Cuba Nationalizes Oil and Power as Ties Warm with Communist States
In Havana the Cuban cabinet chaired by Osvaldo Dorticos nationalizes oil and electric power sectors, expropriates about 700 million dollars in U S owned properties, and seals closer ties with China, Poland, and Yugoslavia while signing cultural and technical treaties with those nations UAR and Japan. A U S protest note followed, signaling cooling relations as Castro rests in Pinar del Rio.
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UPI
Fidel Castro
Castro
Cuban Electric Company
U.S
Hed Caina
Poland
Yugoslavia
United Arab Republic
Japan
Osvaldo Dorticos
Pinar de Rio
Warne
Powers pleads guilty to spying for U S S R
Tass reported Francis Gary Powers pleaded guilty to the substance of the charge of spying on the Soviet Union. The indictment, drawn up by the state security committee and approved in July, accuses Powers of active espionage and intruding into Soviet airspace to gather strategic intelligence. The incident stems from his U2 flight that crashed near Sverdlovsk and will go to trial August 17.
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Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
Soviet Union
Tass
Powers
Urais Mar 1
State Security Committee
Roman Rucenko
U.S.S.R
U. S
Sverdlovsk
Herter Warns U. S. Will Act With Speed
Secretary of State Christian A. Herter told a news conference the United States will act with speed force and unity to meet any new Red threat or world crisis. He warned against the belief the nation becomes paralyzed during the presidential election period and said the president can act just as quickly as in any other time to counter danger.
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Washington
Christian A. Herter
United States
Herter
Soez
Drowned man pulled under Princeton dam in river catastrophe
Joseph Wetzel aged 43 of Kewaunee Illinois drowned in the Fox River near Princeton after being thrown from a boat at the dam. The body was recovered by Conservation Warden William Baier and Dan Trainer at 2 08 PM. Fire Chief Herbert Wachholz and crew attempted resuscitation until 2 35 PM. Wetzel and his wife Dorothy and son Larry were on a river trip when the boat capsized. Mrs Wetzel and Larry were rescued and treated. Wetzel did not survive.
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Princeton
Joseph Wetzel
Kewaunee
Ill
Fox River
Here
Princeton Dam
William ‘Baier
Dan Trainer
Princeiton
Princeton Fire Department
Herbert Wachholz
Weizel
G. G. Mueller
Wetzel
Dorothy
Larry
Paul Gambel
Chicago
Leo Jenkins
Kenton
Alden Sauerbreit
Alex Bogulski
Ripon Municipal Hospital
Powers in Solitary Confinement Claim Sparks Father Notice
The father of U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers says experts think his son is in 10 to 15 days of solitary confinement in a Soviet jail. The Soviets dismissed brainwashing claims as rubbish and say the trial will be fair. Powers and his wife plan to go to Moscow for the trial, with the mother arriving Aug 18, as Khrushchev potential clemency is hoped for. Virginia lawyers were denied visas to accompany the parents.
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Washington
Powers
L. . Smirnov
London
Smirnov
Soviet Supreme Court
Trig
Military College of the
Supreme Soviet
Moscow
Milledgeville
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
U.N
West
Virginia
Farmers Open Meeting in Des Moines to Pressure Prices
In Des Moines Iowa the National Farmers Organization opened an 11 state meeting to plan all out holding actions aimed at keeping livestock and farm products off markets to push farm prices higher NFO President Oren Lee Staley of Rea Missouri said more than 9000 farmers were expected to attend the gathering.
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Des Moines
Iowa
UPI
National Farmers Organizaton
NFO
Oren Lee Stalley
Rea
Opponents of Civil Rights to Use Whip in Congress
Washington AP reports Southern opponents of civil rights measures will use every parliamentary weapon in the current congressional session. Sen. Richard Russell says the Dixie forces will block action and that sponsors should not expect advances. Republicans move to force a Senate test vote on two Eisenhower civil rights proposals, including a government contract anti-discrimination commission and aid for school districts to cover integration costs. Dirksen plans to offer a bill reflecting the President's recommendations, to be added to a prior bill.
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Washington
Congress
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Dixie Forces
Russell
Senate
Eisenhower
Everett XE Dirksen
Ilinois
Dirksen
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
D-Gai
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Ren ‘Hower
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Herbert G. Klein
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Four Murders On A Weaverville Front Porch
Wayne R. Franks 30 sat with his estranged wife’s parents on the Holcombe front porch in Weaverville North Carolina Monday night. He opened fire injuring Mrs Holcombe and killing Diane Franks 5 and his three sons Junior 4 Johnny 3. He died at Asheville hospital after shooting himself. Diane had been stabbed in the heart. Mrs Franks was away in Virginia.
