Mobutu seizes Congo presidency and suspends constitution
Mobutu, a Congo general, ousts President Kasavubu and Premier Kimba, suspends parts of the constitution, and proclaims a five year rule with emergency powers. Col Leonard Mulamba named premier as Washington weighs recognition and opposition leaders react. Tshombe and Kasavubu factions respond as election provisions are halted.
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Joseph Kasavubu
Mobutu
Senate
Sylvestre Mundingay
Washington
State Department
United States
Radio
Leopoldville
Kasavubu
Evariste Kimba
Leonard Mulamba
Kimba
Moise Tshombe
Thomas J. Dodd
D-Conn
Tshombe
Sleeman Named Asst Superintendent For Bennington District
George A. Sleeman, a Bennington High School veteran, is named assistant superintendent in charge of pupil personnel services for the Bennington South Supervisory Union. He will assume July 1 and oversee student guidance, health and psychological services, and nursing staff. Sleeman, hospitalized with appendicitis today, will lead six to eight full-time counselors and work closely with seniors. The board approved a $12,681 salary after Supt. Howard Kelley recommended the appointment following Allan Heaths retirement. Sleeman is a Bennington graduate with a Castleton State College BA and a master’s degree.
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George A. Sleeman
Bennington High School
Bennington South Supervisory Union
Sleeman
Putnam Memorial Hospital
Howard Kelley
Allan J. Heath
South Supervisory Union
Mt. Anthony Union
Bennington Village
Union High School
Bennington School District Inc
Kelley
Bennington Schools
Castleton State College
Four Barre Residents Killed In Thanksgiving Plane Crash
Four Vermonters returning from a Hartford Thanksgiving gathering were killed when their single engine Beech Bonanza crashed near Barre Montpelier Airport in a heavy snowstorm. Pilot Lawrence Laffountain 51 and his wife Hazel 47 plus son Richard 23 and daughter in law Lois 19, all of Barre, died. State and federal investigators joined the probe as a snowbound, near zero visibility scene hindered searchers for hours.
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Berlin
UPI
Hartford
Richard
Lois
Barre
Nancy Friedman
Barre - Montpelier
Rhodesian Premier Labels Explosive Blow as Sabotage
Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith called an early morning explosion that wrecked a power pylon and cut copper belt supplies in northern Zambia sabotage possibly by Communists or others. The blast on the Kariba Dam to Kitwe line disrupted copper production. power was restored in parts by noon, with rationing in the affected Zambian area and hopes of full restoration within 24 hours.
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Salisbury
Rhodesia
UPS
Zambia
Ian Smith
Kariba Dam
Kitwe
Zambesi
Lusaka
Congo
Smith
Inside Pages Highlight Viet Nam War and Vermont Note
An item on the critical period in the Vietnam War appears on page 4 under Inside An editorial. Page 4 features Sam Ogden defending the one man school. A glowing employment report for Vermont is on page 5.
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Sam Ogden
Page 4
Vermont
Three Continent 100 Nation Conference Opens in Havana
A three continent 100 nation conference opens in Havana January 3 to 10 to align Afro Asian and Latin American strategy against imperialism and colonialism. A Prague preparatory committee approved the meeting with strong Russian support and including Communist China. The Algiers Afro Asian conference was postponed due to Red China opposition.
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London
UPI
Havana
Prague
China
Algiers
Peking
Court Hears Arguments Today On Alabama Jury Desegregation
UPI reports U.S. District Judge Frank Johnson Jr. will hear arguments in Montgomery on a suit seeking jury desegregation in Lowndes County. The case follows a white jury acquittal last month in the deaths of two civil rights workers near Hayneville.
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Montgomery
Ala
UPI
Frank Johnson Jr
Lowndes County
Hayneville
Lowndes
Thomas Coleman
Mane Slaughter
Jona
Than Daniels
Keene, N.H
Collie Leroy Wilkins Jr
Triggerman
Viola Gregg Liuzzo
Detroit
ACLU
Alabama
Episcopal Society For Cultural and Racial Equality
ESCRA
Daniels
Vermont GOP Caucuses Set for December 8
Vermont Republicans, buoyant after recent wins, plan a December 8 caucus to discuss strategies on Hoff administration proposals. Held during the Legislative Council briefing for new lawmakers, the session signals GOP control of the legislature and possible trimming of Hoff's 40 piece package.
Nuclear Ships Off Viet Coast
The carrier Enterprise and the guided missile frigate Bainbridge moved into combat stations off Viet Nam as B52 bombers from Guam struck targets in Binh Tuy Province near Saigon. Allied forces pressed a probe into the area while clashes near Ban Me Thuot and northeast of Saigon yielded casualties and captured rice and salt.
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Saigon
UPS
Viet Nam
Enterprise
Bainbridge
Navy
Guam
Binh Tuy
U.S
Western Pacific
Japan
7Th Fleet
Ban Me Thuot
U.S. 1St Infantry Division
Court Rules On Instructor Regulations In New York
The New York Court of Appeals ruled that the State Motor Vehicle Department may set educational requirements for driving instructors. It holds the department may require 30 hours of driver training and traffic safety instruction for licensure or license renewal, against a challenge by privately operated driving schools claiming excess authority under a 1963 law.
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Albany
N.Y
State Court of Appeals
State Motor Vehicle Department
Vatican Library Robbed of Priceless Manuscripts and Relics
Vatican police report a theft at the Vatican Library stealing two priceless manuscripts and two relics. Stolen items include Petrarch's Canzoniere handwritten by Petrarch, and poems by Torquato Tasso, plus a crown replica of St. Stephen and a box of Garcia Moreno artifacts. Estimated value up to 500,000 dollars.
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Vatican City
UPD
Vatican
Apostolic Palace
Vatican Library
Francesco Petrarch
Petrarch
Torquato Tasso
Jerusalem
St. Stephan
Garcia Morena
Morena
Ecuador
Leo XIII
Hoff Accepts Blame for Democratic Defeat in Election
BurlingtonGovernor Philip Hoff said he bears responsibility for Democrats losing big in Tuesday's elections. He was abroad on a Far East goodwill trip and Europe on the way home, missing key campaigning. Hoff apologized and noted GOP control may force him to cut his 40 legislative package by half and consider a third term to help Democrats rebound.
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Burlington
UPD
Philip H. Hoff
Far East
Europe
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