Officials of Castro Regime Defect at Increasing Pace
The Castro regime faced a rising wave of defections since July 1959 as diplomats and officials fled Cuba citing Communist influence. Notable cases include Jose Miro Cardona seeking asylum in the Argentine Embassy and multiple aides resigning or taking asylum in embassies worldwide. The regime labeled defectors as traitors and accused some of embezzlement.
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Fidel Castro
Castro
Jose Miro Cardona
Miro Cardona
United States
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Manuel Urrutia
Urrutia
Hubert Matos
Camaguay
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Department of Investigations
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Agricultural and Industrial Development Bank
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Spain
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Institute of Agrarian Reform
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Venezuela
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Washington
Angel L. Saavedra
Mexico
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Canada
Luis Baralt
Sergio Rojas Santamarina
London
Stoneman Wins Watermelon Park Fiddlers Contest
Scotty Stoneman of Washington DC won first prize at Watermelon Park Fiddlers Contest held at John A Miller's park earning half the gate. Buck Ryan, of Washington, took second and Buddy Durham of Wheeling WV was third as about 4000 people attended. A US Information Agency crew filmed 2400 feet for international use.
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Scotty Stoneman
Washington, D.C
John A. Miller
U.S. Information Agency
Cigarette Fire Damages Ford Upholstery
A cigarette flicked from the front seat of a 1959 Ford caused a fire in the back seat upholstery. Claude Line of Rockville Md owned the car. Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department responded after a report from Cornwell's Grocery on Berryville Pike. Fire briefly flared again in the rear before being contained.
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Rockville
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department
Cornwell's
Berryville Pike
Crow Rates Tops For Smartness
Memphis Tennessee. The owl famed in song as wise is declared stupid by Albert F. Garner curator of the Tennessee Ornithological Society who suggests replacing the phrase with the crow as the wiser bird.
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Tenn
Albert F. Garner
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Tennessee Ornithological Society
Fire Co. Auction To Sell 1953 Hudson and More
Berryville fire company plans a yard party auction at the Community Building with items from a 1953 Hudson and other goods to raise funds. Auctioneer W. D. Orndorff will run the sale listing shrubbery mower cream separator TV set lambs hogs calves lime and more. Food prepared by Mrs. Harley McDonald and Mrs. John Williams will be served starting 5 p.m.
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John H. Enders Fire Co
Hudson
W. D. Orndorff
Harley McDonald
John Williams
Fire Company
Drumheller Returned to Jail After Sanity Finding
Thomas Frank Drumheller, a Riverton man, was found sane and ordered to face trial for shooting into a car and attempting to shoot Strasburg Policeman William D. Lucas. He had been sent to Southwestern State Hospital in Marion for observation and treatment and was returned to Shenandoah County jail after the court ordered the transfer.
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Thomas Franklin Drumheller
Strasburg
William D. Lucas
Drumheller
Southwestern State Hospital
Marion
Elliott Marshall
Shenandoah County
Riverton
Two Brothers Saved After Sand Bank Collapses
In Antioch California a 20 foot sand bank collapsed trapping three boys during a picnic. Michael 14 and Robert 12 were dug out alive while Gary 8 died after suffocating. Father Robert McCurdy and passers by aided rescue with artificial respiration revived the two survivors.
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Robert McCurdy
Concord
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Gary
Suffolk Man Heads Virginia Press Group
William J. Missett publisher of the Suffolk News Herald was elected president of the Virginia Press Assn at the meeting in Natural Bridge. Lloyd T. Page of the Buena Vista News becomes vice president for weeklies and Josiah Rowe III of the Fredericksburg Free Lance Star is the new vice president for dailies.
Baltimore man dies in Warren County crash on Rt 340
Leroy Cahoon 39 of Baltimore died when his 1954 Mercury struck a tractor-trailer and the underpass near Front Royal on Rt 340 at 12 01 Saturday. The accident, five miles south of Front Royal, involved Earl Wayne Boyer of Vinton driving the tractor-trailer. Cahoon, Bethlehem Steel employee and World War II veteran, died at Warren Memorial Hospital. Funeral at Bradley Funeral Home Luray Tuesday.
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Warren County
Warren Memorial Hospital
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S. L. Lee
Earl Wayne Boyer
Vinton
Lee
Boyer
Bradley Funeral Home
Luray
Evergreen Cemetery
Cahoon
Bethleham Steel Company
Bonnie Cahoon
Robert
Alphabet pangram memories spark a quirky Des Moines note
In Des Moines a playful line compares typing tests to a famous pangram. The piece cites a well known sentence packing every letter of the alphabet and nudges readers to try a liquor jug themed variant.
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Des Moines
Baby Strangles To Death in Canvas Swing
In Atlanta a 3?month old infant Reginald Wayne Bunt died when beads on a canvas swing strangled him after the child slipped forward and rested his neck on the strand. The parents, Cedric and Mrs. Bunt, were briefly away in the home basement when the tragedy occurred.
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Atlanta
Reginald Wayne Bunt
Cedric Bunt
Molten lava flows down slopes of Mount Etna
Etna, Europe’s highest active volcano, erupted again sending a mushroom cloud miles into the air. The lava flowed down the slopes as rumble and explosions subsided temporarily, causing panic in the surrounding area of Catania Sicily.
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Catania
Sicily
Mt Etna
Etna
Europe
Child, 2, Killed In Freak Accident
Timothy F Smith aged 2 died in Windham Maine when a folding cot collapsed and a headboard bar struck his throat cutting off air supply. Police reported the accident occurred Friday and the child was fatally injured by the bed structure.
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Windham, Maine
Timothy F. Smith
Sicily and Italian Mainland Highlighted in Report
The article references both the island of Sicily and the Italian mainland in its coverage, noting geographic or strategic relevance to the event discussed.
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Sicily
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