Coup Storms Dahomey Palace Shoots President Zinsou
Rebels loyal to the president's own guard stormed the Dahomean palace in Cotonou and shot President Emile Zinsou possibly fatally. The coup led by army chief of staff Lt. Col. Maurice Kouandete saw insurgents seize the radio station and take the president toward an airport amid limited casualty reports. Zinsou, foreign minister since independence and designated president June 7, 1968, faced a new political crisis in West Africa.
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Cotonou
Dahomey
Upl
Emile Zinsou
Nattingou
Maurice Kouandete
Kouandete
den Christophe Soglo
Zinsou
France
Dade County to vaccinate over 40000 against diphtheria
Miami area health officials launch a free vaccine drive to inoculate more than 40 000 Dade County school children amid an eight barrier diphtheria outbreak in Miami Northwest. Dr Malcolm J Ford labeled deaths as needless urging parents to vaccinate. Separately Arthur J Goldberg declares he will not seek New York governor or senator nominations, opening the Democratic race.
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Miami
UPI
Dade County
Malcolm J. Ford
Dade
Ford
Division of Health
New York
Supreme Court
Arthur J. Goldberg
Goldberg
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Charles Goodell
Debate over tax reform bill rider on foreign imports eyed
Senate debate centers on a provision pitched by Sen. Norris Cotton to restrict imports of cheap foreign goods to shield U.S. industries. The plan drew mixed reactions as colleagues warned the amendment may not advance, while other proposals aimed to alter tax and Social Security benefits were debated amid inflation concerns and a looming presidential veto.
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Washington
UPI
Senate
Norris Cotton
R-N.h
U.S
Cotton
Commerce
Maurice H. Stans
Collon
Jacob K. Javits
R-Ny
Colton
Mike Mansfield
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Sena
Medal honors Apollo 12 crew with commemorative art medal
The public can buy a March medal honoring Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Richard F Gordon Jr and Alan L Bean. Front depicts the three faces and a Yankee Clip on the back shows Saturn Rocket the flight path the Lunar Module and the moon trek. Silver $35 bronze $5 designed by Ralph J Menconi.
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Charles Conrad Jr
Richard F. Gordon Jr
Alan L. Bean
Apollo 12 Quarantine Ends After Moon Mission
At Space Center Houston Apollo 12 astronauts Charles Conrad Jr Alan L. Bean and Richard F. Gordon Jr leave lunar quarantine 27 days after returning from the moon marking the end of a lengthy isolation period. The men were released from the Lunar Receiving Laboratory several days earlier than planned ending a 21 day quarantine that began after the moonwalk.
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Don Jr
Lunar Receiving Laboratory
Moon
Conrad
Bean
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