Haile Selassie Deposed by Son Seizes Ethiopian Throne
Haile Selassie, ousted in his absence by the Imperial Household Guard, has flown home to reclaim the throne as Crown Prince Asfa Wassen was proclaimed king. Addis Ababa reported a new government backed by the army and police, claiming to end 3,000 years of injustice.
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Cairo
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Aden
Asxa Wassen
Ethiopia
Wassen
São Paulo
Brazil
Ethiopian Airways
Rome
Reuter
Asmara
Eritrea
Girl Escapes Kidnappers After Knife Point Abduction
Hazel Oelrich, 17, daughter of a loan manager, was abducted at knifepoint by two men who stabbed her on the porch and held her for a $25,000 ransom. She escaped yesterday by stealing the abductors' car, then drove it to her father's bank before returning home to Alton, Washington.
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Washington
Hazel Oelrich
Gil
Miss Oelrich
Alton
Turmoil in Casbah as troops round up residents
In Casbah thousands of troops moved into the Casbah district and rounded up hundreds of Muslims returning with hands raised. A New York dispatch says Yugoslavia's President Tito pledged to the Algerian Provisional Government leader Ferhat Abbas that steps would be taken to prevent massacres in Algeria.
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Casbah
New York
Tito
Yugoslavia
M. Ferhat Abbas
Algeria
Belgium Names Queen Fabiola In Royal Wedding
Donna Fabriold De Mora y Aragon, Spanish noblewoman, becomes Queen Fabiola of Belgium after marrying King Baudouin in a civil ceremony at the Royal Palace Brussels. The king as Lieutenant General signs the marriage register. Princess Margaret attends in apricot silk.
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Brussels
Donna Fabriold de Mora Y Aragon
King Baudouin
Royal
Baudouin
Fabiola
Margaret
Accidents Mount in Heavy Storms Jam City Traffic
Six accidents occurred between 4 30 and 5 45 p m amid heavy rain. seven cars involved in two more crashes blocked the Commonwealth Bridge for about 14 hours causing lunch hour congestion. Three people were slightly injured. no other injuries reported. Flooding and road closures followed as weather disrupted hay making and wheat readiness in the ACT.
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Commonwealth Bridge
Commonwealth Avenue
Canberra
Scott's Crossing
A.C.T
Stock and Agriculture Section
Department of the Interior
T. P. Taylor
Man Buried To Neck In Sand Rescued In Missouri
A negro, trapped all night in a cistern excavation in wet sand up to his chin, was rescued yesterday. Rescue workers used a barrel over the man’s head to prevent sand and earth from falling on him as they freed him from the kneeling position.
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Missouri
Miller
Story of wine at Thorne inquest
The Thorne inquest in Sydney heard that twine bound around Graeme Thorne’s ankles matched twine from Bradleys’ former possessions. Dyes in the rug and a wool fragment were identical, as Det. Alan Clarke cited Prof. Malcolm Chaikin. Stephen Bradley, 34, faces murder charges for the kidnapping and death of the Bondi schoolboy.
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Sydney
Bondi
Graeme Thorne
Bradley
Thorne
C. S. Rodgers
Set
Alan Clarke
Sydney C.I.B
Malcolm Chaikin
Textile Technology Department
University of N.S.W
Chaikin
Bradley “Ad
Graeme /Thorne
Clontarf
Rodgers
Scots College
Bellvue Hill
Seasforth
Stephen Leslie Bradley
F. W. Wizzard
Hhe
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Amigry
London
Asfa Wassen
Algiers
s*Michelet Street
Belgium
Mr. Taylor
Canberra Grammar School
DL Goode
Qin
Goode
Clarke
Jin Court
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