Latin American Leftists Rally for Cuban Aid and Strife
Leftist groups across Latin America rallied to support Fidel Castro as waves of violence broke out in five countries. In Colombia clashes outside the U.S. embassy left nine injured while Chile’s CUT called a 24 hour general strike and refugees in Peru occupied the Cuban Embassy in Lima.
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Latin America
Fidel Castro
Chile
CUT Union Federation
Peru
Lima
Mexico City
el Grafico
Mexico
Michoacan
Lazaro Cardenas
Castro
Cardenas
Cuba
Colombia
Bogota
Cancer Drive Kick Off Set for Tonight in Washington County
Cancer Crusade workers in Washington County plan a kick off at the Farm Bureau Building at 7 p.m. Mrs. R. B. Grubb and Mrs. D. W. Hayes announced the plans. Mrs. LeRoy McGraw will show films and Dwight Bode will preside. Workers urged to attend for materials and final drive instructions. Cancer posters went up in local store windows as Boy Scouts placed them in the business district.
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Cancer Crusade
Washington County
Farm Bureau
R. B. Grubb
D. W. Hayes
LeRoy McGraw
Dwight Bode
Boy Scouts
Rites Thursday For John H Steck
Funeral services for 84 year old John H Steck of Owosso Michigan will be held at 2 p m Thursday at Jones Funeral Home with Rev Vernon Elgin officiating and military rites at Elm Grove Cemetery He died Monday April 17 1961 in St Anthony s Hospital Columbus Ohio Born October 4 1876 he was a former brigadier general in the Michigan National Guard and a 32nd degree Mason Survivors include a sister Mary Sproatt a brother Henry Steck three nephews and one niece
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John H. Steck
Owosso
Mich
Jones
Vernon Elgin
Elm Grove Cemetery
Mr. Steck
St. Anthony's Hospital
Columbus
Ohio
H. F
Etha Henderson Steck
Steck
United Presbyterian Church
Michigan National Guard
Mary Sproatt
Henry Steck
Jaguey Grande
Cienaga de Zapata
Liberation
Las Villas
Oriente
Cuban Revolutionary Council
Cuba
Washington DECA students to attend national leadership conference
Three Washington High School DECA students Lynn Blanchard Mary Ann Green and Wilma Herdlicka will travel to Chicago for the 15th annual National Leadership Conference with advisor George Chambers serving as state sponsor. Lynn will lead in sales demonstration contest and run for national office as Mary Ann competes in the essay event and Wilma observes sales demonstrations.
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Lynn Blanchard
Paul Sheetz
Mary Ann Green
Ernest Green
Wilma Herdlicka
Dale Herdlicka
Washington
Chicago
Washington High School
George Chambers
Lynn
Mary Ann
DECA
Wilma
National Project Committee
Washington Industrial Survey
Washington Deca Club
Liz Taylor Tops 1969 Oscar Winners in Movieland
Elizabeth Taylor, recovering from pneumonia, accepted best actress for Butterfield 8 at the 33rd Academy Awards in Santa Monica. She left a sickbed with husband Eddie Fisher and her physician nearby as Burt Lancaster earned best actor for Elmer Gantry and hinted at a future project with Taylor.
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Santa Monica
Calif
UPI
Elizabeth Taylor
Miss Taylor
Eddie Fisher
London
Burt Lancasteer
Elmer Gantry
Lancaster
Liz
Shirley Jones
Castro Launches All-Out Assault Against Invaders
Rebel sources report Fidel Castro responded to the invasion with Mig jet planes and Soviet-type tanks, attempting to push back beachhead forces from Cochinos Bay. The clash disrupted airlift operations and drew international concern over U.S. and Soviet involvement.
