Plot to invade Cuba by Nike X poses thwarted in Florida
A Florida raid halted a fringe group led by Masferrer planning an invasion to overthrow Fidel Castro. Police seized 1,000 pounds of dynamite and arrested 19 in Key West and 51 in Miami, while Masferrer claimed the army would sail on three ships and that one boat had escaped. Father Georges, once Haiti education minister, was among the detainees.
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Miami
Father Georges
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Cocng
Plum Beach
Atlantic Ocean
Defense McNamara
Kwajalein Island
Vandenberg Air Force Base
Polish Firm to Ship Only Fireproof Dolls
The Polish Cuppexim foreign trade trust director Jan Ziemski said U.S. shipments will switch to nonflammable dolls. The firm has sent dolls to the United States for 12 years with no complaints until late last year. The piece also discusses Nike X defense debates and cost concerns.
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Warsaw
United States
U.S
Jan Ziemski
Cuppexim Foreign Trade Trust
Five Bodies Found in S F Plane Wreckage Disaster
Five bodies and wreckage washed ashore on a northern California coast while two other occupants remain missing. The Lodestar flight from San Diego to La Paz carried Dakin family members and Elton Stone as pilot with Dennis Seitz as co-pilot. Weather and permission delays hampered body removal.
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San Francisco
Dakin
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San Diego
Lindbergh Field
la Paz
Susanna Bryant
Susanna Bixby Bryant
Long Beach
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Roger
Joan
Alexandria
Zachary
Mathew
Roger Tr
Samuel
Switzerland
Elton
Stone
Dennis Seitz
Alameda
Ford Foundation Grants Aid NAACP and Urban League
The Ford Foundation approved grants totaling 730000 to the National Urban League and the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. McGeorge Bundy urged broad matching support while noting the funds cannot sustain the services demanded by the times. The piece also touches on ABM developments and defense questions facing policymakers.
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New York
National Urban League
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Ford Foundation
McGeorge Bundy
Times Desmand
Can Basketball Survive Lew Alcindor
Feature on Lew Alcindor choosing UCLA over pro basketball and the lure used by John Wooden. Examines his sacrifice of money for college as a legend in action, with a photo-filled spread in The Saturday Evening Post January 14 issue.
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John Wooden
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Saturday Evening Post
Douglas Banks in Financial Aid Pact with Major Lenders
Douglas Aircraft seeks a formal loan agreement prepared by Security First National Bank of Los Angeles acting as agent and participating U.S. banks include Bank of America First National City Bank Chase Manhattan Bank Morgan Guaranty Chemical Bank New York Trust Continental Illinois Bank and Trust Melton National Bank and Trust. In Canada Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce joins with four lines of credit for Douglas Aircraft Co of Canada in Malton Ontario. Douglas had disclosed a $75 million government loan request and sought customer advances and supplier extensions. Merger talks were announced on December 12 with firms like McDonnell Aircraft North American Aviation and General Dynamics amid prior losses and a stock drop from a high.
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U.S
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First National City Bank
Chase Manhattan Bank
Morgan’ Guarantee Bush Co
Chemical Bank
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Continental Ilinois Bank and Trust Co
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Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce
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Ontario
McDonnell Aircraft
North American Aviation
General Dynamics
Donald W. Douglas, Sr
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