26 Mar 1963
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Newspaper
The Gastonia Gazette
Location
Gastonia, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 26, 1963
Page
1
Ralph Flores, 42, in the upper photo uses a telephone to reach his wife while awaiting word from him. Mrs. Teresa Flores sits nearby and scans an Associated Press report about the long search, with their children Melissa aged three Sheryl fourteen and Frank five in the frame.
Fidel's teacher and former Havana University professor Dr Cirlos Marquez Sterling, praised as a unifying anti Castro figure, reportedly has wide support from Cubans abroad and in exile to lead a united struggle. He aims for US recognition and vows to aid any Cuban government formation, seeking reform rather than radical upheaval.
Pentagon press chief Arthur Sylvester rejects charges of news management as hogwash and defends government information policy. He criticizes Marquez Sterling and defends secrecy citing national security while signaling potential reviews of contacts between officials and journalists.
In Whitehorse Yukon Territory an American pilot Ralph Flores and Brooklyn draftswoman Klaben endured seven weeks in subzero cold after a Feb 4 crash on a frozen lake area. They credited faith in God with sustaining them while they survived on melted snow and awaited rescue. Their families, including Flores wife Theresa and Klaben’s mother Ida in Brooklyn, expressed relief as hospital care began. Flores, an electrician with the U.S. Distant Early Warning network, expected release in five days.
In Dilworth Charlotte a three alarm blaze badly damaged Stage Louige restaurant, the Dilworth Bakery and a dry cleaning store while threatening the nearby Dilworth Theater. Firefighters kept flames from spreading to adjacent buildings though the fire appeared to smolder unseen for hours before the alarm.
Senate investigations faced McNamara defending the $85 billion TFX warplane contract with General Dynamics. He warned that the inquiry could cause harm, denied political influence, and noted he saw friction between the Pentagon and the panel. President Kennedy’s concurrent remarks echoed concerns about the probe’s reach.
AP report from Munich says French Premier Gourpes Bidault, suspected of heading a French underground, left Stembael village with a patio escort and denied a flight plan. Bavarian Interior Ministry and Tatellon Ministry provided statements while officials debated a possible aircraft test.
Fayetteville AP report states 29 year old William H Alcon a beer inspector for the ABC board is charged with murder after a card game dispute in which James Roy Wacaster 47 a state ABC liquor board undercover agent was shot in the left chest and died later Wacaster a former politician from Burke and Morganton had joined the ABC law enforcement division last December and was killed in the Alcon homefront yard as the investigation and preliminary hearing plan proceed with Langley and Micon among those involved in the incident.
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