Donovan Reveals Strain Of Dealing With Castro
Brooklyn lawyer James B. Donovan discusses risks and costs of freeing prisoners in Cuba and negotiating with Fidel Castro. He recalls the Abel exchange, the nine divers, and his unremunerated service for the Cuban Families Committee while denying CIA or State Department payments. He describes methods to reach Castro, including intermediaries, and recounts releasing two women on Saint Patrick's Day after a lengthy negotiation. Delivery included travel details, meals, and the emotional impact on prisoners.
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Harry Ferguson
New York
UPI
James B. Aoe
Soesen
Brooklyn
Donovan
Cuba
Cuban Families Committee
Brooklyn Bar Association
Col
Rudolf Abel
Abel
Francis Gary Powers
Dot
Castro
Saint Patrick
Fifth Avenue
South America
Bernard O'Higgins
O'Neal
Geraldine Schamma
Martha O'Neal
Miami
Central Intelligence Agency
US State Department
Washington
Havana
CIA
State Department
Dean Rusk
United States
Baste Acumanitarian
Florida
Power Struggle Within Soviet Army Revealed
Nikita Khrushchev faces growing resistance from Red Army officers as a Moscow printed book argues for a unified and centralized command led by professional soldiers, not party officials. The clash deepens after Zhukov’s 1947 removal and a tense Cuban crisis highlight the rift between Khrushchev’s regime and military leadership.
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Leon Dennen
Enterprise Analyst
NEW York
NEA
Georgi Zhukov
Nikita Khrushchev
Red Army
Communist Party
Moscow
Voyennaia
Russia
Khrushchev
Soviet Union
Community Party
Red
Stalin
Zhukov
Golikov
Kremlin
Malinovsky
A. A. Epishev
Epishev
Cuba
Defense Ministry
Red Star
Red China
Mao Tse-tung
Navy court seeks shipyard witnesses in Thresher sinking
Portsmouth naval court of inquiry prepares to question Portsmouth Naval Shipyard personnel about repair work on the nuclear submarine Thresher as oceanographers scan the Atlantic for the wreck and Lt Cmdr Hecker and Lt (jg) Watson testify about the final dive. The inquiry follows reports of deliberate sabotage at the Nautilus in 1959, though no link is established.
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James V. Healion
Portsmouth
N.H
UPI
Naval Court of
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Cape Cod
Navy
Atlantic
Pacific
San
Cmdr
Stanley Hecker
Sea Skylark
Thresher
Skylark
James D. Watson
Aurora
Inl
Hecker
Charles J. Palmer
Palmer
Landa Zech
Naval Shipyard
New Hampshire Sunday News
Zech
Nautilus
George M. Hall
John W. Harvey
Dean Axene
U.S. Naval Reserve Training Center
Charleston Symphony to Be Guest Conducted
Charleston Symphony Orchestra members were told a permanent conductor to replace Geoffrey Hobday would not be chosen until after the 1963-64 season. President Charles B. Stacy said the board would hire guest conductors next year from many applicants, then select a post holder. Hobday, an England native, resigned last October and is finishing his ninth season as conductor.
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Charleston
UPI
Charleston Symphony Orchestra
Geoffrey Hobday
Charles B. Stacy
Stacy
Hobday
England
If brunettes were rare women I would all dye their hair black
A playful remark on hair color and rarity, imagining a world where brunettes are scarce and proposing a bold solution of dyeing all hair black. The line conveys whimsy and a touch of humor about appearance.
Switzerland Hid Nazi Suspect From Public Eye
Switzerland moved to conceal the location of alleged Nazi war criminal Erico Raja alias Erich Rajakowitsch who matched Anne Frank’s death claim. He was questioned seven hours in Lugano near his Melide vacation home before being taken to an undisclosed location. A government spokesman called Raja a hunted man and cited danger from those seeking punishment or fear he could implicate others in Eichmann’s case.
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Bern
Switzerland
UPS
Anne Frank
Erico Raja
Erich Rajakowitsch
Lugano
Melide
Raja
Adolf Eichmann
Intelligence Confidence and Growth Beware of Complacency
A concise warning notes that claiming high intelligence may hinder further progress as boasting can curb learning and development. It emphasizes humility and ongoing effort for true advancement.
NAACP Proposes Federal Cram Course for Prince Edward County
In Richmond, Dr. John Morsell of the NAACP urged Kennedy to create a federally financed cram program for about 1,700 Prince Edward County Negro children affected by four years without public education due to desegregation conflict. White children could join. program aimed to ease reopening of schools and address alleged educational shortchanging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richmond
UPI
Kennedy
Prince Edward County
John A. Morsell
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Prince Edward
U. S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
United States
Morsell
Accused Kidnapper Fights Extradition in Ohio Case
John Henry Turner, jailed in Cabell County on a kidnapping charge, seeks to block extradition to Ohio. He claims Jeffrey Lee Hardy, a three year old, as his son. The child was found unharmed after Turner surrendered at his mother’s home in North Matewan, Mingo County.
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Huntington
API
John Henry Turner
Cabell County
Turner
Ohio
U. S
Walter Parker
Jeffrey Lee Hardy
Dayton
Alva Daniels
North Matewan
Mingo County
FBI
Patricia Turner
Randolph To Speak At Charleston Education Foundation Meet
The Education Foundation Inc will hold its13th annual meeting in Charleston on April 25 with Sen Jennings Randolph as principal speaker Foundation president Phil Conley says the group began in 1950 to promote West Virginia books and has published 22 titles with seven more planned this year
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Charleston
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Navy Board
Raymond McCoole
Charleston Symphony
Main Street
Beckley, W. Va
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R. D. Watts Insurance Agency, Inc
Bair Building
Beckley
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