Border Patrol Nabs 13 Men in Cuba Invasion Plot
Thirteen men wearing khaki and armed with rifles and grenades were seized on Marathon Key Florida while boarding a boat bound for Cuba. Authorities charged them with conspiring to violate the Neutrality Act and held them on $1,000 bond each. The group claimed they were training for six months and included two Cubans and a Canadian led by Gerald Henning of Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Berrellez
Key West
Fla
Florida Keys
Cuba
Marathon Key
Here
U.S
William V. Albury
Albury
U.S. District Court
Miami
Gerald Patrick Henning
Los Angeles
Calif
Keys
Henning
Castro
Monroe County
Border Patrol
Marathon
No Name Key
James A. Lewis
San Francisco
Lewis
France Refuses to Pay U.N. Peacekeeping Costs
France joins Soviet opposition to World Court opinion that all U.N. members must share peacekeeping expenses. Andre Ganem states Paris will not pay Congo costs beyond Security Council orders, while the U.N. faces debt and an emergency bond issue to stay afloat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
U.N
United Nations, N.Y
Soviet Union
U.S
Andre Ganem
Assembly
Ganem
U.N. Congo
United States
Britain
Congo
Middle East
de Gaulle
Security Council
Russia
Vich
United Nations
Patrick Wall
U Thant
IRS Eases Proposed Rules On Business Travel Deductions
The IRS announced liberalizations to curb expense account abuses under the new revenue law amid public hearings. Caplin said many detailed requirements would be scrapped and receipts on entertainment and gifts over ten dollars would be reconsidered. Final rules will be issued within three weeks and take effect January first.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Mortimer M. Caplin
Labor Union
Congress
Tax Collecting Agency
Caplin
Bid Placed for Forbes State Forest Timbering
Harrisburg reports the State Department of Forests and Waters received a single bid of 22635 for timbering 150 acres in Jefferson Township Forbes State Forest. Mas twoski and Fullem of Normalville submitted the offer, citing high black cherry lumber value. The project covers 5355 trees, 3957 of which are black cherry, with an estimated 803000 board feet of lumber. The work area lies three miles north of Bakersville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
State Department of Forests and Waters
Jefferson Township
Forbes State Forest
Mastowski
Fullem
Normalville
Bakersville
McNamara announces 79th Infantry Division breakup plan
Secretary McNamara discloses a broad Army reserve and National Guard reorganization. The 79th will be broken up with the 157th Brigade to headquarter near Philadelphia and division HQ in Pennsylvania while support units spread to Maryland and Delaware. Old units are inactivated or relocated and personnel reassigned within the region. Governor’s office notes Pennsylvania National Guard units shrink from 171 to 153.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
79Th Infantry
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
Army Reserve and National Guard
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
79Th
Philadelphia
National Guard
Army
Harrisburg
Lawrence
Pennsylvania National Guard
Defense Department
Manslaughter Case Thrown Out of Court in Somerset
A charge of involuntary manslaughter against truck driver Robert Mull of Wellersburg was dismissed due to insufficient evidence after a July 24 1961 head on collision on Route 219 near Berlin. Richard Miller, the car driver, was killed and passenger Robert Zerfoss injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mull
Wellersburg
Somerset
Mull
Route
Berlin
Richard O. Miller
Robert L. Zerfoss
R. PD. 1
Commonwealth
Dist. Atty
Robert Keim
Miller
Zerfoss
Tito Tours Moscow for Talks With Khrushchev
Yugoslav President Tito arrives in Moscow for private vacation style talks with Soviet Premier Khrushchev. Khrushchev hosts a red carpet reception at the Kremlin as both leaders vow closer socialist ties and joint peace efforts. Tito notes good relations due to mutual peoples and aims to fight for peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Tito
Yugoslavia
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Jovanka
Nese
Communist Party
Rome
Soviet Union
Soviet Bloc
Stalin
Cabot Returns From Iran Ahead of Warsaw Talks
U S Ambassador John M Cabot returns from a holiday in Iran ahead of the December 13 meeting with Red China's Ambassador Wang Ping nan The 115th Warsaw ambassadorial talks mark the only direct contact between Washington and Peking governments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
U.S
John M. Cabot
Iran
Red China
Wang Ping-nan
Washington
Peking
Pennsylvania Army Reserve Unit Breakdowns by Boroughs
