Kassem Executed as Iraqi Rebel Regime Consolidates Power
Baghdad radio reported the execution of Prime Minister Abdel Karim Kassem and three lieutenants by a firing squad after a military trial. The broadcast warned of annihilating Communist agents as Aref’s regime seeks to solidify control amid Kurdish and border tensions.
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Iraq
Revel
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Nassar
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United Arab Republic
Syria
Jordan
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People’s Court
Taha Sheikh Ahmed
Kanaan
Col
Wasfi Taher
Abdel Kerim el Jedda
Taher
el Jedda
Ahmed Saleh el Abdi
Faisal
Aref
GOP Names Arch Moore To New Post
Rep Arch Moore Jr of Glen Dale was unanimously chosen by the State Republican Executive Committee to succeed the late Walter Hallanan on the GOP National Committee. The election awaits national committee confirmation. Moore hinted at a possible statewide race in 1964 and urged party unity. The meeting drew about 200 Republicans, with many delegations by proxy raising quorum questions.
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Charleston
Arch Moore Jr
Glen Dale
Panhandle
Republican Executive Committee
Walter S. Hallanan
GOP
National Committee
Moore
John C. Shott
Bluefield
Shott
Maude I. Harvey
Moundsville
Hiram A. Carpenter
St. Marys
Howard Y. Corcoran
Wheeling
Corcoran
John H. McCutcheon
Summersville
McCutcheon
Forrest Mansfield
Richwood Automobile
Nicholas County
Mystery Deepens In Lost Ship Case
The American tanker Marine Sulphur Queen with 39 crew members remains missing after a week, prompting an extensive air search by 15 Coast Guard planes from Norfolk to near Key West. An oil slick sighting near Key West proved inconclusive, likely bilge residue rather than a vessel.
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New York
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Key West
Fla
Houston
Beaumont
Tex
Gulf of Mexico
J. W. Fanning
Canada ministers quit over nuclear policy split
Ottawa AP Canada’s government fractured as Trade Minister George Hees and Acting Defense Minister Pierre Sevigny resigned over Prime Minister Diefenbaker’s hesitation to accept U S nuclear warheads. Defense Minister Harkness and others had left earlier, signaling pressure from within the Conservative party and military leaders for a pro U S nuclear stance.
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Ottawa
Canada
John G. Diefenbaker
U. S
George Hees
Diefenbaker
Servative Party
Pierre Sevigny
United States
U.S. State Department
Georges Vanier
Douglas Harkness
U.S
Harkness
Toronto Telegram
Transport
Leon Baker
Wallace McCutcheon
Sevigny
Ousted Iraqi dictator Kassem killed by rebel firing squad
Rebels execute former Iraqi ruler Abdul Karim Kassem and three lieutenants as the new regime moves against communists. Borders sealed and Arab nations recognizing the rebels. Russians questioned about Cuba troop withdrawal and “due course” phrase.
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Kassem
Red
Storm Batters Pacific Coast From California to Oregon
A Pacific storm inland from the California coast brought heavy rains and snow to high elevations. Gale warnings ran from Point Conception to Cape Blanco as 20 to 30 knot winds lashed the coastline. At Santa Barbara 0.84 inch of rain fell while Los Angeles recorded 0.05 inch. Waves caused damage at Surfside Sunset Beach and Capistrano Beach and more than 75 homes plus a trailer camp were evacuated in three communities.
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Associated Press
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Oregon
Maine
Florida
Caifornia
Point Conception
Calif
Cape Blanco
Ore
Santa Barbara
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara County
Mexico
Surfside
Sunset Beach
Capistrano Beach
Woman Tumbles To Death From Eiffel Tower
Dolores Toledo a 28 year old Spanish woman fell 170 feet from the first landing of the Eiffel Tower on Saturday. Police held her husband Francisco Toledo 31 for questioning after witnesses said he pushed her. He said she jumped claiming it was an accident and that he loved her. He was taken away for further questioning by Spanish speaking officers.
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Eiffel Tower
Francisco Toledo
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Paris
Beer Flows Again In New Brunswick Tavern Opening
Saint John New Brunswick AP says the province eased 1927 liquor laws and opened its first beer dispensing tavern since prohibition with about 100 seats filled in the first hour.
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Saint John, N.B
New Brunswick
Khrushchev Says Soviet Troops In Cuba Mostly Instructors
Soviet Premier Khrushchev says U S concerns about a Cuban arms buildup are unfounded and that Russian troops in Cuba are there only to train Cubans in using modern weapons. He told Roy Thomson there are no Soviet nuclear arms in Cuba and many troops have already left the island. Kennedy noted Washington expects withdrawal in due course.
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Khrush
Kennedy
Red
Moscow
Khrushchev
United States
Roy H. Thomson
Kremlin
France
West Germany
Stalingrad
Thomson
Washington
Racial Segregation in Johannesburg Under Apartheid System
American journalist Kyle McCormick reports on South Africa's apartheid regime in Johannesburg. He describes strict racial separation across trains, buses, hotels, and city areas, with whites ruling a 3 million white minority over 13 million nonwhites. He notes living conditions, the Bantus, coloreds, Indians, and Chinese in segregated zones, and points to economic significance through gold and diamonds. The piece contrasts with Angola’s integration approach and cites UN and US opposition to the system.
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Kyle McCormick
Princeton
Africa
Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
South Africa
United States
United Nations
Great Britain
India
United
Bondsmen Dies as Robbers Gang Through Portsmouth Club
In Nansemond County a private club guarded by barbed wire was invaded by four or five gunmen who robbed members and killed Mey er Jacobson, a 57 year old bail bondsman from Portsmouth. The bandits fled in a stolen car after midnight. Jacobson had a history of resisting robberies and had previously shot his way out of trouble. State police cited evidence that his resistance sealed his fate.
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Portsmouth
Meyer Jacobson
Nansemond County
Jacobson
H. L. Mundie
Damascas Woman Fatally Struck in Damascus Traffic Incident
Vivian Green Parks, 20, of Damascus,Va., died at 1 45 a m Saturday after a non collision accident in Damascus. She was riding with William Hoover Rutledge when the car out of control wrecked within the town limits. State police reported 82 traffic deaths in Virginia that day, up from 79 last year.
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Damascas
Washington
Vivian Green Parks
Wytheville
William Hoover Rutledge
Damascus
Virginia
United States asks for Cuba troop withdrawal date
The United States pressed Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin at the State Department for a specific withdrawal date for Soviet forces in Cuba. Secretary of State Dean Rusk led the 75 minute meeting, with President Kennedy having met earlier in the day. Khrushchev’s stance on the 17,000 troops remained vague, though both Rusk and Kennedy cited promises to remove them in due course. Kennedy was drafting a note to Khrushchev as Kohler prepared to return to Moscow to push the issue.
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John M. Hightower
Washington
United States
Russia
Cuba
Anatoly Dobrynin
Dean Ruskin
State Department
Rusk
Kennedy
White House
U.S
Fay D. Kohler
Moscow
Dobrynin
Khrushchev
Khrush Note
Kohler
Congress
Caribbean
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