No Graft but Cuba Sees Repression Rise Under Castro
A veteran correspondent portrays fear among Cubans to speak openly. Attitudes shift from pro Castro to wary after purges and rising leftist influence led by Raul Castro and Che Guevara. Officials note automobile tax signals broader economic direction toward stricter control. Tomorrow: Castro's Views on three Elections.
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Havana
Cuba
Yugoslavia
Fidel Castro
Batista
Castro
Fidel
Che Guevara
Raul Castro
Agrarian Reform Institute
Antonio Nunez Jimenez
Tito
Gunmen Strike In Havana Amid Castro Counterrevolution Roundup
In Havana gunmen opened fire near embassies and the directorate of Castro's 26th of July Movement as Fidel Castro led forces against 60 to 70 insurgents in Las Villas. Police exchanged shots. fugitives surrendered. seven men captured near Matanzas.
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Fidel Castro
Castro
Las Villas
Trinidad
Revolution
Matanzas
Cas
Local Picnic Sparks Oldsters Versus Youngsters Horseshoe Match
Chamber of Commerce president H Armstead Lowry notes older folks should sharpen their horseshoe pitching after a lively picnic where youths outgunned them. Clarke County footballers plan two 18 man shifts at White's Service Station Berryville for camp funds with co captains Tumblin and Longerbeam leading. Weather forecaster predicts warmer humid conditions tomorrow.
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Chamber OF Commerce
H. Armstead Lowry
Chamber
Clarke County
White’s
Main St
Berryville
Peterkin
William Tumblin
Jesse Longerbeam
Negro girls return to Hall High amid quiet integration day
In Little Rock two white girls protested from a convertible as three Negro students entered Hall High School for a second day of desegregation. Police kept order as 200 protesters faced off near Central High where authorities reported no major incidents.
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Central High School
Little Rock
Ark
State Capitol
Little Rock, Ark
Hall High School
Faubus
Central
Jefferson Thomas
Elizabeth Eckford
State
Orval E. Faubus
Wesley Pruden
Capital Citizens Council
Detainers Filed in HFC Armed Robbery Case
Detainers will be filed against two Baltimore men, James Fear and Robert Gerlach, for the April 13 armed robbery of the Household Finance Co. office. Fear implicated Edward Dupont, another Baltimore 27 year old, as his partner. Police link the trio to robberies across Virginia, Pennsylvania, and Maryland with about $8,000 stolen. Winchester will prosecute the men.
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F. M. Funk
Funk
James Hoey Fear
Baltimore
Robert Gerlach
York
Fear
Edward Dupont
Garlach
Dupont
Jessup
Maryland
H. Gellard Fickes
Gerlach
Philadelphia
Harrisburg
Bel Air
Willow Lawn
Alexandria
Richmond
Winchester
New Bibles Sent to Moscow For Exhibit
The American Bible Society will supply new Bibles to the U S Information Agency for the Moscow exhibit after reports of removal and wear on pieces on display.
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Moscow
New York
American Bible Society
U.S. Information Agency
Jones
Senate Group Approves Substitute Housing Bill
The Senate Banking Committee approved a $1.05 billion substitute housing bill with one major concession to presidential objections. The panel upheld the elderly and classroom loan provisions but shifted the classroom program to an appropriation basis. Continued on page 3.
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Washington
Senate Banking Committee
Senate
Eisenhower
Prescott Bush
R-Conn
Bush
Last Civil War Veteran Walter Williams Near Death
Walter Williams, 116, the last Civil War veteran, hovered near death in Houston as a physician warned he could live only days. The Confederate veteran, a forage master with Hood's Brigade, had grown weaker after a pneumonia bout and was under care with his daughter in the city.
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Houston
Tex
Walter Williams
Russell Wolfe
Williams
Hood
Highway tax raise extends 22 months to fund interstates
The House Ways and Means Committee approved a one cent federal gasoline tax increase effective Sept 1 to sustain highway construction. The extra levy lasts 22 months and diverts some auto and auto parts taxes to the highway fund. The plan would raise about two billion dollars in fiscal 1962 for state contracts and add nearly one billion this year.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means Committee
Eisenhower
General Fund of the Treasury
Congress
Union Pickets At Luray Tannery Dispute
A Virginia tannery confrontation grew into a strike as picket lines formed. Union Local 26 L says talks broke after a contract extension ended July 31 and wage cuts for high paid workers were sought. Plant manager says wage package approved by majority and operation continues. Union claims 170 of 181 workers on strike.
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Andreae
Communists Leaving Laos Report From Vientiane
Laos government says most Communist forces that infiltrated northern Laos from North Vietnam have withdrawn across the border leaving about 1,000 men behind mostly Black Thai and Pathet Lao. Col. Phoumi Nosavan warns attacks may resume in October to December.
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Vientiane
Laos
Viet Nam
Phoumi Nosavan
Defense
Pathet Lao
Sam Neua
Phong Saly
Warren Citizens to Decide on Integrated or Private School
Warr en County citizens vote tonight on whether to reactivate the Warren County Education al Foundation and to operate a private segregated school or permit integration. The meeting at the Elementary School auditorium includes a baby sitting service, with committees named by President Hugh D. McCormick to address housing teacher recruitment and financing. School registration is scheduled August 14 to 17 for most pupils with a note that about 20 Negro students will not be required to register at Warren County High School. Public schools in Warren plan to open in late August.
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Warren County
Warren County Educational Foundation
Union Hall
Hugh D. McCormick
Warren County School Board
Warren County High School
Q. D. Gasque
Warren
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Winchester Evening Star
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