Revolt Plot Targeted Cuban Navy Amid Raul Castro Purge
reports claim Castro brothers led a navy roundup after infiltrating dissident officers at Casa Blanca base near Havana. About 300 arrests were reported and navy powers have dwindled with control of maritime police and lighthouses lost.
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Havana
Castro Brothers
Casa Blanca
Cuba
Armed Forces Headquarters de
Nied
Navy
Juash Castineira
Fidel Castro
Las Villas
Cienfuegos
Castro
Raul Castro
Seven Cent Airmail Envelopes Booklet Debut In U S Cities
Postal items spark two first day sales with airmail envelope priced seven cents in Portland Oregon and a seven cent booklet in St. Louis Missouri. Both become available at local post offices after first days.
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Portland
Ore
St. Louis
Nixon speaks on civil rights in Greensboro South
Vice President Richard M. Nixon addresses a crowd of about 12 000 at the Greensboro Municipal Coliseum urging civil rights progress within the GOP platform. He contrasts Republican plans with Democratic promises and notes law alone is not the full solution.
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Greensboro
N.C
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Powers Soviet Attorney Sees Hope for Leniency
Soviet defense attorney Mikhail Grimov voiced hope for leniency for U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers after the trial day ended. Powers testified about remorse for the May 1 flight and disputed expert claims about planned aggression. The case centers on whether his act was spying or ordered military action and its impact on the Paris summit.
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Moscow
Francis Gary Powers
America U2
Mikhail I. Grimov
Powers
Grimov
Soviet Union
Paris
United States
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Victor Borisoglebsky
Yuri Tyufilin
Byrd vows fight on right to work repeal platform pledge
Senator Harry F. Byrd declares he will oppose any repeal of the Taft Hartley Act authorization for right to work laws. He warns such repeal could empower labor leaders and invite a broad drive to remove protections. Byrd links the issue to states rights and the Warren Court while criticizing the Democratic platform.
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Washington
Harry F. Byrd
D-Va
Byrd
Eisenhower
Virginia
Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
John F. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Los Angeles
Warren Court
Vinson New District Head For Social Security Here
William J. Vinson named manager of the Social Security Administration district office here effective Monday. He succeeds Lamont Williamson, who moves to Region II headquarters in Charlottesville. Vinson, from Wheeling West Virginia, previously served as assistant district manager and has worked in Parkersburg and Ashland offices. He holds degrees from Morehead State College and Marshall College. He is married with three children. The local office is at 117 West Boscawen Street.
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William J. Vinson
Lamont Williamson
Mr. Vinson
Social Security Administration
Edmund Baxter
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Mr. Williamson
Charlottesville
West Virginia
Wheeling
W. Va
SS Administration
Parkersburg
Ashland
Morehead State College
Morehead
Marshall College
Huntington
Vinson
Wayne County
W.va
US Navy
Veterans Administration
Virginia Cawdill
W. Boscawen St
Antique Auction and Local Notices for August Weekend
Friday night auction runs 6 pm to 1 am and Saturday 1 pm to 6 pm at Dennys Commission Auction near Winchester. Events include Old Stone Church reunion on Aug 20, Blue Plums and Damsons at Butler's Packing, yard party at Old Bethel Church, peach pickers report for Cedar Creek Grade, year end sale at Clarke County Motors, and Shenandoah Motor Co used car specials.
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Dennys Commission Auction Rt
Winchester
Old Bethel Meth
Albin
Paul Rhodes
Cedar Creek
Mt. Airy Community Center
C. E.babb Millwood
Ave
Shenandoah Motor Co
Shenandoah’ Motor CO
Car crosses Roanoke River in fatal crash
The crash on U S 11 near Shawsville in Montgomery County killed Willard Aliff aged 38 of Shawsville and William D. Graham aged 50 of Elliston. State Trooper K C Keesee cited excessive speed as the cause. The car reportedly crossed 150 feet of water before sinking against the far riverbank.
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Virginia
K. C. Keesee
Willard Aliff
Shawsville
William D. Graham
Elliston
Aliff
Roanoke River
Keesee
U. S. 11
Montgomery County
British Defector Attends Trial In Moscow Audience
Friends report British defector Guy Burgess has attended the espionage trial of U2 pilot Francis Gary Powers in Moscow. Burgess, ex Foreign Office official, seen among spectators in a grey tweed coat and flannel slacks.
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Moscow
Guy Burgess
Francis Gary Power
Burgess
Foreign Office
Congolese Forces Clash With Canadian UN Detachment at Leopoldville
Congolese soldiers attacked Canadians at Leopoldville airport mistaking them for Belgians. The Canadian detachment captain was knocked unconscious as Lumumba pressed threats to invade Katanga if the UN fails to curb secession. A Congo delegation headed for the UN in New York to present the case.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
United Nations
Leopoldville
Clare H. Timberlake
New York
Congo
United Nations Security Council
Lulubourg
Lumumba
Katanga
Governor Takes School Control In New Orleans
Governor Jimmie H. Davis seized control of New Orleans public schools under a 1960 law to block integration. U S District Judge Wright ordered first grade integration next term. A federal suit by white parents and the NAACP seeks an injunction to halt Davis action and test the law’s constitutionality.
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New Orleans
Jimmie H. Davis
Davis
Orleans Parish
U.S. Dist
J. Skelly Wright
National Assn
Advancement of
Colored People
Oliver B. Carriere
Wright
Carriere
Fourman Legislative Committee
James F. Redmond
Redmond
Lloyd Rittiner
Jail Trusty Has Busy 45 Minutes
Peter Neptune a 23 year old trusty at the county jail escaped briefly and triggered a car theft spree. He stole a car collided near Auburn drove off scene crashed into a warehouse backed into a moving trailer truck abandoned the car and stole another car before being arrested and returned to custody while serving an 11 month drunken driving sentence.
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Lewiston
Maine
Peter Neptune
Auburn
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Kingston
N.Y
Foster
Library of Congress
Rt. 50 West
Federal Party
John Hepler
James Wood
George Washington High School
Old Dominion
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Grover L. Leight
Stephens City
Walter S. Hough
Moscow Radio
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Old Stone Church
Butler’s Packing House
H. W. Butler & Bro., Inc
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Clarke County Motors
Berryville
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Associated Press
Ralph Lineburg
George Washington Garage
Old Mattress Grove Furniture CO
Patrice Lumumba
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Security Council
Ghana
Hammarskjold
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Elisabethville
Tshombe
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