Rebels Seize Havana as Castro Proclaims Interim President
Fidel Castro declared Manuel Urrutia interim president and led guerrillas into Havana, as Hatista loyalists faced a muting crackdown and private army violence centered near the presidential palace and Hotel Sevilla. Rebels moved quickly to establish control while exiled leaders fled.
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Rolando Masterrer
Batista
Larry Allen
Havana
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Castro
Manuel Urrutia
Cuba
Fulgencio Hauista
Castro forces seize Cuban consulate records in Chicago
Reports from Havana say Castro leadership ordered seizure of Cuban consulate records and documents in Chicago to safeguard them for trials of war crimes, while bearded guerrillas move toward Havana from Matanzas and Las Villas to seize key sites. Constable Nankles named consul general for the United States with Serapio Montejo acting in Chicago.
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Navy
ARMY
Cas
Istro
Camp Columbia
Havana
Seitukui
Midway
Batista
Chicago
Miawau
Constantine N. Kankles
Chi
Castro
Aim
United States
Kangles
Serapio Montejo
Matanzas
Las Villas
Malonton Sea
Cuba
Rebels jail 3 AP men in Havana Post siege
Cuban rebels fired on the Havana Post and detained three Associated Press staffers covering the post coup turmoil. The men were taken to a police station and released 20 minutes later after protests, as rebels patrolled streets with weapons and claimed to have found a pistol in the AP office. Local chaos spread as journalists described a wild, dangerous scene around the Post and AP headquarters.
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Havana
Associated
Larry Allen
George Uiman
Harold Valentine
Miami
Post
Secor
Allen
Kaufman
Valentine
WWE
Yfe
Vilventine
Bob Clark
Fidel Castro
Brush Fire Controlled at Topanga Canyon
Firemen held the upper hand over a 30 000 acre Topanga Canyon blaze near Woodland Hills. 80 homes and cabins were destroyed, 4 000 residents fled. Fire was 60 percent controlled with plans to use planes and ground crews to finish the job. 750 firefighters remained on scene as arson suspicion grew.
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Los Angeles
Topangas Canyon
Sullivan Arrested on Suspected DUI Near Malibu
Malibu police report actor Barry Sullivan arrested on suspicion of drunk driving after Highway Patrol stopped his car on Pacific Coast Highway toward his home in Malibu just after midnight.
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Malibu
Barry
Sullivan
Highway Patrol
Grandfather Slays Toton God s Order
Compton police report a 59 year old man Joseph Oglesby of Earle Ark killed his three year old grandson June Thomas Austin at the boy s home on 1405 SW Palmer St While babysitting he believed a divine message urged him to deliver the child to Heaven He allegedly stomped and hanged the boy After parents returned they found the child dead and Oglesby unconscious He was arrested on suspicion of murder and later committed for psychiatric observation
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Compton
Joseph Oglesby
Earle Ark
June Thomas Austin
Palmer St
Oglesby
Arkansas
Wesley Zr. Austin
Ref
Poice
Community Medical
Los Angeles County
General Hospital
Totai Man and Maria Notified as Seifuku Maru Sails in Storm
The Associated Press report from San Francisco notes the U S ship Wallin Luckenbach sent a diagram indicating the Seifuku Maru engines stopped and flooded. The crew abandoned ship as a storm hit near the SS Barbara area where the Totai Man and Maria were directed to the scene.
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Maria
Ftreighter
Barbara
Associated Press
San’ Francisco
U. S
Wallin Luckenbach
Summit Parley Set in Airline Strike
Federal mediators arranged a summit conference in Washington between the American Airlines president Bob C. Smith and pilots union head Clarence N. Sayen to resume talks after a 14 day walkout. Negotiations to be held at National Mediation Board headquarters as the strike enters its third week.
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Washington
ATS
American Airlines
Pilots’ Union
Bob C. Kd. Smith
Clarence N. Sayen
Air Line
National Mediat Ton Hoard
Eisenhower Urges Peace Effort in Berlin Crisis
President Eisenhower told Soviet leaders that their call for peace should guide their handling of Berlin. He welcomed the Russians' hopes for peaceful coexistence and urged applying those sentiments to Berlin amid the crisis and the western view of Berlin as a free city. The exchange followed New Year greetings with Khrushchev and Voroshilov, and noted Western concerns over possible communist control of Berlin.
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Gettysburg
Hisenhower Hag
Berlin
Nikita Khrushchev
Kliment E.’ Voroshilov
Berlinia
Eisenhower
United States
Britain
France
Cotton Maid Sets Modest Fashion Standard in Contest
Miss Mand a Diggs Berry of Stillwater Oklahoma, 20, winner of the Maid of Calton contest in Memphis, says she will not display her body publicly, preferring full dress. She describes the pageant as sedate and plans a 60 day world tour as a fashion ambassador for cotton, weighing 125 pounds with blue eyes.
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New York
Maid of Cotton
Oklahoma
Manda Diggs Berry
Stillwater
Oxlo
Where to Find It and Contents Note
A cluttered newspaper index lists sections and pages for stories on the Cuban revolution, Beech Combing, Hal Boyle, Bridge, and multiple departments. It references pages for death notices, editorials, financials, shipping, sports, theater, weather, TV radio, women, and other features.
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Beech Combing
Hal Boyle
Crawsword
Wibat
Newlywed Bridegroom Plots Airliner Attack Near Tokyo
An airliner bound for Tokyo reported a thwarted bombing attempt as a bridegroom, described by officials as 51 years old Akira Ema, tried to blow up the craft with 25 sticks of dynamite. He leaped into the sea, leaving two dead by his own action and crew and passengers escaping.
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Tokyo AM
All Japan Airways
Akira Emato
Man Dies After Despondent Flight Passenger Jumps Overboard
Fontana source reports Loren L Mosier 23 says a puppy’s death drove Emoto to despair. Emoto leapt from a plane about 2 500 feet up while en route to visit relatives. A dynamite fuse was found in the lavatory with two more sticks later. His bride Chieko 19 could not offer a coherent account.
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Felice
Loren L. Mosier
Emoto
Chieko
DMV Begins 1959 License Renewal Rush
The California Department of Motor Vehicles at 700 F Broadway started its 1959 renewal drive as stamp errors delayed year dating. Staff in Sacramento blamed six year stamps for failing to print 1959 while motorists queued for new license stickers and a Feb 4 renewal deadline. Howard Link hired 15 extra workers and Long Beach police provided an officer guard during the central rush.
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California Department of Motor Vehicles
F. Broadway
Sacramento
Howard Link
Ate
Long Feach Police Department
Ae Sorr
Holiday Road Toll Rises at Record Pace
Traffic deaths across the country during the four day New Year holiday were rising toward a record pace. By 2 pm the toll stood at 156 in traffic 31 in fires and 47 in miscellaneous accidents. If the pace continued the four day total could surpass the 1956 57 record of 40 deaths for the period.
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Heeae
Ex-Policeman Shot to Death in Hoboken
A former Hoboken policeman Francis Kennedy, 32, was ambushed on a highway and shot to death while driving home from a New Year celebration. His pink Cadillac was found with a bullet in his head and Kennedy slumped at the wheel. Authorities investigate motive and suspects as a homicide case.
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Hoboken
N. J
UPN
Francis Kennedy
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