US Communist Party Faces Decline and Danger
An AP summary notes the CPUSA, aging and diminished, struggles to keep influence in the United States. It details dwindling membership, reliance on Moscow, and FBI scrutiny while warning the party remains a possible security risk amid national crises. The piece traces early violence, wartime shifts, and internal purges under Stalinist policy.
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Communist Party
United States
Stalin
Moscow
U.S
FBI
CPUSA
America
Russia
Bolshevik Party
Kremlin
Jay
Lovestone
Nazi Germany
Rumor Of Death Raises Question About Khrushchev
James Marlow reflects on the false report of Khrushchev's death and analyzes potential successors, the risks of renewed Soviet belligerence, and the shift toward a more prosperous, less terror-driven Communist future. He weighs Stalin’s terror against Khrushchev’s reforms and the possible return of harsher leadership.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington
Khrushchev
Stalin
Moscow
Soviet Union
Army Mohawks clash with Air Force in Vietnam patrols
In South Vietnam Army fliers fly Grumman Mohawk recon planes amid friction with the Air Force. The 23rd Special Warfare Aviation detachment argues their mission is close ground support and rapid battlefield photography. The Mohawks, armed with two 50 caliber guns, may carry bombs but currently lack ordnance. They expect integration into a provisional Army aviation battalion with helicopters and support aircraft.
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Malcolm W. Browne
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Army Air Corps
Mekong River
U.S
Viet Nam
Army
23Rd Special Warfare Aviation Detachment
South
US Japan Cable Link Underway
The U S cable ship Long Lines arrived in Yokohama to lay a submarine cable linking Japan with Guam as part of an 80 million dollar project by ITT and AT&T. The 5 950 mile line will pass Midway Wake and the Hawaiian islands with completion targeted for mid June trans pacific service.
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Yokohama
Japan
U.S
Long Lines
South Pacific
Guam
United States
International Telegraph & Telephone Co
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Midway
Wake
Hawaiian Islands
Population soars in Cuba to 7.7 million by 1964
Miami AP reports Cuba’s population rising to a record 7.7 million by late 1964, per the Cuban Economists Association in Exile. The 1953 census stood at 5,829,029, with an estimated 7 million when Fidel Castro took power in 1959. More than 300,000 Cubans have fled into exile since then.
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Cuban Economists Association In Exile
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Foods Featured In Foreign Exhibits At Modest Prices
New York World's Fair visitors can sample Danish, Chinese, Jordanian, and Pakistani foods at moderate prices with free foreign exhibits. Restaurants offer meals from a few cents to several dollars, while lounges provide cocktails. Highlights include the African Tree House Restaurant, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, House of Japan, and a Vatican Pavilion with Michelangelo's Pieta. Also cited are Spain's art displays and stalls from Belgium and various U.S. states.
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Francis Stilley
New York
Kingdom of Jordan
House of Japan
Vatican
Michaelango
Spain
Goya
el Greco
Velazquez
Zubaran
Picasso
Miro
United Arab Republic
Cairo
Valley of the Nile
Jordan
Republic of China
Belgium
Abraham Lincoln
Walt Disney Organization
Lincoln
Sheriff Guilty of Killing Wife in Motel Death
ULYSSES Kan AP A Colfax County New Mexico sheriff Benny Trujillo was convicted Wednesday of fourth degree manslaughter in the death of his wife Patsy 25 found dead in a Ulysses motel cabin The state said she was fatally beaten the defense said she fell A district court jury deliberated about an hour and the judge set bond at 1500 with a five day window to seek a new trial potential penalties range up to two years in prison or six months minimum in county jail
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Ulysses
Kan
Benny Trujillo
Colfax County
N. M
Patsy
Trujillo
L. L. Morgan
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William L. Ryan
W. 26Th St
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Wall Street
Berlin Wall
John F. Kennedy
China
Lenin
Air Force
Miami
Fla
Louisiana
Vieux Carree
New Orleans
Bourbon Street
Detroit
Mustang
Tiffany & Co
You
F.o.b
Troy
Mich
Ford
Ford Motor Company
Ottawa
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