Cuban Crisis At A Glance
United Press International reports Fidel Castro’s forces fight valiantly against invaders in Cuba. Havana radio claims eight anti Castro rebels were executed by firing squad for alleged terrorism. Moscow accuses the United States of staging the invasion and threatens aid to Castro. Leftist support grows across Latin America as violence erupts in several countries. The United States refutes Cuban charges at the United Nations and tightens security at Guantanamo Bay.
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United Press International
Havana
Fidel Castro
Moscow
United States
Cuba
Castro
Latin America
Americas
United Nations
U.S
Guantanamo
Guantanamo Bay
U.S. Naval Base
Humberto Sori Marin
Washington
Latin American Leftists Rally Behind Castro Support
Communists and other leftists across Latin America backed Fidel Castro as moderates waited to respond. Riots and bombings left at least 20 injured in five countries, with a 24 hour general strike in Chile led by the CUT. Refugees in Peru seized the Cuban Embassy in Lima symbolically. Castro's potential flight was forecast as agents reportedly fortified a Michoacan ranch for refuge. Colombia saw the day’s worst violence with nine injured near the U S Embassy and media offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doug Anderson
United Press International
Latin America
Fidel Castro
Chile
CUT Union Federation
Peru
Lima
FRC
Mexico City
Castro
Cuba
el Grafico
Mexico
Michoacan
Lazaro Cardenas
Cardenas
Colombia
U.S
Bogota
Buenos Aires
Flint donation caravan to Fayette Needy Association
More than a ton of donated food from Flint Michigan will be presented to the Fayette Needy Association in a ceremony at 11 a.m. Thursday. A motorized caravan and box cars from Flint will join Voiture No. 1087 of the Legion at Charleston and travel to Minden via the Turnpike, escorted by Fayette County deputies. State Senate President Howard W. Carson will give the welcome at Minden, with Sheriff P. L. Elmore to receive Flint’s keys and other officials attending. Distinguished speakers include G Steele Callison Harry W. Miller and possibly Myron R. Renick, with a public invitation to attend. The dignitaries will dine at the Needy Association headquarters with president Robert K. Holliday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minden
RNS
Flint
Mich
American Legion
Fayette Needy Association
Charleston
John Brawley
Legion
Kanawha
Fayette County
Mossy Creek
State Senate
Howard W. Carson
Oak Hill
Fayetteville
P. L. Elmore
G. Steele Callison
Harry W. Miller
Myron R. Renick
Weather Summary for Beckley and Surrounding Areas
Mostly cloudy and cool today and tonight with scattered snow flurries and rain at lower elevations. Highs 39 to 47, lows 30 to 36. Clearing and warmer Wednesday. Beckley reported yesterday’s high 46, low 30s, Oak Hill high 46, Tallmans 29. River Greenbrier conditions normal to muddy, gauge 4.2 feet.
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Beckley
Oak Hill
Soviet Threats Cast Doubts On Cuba Invasion Crisis
The Soviet Union accused the United States of aiding the invasion of Cuba and vowed to aid Fidel Castro if aggression continued. Khrushchev urged Kennedy to end the aggression, while U S officials expected a firm rejection. Embassies abroad faced protests as Castro claimed his forces fought valiantly in Las Villas. Exiles said invaders held the early edge, with Miro Cardona planning a return to assemble an anti Castro government once territory is secured.
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Soviet Union
United States
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kennedy
Moscow
U. S
Khrushchev
Ussr
U.S
Las Villas
Jose Miro Cardona
Miro Cardona
Revolutionary Council
Castro
Fulgencio Batista
Faure Chaumont
Osvaldo Dorticos
Corticos
Matanzas
South America
United Nations
New York
New Jersey
James P. Mitchell
Eisenhower
Walter H. Jones
Wayne Dumont Jr
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Wallop's Island
R. Bernard Finch
Carole Tergoff
California
Cuban Charges Shock UN No Proof Offered
United Nations diplomats waited for Fidel Castro's spokesman to prove claims that U.S. forces at Guantanamo aiding Cuba invasion. U.S. and Guantanamo officers denied the charge and Roa's Florida link. Stevenson criticized Soviet military aid described as heavy and ongoing to Castroite Cuba.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPD
U.N
Fidel Castro
U.S
Guantanamo
Cuba
Raul Roa
General Assembly
Adair Stevenson
Stevenson
Roa
Florida
United States
Castro
Russia
Air Strip Seized by Invaders in Cuba Beachhead
Exile sources report Cuban revolutionary forces seizing an air strip at Cochinos Bay where the main landing occurred. They say Las Villas and Oriente troops are established and supplied, with consolidation at two points in Las Villas and a wide, wheel-like movement spreading from Jaguey Grande where over 100 militiamen were killed.
