Castro plot figure vanishes. Roselli missing in Florida
Miami authorities report John Roselli, linked to Giancana and alleged CIA plots against Castro, missing eight days. His car found at Miami airport. sheriff says he may have traveled, while FBI and Justice hold jurisdiction questions. The tale follows Roselli's Senate testimony about CIA involvement in Castro plots.
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U.S. Senate Committee
Chicago
Sam Giancana
Central Intelligence Agency
Fidel Castro
John Roselli
Broward County
FBI
Justice Department
Organized Crime
Roselli
Giancana
Senate
CTA
Castro
Cuba
Miami International Airport
Trank
Agent Claims CIA Poison Capsule Plot Against Castro
Roselli testified he traveled to Cuba in fast boats and that associates discussed plans to kill Fidel Castro. He said the CIA supplied poison capsules for the assassination attempt, linking his activities to a wider plot involving Giancana and Cuban dissidents.
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Giancana
Castro
Roselli
Cuba
CIA
Medal of Freedom for Jesse Owens Honors Olympic Hero
Washington Ford awards Jesse Owens the Medal of Freedom in the White House east garden. Owens recalls inspiring character after Berlin games where he won four gold medals, amid remarks on his historic battle with Nazi ideology. Also in Washington, Senate confirms Gen Bernard Rogers as Army chief of staff and Juanita Ashcraft as assistant secretary of the Air Force, among others. In Farmington, William Green shoots his wife’s typewriter after argument, is charged with multiple felonies and held on bail.
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Jesse Owens
Ford
Owens
Adolf Hitler
Berlin
White House East Garden
Senate
Juanita Ashcraft
San Francisco
Air Force
Ashcraft
California State Personnel Board
Robert N. Staith
Toledo
Ohio
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Fred P. Wacker
Defense Department
M. Alas Woods
Christopher Bond
Missouri
White House
Senate Armed Services Committee
Farmington
William Green
Greens
Green
Atlantic County
Robert Rogegno
Seven Blacks Slain as Soweto Riots Escalate
Police fire on demonstrators in Soweto as racial riots enter a third day. Seven blacks killed in two previous days, with clashes burning buses and intimidating workers. Reports also flag planned multiracial talks in South West Africa amid broader anti‑apartheid unrest.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Soweto
Avindhoek
South-West Africa
South African Press Association
Rhodesia Aide Claims Zambia Raids on Rise
Salisbury Rhodesia claims attacks from Zambia into the northwest border rise. Ted Sutton-Pryce, deputy minister, estimates 400 fully trained terrorists and 600 half trained fighters in Zambia, members of ZAPU. He says Kaunda is less restrained amid border violence.
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Zambia
Rise
Salisbury
API
Fop
Ian Smith
Ted Sutton-Pryce
Smith
Zimbabwe African People’s Union
Tacha
Kissinger Shah discuss sale of reactors and oil for arms
In Iran at Now Shah, Secretary Kissinger and Shah discuss six to eight American nuclear reactors at about one billion each and an oil for weapons trade. Disposition of plutonium byproduct delays agreement. US insists on reprocessing control. Shah seeks Iran control or international handling. Also under discussion is paying for weapons with Iranian oil instead of cash.
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Dover
England
Tina Bischoff
Columbus
Ctio
English Channel
Miss. Bischoff
Shakespeare Bay
France
Channel Swimming Association
Barry Watson
Britain
Tehran
Iran
Hemr A. Kissinger
Caspian Sea
Nowshah
United States
Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi
Kissinger
Shah
Museum in Rio opens Remember Carmen Miranda
The Carmen Miranda Museum in Rio de Janeiro opened on the second anniversary of her death, displaying her platform shoes, jewelry and fruit-studded headdresses. The ceremony featured a military band and mourners singing Tai, with 1,500 wardrobe items donated by the entertainer’s family.
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Carmen Miranda
Tai
Miss Miranda
Maria Do Carmo Miranda da
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