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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1961
Page
1
Washington officials escalate tensions as President Kennedy pledges forthcoming facts about Cuba will emerge. The dispute centers on timing and method of disclosures, signaling a high level struggle within the administration over how to handle the Cuban issue.
A reader of the page shows honors for area students receiving college scholarships. The report references a 1962 context with multiple city names and sections, including mentions of committees, an incinerator study, and a broader national debate over the Bay of Pigs invasion and Kennedy era background briefings.
UPI reports guerrilla fighters believed to be remnants of the invasion force attacked a militiaman outpost 20 miles east of the Bay of Pigs at the Covadona sugar mill. Four attackers engaged the outpost. two were wounded, two escaped and were pursued. The broadcast noted executions of civilians in Matanzas for joining the invaders and cited Castro's harsh stance on captured rebels.
A 36 year old Cuban exile and former Fidel Castro ally describes the failed April invasion at the Cochinos Bay beachhead. He and about 350 fighters left Cuba, attacked with Soviet tanks and MIG jets, and escaped by raft to a freighter after three days of heavy fighting.
Congolese government troops arrest Katanga Province President Moise Tshombe at Kolwezi airport as he tried to depart to Elisabethville. His European advisers are detained. Tshombe had issued an ultimatum threatening to walk out and boycott the conference with President Kasavubu.
Drizzle turns to record rain in April as forecasts fail to ease floods. Rain totals top six inches, flooding basements and highways, halting Columbia School District buses and closing kindergarten classes at Ridge.
The region experiences mostly cloudy cool conditions with showers and several days of rain ahead. River levels rise with Black River at 14 feet, Milan floods threaten homes, and Norwalk Creek overflows. total rainfall recently 1.18 inches, with 6.07 inches since April. Temperatures run below normal with a gradual warming trend planned for the coming days.
Washington based report shows consumer price index unchanged at 127.5 in March with prices flat since October. Labor Department notes recession dampened prices while longer hours and stability boosted factory worker buying power by eight tenths of one percent. take home pay rose six cents to 0.89 weekly for a production worker head of a four-person family.
Algerian revolt leaders fled to bases near Algiers and faced military trials with possibility of the firing squad. De Gaulle announced he would retain dictatorial powers for a time as loyalist forces restored order and took over the capital.
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