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Weaverville
N.C
Wayne R. Franks
Jerome Holcombe
Holcombe
Holcombes
Franks
Ted Gibson
Diane Franks
Arab League cultural committee to present Arab view in U S
Jordan directs its ambassador in Washington to form an Arab cultural committee with cultural attaches from Arab embassies. The group will present the Arab viewpoint to Americans and counter Zionist charges while coordinating Arab exchange students in the United States.
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Amman
Jordan
UPI
Washington
Arab League
United States
GOP and Dems Seek Senate Advantage in Civil Rights Play
In Washington Republicans and Democrats jockey for position as Eisenhower opens a session with a strategic plan to frame civil rights politics. Nixon’s role shifts as he charts a path at a White House breakfast with GOP leaders while Kennedy and Johnson prepare for campaign steps based on congressional moves.
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Washington
Senate
Congress
Eisenhower
White House
Alaska Votes On Capital Move In Juneau Election
Alaska voters decide whether Juneau should yield its capital status to the Cook Inlet railbelt area centered around Anchorage. Gov. William A. Egan and top Democrats oppose the move while Republicans also split, with results awaited from about 25,000 ballots.
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Juneau
Alaska
Cook
Cook Inlet
Egan
Ernest Gruening
E. L. Bartlett
Mike Stepovich
John
Dr Barbara Moore Vows Vengeance After U S Customs Clash
London is abuzz as Dr Barbara Moore declares retaliation against American customs after a San Francisco incident. She says she was mistreated and that officials tried to build a case, accusing her of throwing items over the customs counter during a luggage search that involved fruit, a teddy bear, and other items.
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London
UPN
Barbara Moore
U.S
Customs Officizgis
San Francisco
Dr. Moore
U.N. Calls Belgian Troops to Give Way
United Nations Security Council urged Belgium to withdraw its troops from Katanga immediately and let U.N. forces take over. The 11 nation body with nine to zero vote backed Hammarskjold plan to regroup 12,000 troops and avoid widening Congo tensions. France and Italy abstained.
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U.N
United Nations Security Council
Congo
Katanga
Sir Pierson Dixon
United Kingdom
United Nations
Security Council
U. N
Ceylon
Tunisia
Dag Hammarskjold
France
Italy
Hammarskjold
Moise Tshombe
Tshombe
Katangas
I Congo
Patrice Lumumba
Belgium
Soviet Union
Middilton Umpire Fleees After Prisoner Game Incident
In San Jose California Milton Middilton a 37 year old jail inmate drew boos as he umpired a prisoner sheriff game. He stomped off the field and has not been seen since prompting a jail and sheriff department inquiry.
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San Jose
Cali
UPD
Santa Clara County
Milton Middilton
Middilton
Striking Prisoners Stay Locked in Cells
Maryland inmates across three facilities protested a ruling on outside work time off for good behavior. After a five hour meeting reversing the prior decision, authorities locked prisoners in their cells for the night and mobilized police and National Guard contingents to prevent unrest.
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Baltimore
Maryland
James W. Curran
State Board of Correction
House of Correction
Here
Washington
Maryiend
Baltmore
Reformatory
Hagerstown
Ilegal
Curran
Carey Jarman
Milton A. Reckord
Gov. Tawes
Mediation Now Has No Purpose In Case Co Strike
RACINE CAP The J J Case Co plant strike by 1900 United Auto Workers Local 180 workers enters sixth month with mediation deemed pointless after two meetings. About 260 workers returned to work, 1006 pickets remained, and unfair labor practice charges are pending as Gov. Nelson and the Wisconsin Employment Relations Board seek a bargain restart.
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Nelson
Ssecond Company
Elie Buty
National Labor Relations Board
Gaylord Nelson
Anthony Valeo
Local 120
Bergzin
Is Oun
O. Stanley Hoebreckx
Ahiwauxee
Case
Ribicoff to Chat With Harry Truman
Hartford Conn Senator John F Kennedy ally Gov Abraham Ribicoff will fly to Missouri and Kansas City overnight for a meeting with former President Harry S Truman in Independence. Ribicoff, a Kennedy confidant, aims to pave the way for a Kennedy Truman encounter later this month as the Democratic ticket shapes up.
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John F Kennedy
Abraham A. Ribicoff
Missouri
Harry S. Tre
Massachusetts
Kennedy
Kansas City
Truman
Independence
Los Angeles
Ribicoff
Yater
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