Americans May Lose More Holdings In Castro Rampage
The Castro regime expands seizures of American assets in Cuba, with potential total holdings loss estimated around hundreds of millions of dollars. Key targets include Texaco, Esso, and the Cuban Electric Gas company, amid U.S. congressional pressure over Cuba sugar exports and ongoing nationalization measures.
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Tuski
Raul Curbelo
Morales
Ohtuski
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Olinski
American and Foreign Power Co
Cuba
United States
Texaco Oil Com
Johnson Backers Seek Truman Support at Convention
Washington AP dispatch reports Johnson backers urge former President Truman to publicly back Lyndon B. Johnson and possibly break with Missouri Senator Symington’s campaign, amid speculation on a Kennedy Johnson ticket and Truman’s plans for a Saturday news conference in Independence Missouri.
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Sen. Lynden
Johnson
Harry S. Truman
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Stuart Symington
Missouri
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Ser
John F Kennedy
Massachusetts
Symington
Kennedy
Independence
Los Angeles
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Air Lforce
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Paul IM. Butler
Butler
Thruston B. Moron
Morton
North Dakota Senate Race Heads Toward Recount
In North Dakota the Burdick Davis Senate race stands undecided with 227 of 2314 precincts counted. Burdick leads by about 569 votes as final figures await county canvassing boards within 20 days. Davis vows to seek a recount if irregularities arise. Burdick plans to stay in Washington awaiting the result.
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E. Davis
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North Dakota
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Ressman
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Republi
Elt Davis
Bartick
Slaying Near Marlin Involving Black Youths
Deputies set roadblocks to locate a year old Black youth after an incident four miles south of Marlin where two Black youths approached Latin American boys by the Brazos River. One youth fired a pistol at Henry Soto, nearly severing his head, then fled with his companion leaving the weapon and footwear behind.
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Sheriff's Deputies
Brady Pamplin
Brazos River
Henry Soto
Bubba -Robertglen
Robertson
Soto
Jestag
Odessa Man Dies In Road Smashup
Odessa city man James Leighton Bradley 35 dies when his car barrels through barricades at a bridge construction site on U S Highway 80 east of Odessa. He was driving about 60 mph toward Odessa from Midland, the windshield pierced by a timber fragment, and he died at the scene. Funeral services set for Saturday in Big Spring with burial there.
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Keeling
Bradley
Talley
Midland
Texas
Highway
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E. E. Nobles
D. L. Coker
Garrett Construction Company
Lubbock
Lalic
Midland Exploration Company
Nalley-Pickle Funeral Home
Big Spring
Rix-Mahan Chapel
Aline Brady
James Leighton Bradley Jr
Robert Lewis Jones
Odesssa
Paul Bradley
Billie Ovida Merrill
Grants
Mary Jo Allen
Mississippi
WE. Harper
Congo Gains Independence as King Warns New Nation
Belgian Congo is renamed the Republic of Congo as Leopoldville celebrates independence. King Baudouin hands over sovereignty with a caution to avoid foreign domination while President Kasavubu hails Belgium's acceptance of history. Delegations from the US and Soviet Union attend the ceremony amid hopes and anxieties.
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Republic of Congo
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Belgian Congo
Republic’ of
Congo
Baudouin
Joseph Kasavubu
Belgium
Equator
Robert D. Murphy
Recess Confirmed by Senate for Conventions
Washington and Tokyo reports describe the Senate voting to recess Congress for the national political conventions and to return in August. Amid storm news from Typhoon Olive near the Gulf of Tonkin, casualties exceed 100 as it moves toward northern Vietnam.
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Senate
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Gulf of Tonkins
Viet Nam
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Hanoi
Grecian leaders meet Yugoslavia talks with U.S. aide
Prime Minister Constantine Karamanlis and Foreign Minister Evanghelos Averos of Greece travel to Athens to meet Yugoslavia today for discussions with President Thomas.
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Greece
Constantine Karamanlis
Evanghelos Averos
Yugoslavia
Tho
Satellite fails to orbit in Discoverer XIV mission
At Vandenberg California an Air Force Discoverer XIV satellite failed to reach orbit after a Thor Agena launch. The 19 foot satellite carried electronic snooper gear but could not relay data. the 75 foot booster rack burned up on reentry over the South Pacific. A 20 pound capsule also burned up as it returned from 200 miles over the North Pole.
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Eisenhower vetoes bill for federal pay hike
President Eisenhower vetoed a bill to raise federal employee pay by 7.44 percent, saying the measure is indefensible and unfair. He left room for a smaller, more modest increase tied to cost of living. Democrats plan an override vote in the House, with attempts to sustain the veto.
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Eisenhower
Congress
House
Senate
Panel Approves Diablo Project
Washington United States Senate Appropriations Committee approved a 5 billion appropriation to start Diablo Dam on the Rio Grande near Del Rio Texas in the next fiscal year. Col Leland Hewitt chairman of the American section of the International Boundary and Water Commission testified that if Congress authorizes it he would request the funds. The 109 million project funds were in 3 State and Justice Department appropriations. The Boundary Commission operates under the State Department.
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UPI
Sen
Rio, Grande
del Rio
Tex
Leland Hewitt
International Boundary and Water Commission
Congress
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Boundary Commission
State Department
Japanese government recalls heads of consular offices in US
The Japanese government dispatches its consular chiefs from the United States for a conference on the effect on 16. Japanese Wade of che re fcenz Tits and she cancellte President Eisenhower's visit.
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United States
Wade
Eisenhower
Khrushchev Receives Tepid Welcome in Vienna
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in Vienna to a cool reception as 2,000 at the airport and about 600 near the Imperial Hotel watched his convoy. He praised Austrian neutrality and urged peaceful coexistence while noting Western war and arms critics.
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