The Pennsylvania breakdown by units of the Army Reserve reorganization plan announced by Secretary McNamara lists changes across cities including Allentown Altoona Bethlehem and others. Entries show units retained in place in some towns and inactivated or restructured in others with new units formed such as a mechanized battalion headquarters company and ordnance supply elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press Special Service
Washington
Pennsylvania
Army Reserve
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Allentown
68Th Armored Regiment
79Th Division
Talion
79Th Infantry Brigade
Altoona
706Th
Transportation Corps Group
Transportation Corps
67Th Ordnance Co
Beaver Falls
475Th Quartermaster Co
314Th Infantry
Bellefonte
420Th
Bethlehem
454Th Adjutant General Replacement Co
471St Military Intelligence Detachment
Strategic
Bloomsburg
814Th Ordnance Co
Bristol
9Th Cavalry
315Th
Brookville
Brownsville
430Th Adjutant General Replacement Co
34Th Infantry
9Th Artillery
Butler
294 Apply for Work But Only 59 Get Jobs
Somerset PA office reports 294 new job applications in November 1962. Seventy six counseled, 118 aptitude tests given, and 59 placed by staff. Initial unemployment claims 783 that month. about 1100 signed weekly. By Nov 30 1982 active registrations reached 2149 including 500 veterans and 491 females.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Somerset
Pennsylvania State Employment Service
Herbert FE. Sann
Petrosky Elected Demo Minority Leader for 1963
In Harrisburg Anthony J. Petrosky of Westmoreland County won the Democratic minority leader post in the State House for 1963. The 50 year old Slickville merchant secured backing from U S Representative William J Green Jr and Governor Lawrence amid internal party strife and a secret ballot vote. Fellow leaders include James J Dougherty as whip and K Leroy Irvis as caucus chairman with Marion L Manley and Frank P Crossin in key posts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisburg
Anthony J. Petrosky
Westmoreand County
House of Representatives
Slickville
U.S
William J. Green, Jr
Philadelphia
Lawrence
Petrosky
Dougherty
James J. Dougherty
K. Leroy Irvis
Pittsburgh
Marion L. Manley
Archbald
Frank P. Crossin
Kingston
House Democratic Policy Committee
Green
Joshua Eilsberg
House
Senate Democrats
Charles R. Weiner
Allegheny County
J. Dean Polen
Avella
Allegheny
Pitts
Oral Polio Vaccine To Be Given Here
The Sabin oral polio vaccine will be administered to residents of Somerset County during three clinics tentatively planned next spring. Each person receives a drop on sugar or in water, with three doses to cover the three strains. Clinics are tentatively set for March 10, April 21, and June 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabin
Somerset County
Somerset County Medical Society
Russia Thwarts Quick Nuclear Test Ban at Geneva
At the 17 nation disarmament conference in Geneva, Soviet delegate Tsarapkin rejected emergency test ban plans citing insistence on on site inspections. U S and British officials urged on site checks and warned black boxes cannot replace manned posts. Negotiations remain stalemated as a progress report to the U N General Assembly looms on December 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geneva
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Joseph B. Godber
Dean
Tsarapkin
Moscow
U.N. General Assembly
Readiness Boosts for Army Reserve and Guard Overhaul
Secretary McNamara outlined a cold war plan to overhaul the Army Reserve and National Guard to boost readiness. Four reserve divisions and 393 smaller units would be eliminated, with most personnel reassigned to new brigades or first priority guard divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry T. Baulch
Washington
Army Reserve
National Guard
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
McNamara
Pentagon
India Hopes for Soviet MIG Promise in December
Nehru told Parliament that a token batch of MIG 21 jet fighters would arrive in December with more in 1963 and 1964. The pledge, linked to Moscow’s deal with India, offers limited immediate military impact and signals a shift in Kremlin stance after the Chinese border attack.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry S. Bradsher
New
Moscow
Kremlin
India
Peking
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U. S. Dist. Atty
Travis Lewin
Mound City
S. D
Donald Herman
Milton Besser
By Frank Cormier
Forbes Forest
Somerset American Harrisburg
By George Syvertsen
Cabot
M’namara
RED
Okhotsk
U.S. Army Hospital
Aspinwall
239Th General Hospital
U. S. Army Hospital
Demo
By Fred Walters
Burgher
James Musto
Pittston
Polen
Gium Polen
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