Liberal Party Calls Sweeping Reforms in UK Election
BRIGHTON England The Liberal Party vows vast reforms in the next election including parliamentary and administrative changes inspired by the United States They seek specialist committees to pressure ministers and a non hereditary second chamber with regional elected members while expanding public opinion based electoral reform Proportional representation remains undecided
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Brighton
England
Liberal Party
United States
U.S
Congress
Jeremey Thorpe
House of Commons
Thorpe
Parliament
Edmund Burke
House of Lords
Nigerian Chief Awolowo Given 10 Years for Treason
Nigerian Chief Obafe mi Awolowo, opposition leader in Parliament, was found guilty of treason and sentenced to 10 years in prison. Seventeen other defendants received sentences from two to seven years. three were acquitted. He faced charges of treasonable crime conspiracy and illegal firearm imports linked to a proposed coup during a Nehru visit to India.
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Lagos
Obafemi Awolowo
Nigeria
Lir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Awolowo
Chief Awolowo
Ghana
George S. Sowemimo
Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Thousands Flee Chinese Famine, Russians Say
Moscow based travelers returning from Sinkiang Province report 50 000 to 60 000 refugees have fled famine and resettled on Soviet state and collective farms in Central Asia. Mass exodus began this spring and lasted five days.
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Moscow
UPI
China
Sinkiang
Central Asia
Marine Sergeant Makes Sky Leap With One Leg
At Camp Pendleton Calif Marine Sgt Donald H Hamblen 31 leaped from a helicopter into a lake to prove he remains capable in the elite Force Reconnaissance Co of the 1st Marine Division. After losing his left leg in a Sept 21 accident he spent six months in hospital passing tests as a skin diver and endurance trials to qualify for this demanding unit.
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Calif
Donald H. Hamblen
Corps
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Hamblen
Fist Force Reconnaissance Co
Marine Division
Hambien
Roads Ran Down Fort Lauderdale Prison Work Gangs Shortage
County prison officials relying on inmate labor for highway maintenance faced a summer labor shortage as most trial court judges were on vacation and fewer new prisoners were sentenced to replace those released after completing terms. The county work gang was cut almost in half.
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Fla
Freedom Sought For Survivors
In Vientiane the U S ambassador urged coalition and Pathet Lao officials to secure the release of survivors from an American C46 cargo plane shot down on Sept 5 during a supply drop mission for Royalist refugees. The aircraft, hit near Tchepone, carried three Americans and four Asians. some crew members reportedly survived and were captured.
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Laos
Leonard Unger Hag
Pathet Lao
U.S
Tchepone
Aid Agency
Religious Peace Re Established In Israel Cities
Harmony between Jews and Christians in Israel was proclaimed after rioting by ultra Orthodox youths in Jerusalem Jaffa and Haifa. Arch bishop Hakim denounced attacks on Christian schools thanked Premier Levi Eshkol for quick action and government pledges to prevent recurrence. About 126 rioters were arrested and foreign diplomats urged police protection for the Church of Scotland school in Jaffa.
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Israel
George Hakim
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
Jaffa
Haifa
Hakim
Salesman Claims He Led Protests
A frail salesman from Jerusalem says he headed the Circle of Activists that organized Tuesday demonstrations by Jewish zealots at a Christian school in Jerusalem Jaffa and Haifa. Dov Ber Zohar 27 told a news conference he led the attacks drawing protests from Britain France and Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol. He said he did not intend to attack Christian beliefs and claimed the protests were aimed at those who snatch poor children to convert them.
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Jerualem
Jaffa
Haifa
Dov Ber Zohar
Britain
France
Levi Eshkol
Zohar
Kennedy Letter Pushes Ratification of Test Ban Treaty
Washington AP reports Senate leaders from both parties rally to push the limited nuclear test ban treaty. Support grew to nearly 8 votes in favor, as collaboration between Democratic and Republican leaders aims to steer the measure through the Senate.
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Washington
Senate
Associated Press
Foreign Minister Louw Attacks U S South Africa Policy
Johannesburg Foreign Minister Eric H. Louw charged three Kennedy administration leaders with driving U S criticism of South Africa’s race policies. He named Attorney General Robert F Kennedy, Adlai E Stevenson, and G Mennen Williams, urging Britain and the United States to resist assuming a universal anti communist stance. The speech touched on revisions to Senate ratification and assurances from Kennedy and Senate leaders about defense and testing, with Jackson and Dirksen weighing in on the treaty’s implications.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
Eric H. Louw
Kennedy
U.S
Louw
Robert F. Kennedy
Adlai E. Stevenson
United Nations
G. Mennen Williams
Sweden
Norway
Denmark
Britain
United States
Williams
Senate
Dirksen
Mike Manafield
Jetter
Jackson
Kennedy Assurances Satisfy Eisenhower On Ratification
Dirksen said Kennedy's assurances to limit reservations on a ratification resolution satisfy former President Eisenhower, who endorsed the treaty contingent on such guarantees. The remarks tie Kennedy's positions to Eisenhower's influence on the ratification process and the objections raised by Senator Long.
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Russell B. Long
D-La
Dirksen
Senate
Kennedy
Dwight D. Eisenhower
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