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United Press International
Cochinos Bay
Las Villas
Oriente
Jaguey Grande
Fidel Castro
Hodgson Seeks Facts in Beckley Sanitarium Incident
West Virginia Public Institutions Commissioner Joseph Hodgson arrived in Beckley at 10 30 a m to gather facts about a Friday incident involving Pinecrest Sanitarium Business Manager Okey Mills and three patients. He said no hearing is set and is only inquiring into the matter. The fracas began after Mills reprimanded the patients for whistling at a nurse's aide, with Mills alleging violence and one patient claiming Mills shoved them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Virginia
Mills
Goldwater urges Cuba blockade and Castro elimination
In a DAR speech Senator Barry Goldwater calls for surrounding Cuba with a military blockade to enforce an economic embargo and to eliminate the Castro regime, accusing the Kennedy administration of timidity. State Dept says no American harm reported in Cuba, US interests handled by Swiss Embassy in Havana.
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70Th
Continental Congress of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
United States
Cuba
Western Hemisphere
State Department
Havana
U. S
Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Liz Burt Grab Off Oscars at 33rd Academy Awards
Elizabeth Taylor won best actress for Butterfield 8 as she left a sickbed to accept the Oscar with husband Eddie Fisher and her physician nearby. Burt Lancaster captured best actor for Elmer Gantry, with Shirley Jones as best supporting actress. Peter Ustinov won best supporting, The Apartment claimed best picture and Billy Wilder took three awards for directing, screenplay, and producer.
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Santa Monica
Calif
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Eddie Fisher
London
Burt Lancaster
Elmer Gantry
Lancaster
Liz
Shirley Jones
Peter Ustinov
Gladiators
Academy
GE Employee Reveals Turbine Bid Price Rigging
GE marketing specialist John Peters testified before a Senate panel that salesmen from GE and two other turbine makers met from 1951 to 1959 to fix sealed bids to electric utilities. He described shame over illegal price rigging and the damage to his company, associates, and family.
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Washington
UPI
General Electric Co
John Peters
Senate
Peters
Titler Speaks On Harmon Attack In Raleigh County
George Titler defends himself against Roy Lee Harmon in Beckley West Virginia, accusing Harmon of mood shifts and political opportunism. Titler cites past coal mine labor ties, a disputed hospital card letter, and wage concerns, alleging Harmon sought money for public statements and noting Harmon’s intermittent Raleigh County political presence. The exchange centers on loyalty, taxation, and mine workers’ interests.
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Roy Lee Harmon
Roy
George Titler
United Mine Workers
S Lee
James Leeber
Roy Lee
Post Herald
Sherwood Glutz
Raleigh County
Laint
Mine Workers of America
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Senate
Jack Nuckols
Beckley
Quotes from world leaders on Cold War tensions
In New York Tom Mboya rejects militant anti-Communist efforts and using new nations as pawns in the East-West clash. In Guantanamo Bay Admiral O'Donnell says U.S. aid is zero in Cuban accusations. Pravda accuses U.S. circles of exploiting space gains to stir war. A New York placard questions Kennedy about another Hiroshima in Cuba.
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U.S
United Press International
New York
Tom Mboya
Kenya African National Union
Moscow
Pravda
United States
Kennedy
Cuba
Grandview Chair Bids To Be Re Advertised
The State Purchasing Department announced bids for 1,000 aluminum folding chairs for a new amphitheater at Grandview State Park near Beckley will be re advertised after recent submissions favored steel chairs. The Conservation Commission will study aluminum options before a purchase is made.
