Khrushchev Accepts
Invite to Visit Cuba
MOSCOW (jW — Premier Khrush
chev Saturday accepted an invita
tion to visit Cuba and renewec
his threats to unleash Soviet nu
clear power to defend the Carib
bean island against invasion.
Both pledges came in a joinl
communique at the end of the
public phase of the newly month
long red carpet reception for
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel
Castro.
Western diplomats said the visit
pulled the Soviet Premier out of
a political hole.
Castro and Khrushchev arrived
at Khrushchev’s holiday retreat on
the Black Sea coast Friday for a
rest.
The communique, issued by the
Soviet news agency Tass, said
Khrushchev accepted “with grati
tude” Castro’s invitation to visit
“the first socialist state in Amer
ica.” No date was mentioned.
Turning to the defense of Cuba,
the communique added:
“In the clouds of talks between
comrades Khrushchev and Castro
it was confirmed by the Soviet side
that if an attack was made on Cuba
in violation of the commitments
undertaken by the United States
President not to invade Cuba, the
Soviet Union will fulfill its inter
national duty to the fraternal
Cuban people and will render it
the necessary aid for the defense
of the freedom and independence
of the Cuban Republic with all the
means at its disposal.
“The organizers of aggression
should remember that an invasion
of Cuba will place mankind before
a devastating missile war.”
A State Department spokesman
in Washington challenged the com
munique’s reference to a commit
ment by President Kennedy not
to invade Cuba. He said the no
invasion pledge was offered “for
something the Russians never de
livered — that is, on-site inspec
tion in Cuba” to verify the re
moval of Soviet “offensive weap
ons.”
The communique’s hard lang
uage and heavy stress on Soviet
pledges to aid Cuba against any
attack appeared designed to soothe
the still-ruffled feelings of Castro
at the withdrawal of Soviet mis
siles last fall.
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Titan 2 Passes
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. OP —
The Titan 2 missile has passed a
1 key flight test in its development
as America’s most powerful mili
tary rocket and as the booster for
the Gemini two-man spacecraft.
One of the 10-story-tall rockets
smacked a target more than 6,500
miles down range Friday and the
Air Force called the launching
completely successful.
Recent Titan 2 rockets have
been plagued by second stage pro
pulsion troubles. Changes were
made in a suspected area in Fri
day’s missile and a project official
said the corrective measures work
ed fine.
Engineers also made fixes aimed
at further reducing missile vibra
tion on which a Gemini flight is
scheduled late next year.
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WARMER WEATHER IN
STORE FOR TWIN CITIES
MINNEAPOLIS UP» — It prob
ably won’t be so cold in the Twin
Cities next winter.
The climate isn’t likely to
change, but the Weather Bureau
says its official thermometer will
be moved to a location 15 feet
higher.
Minneapolis people protested last
winter when the old thermometer,
located in an airport depression,
often read much colder than down
town readings.
The Weather Bureau ran some
tests, concluded there could be a
variation of 5 to 10 degrees on
clear, calm nights and bowed to
civic pride.
"Little Old Lady" . . .
ST. LOUIS, Mo. — A woman
identified by suburban Wellston
police only as “a little old lady,”
saw three men break into a super
market Sunday by prying off a
padlock.
The “litte old lady” took a lock
of her own and put it on the hasp.
Then she called police.
The three men, including one ex
convict, surrendered.
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Castro’s Regime
Has Nationalized
International Laboratories
KEY WEST, Fla. GP — Prime
Minister Fidel Castro’s regime has
nationalized the Merck, Sharp and
Dohme International Laboratories
in Cuba, Havana radio said.
The broadcast, monitored in Key
West, said all property of the
American company was taken over
Friday by Cuban government de
cree “in the public and national
interest.”
The broadcast did not mention
any kind of compensation for the
takeover. It said the Ministry of
Industries will operate the plant.
Merck, Sharp and Dohme is a
major producer of medicines and
Cuba is short of medicines. Castro
specified he was to receive $53
million worth of ransom in drugs
for the men he captured in the
Bay of Pigs invasion of 1961.
U.S. and Russian Plan to
Map Earth's Magnetic Field
GENEVA, Switzerland GP — The
United States and the Soviet Union
plan to cooperate in mapping the
earth’s magnetic field with special
ly equipped artificial satellites.
Hugh Dryden, deputy director
of the National Aeronautics and
Space Agency, said Friday he and
Soviet academician Anatoly Bla
ganravov had reached agreement
on the joint venture.
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Uncle Sam (who knows which side
his bread is buttered on) has taken
some pretty thorough steps to guar
antee the safety of your U.S. Sav
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chance to put it in the bank or some
other safe place. You haven’t a
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and you’re not out a cent.
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Bond—no charge. Even if you’ve
forgotten the serial number and
the date and place you bought it
(though having this information
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more of the many reasons why your
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lion invested in Savings Bonds—a
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New Anti-Biotic Helps
Some Cancer Patients
NEW YORK Uft — A new anti
biotic is at least temporarily stop
ping some cancers too far gone
for surgery, researchers reported
Saturday.
Very early tests with the drug,
known as Roche 5-9000, were de
scribed to the American Association
for Cancer Research meeting in
Toronto, Canada, by Dr. Samuel
Korman of Montegiore Hospital,
New York, and Dr. Moses Tendler
of Teshiva University, New York
who first produced from a type of
mold that also yields streptomycin.
Among 78 patients with inoper
able cancers of various types —
such as liver, breast, and digestive
tract — 34 showed temporary ob
jective improvement, they said.
MOON CRATERS . . .
WASHINGTON M — Any idea
on how to climb a moon crater?
The National Aeronautics and
Space Administration wants pro
posals on the subject by June 20.
NASA invited suggestions of a
study and preliminary design of
“a one-man propulsion device for
lunar and free space environ
ments.”
‘‘The concept must include ca
pabilities to descend and ascend
steep crater walls,” the space
agency said.
Seal Takes a Plunge
Over Niagara Falls
YOUNGSTOWN, N.Y. UP — A
100-pound seal, spotted Saturday
swimming in the Niagara River, is
believed to have survived a plunge
over Niagara Falls and a trip
through the savage whirlpool and
rapids below.
A seal named “Jeff” escaped
Friday from Marine Wonderland
at Niagara Falls, Ont., near the
176-foot high Horseshoe Falls.
One of his owners, Ivan Petrie,
said Jeff apparently had gone for
a swim in the upper river.
“He must have been swept over
the falls and down the river,”
Petrie said.
B. L. Fairbank of Youngstown
spotted a seal swimming in the
river here, about 14 miles below
the falls and at the mouth of Lake
Ontario.
“He looked frisky and happy,
Fairbank said. “He seemed to be
enjoying himself.”
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