Castro Arrives in USSR for Historic Soviet Visit
Fidel Castro arrived in Moscow to a loud welcome as about 200000 people gathered in Red Square. The Cuban premier spoke calmly while Khrushchev and Malenkov did not mention rockets or recent tensions. The visit marks renewed ties and Castro noted his first meeting with Khrushchev was in New York.
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Nee Wares
Tass
Fiernaas
Soviet Union
Castro
Khrushchev
Mikoyan
Moscow
Arcone
New York
United Nations
West Virginia set to stay on Standard Time through May
The Gown Crier notes local neighbors will not adjust clocks for Daylight Saving Time until May 3 in this area. Idaho cowboys Don Lee and John Hartman camped on Route 50 en route to Washington, D. C. and will return for the Shenandoah Apple Blossom Festival. Festival organizers plan activities and a parade with entries from the Edinburg Lions and other groups.
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West Virginia
Don Lee
John Hartman
Route 50
City
Washington, D. C
Edinburg
Pat Stoneburner
C. A. Ongesgeanony
Sod
Festifn
Edinburg Lions
State Dept Casts Doubt On Cuba Raid Report
Washington officials questioned a Cuba raid tale after Alexander Rorke Jr of New York claimed a low level bombing run on the Nico Lopez refinery near Havana. Havana Radio and the Cuban government backed parts of the account, but State Department press officer Lincoln White said there was no information to confirm the event.
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Suguns
Eee
Cuba
Alexander Rorke Jr
New York
Havana
United States
State Department
Lincoln White
Radio Havana
Havana Radio
White
Associated Press
George Arfeld
Nico Lopez
United
Mead Free
Rorke
Nico. Lopez
Suy
Douglas Leads 200 In C O Canal Hike
Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas led about 200 people on a C&O Canal hike from near Hancock Maryland toward the canal’s start, with Secretary Udall and Kennedy family members among participants. The event rode alongside talk of the canal becoming a national park and notes Eisenhower’s designation of the canal as a national monument.
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C&o Canal
Hagerstown
Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
Sandy
Lia
Ville Freeman
Stewart L. Udall
White Sinai
Pierre An Geey
Robert F. Kennedy
David
Camp
Hancock
West
Eisenhower
Middletown Station To Close After Long Service
Middletown freight station will close April 28 after a March 27 commission ruling. Ben Rogers, longtime agent since 1937, will move to work in Winchester area. The station becomes a pre pay facility for carload freight only as leaders note the family service history spanning decades.
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Middletown
Ben Rogers
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Sonsory
Winchester
Three Dead and One Injured in Explosive Blast at Lab
A dawn explosion at the Allegany Ballistics Laboratory in Rocket Center West Virginia destroyed a rocket processing area and office trailers. Three men were presumed dead, 11 injured, and authorities identified two Md. men among the missing. Fire spread up a mountain before containment. Cause of blast unavailable.
Survivors Plan Funerals for 22 Mine Victims
In Clarksburg West Virginia survivors planned funerals for 22 victims of a coal mine explosion at Clinchfield Coal Compass No 2 mine Dola 12 miles northwest of Clarksburg Rescue workers recovered all bodies late Friday night and by midnight brought them to the surface Officials believe methane gas and coal dust caused the blast and most victims died instantly with signs of concussion and flash burns The incident prompted officials to investigate the explosion’s cause and the fate of the other miners underground one report says thirty miners were still underground as authorities probed the blast’s origins
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Clinchfield Coal Gas Compass
Clarksburg
W.va
W. Va
West Virginia
Clinchfield Coal. Co
Dola
Youthful Che Youthful Whiz Linked to Molotov Attacks
A teenager labeled a chemistry whiz is accused of masterminding arson attacks using Molotov cocktails against homes in the South Side, mainly those of African Americans. Police raided his apartment, charging him and 17 others. nine face arson counts, the rest disorderly conduct.
