Six Visiting U S Newsmen Tour Havana
Six visiting American newsmen toured Havana this week to witness the vigor and accomplishments of the Cuban revolution. The reporters arrived aboard the freighter Shirley Sykes and were briefed that a special program had been arranged for their stay to show spontaneous demonstrations of the people's enthusiasm.
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U.S
Havana
Joe McGowan JR
Miami
America
Ple
Shirley Sykes
Cuba
Fire destroys home on Wadesville Road leaves four homeless
An afternoon fire swept through the Cook residence on Wadesville Road, gutting the house and causing $961 in losses plus a 1951 Cadillac. Fire units responded quickly but the building, owned by Mrs. Vance Whitacre, was a total loss. The blaze followed an overheated oil stove and was brought under control after about 30 minutes.
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Wadesville
Here
Gochenour
Eugene Shin
Con
Shiner
Wnee
South End
Friendship Fire Companies
Vance Whitacre
Mothers of March of Dimes to March City and County
Mothers will march in city and county for the March of Dimes next week. The event runs Monday to Thursday with city volunteers out one night only Thursday. Donations support March of Dimes. A firefighter’s helmet vanished from a South End truck. anyone with information should contact the fire company.
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March of Dimes
Fires Take Heavy Toll Of Lives
A 28 year old mother screamed I ve got to get my babies out then ran back into her burning East St Louis Illinois home and perished with three children. The blaze started from an exploding oil stove. The bodies of Juanita Moore and her children Keith 8 Charlotte 6 Venet a 4 were found in the kitchen. An ambulance driver reported Mrs Moore was clutching the two girls while the boy was found by the hand. A two month old child was saved from the fire which destroyed the servants quarters of an old mansion converted to apartments. Another mother Martha Newson 22 saved her three children from the second floor then jumped out the window.
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Associated Press
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Lufkin
Tex
Spenard
Alaska
Juanita Moore
Keith
Charlotte
Venetta
Elmer Davis
Moore
Martha Newson
Brutal Weather Continues Across Vast Snow Blankets Nation
A new band of snow and freezing precipitation covers much of the country as traffic slows and deaths rise. The Weather Bureau warns against quick relief with more winter storms expected. Temperatures fall from the central plains to the East while the South endures record lows and dangerous driving.
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Truman Leaves Hospital After Hernia Operation
Former president Harry S. Truman, 78, returned home from Research Hospital Friday, earlier than doctors expected. He walked out with Mrs. Truman, without a cane or crutches, after a hernia operation a week earlier.
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Kansas City
Harry S. Truman
Research Hospital
Mrs. Truman
Ex-Mental Patient Held in Slaying
In Morattico Virginia deputy James A Brent died after a shotgun blast during a raid on Amos Brooks a 41 year old ex mental patient Brooks surrendered after a three hour gun and tear gas battle with law officers More than a dozen officers joined the pursuit and a State Police plane and armored vehicle supported the operation Brooks had been previously committed to hospital then released cites sheriff Robert Mason who called the incident needless.
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James A. Brent
Brooks
Brent
William F. English
Rappahannock River
1000 Foot Portrait in Snow of Jacqueline Kennedy
French artist Rene Carassus traced a 1000 foot portrait of Jacqueline Kennedy on Mount Jail lot in Megev France. He spent three days walking through deep snow and painted features including eyes and lips with color while writing Welcome Jacky in the corner. The image was inspired by reports of a gala hotel opening for Mrs Kennedy.
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Harvey Hudson
Megev
France
Jacqueline Kennedy
Rene Carassus
Jaillot
Jacky
Carassus
Snow Ahead Promises Bargains on Used Snow Tires
Cammer Tire Co urges drivers to prepare for more snow with reduced prices on slightly used snow tires and cost effective recaps. Easy terms offered to customers.
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Cammer Tire CO
Longshoremen Return to Work as Port Strike Ends
New York harbor crews resume operations after a 34 day strike crippling Atlantic and Gulf ports. About 60 unload cargo from the Italia and other ships as 60,000 longshoremen end the longest dock walkout in Atlantic history. Some holdouts remain in Mobile and Norfolk amid local disputes and rain clause talks.
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Mobile
Ala
Presidential Board
Norfolk
Afl-Cio International Longshoremen’s Association
David Alston
ILA International
Texas
Snow and sleet forecast for tonight in the Valley
The weather forecast warns of snow beginning this afternoon changing to sleet or freezing rain tonight. Highways will become dangerous as precipitation turns to rain or ice. Temperatures fall to around 25 with a warming trend failing to arrive in time. Snow already began in Bluefield with widespread spread expected statewide.
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Bluefield
Winchester Fruit Research Laboratory
B 52 Death Toll Rises as More Bodies Found
In Greenville Maine the death toll from Thursday's B52 crash climbs to seven after five airmen were recovered from the mountain wilderness. Earlier two bodies were found and two crew members survived with injuries not serious. The Air Force identified the five recovered servicemen and noted at least one body was at the crash site.
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Maine
The
Air Force
Robert J. Morrison
Portland
Ore
Robert J. Hill Jr
Joplin
Herbert L. Hanson
Rapid City
S.D
Charles G. Leuchter
Denver
Colo
Michael F. O’keefe
Bronx
N.Y
William Fendell
8Th Air Force
Jury Acquits Rt. 2 Man of Embezzlement
James William Morrison a 23 year old Rt. 2 resident was found not guilty by a 12 man Corporation Court jury after about an hour of deliberation. He faced charges of padding daily bread route accounts and said errors in his route book were honest mistakes.
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James William Morrison
Rt. 2
Corporation Court
Morrison
Thomas G. Scully
David G. Simpson
Commonwealth
Negro Gantt to register at Clemson amid media interest
Harvey Gantt, a Charleston youth, will register Monday as the first Negro admitted to a white public college in South Carolina under a court order. More than 100 newsmen and photographers plan to cover the event, with a seven member advisory committee guiding coverage. Clemson officials have asked state police to assist campus security awaiting student returns.
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Harvey
Gantt
Clemson College
Matthew Perry
Columbia
Ebony
Charleston
South Carolina
Joe Coer
Sherman
Iowa State University At
Ames
Ous
State Law Enforcement Division
Kennedy halts underground tests during Soviet nuclear talks
President Kennedy suspended the current series of underground nuclear tests in Nevada while negotiations with the Soviet Union and the United Kingdom continue on a nuclear test ban treaty. He stated the US remains capable of resuming tests at any time and will not accept an indefinite moratorium if a workable agreement is not reached. Talks in Washington and New York involve Nicolai Novitsky, Dean Rusk, William L. Pear, and Sir David Ormsby Gore with four sessions held.
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Kennedy
Nevada
Soviet Union
Eiis
United States
White House
United Kingdom
New York
Shis Nicolai
United Nations
Dean Rusk
William C. Feer
U.S. Disarmament
Soviet A Sub Carried Out Polar Training Cruise
Izvestia reported a Soviet atomic powered submarine Leninsky Komsomol conducted a polar training cruise under the North Pole to test establishing a combat station under the ice and defenses against enemy submarines in the Arctic apex.
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Izvestia
North Pole
Tass
Soviet Union
Leninsky Komsomol
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