Castro Recasts Government in Communist Mold
In Havana Fidel Castro reshapes Cuba to a Communist structure naming Ernesto Guevara head of the new Ministry of Industries and appointing Raul Castro as council vice president. The Central Planning Council coordinates economic life while Guevara gains near dictatorial powers over state industries.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
Ernesto Guevara
Armed Forces
Raul Castro
Iron Curtain
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Guevara
Cuba
National Bank
United States
Soviet Union
Agraran
Castro
Soviet Union Presses UN for Instant Congo Report
The Soviet Union demanded immediate UN reporting on Congo withdrawal plans and accused Belgium and mercenaries of fueling tensions while Dag Hammarskjold faced questions from the Security Council. Hammarskjold met Congo advisers as UN troops prepare to implement the peace plan amid reports of cautious optimism and Katanga troop movements.
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Congo
Zorin
U.N
Hammarskjold
Patrick Dean
Britain
Security Council
Paul Ward
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Ward
Manono
Antoine Gizenga
Stanleyville
Tshombe
Bukama
Driver Drives Burning Tanker From House and Barn
Charles Shenk of Hayfield arrived at the D. K. Russell farm at Welltown to deliver gasoline from Winchester Petroleum Cooperative. He noticed the truck’s undercarriage on fire near the supply tank and, after using a fire extinguisher, drove the burning tanker down the driveway toward the Welltown Pike to prevent a larger blaze.
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D. K. Russell
Welltown
Charles Shenk
Hayfield
Winchester Petroleum Cooperative
Russell
Welltown Pike
Ground Clears in Winchester as Snow Finally Melts
The Star reports Winchester ends 75 days of snow cover this morning with visible patches fading. Neighbor notes praise for snow removal efforts by D K Russell and family. The Town Crier also notes local kindness and newspaper delivery service during the winter. The event ties to celebrating Apple Blossom Festival participation and a new Knight of Rhythm parade appearance for Cave Spring High School. Sherry Anne Shirley, 17, wins the national cherry pie baking championship in Chicago. The family’s achievement is shared on the Don McNeil Breakfast Club radio show.
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Star Building
Winchester
H. B. Taylor
Grimes
D. K. Russell
Billie Morrison
Emma Ridgeway
S. Stewart St
Maynard Reed
Boyd Ave
Russell Combs, Jr
Paul B. Noble, Jr
Cave Spring High School
Roanoke
Ralph A. Cain
Knights of Rhythm
Granville Shirley
Buunker Hill
W.va
Sherry Anne
Chicago
Shirley
Don McNeil
WINC
Eichmann Trial Starts April 11
Jerusalem AP reports Adolf Eichmann’s war crimes trial ordered to open April 11. The indictment accuses Eichmann of responsibility for the deaths of millions of Jews during the Nazi regime.
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Jerusalem
Adolf Thrace
Eichmann
Congolese Soldiers Rampage in Lisala Looting and Molesting
UN report notes Congolese soldiers looted property and molested women in Lisala while a Malayan UN officer was blocked from reaching the district commissioner. Civilians protested angrily, marching through town. by nightfall the situation had quieted. Lisala is in Equator Province where Gen Joseph Mobutu planned a larger operation.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Lisala
United Nations
U.N
Equator Province
Joseph Mobutu
Mosquitoes Win Double Trouble Picnic Area Battle
The New Jersey Highway Authority announced it is abandoning the Double Trouble picnic area four miles south of Toms River to mosquitoes breeding in a nearby cranberry bog. Chief Engineer Carl J. Teegen said the site does not lend itself to a picnic area.
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N.J
New Jersey Highway Authority
Garden State Parkway
Toms River
Carl J. Teegen
Highway Authority
Rees Conviction to Be Challenged on Three Points
Defense attorneys plan three challenges to the Melvin Davis Rees Jr. kidnapping conviction in U.S. District Court. The Hyattsville musician was found guilty in the Jackson family slayings after a 17 day trial that ended with a 9-3 initial vote on death. The defense will contest key government evidence including a Laurel witness testimony, the Hyattsville home search yielding a hidden gun, and FBI lab findings linking a plastic gun grip to Rees’s revolver.
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Baltimore
Melvin Davis Rees Jr
U. S. District
Hyattsville
Jackson
Maryland-Virginia
Rees
Maryland
Charles A. Gomer
Gomer
Mota
Apple Grove
Mildred Jackson
Susan
Gambrills
Carroll V. Jackson Jr
Janet
Fredericksburg
Virginia
William J. O'Donnell
William J. Evans
Roszell ‘Thomsen
U. S. 4Th Circuit Court of Appeals
O'Donnell
Evans
Laurel
FBI
Thomson
Jackob
West Memphis
Ark
Blessedness Mark of Man Tells Winchester Police Banquet
The 14th annual Winchester Police Department banquet drew 170 officers from Northern Virginia, nearby West Virginia, Baltimore and Portsmouth. Rev Ernest Emurian urged that the true mark of a man is blessedness, shown in one’s work, with Mayor Claude Smalts presenting a police badge to Chief J Thomas Boyd.
