Soviet MIGs fire on Floridian off Cuba coast
Captain of the merchant ship Floridian reports two Soviet built MIGs fired across the bow and stern about 20 miles off Cuba. U S Navy jets reached the scene 55 minutes later as the Floridian, escorted by fighters, sent an immediate distress call to the Miami Coast Guard.
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Miami
Fla
Cuba
Coast Guard
U. S. Navy
Key West
Norman Teeples
Dania
Curtis Olson
Here
U. S
Olson
U.S
U. S. Coast Guard
San Juan
Puerto Rico
Washington
Ala
Florida Straits
Cuban
Soviet protest over U S damages from Cuban exile raid
Moscow demanded damages from the United States for a Cuban exile commando raid that crippled the Soviet freighter Baku. The note threatened measures to protect Soviet shipping and accused Washington of backing the exile groups. Khrushchev said the Caribbean situation is not fully normal.
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Moscow
Soviet Union
United States
Baku
U. S
Havana
Revolucion
Caibarien
Lgov
Tass
Cuba
Khrushchev
Caribbean
Four Die and 25 Hurt in Boston Hotel Fire
A predawn blaze at the Sherry Biltmore Hotel on Massachusetts Avenue killed four people and injured at least 25 as may guests and the cast of The Sound of Music were rescued from a fourth floor fire. Firemen carried about 75 people from the building as investigators searched for a cause and damage was estimated at $100,000.
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Boston
Massachusetts Avenue
the Sound of Music
City Hospital
Charles O’connor
Marcelyn Meyers
Janella
Gretel
Sherry Biltmore
McNamara Says U S Ahead In Cold War
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara told Congress the United States faces a nuclear standoff with the Soviet Union but intends to win the cold war. He stated there is no Soviet nuclear superiority today and warned against a strategic nuclear war, noting mutual deterrence will increase with time.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
United States
Soviet Union
McNamara
Weather Map Summary and River Report
Weather map data from the U S Weather Bureau notes sunrise and sunset times and river stage. River level is 8.0 feet and falling as of the observation.
Local Conditions Report Highlights Mild Weather
Highest temperature yesterday reached 75 degrees with a low of 50 overnight. No precipitation was recorded.
Weather Outlook for Terre Haute and Indiana
Cloudy and windy with scattered thundershowers this evening. Forenoon showers end Saturday with cooler, breezy conditions. Temperatures tonight 44 to 53, Saturday highs 55 to 65. Indiana shows similar trends with overnight lows 45 to 55 and daytime highs 57 to 66.
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Terre Haute
Indiana
Subway Pioneered in Boston by 1897 WPA Guide says
United Press International notes the Boylston Street Subway, completed in Boston in 1897, as the first U S transportation subway per the WPA Guidebook.
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United Press International
Boylston Street
Boston
United States
WPA
Kennedy Heads Security Council Over Cuba Tensions
President Kennedy summoned the National Security Council executive committee as Cuba tensions rise. The Floridian reported missile jet activity off Cuba, 13 000 to 14 000 Soviet troops remained, and anti Castro exile raids threatened further instability. Washington protested the Floridian incident and recalled prior MIG jet attacks near Florida.
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Washington
Kennedy
National Security Council
Cuba
United States
U. S
Caribbean
State Department
Commission to Inspect Refuge Site from Air
An aerial survey of 10 000 acres in Vigo and Clay counties, eyed as a potential bird refuge, featured on the Indiana Conservation Commission agenda led by Anton Hulman Jr. Donald J. Foltz and other officials planned a flight and a public meeting on the Interior Department land purchase proposal.
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Vigo
Clay County
Indiana Conservation Commission
Anton Hulman Jr. Hulman
Donald J. Foltz
State Conservation
Department of Interior
ISC to Build Two 12 Story Halls in Terre Haute
Indiana State College boards approves 4 088 114 bid for two 12 story residence halls to house 900 students. Construction along Fourth Fifth Mulberry Eagle streets to start soon, aiming for completion by August 1 1964 and use from September 1964. Project financed by Housing and Home Finance Agency loan. no state tax money.
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Terre Haute
Indiana State College
Fourth and Fifth Streets
Mulberry and
Eagle Streets
Miller, Miller and Associates
Housing and Home Finance Agency
ISC
Board of Trustees
Fourth
Fifth
Mulberry
College
Five Democrats In Mayor Race Shrink To Five Nominees
The count of Democratic mayoral nominees fluctuated as filings and withdrawals occurred. John J. O'Brien withdrew by mail after entering the race, while Arthur C. Cooper and Hook A. Moldroski were the first filers to bow out. Remaining candidates include Mayor Ralph Tucker State Senator Dr. W. Dewey Annakin Mary M. Maccolini and attorney James H. Adamson and Glenn.
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John J. O’brien
Arthur C. Cooper
Hook A. Moldroski
Ralph Tucker
W. Dewey Annakin
Mary M. Maccolini
James H. Adamson
South Twenty-first Street
Glenn
Apportionment Plan Given To Assembly
Conference committee reports on legislative reapportionment were before both houses in the Indiana General Assembly with strong opposition in the House and no vote expected. The Senate House conferees released their districting proposals and both measures must lay over 24 hours before action. Rejection seemed likely in the House and possible in the Senate, potentially prompting new conference committees.
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Indianapolis
Conference Committee
Indiana General Assembly
House
Senate House
Senate
Jet attack on cargo ship sparks Cuba tension
Unidentified jet planes fire on an American cargo ship in international waters off Cuba. The vessel heads toward Miami escorted by U S fighter planes as a brightness in business outlook boosts unofficial 1963 output estimates while Kennedy convenes the National Security Council amid Cuba tensions. Leflore County in Mississippi plans another vote registration march to test democracy after two earlier marches were dispersed by police.
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Miami
Floridian
Cuba
Puerto Rico
Miami Harbor
U. S
Unhit
Kennedy
Executive Committee
National Security Council
Mississippi
Leflore County
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Security Council
Leonard Conrad
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