June 13, 1961

Today in History: June 13, 1961 was a Tuesday.
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TODAY'S TOP NEWS EVENTS AT A GLANCE
WASHINGTON —Foreign Service officer, formerly in San Francisco, arrested on charges of passing secrets to Polish communists.
HAVANA—U.S. farm experts arrive in' attempt' to arrange details of Castro's prisoners-for-tractors deal.
WASHINGTON-President cancels speech to mayors because of back ailment.
SACRAMENTO — Un-American Activities subcommittee charges reds gaining strength in college recruitment.
SOVIET UNION sends two virtual ultimatums to United States on Berlin and nuclear test ban.
SACRAMENTO — Assembly passes reapportionment bills for Congressional and Assembly districts, sending measures to Governor.
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Probers Rap Red Inroads at U.C. Senate Group Charges Communists Succeeding In Campus Recruitment
SACRAMENTO, June 13 — A resurgent communist party, with recruitment of youth as its primary objective, is gaining strength on California college campuses, the State Senate Fact-Finding Subcommittee on Un-American Activities reported today.
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U.S. Tractor Experts Visit Cuban Prisoners in Havana
HAVANA. June 13 - Four American farm machinery experts today confrontedsome of the captive Cuban invaders they are attempting to barter out of Prime Minister Fidel Castro's prisons with tractors....
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Kennedy Asks Expansion of Jobless Aid
WASHINGTON. June 13 - President Kennedy proposed to congress today a broad expansion of the unemployment compensation system to increase the amount and duration of benefits and the payroll taxes to pay for them.



Major League Attendance Down
NEW YORK (AP) — Major league baseball attendance for 1961 continues 10 per cent under
last season despite the addition of the two new American League teams, the latest figures disclosed today. Through Sunday's games, this season's total was 5,845,453 compared
with 6,501,438 for the 16 teams in 1960. The National League, which has played to 2,892,682 customers, is 693,000 behind last year. The American League's aggregate of 2,952,771 is 36,000 ahead of 1960, but includes the combined 548,000 gate of the new franchises, Minnesota (340,000) and Los Angeles (208,000). Cincinnati and Washington are the only clubs showing increases. The Reds are up 29,000 and the Senators a mere 239. The Los Angeles Dodgers, who
lead both leagues, moved close to the 800,000 mark over the week-end. But they are 158,000 under last year.