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J. Thomas Boyd
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Boyd
Police Department
Winchester Police Department
Ernest K. Emurian
Portsmouth
Virginia
West Virginia
Baltmore
George Washington Hotel
Smalts
Ice
Police
Commissioner of Police
Winchester
Mr. Ejurian
Oakey Wilburn
Methodist Church
Mr. Emorian
Avenue Methodist Church
End of Aircraft Engineers Strike Restores U S Air Traffic
Airports nationwide resumed full service as the six day walkout ended. Pan American led the return to 100 percent operations while other airlines ramped up from 30 percent. Kennedy announced the settlement as travel plans for about 500000 people were disrupted and regional losses mounted.
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New York
Pan American World Aiways
Miami Beach
Caribbean
Puerto Rico
Virgin Islands
Bahamas
Kennedy
White House
Arthur J.aoe
Goldberg
New York City
Pan American
Western Air Lines
Western
Union
Kennedy Forms Emergency Board Over Northwest Strike
President Kennedy created an emergency board to probe the dispute between Northwest Airlines and its striking flight engineers. About 200 engineers are on strike, affecting 5,000 to 6,000 Northwest employees. The action follows a separate wildcat walkout affecting other major carriers. The International Association of Machinists represents the Northwest engineers.
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Washington
Kennedy
Northwest Airlines
Pierre Salinger
White House
Francis A. O'Neill
National Mediation Board
Salinger
Wildcat
Northwest Engineers
International Association of Machinists
Flight Engineers International Association
Northwest
X15 Aims for World Speed Record at Edwards Base
The X15 rocket plane is scheduled to attempt a world speed record near 2 650 miles per hour at Edwards Air Force Base California after a canceled attempt last Tuesday. An in cockpit malfunction three minutes before drop from a B 52 last Tuesday night halted the flight.
Six College Students Leave Lynchburg Jail
Six college students jailed for violating Virginia anti trespass laws after a racial demonstration left Lynchburg jail after serving 19 days of a 30 day term. Officials cited possible senior day ties and past early releases. names include students from Lynchburg College Randolph Macon and Virginia Theological Seminary with two from Randolph Macon and two from Lynchburg College.
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Lynchburg
Virginia
Randolph - Macon Woman's College
Patterson's
Randolph-Macon
Lynchburg College
A Mu
Nicipal
Corporation
S. DuVal Martin
George Terrill Brumback
Arlington
James E. Hunter
Indianapolis
Rebecca M. Owen
Saluda
Mary E. Bentley
Newark
N. J
Randolph Macon
Barbara A. Thomas
Kenneth
Virginia Theological
Patterson’s
Randolph- Macon
Virginia Theological Seminary
Footwear Savings Ad At Lovett's Shoe Shoppe
Last day sale announcement from Lovett's Shoe Shoppe offering footwear at 2.85 3.85 and 4.85 price points. Includes shop location reference and page notation 1p-2-24-11.
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Lovett’s Shoe & Dress Shoppe
Lovett
Rhodesia Moves Toward Independence Vote Amid Police Strike
Rhodesia's Parliament convenes as Welensky seeks an election on independence from Britain. Police leaves are canceled nationwide to handle rising tensions with the British government over a proposed federation constitution expanding black suffrage and seats in Northern Rhodesia. A white militant group pledges loyalty to Welensky.
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Salisbury
Southern Rhodesia
Central African Federation
Federation
Roy Welensky
Welensky
Northern
Nyasaland
Northern Rhodesia
Federal Fighting Force
Biddle Named Ambassador to Spain by Kennedy
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle, a Pennsylvania figure with prior diplomacy roles, is selected as U S ambassador to Spain. The 64 year old, based in Annville, has served as adjutant general of Pennsylvania and earlier as minister to Norway and ambassador to Poland France and the United Kingdom in liaison with exiled governments.
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Washington
Kennedy
Anthony J. Drexel Biddle
Pennsylvania
Spain
Biddle
Annville
U.S
Norway
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Poland
France
London
Belgium
Netherlands
Biddle J
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Lewis E. Patton
Carmichel
Calif
Winchester School
Garland R. Quarles
Madrigal Singers
Shenandoah di Calasae
Shenandoah
South Pacific
Harlan. C. Snow
Mr. Burian
Sheriff's Office
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Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Police
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Ronald A. Brown
Engineers’ Union
Brown
Rhodesia
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