Syrian army seizes government in neutral regime coup
In Damascus the army ousted President Nazem el Kousdi and Premier Marouf Dawalibi and dissolved the Constitution Assembly. A provisional government will be formed while the army holds legislative and executive power, closing frontiers and urging calm. The move seeks constructive Arab socialism and nonalignment with international powers.
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Syria
Syrian Army
Nazem el Kousdi
Marouf Dawalibi
United Arab Republic
Damascus Radio
Army Command
Mid West Spring Floods Spread Across Iowa and Nebraska
Flood workers battled rising waters across Iowa and Nebraska as warm temperatures accelerated snowmelt. Pierce Nebraska faced severe flooding with the North Fork River flooding over 30 blocks in a town of about 1,200. evacuations continued. Minor flooding reported in Norfolk and other areas. Floyd River near Sioux City expected to crest six to seven feet above flood stage with sandbag defenses along the riverbanks.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Pierce
Norfolk
Waterloo
Kings Lake
Elkhorn River
Bellevue
Omaha
Platte
Pappie Creek
Floyd
Big Sioux
Little Sioux
Sioux City
French forces mass 60000 in Algiers amid OAS violence
In Algiers 60,000 French troops and reinforcements confront the OAS as 45 Europeans die and 120 are wounded after a crowd clash. Secret Army Organization agents warn of continued terrorism while Oran reports a Moslem death after a European motorist is shot. Ex-navy officer Pierre Guillaume is arrested and flown to Paris as former OAS chiefs Jouhaud and Guillaume are in custody.
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OAS
Secret Army
Algeria
Oran
Frondizi Still On Top Army Holds Up Seizure
Argentine crisis deepens as combat ready troops begin the first stages of a plan to overthrow President Frondizi. Units occupy Government House in Santa Rosa and guard nerves centers in Buenos Aires and provinces. Frondizi, grim and gaunt, drives to his office and remains silent.
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Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Santa Rosa
la Pampa
Government House
Frondizi
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Reservist Convicted at Ft Polk Faces Six Month Hard Labor
Pfc Bernis Owen of Seadrift Texas was sentenced by a five officer court martial to six months hard labor in the stockade and a $50 monthly fine for six months for disrespect after leading we want out demonstrations by troops. The sentence is subject to automatic review and possible higher command appeal. Owen, 23, had recently enrolled at the University of Texas before recall during the Berlin crisis. Maj Gen Harley B West ordered the action as commander of Ft Polk and the 49th Armored Division. Washington reports Army to form first helicopter borne air cavalry after eight years of prep.
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Texas
Pfc
Bernis Owen
Seadrift
Tex
Owen
University of Texas
Berlin
Harley B. West
49Th Armored Division
West
Cuban airliner crash kills 22 near Key West
Havana Radio reports all 22 aboard died when a Cuban airliner crashed into the sea Tuesday night as the pilot attempted to return to the Santiago de Cuba field after trouble. The pilot notified air traffic control before going down.
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Ban
Havana Radio
Santiago de Cuba
Rusk Optimistic About Conference
President Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk reviewed Geneva and Berlin talks at the White House. Rusk returned from Geneva and planned to meet with Senate and House Foreign Relations Committees. The disarmament talks continue with no major breakthroughs as Soviet negotiators stay open to dialogue.
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Kennedy
House
John McCormackett
Lyndon B. Johnson
Rep
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
Washington
Dean Rusk
Geneva
Berlin
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Goldwater Endorses Court Ruling on Urban Rural Representation
Sen. Barry Goldwater defends the Supreme Court decision allowing federal review of legislative apportionment. He argues the ruling does not shift conservative strength, noting similar numbers of conservatives in urban and rural areas. Sen. Kenneth Keating warns Democrats may gain from city voting power.
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Washington
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Supreme Court
Goldwater
GOP
Federal Judicial Review
Kenneth B. Keating
R-N. Y
Two Named In Fraud Case Involving Bender Bribe
A government witness in a stock fraud trial identifies two men as principals in a $100,000 bribe to late Senator George H. Bender. He says Alexander L. Guterma arranged the payoff via Samuel S. Garfield in 1957 to quash a Securities and Exchange Commission probe. Bender, then Interior Department aide, died at 64 last June. defenses seek rulings on the testimony.
