Bond Rally Protest Turns Violent in Atlanta
Supporters of pacifist civil rights leader Julian Bond clashed with police in Atlanta as Bond, 26, was denied a Georgia House seat for his anti-Vietnam stance. The confrontation followed the contested election and raised questions about the next steps for the Rep elect.
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Nigeria Faces Army Coup Rumors and Riots Across Regions
Reports from Lagos and Lagos state indicate an army coup ousting the federal government with conflicting claims of the Sardauna of Sokoto and Chief Samuel Akintola killed while Prime Minister Balewa may be under house arrest. Rioting and clashes occurred in Lagos and western Nigeria amid protests led by Dr. King era SNCC figures, with police trying to restore order. casualty and motive details remain unsettled.
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Britain
Rooming house fire in Jacksonville kills seven
Seven people perished in a Saturday early morning fire at a Jacksonville rooming house. The dead include a mother and her four children. Firefighters battled the blaze as neighbors reported screams and smoke-filled rooms. Authorities began investigations into the cause.
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Four Survive Wreck and Six Die in Greek Mountain Crash
A U S Air Force C-47 with ten aboard crashed on a Greek mountainside en route from Turkey to Italy. Four survivors were found Friday night at the wreckage and were flown to Wheelus base in Libya for treatment. The other six died, including nine Americans and one Italian air force officer. names of the survivors were not released.
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Iowa
Dirksen vows filibuster against Taft-Hartley 1b repeal
Senate Republican Leader Dirksen pledged a filibuster against repeal of Section 1b of the Taft-Hartley law. He said no sweetener could change his stance and that the fight will begin after the week of Jan. 24 is set for debate. Democratic Leader Mansfield indicated no plan to alter last year’s approach.
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Soviet space program chief dies at 59
Sergei Korolev, the Soviet rocket and space system designer for Yuri Gagarin and Alexei Leonov, died suddenly of heart failure at 59. Tass identified him as the leading figure behind the piloted spacecrafts and unmanned satellites, with funeral rites planned at the Kremlin wall in Red Square.
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American Woman Sought On Red Chinese Border
Beverly Reilly, 38, an American woman, disappeared from a rural boarding house near the Hong Kong China border. Hong Kong and U S officials say she is not located, with border units alerted. Reilly had arrived from Bangkok in December and vanished January 11, leaving belongings behind. Her estranged Detroit professor husband said he knows nothing of her presence in Hong Kong.
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Plane crash in Colombia kills 51. four nabbed for leaflet drop
A Colombian airliner plunged into shark-infested waters off Barranquilla killing 51 aboard. In Oakland four men were arrested for dropping antiwar leaflets from a small plane on Oakland, the Army base, and San Francisco area.
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Peace Push Isn’t Meant To Undercut Ky Regime
In Saigon Secretary Rusk and Ambassador Harriman met with South Vietnam’s leaders to reassure Premier Nguyen Cao Ky that Johnson’s peace efforts won’t undermine Ky’s government. Reports of possible military power plays faded as Ky closed Armed Forces Day with a defiant speech. A crash landing during an Air America mission killed two crewmen, while Allied forces reported 151 Viet Cong killed in a western Tron Triangle operation.
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Armed Forces Day
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Mekong Delta
Tron Triangle
Lovell Family Welcomes Baby Amid Spaceflight Focus
Houston AP reports astronaut James Lovell's wife Marilyn gave birth to Jeffrey Carl Lovell at Methodist Hospital weighing seven pounds nine ounces. Lovell, aboard a Dec 4-18 Gemini 7 mission, praised his navy wife as he described staying connected during the 14 day flight. Medical staff said all three, including the baby, are doing fine. Marilyn Gerlach Lovell is from Milwaukee. the couple’s prior children are Barbara Lynn, James Arthur II, and Susan Kay.
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James Lovell
Jeffrey Carl Lovell
Methodist Hospital
Frank Borman
Lovell
Charles A. Berry
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