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Ers
Souvanna’s New Attempt To End Laos Crisis Fails
Premier Souvanna Phouma failed to resolve Laos crisis in talks with half brother Prince Souphanouvong in Khang Khay. Souphanouvong accused American airlifted rightist troops into Plaine des Jarres, while Kong Le denied the charge and welcomed observers.
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Khang Khay
Laos
Souvanna Phouma
Atenda
Souphanouvong
Pathet Lao
Vientiane
Plaine Des Jarres
Air America
U.S
United States
Kong le
Plaine
Muong Phan
Three Nation Truce Commission
Sheihor
Ex Marine to Tell Of Cuban Spy Case
A former Marine testifies on Capitol Hill about a 1961 slaying in Guantanamo Bay linked to a Cuban suspect. He says he was ordered to stay silent after his discharge and signed a statement under threat of prison. The Marine described helping to hide a body and identified Captain Arthur J. Jackson.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Navy
Guantanamo
Cuba
Szill
Schwéries
Pennsylvania
To Predien Steenedy
Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Arthur Jackson
San Jose
Calif
Arthur J. Jackson
Governor offers reward to curb forest arson in Virginia
Governor Al bertus Harrison Jr announced a 20 dollar reward for information leading to arrest and conviction of individuals who set forest fires in Virginia. State Forester George W. Dean reported 50 to 60 deliberate fires since January, mainly in the Piedmont and southwestern regions, totaling about 1,750 fires and over 37,000 acres burned.
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Richmond
Albertus S. Harrison Jr
Virginia
Harrison
George W. Dean
Charlottesville
Woodlands
Piedmont
Dean
Rumors Fly on Rocky's Marriage Plans
Rumors spread that Governor Nelson Rockefeller may marry Margaretta Murphy after rumors surfaced of her divorce from Dr. James Murphy. The governor declined comment, fueling speculation amid a lull in his schedule and reports of a quiet possible ceremony with close friends, possibly in Europe, ending at the Rockefeller ranch.
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Rocky
NEW ‘York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Margaretta
Happy) Fitter Murphy
Murphy
Social Register
James S. Murphy
The
Rockefeller
Albany
Long Island
Southampton
the Mirror
Europe
Rockefeller Ranch
Mary Todhunter Clark
Philadelphia
Rockefellers
Murphys
Rockefeler
New Execution Date Set for Jay Timmons in Slay Case
Norfolk AP reports a new order sets 25 year old Jay Richard Timmons to die for the October 19 1961 slaying of 24 year old Mrs Ann Bannon at her Norfolk home. Convicted April 18 last year and re sentenced yesterday in Norfolk Corporation Court to die May 31.
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Norfolk (Ap
Jay Richard Timmons
Ann Bannon
Timmons
Norfolk Corporation Court
Harriman Seeks Laos Accord After Talks With Khrushchev
U.S. Undersecretary of State W. Averell Harriman said talks with Premier Khrushchev aim to improve Laos stability. He denied Soviet accusations of U.S. instigation and reported no concrete steps agreed to halt fighting. Harriman also met Gromyko and delivered a Kennedy message.
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Moscow
U.S
W. Averell Harriman
Khrushchev
Laos
Harriman
Andrei A. Gromyko
Geneva
Ushchev
Vien
Kennedy
Ship of State
Khrushchchev
Gromyko
Tax Division Receives Arizona Love Letter Mixup
An Arizona man mailed a romantic letter to his sweetheart with a state tax payment. The Tax Division returned the mistakenly addressed note but flagged the mistake and said an agent would discuss any further errors.
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Phoenix, Ariz
Asian Flu Wanes and Polio at Record Low
The U S Centers report waning Asian type influenza across the states and polio at a record low. For the first 16 weeks of the year polio cases are below 1962 totals and about one sixth of the five year median. Deaths in the United States are noted.
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Atlanta, Ga
U.S
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