Armed Rebel Band Battling Castro Troops in Cuba
Reported 150 armed anti Castro insurgents fight Cuban forces after a new landing near Coralillo on the north coast. Authorities call it counter revolutionary but opponents insist the clashes are real as militiamen and troops clash in central Cuba.
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Castro
Cuba
Havana
Coralillo
Armed Forces Ministry
Fidel Castro
Atanzas
Coraillo
Escambray
Cumanayagua
Cienfuegos
United States
Holguin
Francisco Martinez
U. S
Daniel Braddock
Cape Canaveral
Orleans Teachers Paid By Donation Denies Funds
In New Orleans two segregated schools received a temporary funds boost from a private donation to pay 38 teachers and 17 other workers. Officials hope state aid will resume, while lawmakers may keep banks from lending to the New Orleans School Board and halt checks. The Frantz and McDonough schools faced ongoing white boycotts and tense picket lines as the city awaits federal court integration rulings.
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New Orleans
William Frantz
McDonogh No. 19
Frantz
McDonough
Frantz and
James F. Redmond
Baton Rouge
Risley Tribe
Jimmie H. Davis
Kennedy's Vote Plurality Grows Amid Recount Efforts
The AP tallies show Kennedy leading Nixon by 144,844 in a total vote of 68,694,754 with Kennedy at 34,189,718 and Nixon 34,044,874. Electoral tally remains 300 to 223 as recounts continue in Texas and Cook County while electors meet December 19.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Associated Press
Arizona
West Virgiia
Idaho
Chaois
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Texas
Cook County
Kennedy
Nixon
Kennedy Family Heads For Florida Vacation
President elect John F Kennedy and his wife depart Georgetown University Hospital with infant John F Kennedy Jr. for a Palm Beach holiday. Mrs Kennedy smiles as she leaves, traveling in a back seat while Miss Luella Hennessy carries the baby.
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Miss Hennessy
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Belgian Hostages Face Death in Lumumba Crisis
A Detroit-sized tension surrounds Belgian hostages amid Lumumba's unresolved release. A separate Tucson item humorously claims a jet engine can be cleaned quickly by walnut shells, a supposed cure for jet fatigue, replacing costly dismantling.
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Lumumba
Tucson
Arizi
De Gaulle greeted by protests in Algiers and Oran
Riots erupted as Charles de Gaulle toured Algeria with his self rule plan. About 10 000 Europeans clashed with security forces while 2 000 protesters urged Algeria remain French. Army tanks and infantry dispersed barricades in Algiers as tear gas drove crowds into side streets.
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de Gaulle
Algeria
Algiers
Charles de Gaulle
Rue Michelet
Cades
Oran
Ciehards
Mrs Kennedy Tours White House To Meet Mrs Eisenhower
Mrs Kennedy the wife of the president elect visited the White House to meet Mrs Eisenhower and see the mansion she will occupy after Jan 20. The visit followed her release from Georgetown University Hospital where her son was born two weeks ago.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
White House
Eisenhower
Executive Mansion
Beig
Georgetown University Hospital
Anne Wheaton
Kennedy
Mrrs
Wheaton
Pierre Salager
Ponder Release of Satellite Capsule
The Discoverer MINE satellite whirled in a three day orbit as Air Force officials consider the timing to eject the capsule. It carries spy gear and human tissue for radiation tests and will be retrieved near Hawaii after a parachute drop.
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Vandenberg Air Force Base
Calif. Ue
Air Force
Earth
Hawaii
Six men questioned in Feinberg car bomb case
Six men were seized in a East Side restaurant for questioning over the car bomb death of Kenneth Feinberg. Police said the men offered no link to the crime but all faced charges of consorting with known criminals.
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New York 4
Underworld
Kenneth Feinberg
Hammarskjold Moves to Avert Congo Mass Reprisals
UN Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold ordered urgent measures after reports that Bernard Salumu threatened to arrest and execute Belgians in Oriental Province unless Patrice Lumumba was freed within 48 hours. He convened the Congo advisory committee and sought a full report from Rajeshwar Dayal as the Security Council met on the Congo crisis.
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IPL
Vville
Patrice Lumumba
Oriental Province
Joseph Kasavubu
Joseph Mobutu
Lumumba
Bernard Salumu
Regie
Stanleyville
Europeans &P
United Nations
Stanley
Salumu
Oriental
Leopoldville
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
New York
Lalumu
Col Mobutu
Thysville
Neashy
Vassu
Stanlevee
Salamu
Salamin
Stanley Wife
U. N
Congo
N.Y. 1
Belgans
Leopoldvile
Rajeshwar Dayal
Lails
Li-Nation Council
Hammarskjold
Mario Cardoso
Soviet Union
Cardoso
Britain
West
Katanga
Juvenile Delinquency Court Cases Rise
The Children’s Bureau reports juvenile delinquency court cases increased by two percent in 1959, the smallest yearly rise in a decade. The rate has climbed for 11 straight years, yet the 1959 rise lags behind the five percent growth in the child population aged 10 to 17.
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Washington
Children’s Bureau
Eisenhower Heads to Augusta for Weekend Golf
President Eisenhower departed Washington National Airport at 11 16 a m for Augusta Georgia to spend the weekend at the Augusta National Golf Club where he plans to play golf. He expects to return to Washington Sunday.
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Washington
Eisenhower
Washington National Airport
Augusta
Augusta National Golf Club
U S Increases Gold Supply With IMF Bullion Purchase
The United States buys 306 million dollars in gold from the International Monetary Fund to bolster its gold reserves. The IMF sold to raise dollars for short term treasury securities, lifting U S gold from 17.382 billion to over 18.177 billion.
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Washington
United States
International Monetary Fund
Treasury
Treasury Iou
U.S
U. S
Kennedy offers Stevenson U N post amid health plan talks
John F. Kennedy resumes talks with legislative leaders on an aged health program financed through Social Security. He offers Adlai E. Stevenson the U N ambassador post, saying it is one of the four most important posts.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Georgetown University Hospital
Kennedy
Hale Boggs
D-La
House
Ways and Means Committee
Boggs
Ways and Means
Florida
Adlai E. Stevenson
Bogge
Walt W. Rostow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
U. S
Rostow
Stevenson
U. S.S
United Nations
U. N. Post
Heavy Snow Storm Traps Southwest motorists and towns
One of the heaviest early snowstorms strands motorists and isolates communities across Arizona and New Mexico. up to 15 inches in spots. Santa Rosa sees 7.12 inches. Albuquerque and El Paso near isolation with highways closed and flights grounded. Grand Canyon reports 14 inches.
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Albuquerque
X. M
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Santa Rosa
U. S
el Paso
Tex
Ajo
Ariz
Holbrook-Winslow
Grand Canyon
Leukemia Cure Seen in Few Years, Expert Says
Rutherford L. Ells, chairman of the American Cancer Society, predicts a leukemia cure in one to five years. He spoke in Dallas about ongoing research and the likelihood of breakthroughs first appearing in leukemia.
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Dallas
Tex
Rutherford L. Ells
American Cancer Soeciety
Fils
Atlanta, Ga
Drunken Diner Case Convicts Driver In Spartanburg Cup
A jury delivered a verdict in a drunken diner incident where a driver struck a dead cow after leaving his car. Witnesses testified the driver staggered from the vehicle and spoke in slurred tones about taking the injured man to a hospital.
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Spartanburg
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