Havana radio defies U.S. Marines over Bay of Pigs invasion
Cuban broadcasts from Havana warned that any U.S. Marines attempting an invasion would face the same fate as the captured anti Castro forces. Reports described mass arrests, tense mood in Havana, and ongoing naval movements near Guantanamo as evidence of a broader conflict.
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Bay of Pigs
United States
Cuba
Caribbean
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Toronto Dispatch
Canada
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Nicaragua
Guatemala
Yankees
U.S
Miami
Mission Dawn
Frank
Navy
Ment
Washington
Key West
Vieques
Randolph
Independence
Boxer
Shangri-La
Mediterranean
X-15 Pilot Reaches 3140 MPH In Desert Test
Maj Robert White pilots the X-15 at Edwards Air Force Base recording a speed of 3140 miles per hour after a launch from a B52. The craft faced an ignition failure a cabin pressure leak and a high wind landing on Rogers Dry Lake as White maintained calm instrument readings throughout the 30 second pursuit to velocity.
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Rogers Dry Lake
Contrasting Views Of Adolf Eichmann On Trial
In Jerusalem two Eichmanns appear in court the dashing wartime colonel who ordered killings and the subdued prisoner in the glass box on opening day The contrast illustrates how years in hiding reduced power and altered identity as the trial resumes after a recess.
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Jerusalem
UPI
Adolf Eichmanns
Eichmann No. 1
Europe
Eichmann
Argentina
Wayland Schools Change In Service Day to April 28
Wayland announces an In-Service Day for teachers moved from April 24 to April 28. Each school will set its own day this year as countywide plans failed to materialize. Teachers will use the day to develop curriculum guides required by Standard 41 of the Department of Public Instruction.
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Wayland
Department of Public Instruction
Kennedy recalls Gen Maxwell Taylor for strategic review
President Kennedy orders retired General Maxwell Taylor to conduct a rapid survey of U S intelligence and guerrilla warfare capabilities in response to the Cuba crisis and the failed anti Castro invasion. Taylor will report findings to Kennedy in two months as part of White House efforts to reassess defense policy and conventional power.
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Washington
UPI
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Maxwell Taylor
U.S
Army
National Security Council
White House
Taylor
United States
Camp David
Cuba
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Normandy
D-Day
Battlee of the Bulges
Europe
West Point
Fidel Castro
Castro
Eisenhower
Gettysburg
Pierre Salinger
GOP
U. S. Intelligence In Error on Cuba
UPI reports two key underestimates doomed the Cuban invasion. Officials say Castro’s military power and mobilization ability, plus his grip on the population, were far greater than expected, with intelligence blamed across agencies.
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U. S
Cuba
Washington
UPI
Fidel Castro
Kennedy
Castro
Dean Rusk
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Central Intelligence Agency
Czechoslovakia
Panmunjom brawl between American and Communist guards erupts
In Panmunjom Korea a clash between American and Communist security guards escalated as Koreans tried to draw pistols. About a dozen Americans joined to restore order after shouting and fighting in the truce village. No serious injuries were reported amid heightened tensions.
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Panmunjom
Korea
UPI
Pte
John W. Clark
Jacksonville
Fla
Clark
Robert Holt
Pulaski
Tenn
U.S
U.N
Adam Rites Monday At St Elizabeths Harper
Funeral services for Mrs. Anna Mary Adam will be held Monday at 9 30 a m in St Elizabeths Catholic Church at Harper Rev M J Diamond will be in charge with burial in St Elizabeths Cemetery The rosary will be held at 730 pm today in Powell Funeral Home at Keota parish rosary follows Sunday at the funeral home
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Keota
Anna Mary Adam
St. Elizabeth's Catholic Church
Harper
M. J. Diamond
St. Elizabeth's
Powell Funeral Home
Rebel Generals Seize Algiers In Bloodless French Coup
Four rebel French generals backed by Foreign Legion paratroopers claimed control of Algiers and declared a state of siege across Algeria. In Paris Premier Debre urged absolute obedience as a Paris bomb damaged Neuilly town hall. De Gaulle pressed cabinet action and named Gen Olie to replace Gambier.
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Paris
UPI
Foreign Legion
Algiers
Algeria
Sahara Desert
Charles de Gaulle
Michel Debre
France
Neuilly
de Gaulle
Achille Perretti
National Assembly
Radio France
Navy
Debre
Jean Olie
Fernand Gambier
Olie
Raoul Salan
Oran
Constantine
Eight-Year Term Given To Conrad Driver, 19
John Weld, 19, Conrad, was sentenced to a term not to exceed eight years in the youth reformatory at Anamosa and fined 500 dollars on a manslaughter conviction. He appealed to the Iowa Supreme Court and was released on 5 thousand dollar bond after a jury found him guilty in a dec 11 auto crash near Green Mountain that killed Ronald Edel, 19, of Marshalltown.
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Marshall Town
UPI
John Weld
Conrad
Anamosa
Weld
Iowa Supreme Court
Green Mountain
Ronald Edel
Marshalltown
Edel
Washington Community High Band Plans Spring Tour
The Washington Community High School concert band will tour Tuesday April 25 with concerts at Montezuma and Brooklyn High Schools. They will also perform here Thursday April 27 in a special evening concert.
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Washington Community High School
Montezuma
Brooklyn
Peiffers Purchase Cora's Coffee Shop in Brighthon
Mr and Mrs Ralph J Peiffer of a farm south of Brigh ton announce the purchase of Cora's Coffee Shop on North Iowa Avenue The shop formerly operated by Cora and Judy Raymond will host a get acquainted day on Monday with the new owners Ralph and Helen Peiffer.
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Ralph J. Peiffer
Brighton
Cora
Iowa Avenue
Judy Raymond Ralph
Helen Peiffer
Burns Fatal to Clinton Woman 79
IOWA CITY UP I Burn injuries proved fatal Friday to Mrs Otto Roenfeldt 79 Clinton after her clothing caught fire while she burned rubbish in the yard She had been treated at University hospitals since Wednesday and suffered third degree burns over about 60 percent of her body Her husband died about a month ago.
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Iowa City
UPI
Otto Roenfeldt
Clinton
Confesses Slaying Of Teacher In Chicago
A 14 year old boy, Arthur Lee Hester, confessed to stabbing to death Mrs Josephine Keane, 45, a longtime teacher at a Chicago school. He claimed the murder in the basement storeroom was accidental after being moved to a new morning session. Mrs Keane supervised lower grades and was mother of six.
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Chicago
UPI
Arthur Lee Hester
Josephine Keane
Hester
Keane
Weather Iown Forecast for Tonight and Sunday
Fair to partly cloudy tonight with scattered thunderstorms likely in the extreme south. Warmer in the extreme south west. Partly cloudy to cloudy Sunday with scattered showers and thunderstorms in the extreme southeast during morning hours. Lows tonight 40 to 50. Highs Sunday in the 60s. Monday outlook mild with showers likely.
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