Plane and Cuban boat exchange under way in Florida
Eastern Air Lines crew depart for Havana to retrieve a hijacked propjet while three Cubans land at Key West to take possession of a Cuban navy patrol craft. The swap, arranged by intermediaries between the U S and Cuba, follows a note exchange via Switzerland amid severed diplomatic ties. Harris & Co agains attach the boat to back a judgment, then withdraw the claim to show unity.
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Miami
Fla
U.S
Eastern Air Lines
Havana
Key West
Florida
Fidel Castro
Eastern
United States
Cuba
Castro
Harris & Co
Harris
Kennedy school aid bill clings to life in Congress
Senate leader Mansfield said the Kennedy administration education bill remains alive though stalled in the House Rules Committee. Opponents cite economic and religious objections to federal aid for parochial schools, while supporters press for action as Kennedy warns over the stalled measure.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
Kennedy
Congress
House Rules Committee
White House
Western Powers Consider Sanctions On East Germany Over Berlin Wall
United States Britain France and West Germany near agreement on penalties for East Germany for sealing off West Berlin. Possible steps include banning East German travel to the West and suspending trade, aiming to pressure regime without military intervention.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Britain
France
West Germany
East Germany
West Berlin
Asst
Foy D. Kohler
State Department
Dean Rusk
Berlin
Soviet Union
East Berlin
Protest and Pressure Rise Over Berlin Crisis
West Berlin urged a mass protest outside City Hall as Soviet and East German moves tighten travel restrictions. Western commanders protest East German actions and plan possible trade sanctions while Adenauer backs tightening measures. Church leaders urge calm amid mounting tensions.
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Carl Hartman
Berlin
West Berlin
West
Russia
U.S
Andrei I. Solovyev
Karlshorst
East Berlin
Willy Brandt
Bit
East German
Interior Ministry
Trade Union Federation
Konrad Adenauer
Soviet Bloc
East Germany
Kurt Scharf
Evangelical Church
Otto Dibelius
Parolee Stabbed on Dirt Road Near Westfield
Houston police investigated the fatal stabbing of 34 year old parolee William Howard found on a dirt road near Westfield. Howard, paroled in February after a 1955 robbery by assault conviction, was found with neck and chest wounds and dumped at the scene. Investigators had few clues.
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Houston
Westfield
William Howard
Howard
Panel Finds NAACP Violated Texas Injunction
The House General Investigating Committee reports numerous breaches of a 1957 Texas injunction banning NAACP financing of lawsuits. It cites Amarillo investigations and Marshall sit-ins, noting $35,000 deliveries to Wiley College and Bishop College. The panel faults Attorney General Will Wilson and warns of anti white agitation.
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Texas
NAACP
Marshall
State of Texas
Daily Press
Tom James
Dallas
Will Wilson
Wilson
Vice
Jefferson County
Communist Party
Afric
Russia
Charter Stripped Of Poke At Fidel
In Punta del Este Uruguay delegates at the Inter-American Economic Conference edged toward a combined charter for Kennedy's aid plan but anti Castro delegates pressed for a separate declaration aimed at Cuba. The final draft aimed for plain language while quiet U S support and Brazilian diplomacy moved to avoid antagonizing Cuba.
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Roman Jimenez
Punta del Este
Uruguay
API
Brazil
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Latin America
Castro
Pedro Beltran
Peru
Cuba
Alliance For Progress
United States
Park Superintendent Dismissed as Voting Box Changes Loom
The Scurry County Commissioners Court dismissed Russell Jones, county park superintendent, effective immediately after a unanimous vote. W. C. Simpson named temporary replacement. The court also set a budget hearing for 1962 and approved voting box changes to ease lines at polls, including dividing Box 18 into two units and moving some voters to a new box location.
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Scurry County
Jones
W. C Simpson
Thane Mebane
Precinct
Thirty- Seventh Street
Thirty - Seventh Street
Weather Snapshot for Texas Regions
Snyder shows highs around 76 North Central Texas with 68 to 75 lows and partly cloudy skies. Northwest and Southeast Texas expect warm, partly cloudy days with isolated thundershowers and 64 to 72 night low. South Central and Southeast Texas stay warm with 70s lows and 86 to 102 highs.
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Snyder
Texas
Central
Rains Persist Across Texas With Brief Tornado Warning
Texas weather continued with scattered showers across the state. Morning temperatures ranged from 65 degrees in Dalhart to 81 in Galveston, with a 90s daytime rise expected. A tornado near Garland in the Dallas area touched down only briefly in the sky, causing no ground impact.
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Associated Press
Texas
Dalhart
Galveston
Dallas
Garland
Panhandle
South Plains
Gate Region Bristling At Berlin’s Brandenburg Gate Standoff
As armored trucks block the gate’s passages and Soviet tanks loom in the distance, West and East Berlin police deploy across the plaza. British soldiers scan from the sector boundary while a tense crowd gathers under a red flag, awaiting possible demonstrations and Communist moves that could ignite clashes.
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Berlin
Germany
Brandenburg Gate
No Man's Land
West Berlin
Tiergarten
Commies Cry War Hysteria in Berlin Editorial
Moscow AP reports Pravda, the Communist party paper, claims a Western outburst of war hysteria after Berlin border closures. An editorial by V. Menshikov accuses West Germany and NATO of threatening a new world war and cites Berlin border scenes as provocation.
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Moscow
Pravda
Communist Party
West
Berlin
V. Menshikov
West Germany
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Germany
Menshikov
NATO
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Tokyo
Anastas
Japan
Erwin Harris
Charles R. Ashmann
Sam Rayburn
Warschauerbrucke
East
Brandt
Fidel
Park
Jay Massingill
Gate
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