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Fidel Castro
Cuba
Czechoslovakia
Cochinos Bay
Castro
Josef Stalin
Jaguey Grande
Khrushchev urges Kennedy to stop Cuban invasion
In Moscow Premier Khrushchev appeals to President Kennedy to halt the Cuba invasion. A mob of 2000 students attacks the U.S. embassy as Tass says the building is besieged. Police deploy. embassy staff take safety measures amid rock and ink bottle attacks.
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Nikita Khhrushchev
Kennedy
Russia
Cuba
U.S
Moscow
Castro
UPI
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Fidel Castro
Tass
Khrushchev
Republic of Cuba
United States
United Nations
Soviet Union
Republic of
Nikita Khrushchev
City Considers Daylight Saving Vote in Washington
Washington residents will vote April 20 on daylight savings time via a nonbinding election held in the city hall council rooms from 8 am to 8 pm. The measure seeks public sentiment on May 28 to August 27 daylight time and will guide council action.
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Washington
City of
City Hall
Evening Journal
Jay Brewer
L. M Eacher
Dean Cox
Cox
Bob Lins
Castro Plot Report Arrests Linked to Assassination Plan
Radio Havana says 20 men and 9 women arrested on charges of plotting to assassinate Fidel Castro and other Cuban leaders. Details on timing, scope, and actual attempts were not provided. Names include Humberto Sori Marin and Eufemio Fernandez.
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Castro
Humberto Sori Marin
Miami
UPI
Radio Havana
Fidel Castro
Yankee Intelligence Department
Central Intelligence Agency
Sori
Eufemio Fernandez
Ramon Grau San Martin
Fulgencio Batista
North English Youth Dies in Auto Crash
Ronald Schauff twenty of North English died in a Keokuk County crash near Thornburg on Iowa highway 22 after his car struck when another vehicle slowed for a turn. He was the sole seriously injured of six involved and managed to operate a D X service station with Herman Redwine.
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Iowa City
UPI
Ronald Schauff
North English
Thornburg
Schauff
Iowa Highway 22
Keokuk County
Herman Redwine
Family Night at Marion Avenue Church Theme Korea
Korea will be the theme of the family night program at Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church Wednesday evening. Rev. and Mrs. David Livingston Jr. and family, local missionaries to Korea, will present. The evening opens at 6:30 with a basket dinner and includes a demonstration of church school curriculum parent teacher magazines.
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Korea
Marion Avenue United Presbyterian Church
David Livingston Jr
Stewart School Pupils Stage Voices Near and Far Musical
Stewart School presents a two night spring musical themed Voices Near and Far featuring 4th 5th and 6th graders in folk singing and dancing from the United States and Europe. Performances begin at 7 30 pm Thursday and Friday with grade level splits and instructors including McNeil Reinier Booth Simpson Shafer Snodgrass DeVault Swanson. Fourth graders perform mountain tunes. Fifth graders sing pioneer songs. Sixth graders present European selections.
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Stewart School
Mary Ellen McNeil
Peggy Crull
Eric Hammer
Journal
Bob Elliott
Lois Reinier
Mary Booth
Ruth Simpson
Mary Ann Shafer
Louise Snodgrass
Helen DeVault
Marion Swanson
Miss Shafer
United States
Europe
Iowa House Approves Boundary Bill and Other Measures
The Iowa House approved a bill allowing contiguous school districts to alter boundary lines by mutual agreement and to study boundary adjustments via the state board of public instruction. It also passed increases in county welfare per diem, marriage consent rules for minors, optometrist license fees, tax rules for out of state insurers, non resident hunting and fishing licenses, trapping fees, a ban on selling illegal mufflers, and related measures.
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Des Moines
UPI
Iowa House
State Board of Public Instruction
Senate
County Social Welfare Board
District
Weather outlook: fair, warmer tonight. windy Wednesday
United Press International reports generally fair and warmer conditions tonight with a low of 35 to 40. Wednesday will be partly cloudy and windy with a high in the 60s, followed by a Thursday outlook of scattered showers, thunderstorms, and seasonable temperatures.
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United Press International
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