Rebels stage coup attempt in Saigon amid tense standoff
In Saigon a rebel-led bid to topple Ngo Dinh Khanh's dictatorship triggered a tense standstill as warplanes circled the radio station and tanks blocked access. Col Pham Ngoc Thao announced Khanh under arrest. Ky reportedly safe at Binh Hoa base while loyal forces mobilized in provinces.
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Khanh
Nguyen Cao Ky
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Bang Tau
Binh Hoa
Coup unfolds as rebels seize Saigon military hubs
The first signs appeared at Khanh's headquarters waterfront as M24 tanks breached barbed wire outside the navy HQ and Khanh's house. Col Thao rode a tank, about 1 p.m. Saigon time. Tanks also entered Saigon Airport blocking air force planes. About 10 Skyraiders, pilots won over, circled then departed. Within 30 minutes rebels controlled all key Saigon military installations.
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Navy
Col. Thao
Saigon
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Murder suicide: mother kills sons then herself in Cleveland
In Cleveland an east side home tragedy ends with a mother shooting her five sons and then herself. Victims are Doris Johnson, 27, and sons Donald 7 Ronald 5 Arnold 3 Ernest 11 months. Police call it murder death by own action.
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GOP Blasts Negotiation Advocates Over Vietnam Policy
Washington leaders clash over a negotiated settlement in Vietnam as GOP leaders Everet Dirksen and Gerald Ford accuse settlement supporters of abandoning resolve and risking a Pearl Harbor reprise. Senate and House debate widens with Mansfield defending negotiations as not surrender.
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House
Gerald R. Ford
United States
Pearl Harbor
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Man Shot During Race Clash In Marion Alabama
During a first night voter registration march from Zion Methodist Church toward the jail in Marion Alabama a demonstrator, Jimmie Lee Jackson 26, was shot twice in the stomach and left in critical condition at Salem Hospital Police and troopers clashed with about 500 marchers beating and pushing they also reported rock and bottle throwing FBI said arrests were made and 15 to 20 other demonstrators were lightly hurt Newsmen were among those beaten as the confrontation drew police attention
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Alabama
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UN Closes Shop After U S Blocks Showdown
The General Assembly recessed after a heated session as the United States agreed to Albania's procedural ballot and did not oppose the Soviet Union's voting right. The veto on normal business came after 97 members backed Albania while 13 abstained including France.
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Assembly
Modification On System Appears Necessary
Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara hints he will recommend changes to draft policies when reporting to President Johnson in April. He says a surplus of draft-age men complicates fair calls and timing under the Selective Service System.
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Patricia Neal in Intensive Care After Brain Surgery
Hollywood star Patricia Neal lies in UCLA Medical Center intensive care in critical condition after two strokes and emergency brain surgery. Her husband Roald Dahl and children Tessa Theo and Ophelia stay by her side as doctors report intracranial bleeding and successful brain surgery.
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Ucla Medical Center
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Tessa
Theo
Ophelia
Miss Neal
University of California At Los Angeles Medical Center
Charles Carton
Patricia Dahl
Avalanche Strikes Remote Copper Camp Leaving 20 Missing
Seventeen injured men lie on the floor of an office building in a mining camp near Stewart B C after a massive avalanche struck the Granduc Mining Co copper camp early Thursday. One hundred three others are awaiting rescue and 20 remain unaccounted for as helicopter teams prepare to reach them. More avalanches are feared as warm weather loosened snow and ice.
Ohio plans Appalachian Way highway meeting in Columbus
Ohio Development Department invites county engineers from 28 southeastern counties to a February 26 meeting in Columbus. They will draft plans for the Appalachian Way, a proposed superhighway from near Cincinnati to Bridgeport, plus other regional development programs.
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Ohio Development Department
Ohio
Appalachia
Fred P. Neuenschwander
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Bridgeport
Belmont County
Neuenschwander
Legislature Weighs Tax and Teaching Cert Bills in Ohio
Ohio lawmakers consider a tax study proposal and a nine member professional practices board to advise on teacher certification. The package includes pay raises for governor and other statewide officials and raises for about 45000 state workers. Bills also address hunting dog training ban dates, extended voting hours, utility rate pass throughs, and bars for under 18 in bars with exceptions.
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Ohio
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House
Ohio Prof Named Area Representative Under Economic Opportunity Act
Dr Edward P Lynn associate professor at Ohio University was chosen as area representative for an 18 county region under the Economic Opportunity Act The appointment was announced at an Athens County Resource Development Council meeting in Albany by the area resource agent Also in Cincinnati authorities say 17 year old Paul White admitted choking his baby daughter to silence her crying
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Theo
New York
Edward P. Lynn
Ohio University
Athens County Resource Development Council
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Cincinnati
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Eastern and McArthur tie for SECBL title
Readers learn that Eastern and McArthur finished tied for the SECBL title in a regional sports roundup. The note highlights the close competition and a shared championship status.
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Eastern
McArthur
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