13 Mar 1961
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Newspaper
Sarasota News
Location
Sarasota, Florida, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1961
Page
1
In a border offensive near Orientale Province, Maj. Gen. Joseph Mobutu's forces captured three companies of Lumumba troops, the Congolese Foreign Ministry announced today.
Police guards repelled an armed assault by anti Castro band at the Soviet Embassy residence in Havana shortly before Maj. William A Morgan of Toledo Ohio was executed for allegedly aiding the enemies of Premier Fidel Castro. Officials said gunfire erupted, with at least a dozen shots exchanged and attackers scattering.
Congress pushes a $394 million aid program for distressed areas as Kennedy seeks loans to boost depressed regions. A Giaimo bill adds anti piracy safeguards, while the House considers Eisenhower restoration and food additive rules. Ways and Means probes Social Security expansion with potential gains of five million Americans. Farm leaders seek compromise on feed grain cuts.
Britain's largest spy trial in a decade opened at the Old Bailey with five defendants, including two Americans, accused of stealing naval and atomic secrets and channeling them to Moscow through a hidden radio. The case implicates Portland naval base and HMS Dreadnought as key elements.
Weather Eye reports pleasant temperatures across Florida with southerly winds. A weak cold front enters the northwest with light showers, while most areas stay around the 60s to low 70s overnight. Five day outlook shows temps about 2 to 4 degrees above normal with scattered showers in the north and at period ends.
Mrs. Sylvia Marshall 59 died apparently of asphyxiation after a Sunday couch fire blamed on a cigarette at her 2117 Palm Terrace home. Autopsy planned. husband believed in England with the Army. Pensacola relatives visited Saturday. Firefighters and a 14 year old delivery boy aided rescue attempts.
Secretary of Commerce Luther Hodges says a spring tax cut is unnecessary to boost the economy. He believes the recession has bottomed and growth can start, noting President Kennedy may revisit the issue in April if conditions lag.
A 13 year effort results in The New English Bible New Testament issued in Britain. It replaces King James language with clearer modern English and aims to be faithful to original Greek and Hebrew texts. The project began after a 1946 church proposal and gathers many denominations. An American edition was released concurrently.
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