Martial law clamped on Hue and Nhatrang amid Buddhist self-immolations
In Saigon and Hue, President Diem's government imposed martial law after another Buddhist self immolation. Hue and Nhatrang faced large protests and troop dispersals as U.S. personnel were confined to barracks at night. The Theravada monk Thich Tie Dieu died at the Tu Dam pagoda amid ongoing campaigns for civil and religious rights.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Hue
Nhatrang
U.S
Tu Dam
Hterarchy
Diem
Foiled Plot To Steal Arms In Morocco Slams U S Navy
Moroccan authorities revealed a two pronged plan to steal weapons from a U S Navy base at Venitra and kill King Hassan II. At least 104 people including leftist UNP members were arrested. US embassy said the scheme failed due to strong U S intelligence work and no weapons were recovered. Navy personnel implicated faced discipline.
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Hassan
Rabat
Morocco
UPD
Hassan II
Ahmed Bahaiat
Venitra
Union National Des Forces Populaires
UNP
U.S
Aris
Navy
U.S. Marine Corps
Escaping Guards Reach West Berlin at Glienicker Bridge
Two East German border guards fled to West Berlin and were reported crossing at Glienicker Bridge. Their Soviet colleagues remained atop the guard shack polishing the red star as the border crossing linked U.S., British, and French liaison teams with the Soviet army in East Germany.
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Redwall
Dieter
West Berlin
Congo Names Provisional Government in Coup After Youlou Resigns
Congolese army chiefs and union leaders formed a provisional government to replace Fulbert Youlou. Mphanse Massemba-Debu was named head for three months, with amnesty for political prisoners and dissolution of the Youlou dominated parliament. Youlou placed under house arrest as the regime moved to organized elections.
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Brazzaville
the Congo
UPI
Fulbert Youlou
Congo
Mphonse Massemba-Debu
National Assembly
Youlou
Conservative Candidate Barely Wins Profumo’s Seat
Angus Maude 30, a journalist, won Stratford on Avon for the Conservatives by 3,470 votes over Labour’s Andrew Faulds, with Liberal Derek Mirfin helping to push the margin. The result leaves the seat marginal and tests Macmillan before the 1964 general election following Profumo’s resignation amid the scandal.
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Stratford ON Avon
England
Macmillan
John Profumo
House of Commons
Britain
Angus Maude
Stratford
Maude
Andrew Faulds
Faulds
Derek Mirfin
Profumo
Labor
Stratford-on-Avon
Mercury Shots To Be Manned, Space Aide Says
BLACKSBURG Virginia AP A NASA flight director says future manned spaceflight will blend pilot and automatic systems with man as the deciding element. He cites John Glenn Jr Malcolm Scott Carpenter Walter M Schirra Jr and Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr noting astronauts manually controlled re entry. Gemini’s first flight is scheduled in about 14 months.
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Mercury
Space Aide
Blacksburg
Chris Kraft
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Manned Spacecraft Center
United States
Kraft
John H. Glenn Jr
Malcolm Scott ‘Carpenter
Walter M. Schirra Jr
Leroy Gordon Cooper Jr
Cooper
Project Gemini
Kennedy to spend weekend with convalescent wife
President Kennedy planned to return to Cape Cod to be with Jacqueline Kennedy and their two children after a brief Hyannis Port visit during which he brought the First Lady home from hospital. The First Lady is recovering from the birth of a son who died two days later.
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J.F.K
Jackie Washington
UPI
Kennedy
Cape Cod
Jacqueline
Washington
Hyannis Port
Mass
Otis Air Force Base
Consumer Bill Watered Down By Senators
Massachusetts Senate nears final approval of a weakened Consumer Council bill. The amended version strips subpoena power from the council and limits it to five gubernatorial appointees plus AG and four agency heads. It returns to the House for concurrence with terms aligned to the governor.
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Boston
Ulp
Massachusetts Senate
Gov. Peabody
Consumer Council
Senate
House
Boston School Board fails to discuss De facto segregation
The Boston School Committee and NAACP met in a brief session that ended after 13 minutes as the committee refused to discuss charges of de facto school segregation. The leaders, in their third meeting in two months, remained deadlocked over policies and demands for a formal statement on the issue.
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Boston
Boston School Committee
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
NAACP
Wife Joins Bidault in Rio de Janeiro asylum
Mrs Georges Bidault arrived in Rio de Janeiro to join her husband Georges Bidault, the former French premier sought in France on charges of plotting to kill President Charles de Gaulle. Bidault had been granted asylum in April after being spotted in West Germany and expelled.
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Bidault
Rio DE Janeiro
Georges Bidault
France
Charles de Gaulle
West Germany
Senate Probe of Shipyard Opposed by Muskie
AP wire reports Sen. Edmund Muskie D Maine urged a frank discussion of civilian inefficiency at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard rather than a Senate Government Operations investigation. He said inquiry may not help the yard and could threaten private industry competition. Maine and New Hampshire lawmakers backed the unions seeking scrutiny.
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Senate
Sen. Muskie
Washington
Sen
Muskie
D - Maine
Portsmouth
Naval
Portsmouth Civil Service Workers Union
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Navy
Maine
New Hampshire
Congress
Tom MeIntyre
D-N.h
MeIntyre
Margaret Chase Smith
E-Maine
Police Kill Youth In Robbery Chase Comes from Somerville
In Somerville Massachusetts a 19 year old youth Thomas Murphy of 23 Hall Street was killed by police after a one mile foot chase through alleys and yards following an attempted break into an automobile dealer's shop in nearby Cambridge. He allegedly lunged from a hiding place and tried to tackle an officer prompting the fatal shooting.
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Somerville
Mass
UPS
Thomas Murphy
Hall St. Somerville
Cambridge
Murphy
Summer St
Too Soon Miss Perry Dies at Queen Telegram Birthday
Alice Mayian Perry dies at her 200th birthday party in Ham England just before a telegram of congratulations from Queen Elizabeth arrives. Local authorities note the timing as a curious coincidence amid the festivities and tribute greetings.
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Ham
England
UPI
Alice Mayian Perry
Queen Elizabeth
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