Duvalier Becomes Haiti's Lifetime President Leader
PORT AU PRINCE Haiti AP Francois Duvalier accepted a lifetime presidency amid public demonstrations and an oath by army officers. He warned he is the constitutional chief of the armed forces and has reduced the army to 5000 while relying on a 40000 strong secret police. U.S. relations, aid and loans totaling over 60 million since 1957 were strained by延 his extended rule.
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Haiti
Francois Duvalier
National Palace
Paul Blanchet
Duvalier
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Gerard Constant
United States
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Son of Brazil Chief Thrilled by News
The teenage son of the man proclaimed the new president by Brazil's rebel chiefs was surprised and thrilled by the news. Luiz Serra Mazzili, 16, learned from his sister by telephone that reports confirming the outcome were true. He studies English at a private school in Boston.
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Boston
Brazil
Luiz Serra Mazzilti
Sao Paulo
Paschael Ranlieri Mazziili
Khrushchev Says Prosperity Tops Revolution in Hungary
Premier Khrushchev urged workers at a Budapest electrical plant to pursue prosperity over upheaval while mocking Red China’s revolutionary rhetoric. He said revolution offers nothing better and called for harder work to beat the West as Hungarian leaders and Gromyko structured talks on Moscow’s line against Beijing.
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Budapest
Nikita Khrushchev
Janos Kadar
Red China
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Nina
Andrei A. Gromyko
Tatabanya
Moscow
Janas Kadar
Gyula Kallai
Gromyko
Pri Andropov
Mamed
Hungary
Red Army
French Riviera
Moderate Quake Shakes Sumatra
A moderate earthquake near Sumatra's northern tip was recorded by the Moscow seismic station. The spokesman reported a magnitude of 6.5 on the Richter scale. The Alaska quake last week measured 2.8 on the scale.
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Moscow
Sumatra
Soviet Claim of Knocking Out U S Rocket Forces
Moscow said Red Star that the Soviet Union can destroy American rocket weapons including nuclear submarines. The Defense Ministry paper quoted that a successful battle is possible against planes and stationary rocket establishments as well as atomic rocket submarines at their bases and at sea.
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Soviet Union
Defense Ministry
Red Star
Arabs Back Nehru Support in Jordan Water Dispute
In New Delhi Nehru expressed backing for Arab efforts to stop Israel from diverting Jordan River waters to arid regions. He endorsed the Arab claims to Jordan waters and Palestinian refugees' right to repatriation, as stated in a communique after Iraqi President Aref’s visit.
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India
Nehru
Israel
Jordan
Palestine
Abdel Salem Aref
Aref
China
Pakistan
Kashmir
MacArthur's Condition Worsens Amid Decline in Kidneys
Washington United Press International reports General Douglas MacArthur's heart and kidney functions continued to deteriorate. Army Surgeon General Leonard S. Heaton announced at 10:17 a.m. EST that kidney failure prompted a stomach tube insertion to aid waste elimination. The update followed a prior statement that his chances of recovering from three major operations in 24 days were not good.
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Washington
UPI
Douglas MacArthur
Army
Leonard S. Heaton
MacArthur
New Health Plan For Aged Urged By Saltonstall
Washington AP Sen Leverett Saltonstall proposes financing health care for the aged from general revenues rather than Social Security. The plan would enroll voluntary 63 plus overdue low income individuals, paying 10 to 120 dollars annually by income level. He gains support from Norris Cotton Thruston Morton Hugh Scott and J Glenn Beall. The proposal would extend Kerr Mills Act coverage and aid elder citizens.
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Leverett Saltonstall
R - Mass
Saltonstall
Bay State
Norris Cotton
Thruston B. Morton
R-Ky
Hugh Scott
Rpa
J. Glenn Beall
Senate Republican Conference
Voice Jamming Halted by Czechs
Belgrade AP dispatch says Communist Czechoslovakia stopped jamming Czechoslovak language broadcasts of the Voice of America after talks with U S and Czechoslovak diplomats. Sources say Bulgaria and East Germany remain the only Soviet bloc countries jamming most Western broadcasts.
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Yugoslavia
Czechoslovakia
Voice of America
U.S
Bulgaria
East Germany
Shakespearean Scenes At White House Celebration
The White House marked Shakespeare's birth anniversary with a performance of scenes from The Taming of the Shrew by the Catholic University Players. First Lady Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson joined her daughters Lynda Bird and Luci Baines along with 200 congressional children in the east ballroom.
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White House
William Shakespeare
Lyndon B. Johnson
Lynda Bird
Luci Baines
Congress
Catholic University Players
Marijuana sale believed planned at UMass Amherst
Federal narcotics agents and Amherst police indicted two Amherst men, Robert P. Webber and David N. Jacobs, for a planned marijuana sale on the University of Massachusetts campus. Webber, 21, was then a student. sale occurred off campus on February 9, per the indictment.
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Burreau
University of Massachusetts
Robert P. Webber
South Pleasant Street
University
David N. Jacobs
Montague Road
Asst
U.S
William J. Keen
Webber
Univerisity
US Soviet Hold Private Arms Talks in Geneva
The United States says private talks with the Soviet Union over a possible nonproliferation agreement are ongoing. Disarmament negotiator Adrian Fisher accuses Moscow of blocking a multilateral NATO force plan while Semyon Tsarapkin says Washington favors a nuclear alliance with West Germany over a nonproliferation pact.
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UPS
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Soviet Union
Advian
Fisher
NATO
Tsarapkin
U.S
Semyon Tsarapkin
Bundeswehr
MSS
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
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