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George H. Bend
Bender
Interior
Fred A. Seaton
Worker Injured in Mine 255 Accident at Gem Coal Co
Edgar Gray 63 of Glouster a driller at Gem Coal Co Mine 255 was injured at 9 30 a m and treated at Mount St Mary Hospital for a leg wound facial lacerations. Company officials investigate details.
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Glouster
Gem Coal Co
Gray
Nelsonville
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Investigator Elected President of Wall Street Institution
NEW YORK Edwin D. Etherington 37 a broker and former special counsel to a reform committee that investigated the American Stock Exchange was elected unanimously by the Wall Street Institution board to become president starting Sept. 4 succeeding Edward T. McCormick who resigned last December after SEC charges of trading irregularities on the exchange. CLEVELAND The 13 story Public Square Building changed hands in a 2 million deal and new owners plan a 400000 modernization.
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Etherington
Wall Street Institution
Cleveland
Public Square
Bremen Joins Opposition to Commonwealth Telephone Rate Hikes
Bremen Ohio in Fairfield County gains party status in PUCO case opposing Commonwealth Telephone Co rate increases claimed to be excessive. Proposed jumps include multi party and single party business lines and residential rates in Athens Bremen Guysville McArthur and other areas.
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Bremen
Fairfield County
Commonwealth Telephone Co
Ohio
Commonwealth
PUCO
Athens
Guysville
McArthur
Kennedy at Buckingham Palace Lunch with Elizabeth II
Jacqueline Kennedy joined Queen Elizabeth II for lunch at Buckingham Palace in a small state dining room. Prime Minister Harold Macmillan and wife were among ten guests. Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon were not invited. A crowd of about 500 cheered as Mrs. Kennedy arrived with her sister and brother in law.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth II
Harold Macmillan
Lady Dorothy
Mrs. Kennedy
Palace
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Prince
Princess Stanislas Radziwill
U. S
David Bruce
Bid To End Billboards Hits Snag
Ohio highway officials say about 140 billboards still stand in eight counties in violation of a new law and will remain up for weeks while legal steps proceed. The next phase involves billboard companies filing briefs in response to the department’s action. Washington mourns Col Spencer Cosby 94 who oversaw planting of the cherry trees in Potomac Park.
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Cer Cosby
Washington
Potomac Park
New Orleans Catholics Plan Desegregation For 1962 63
The New Orleans archdiocese will desegregate its Catholic schools next fall. Archbishop Rummel announced that from the 1962 63 registration, all Catholic children may apply for admission based on accepted educational standards. Registration is set for April 13 14 and state senator Gravelet warned of possible reactions from segregationists.
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New Orleans
Henry Bezou
Archdiocesan
Joseph Francis Rummel
Dutch Bush Troops To New Guinea
The Hague reports Dutch warships and air troops heading to West New Guinea to counter Indonesian infiltration amid stalled U S backed talks. About 1 200 troops are being airlifted by KLM DC8s with 138 marines already sent from Amsterdam.
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the Hague
Netherlands
West New Guinea
Hague
Jakarta
New
Amsterdam
KLM
New York
Hospital Receives Second Hill Burton Grant Allocation
Meigs Memorial Hospital in Pomeroy received a second Hill Burton grant worth 41,335.03 dollars as part of a 235,500 dollar construction program. The total federal funding to date reaches 104,000 dollars. Kent State University reports spring quarter enrollment at 8,130 full time students starting classes.
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Pomeroy — Meigs County Hospital
Hill-Burton Hospital
Theodore T. Reed, Jr
Meigs Memorial Hospital
KENT
Kent State University
United States eyes Pacific tests including anti missile effects
Nuclear blasts expected in a late month Pacific test series to study antimissile concepts. Defense Secretary McNamara says atmospheric explosions could aid anti ICBM development by examining radar disruption, electromagnetic impacts, and interactions between nuclear blasts and warheads. The Zeus test would fire an anti missile from Kwajalein against Atlas missiles from Vandenberg and mark a milestone.
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U.S
Pacific
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
House Appropriations
McNamara
Kwajelein Island
Atlas
Vandenberg Airf Force Base
Calif
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