Black Soldiers Oppose Bloodshed in Senegal Coup
In Dakar, mutinous troops backing Premier Mamadou Dia refused to fire on paratroopers loyal to President Leopold Senghor. Dia fled to the National Assembly area, was arrested, and Senghor's forces retained control. The coup's collapse highlighted Senghor's Western-leaning leadership and Dia's failed bid for a socialist regime.
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Andrew Borowiec
Dakar
Senegal
Mamadou Dia
Dia
National Assembly
Leopold Senghor
Senghor
Africa
France
Plane wreck found near Black Mountain traced for identification
Mc Dowell County authorities asked aeronautical agencies to identify a twin engine Cessna wreck found by two Kannapolis youths near the Buncombe Mitchell McDowell county line. The crash is believed to be 10 to 15 years old with one engine burned and a tree grown through the fuselage. No occupants were found alive or dead. The propeller bore the end date 10-8-43.
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Marion
N.C
McDowell County
Aeronautical
Black Mountain
Frank Glenn
Norman Moore
Tommy Chapman
Kannapolis
Buncombe
McDowell
Mitchell
Students shown favor socialism in Charlotte survey
The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce reports 37 percent of 1,958 high school students favored socialism over capitalism in a 20 question poll. Nationally 9,518 students across 24 cities were surveyed, with Charlotte results mirroring the national pattern and alarm from Luther Maddox that students don’t grasp the U.S. system.
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Charlotte
Chamber of Commerce
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Opinion Research Corp
Charlotte Chamber of Commerce
Arious
Luther J. Maddox
Charlotte Chamber
Fulton Grand Jury Replaces Foreman Over Eligibility
In Atlanta, the Fulton County Grand Jury, active for four months, replaced foreman Jack Isenberg after discovering he lived in a neighboring county and was ineligible to serve. The jury elected a new foreman to continue proceedings.
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Atlanta
Fulton County
Jack Isenberg
Isenberg
Pinball Machines Are Seized in Nationwide IRS Raids
IRS agents raided clubs taverns and amusement halls across 112 cities in 20 states seizing 648 pinball machines from 448 establishments. Machines lacking $250 gambling tax stamps were confiscated. Notable seizures included 175 in Galveston County Texas and 105 in Virginia, with additional 82 in Illinois 51 in Pittsburgh area and 27 around Philadelphia and 50 in Kentucky.
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Washington
Internal Revenue
Internal Revenue Service J
Kansas
IRS
Galveston County
Tex
Gulf Coast
Virginia
Ilnois
Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Kentucky
Gasoline Tanker Refill Incident Reported
Baltimore AP reports a fuel shortage incident where a tanker driver diverted a small amount of gasoline from the cargo to refuel the vehicle. The action occurred as the truck ran out of fuel, with the driver pouring fuel into the tank to continue operation.
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Baltimore
Dr Ellen Winston Leaves Welfare Post for New Appointment
Dr Ellen Winston will resign as North Carolina welfare commissioner to head a newly created federal Welfare Administration in HEW. R Eugene Brown becomes acting state welfare commissioner. Winston, 65, led a budget rise from 7 to 70 million and pushed preventive and rehabilitative services and aid to dependents.
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Pek Acre
Ellen Winston
Carolina
Iwelfare
Department of Health, Education’ and Welfare
HEW
Anthony J. Celebreeze
Welfare Agency
R. Eugene Brown
State Welfare Department
Statesville
Winston
Howard Manning
State Welfare Board
Terry Sanford
Hickenlooper Demands Cuban Crisis Records Be Opened
Senator Hickenlooper urges the Kennedy administration to fully inform Congress of commitments from the Cuban crisis that could affect action against Fidel Castro. He says no excitable inquiry is needed, but Congress must know any promises or agreements. Senate Leader Mansfield suggests administration review for committees but questions broad deliberations.
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Washington
Rourke B. Hickenlooper
Iowa
Kennedy
Congress
Fidel Castro
Hickenlooper
Senate Republican Policy Committee
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cuba
Senate
Mikel Mansfield
Montana
Congressional c
Sen Green Remains in Coma On Danger List
Providence AP reports former Senator Theodore Francis Green, 95, remains in a coma and on the danger list at Jane Brown Hospital early today. Green, the oldest person to serve in the U S Senate, was admitted Wednesday after being stricken at home. He served 24 years and did not seek re election in 1960.
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Providence
Theodore Francis
Green
Jane Brown Hospital
U.S. Senate
Senate
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