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Charleston
UPI
State Purchasing Department
Grandview State Park
Beckley
The
Conservation Commission
Prosecutor Tells Eichmann Crimes in Hungary and Death Marchs
Israel's Attorney General Gideon Hausner charged Adolf Eichmann with defying Berlin orders and organizing a death march of Hungarian Jews. Eichmann allegedly offered to trade blood for trucks and used a 200 kilometer march to Austria to murder exhausted captives. The prosecutor cited Himmler's halted exterminations and Eichmann's circumvention of those orders.
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Jerusalem
Israel
UPI
Adolf Eichmann
Berlin
Hungary
Gideon Hausner
Eichmann
Heinrich Himmler
Hausner
Germany
Joel Brandt
Turkey
Sawyers Cites Program Boost for West Virginia Roads
West Virginia legislators provided about 8 million to let the State Road Commission operate on a pay as you go basis. Road Commissioner Burl Sawyers told the West Virginia Contractors Association dinner that the funds gave SRC the impetus to accelerate the road program on all fronts. He spoke on the general road plan and expressed optimism about the ultimate results of the efforts.
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Charleston
UPI
West Virginia
State Road Commission
Burl Sawyers
West Virginia Contractors Association
SRC
Blake resigns as West Virginia GOP public relations head
West Virginia GOP public relations director William E. Blake resigns after three months to cut party expenses. Executive director Jack Weaver will stay on. Blake cites organizational over publicity work and saving money. Chairman Daniel Louchery may resign next. potential successors include Harold Neely Howard Corcoran and Buck Martin with interim plans if no permanent chair is chosen.
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Charleston
Jack
Weaver
Blake
Daniel L. Louchery
Clarksburg
GOP
Neely
Howard V. Corcoran
Wheeling
Paul
Buck) Martin
Martinsburg
Martin
Byrd Nominates West Point Appointee for 1961-62
Senator Robert C. Byrd of West Virginia announced William L. Taylor of Martinsburg as a candidate for admission to the U S Military Academy at West Point for the 1961 62 school year. Alternate nominees from West Virginia include Tom V Virgillito Huntington Raymond G Pollard Huntington and James E Hash Athens Box 2.
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Washington
UPI
Robert C. Byrd
D-W. Va
William L. Taylor
Porter Ave
Martinsburg
W.va
U.S. Military Academy
West Point
Byrd
West Virginia
Tom V. Virgallito
Huntington
Raymond G. Pollard
James E. Hash
Box 2
Athens
Beckley Hosts Meeting Of Educators And Specialists
Beckley hosts about 50 educators from eight counties meeting with state department specialists in mathematics science and modern foreign languages. Wickline notes curriculum changes over five years and aims to gather input from school personnel for course materials. Local arrangements by Virgil Sarrett with programs funded through NDEA and related grants. Representatives attend from Fayette Greenbrier McDowell Mercer Monroe Raleigh Summers and Wyoming counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beckley
Thomas Evans
State Department
Ronald Steele
Fayette County
Lee E. Wickline
Nel
Wickline
George A. Fenley Jr
Fenley
Virgil A. Sarrett
Sarrett
Insuteg
Harvey F. Pauley
Trap Hill High
H.G. Farmer
John W., Saunders
Shady Spring High
Stratton
Maryland
C. G. Peregoy
Woodrow Wilson
NDEA
J. R. van Meter
Beckley Junior High
Fayette
Greenbrier
McDowell
Mercer
Monroe
Raleigh
Summers
Wyoming Counties
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Colombis
Camp Liberty
Vana
Matanzas Beach
Hodgson
South China Morning Post
Communist
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Jackie Coogan
Malibu
Burt
By Vernon Scott
Billy Wilder
La.l. Diamond
GE Employe
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Harmon
Raleigh Register
Edward J. O'Donnell
U.S. Naval
Grandview
Harry Ferguson
Sawyers
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Dana Evans
Concord College
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