgio Amendola and Luigi Longo as potential successors.
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Moscow
UPI
Communist Party
Palmiro Togliatti
Soviet
Crimea
Yalta
Italy
Rome
Tegliatti
Togliatti
Italian Communist Party
Giancarlo Pajetta
Pietro Ingrao
L’ Unita
Giorgio Amendola
Chamber of Deputies
Luigi Longo
William J. Fox
New York
Longo
Nikita Khrushchev
Pajetta
Amendola
Ingrao
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NFTC
Financial Times of London
The
New York Journal of Commerce
Norwalk
U.S. Navy
Vung Tau
Columbus
Roger W. Tracy
Deer Park
Shaker Heights
Muskegon, Mich
Muskegon Two
Montreal
Ottawa
Canadian Pacific Railways
London
Soviet Union
Paris
Britain
Laos
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Russia
Nicosia, Cyprus
Makarios
Nicosia
U.N
Kyrenia
Eglin Afb
Fla
API
Michael D. Leonard
Lawler
Iowa
Leonard
Dale E. Whitesell
Ohio
Whitesell
Shirl Ann Krabill
Willard
Councilman
Buzzard
Reflector
Jack Gardner
Chief Fillings
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