Guatemala Coup Dismisses Elections and Suspends Parties
Col Enrqiue Peralta Azurdia seized power in Guatemala suspending the constitution dissolving Congress and disbanding political parties. Fuentes, exiled, called it for Guatemala's good while Arevalo remained abroad. The regime vows anti Communist rule and elections will be held later.
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Guatemala City
Guatemala
Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes
Enrique Peralta Azurdia
Ydigoras
Nicaragua
Central America
Juan Jose Arevalo
Mexico
Arevalo
Peralta
Congress
Humboldt Mayors Race and Local Community Notes
Humboldt reports mayoral candidates A C Lass and Jim Redfield facing off with filings at Ward 1 Methodist Church, Ward 2 Springfield Mo visitors, Ward 3 Lacy building, Ward 4 Christian church basement. Nearby Rotary convention in Bartlesville and local social events include bridge meetings, university visits, and parish activities with preservation of community ties.
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Humboldt
A. C. Lass
Jim Redfield
Pittsburg
Tomorrows College
Gene Miller
Elmer Redfield
M. D. Moffatt
Springfield
Humboldt Township
Legion Hall
Daugh- Ward
Lacy
Christian Church
Civil Defense Tests Whet Appetites
In Carthage Missouri 622 Boy Scouts emerged from a 36 hour civil defense survival drill hungry after using graham crackers as sustenance due to a shortage of CD crackers. They earned merit badges in first aid radiological monitoring and communications as some slept in the gym while the shelter lacked capacity.
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Carthage
Graham
Michael Randall
Joplin
Ronnie Hailey
Randall
R. S. Currey
Currey
Mom Is Away Sthday Harms Lunchroom Monitor Plan
Hayward California AP reports a joking remark by David Towles about a sixth grade lunchroom monitor. The quote references Susan Eisenberg and a plan described as a fat cake, implying potential mischief during the school day.
Marie McDonald Found With Friend in Sydney
American entertainer Marie McDonald aged 39, known as The Body, was located in Sydney with a friend after a two day search. She had disappeared from Rozelle government psychiatric center where she was admitted Saturday night following a reported ulcer attack. She arrived in Australia March 2 for a month long nightclub engagement at 3000 dollars weekly and planned to depart for the United States this week.
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Sydney
Australia
Marie McDonald
Rozelle
Netherlands Slightly Larger Than Maryland in Size
A compact comparison notes that the Netherlands covers area similar to Maryland, highlighting the small yet densely populated European nation and the U S state as unitary geographic references for scale.
Old Bridge From 1856 Still In Use in Kentucky
Frankfort Kentucky reports Kentucky's first major bridge built in 1856 spanned the Ohio River linking Covington and Cincinnati. It was the world’s longest at 2252 feet, funded by private capital costing 1 871 000 dollars and remains a toll bridge in operation today.
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Frankfort
Kentucky
Ohio River
Covington
Cincinnati
Ohio
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Guatemalas Congress
Kennedy
Latin America
Prom
Cummerbund
Studs & Links
Foster Clothing CO
Dean L. Foster
East Main
Fred R. Foster
Rim of East Asia
Presbyterian Church
Robert E. Osborne
Orient
Osborne
Robert Townsend
J. L. Parkhurst
Leonard Ford
Phillip Flottman
Rotary International
Bartlesville
Paul Finney
Stanford University
Palo Alto
Calif
Robert A. Finney
T Here
Eric Wittinghof
Arlington Heights
Kansas City
Finney
Topeka
Kansas
Marvin Wellcome
Bridge Iclub
Dale Collison
Robert G. Osborn
Benjamin Barfoot
Bridgettes Club
Marvin Groff
Baird Brinkmeyer
William Griffith
David S. Woods
William S. Scott
Todd Cannon
Lawrence
Kansas University
William H. Cannon
Thomas
John
Lawrence A. Brown
Women’s Services Guild
Presbyterian Women's Organization
Parsons
Neosho Presbyterial Society
Betty Crawford
Chanute
W. A. Byerley
Neosho Memorial Hospital
Humboldt Friends
Myrtle Mitchell
Minnie Towles
ED Caldwell
Planning Commission
Chamber of Commerce
Board of Education
Vision — Plus
Pol. Ad. Pd
Tina MacGregor
Melbourne
Susan
Our Lady of Ozarks College
Missouri
The
Netherlands
Maryland
West For Board of Education
Floyd West, Jr
Motorola
Rollow TV
Santa Fe
Chanute Furniture Co
W. Main
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