Snow Closes Schools In West N C
Heavy snow shut down schools across seven western North Carolina counties including Madison Yancey Jackson Swain Haywood Buncombe and Henderson plus Asheville and Canton city schools. State Highway Patrol advised chains on roads west and north of Asheville as snow and sleet affected the mountains and flurries were forecast tonight while the rest of the state saw rain.
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Associated Press
North Carolina
Madison
Yancey
Jackson
Swain
Haywood
Buncombe
Henderson
Asheville
Canton
State Highway Patrol
Soco Gap
Balsam Gap
Newfound Gap
Highway Patrol
Weather Bureau
Rebels Overthrow Gabon President in Midnight Coup
Military rebels seized power in Gabon, forming a revolutionary council as President Leon Mba and rival J H Aubame faced arrest. A new assembly was due next Sunday with Radio Gabon signaling a provisional government to be formed midweek. Dr. Albert Schweitzer’s Lambarene hospital region noted, with no bloodshed reported.
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Brazzaville
Congo Republic
Gabon
Leon M’ba
West African Republic
Libreville
Albert Schweitzer
Schweitzer
Lambarene
Atlantic
McBa
J. H. Aubamte
Supreme Court
Radio Gabon
Daniel Odene
M’ba
Africa
Zanzibar
Tanganyika
Uganda
Kenya
Congress Backs Court Ruling On Equal Representation
Washington AP report says lawmakers welcomed the Supreme Court decision for equal population districts in House representation. Emanuel Celler calls it a great step toward fair representation. Silvio Conte sees no fault. Analysts foresee GOP seat gains while Democrats say the majority benefits from equal voice, despite Justice Harlan's dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl P. Leubsdorf
Washington
Supreme Court
House
Emanuel Celler
House Judiciary Committee
Celler
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
High Court
Democratic Party
John M. ‘Harlan
House of Representatives
Illinois
Carl Albert
Okla ‘Homa
Tom Clark
Hugo
M. Black
U S Uses Special Guards in Saigon Terror War
In Saigon U S Army maintains special guards at American installations to deter a Viet Cong terror campaign that killed three Americans and wounded over 50 in two nights. A Joint Security Council was formed for added protection for about 10 000 Americans in the capital.
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Saigon
Malcolm W. Browne
South Viet Nam
U.S. Army
U.S
Joint Security Council
Lam van Ly
Ngo Dinh Diem
United States
Nguyen Khanh
David G
Prospective Juror Questioned in Ruby Oswald Murder Trial
Dallas officers and lawyers argued over juror impartiality as Henry Wade questioned the first prospective juror in Jack Ruby's trial for killing Lee Harvey Oswald. The defense pressed to move the case, citing Dallas prejudice, while Ruby sat with his counsel Melvin Belli and Joe Tonnhill during the 159 jurors' questioning.
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Dallas
Dist. Atty
Henry M. Wade
Jack Ruby
Peleg
Relman Morin Ice
Nedy
Decker
David
Conrad Glass
Beatty
Oswald
Glass
Belli
At Jhe
Kennedy
Torney
Brown
Ruby
Billysense
Lee Harvey Oswald
John F. Kennedy
Stone
Dist
Atty
Henry Wade
Bell
Texas
San Franciscan
C.C. Cherry
Hilliard M. Stone
J.E. Saunders
jStooe
Wade
Melvin M. Belli
Joe B. Brown
Betancourt says Cuban agents still at work in Venezuela
President Betancourt said Cuban agents, despite harsh Venezuelan action, have not ceased operations. He noted some are jailed while others remain in the streets, continuing attempts to establish a Soviet beachhead in Venezuela.
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Betancourt
Caracas
Venezuela
Romulo Betancourt
Down-to-Earth Ruby Courtroom Sets Informal Tone
A Monday courtroom session shows an unusually casual setting with hats on desks and a colorful defense coach, Melvin Belli, working amid battered spittoons and dingy blue-green walls. The two defense tables meet the prosecution’s single table as reporters and spectators fill wooden benches.
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Melvin Belli
Union
Texas
Ruby
Soviets Reject Phased Gradual Disarmament
GENEVA RP The Soviet Union rejected Western phased gradual disarmament plans as unrealistic and unlikely to yield East-West compromise. Soviet delegate Semyon K Tsarapkin accused the United States of lacking reality and warned that five years hence U.S. production of nuclear weapons would triple, increasing the risk of nuclear war before any disarmament begins.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tasrapkin
U. S
United States
Tsarapkin
Agreement on Cyprus Reported
Britain and Cyprus reportedly reached principals for a plan to police the island with an international force under UN mediation. A consultative UN member committee would accompany the force as Secretary General Thant probes a ceasefire formula to avoid a Soviet veto.
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Max Harrelson
United Nations
N.Y
Britain
Cyprus
Jave
Mediterranean
U.N
Security Council
Johnson
Council
U Thant
Thant
Turkey
United States
Greece
Makarios
U.S
George W. Ball
Months of Debate Expected on Civil Rights Bill
Senate Democratic Leader Mike Mansfield of Montana said he expects months of debate in the Senate over the civil rights bill after a White House breakfast with Democratic leaders. He indicated the measure would occupy the chamber for months, but gave no date for taking it up.
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Washington
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Montana
White House
Farm aid and tax bill progress eyed in Capitol talks
House Speaker McCormack hopes conferees resolve tax bill differences today with a final agreement possible this week. Ellender urges quick action on a proposed wheat production aid measure and a modified cotton program to let mills buy cotton at a price near foreign buyers, with subsidies to growers.
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Mansfield
House
John W. McCormack
Massachusetts
Senate
McCormack
Johnson
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Senate Agriculture Committee
Orville J. Freeman
Ellender
Boycott Setback in Settlement Effort on U S Wheat
Labor Department troubleshooter James J. Reynolds failed to end a boycott on U S wheat shipments to the Soviet Union. Labor leaders demand half the grain move in U S vessels, thwarting President Johnson’s hopes for a quick settlement. Reynolds canceled a news conference and will travel to Daytona Beach for another dispute, a Florida East Coast Railway strike slowing Cape Kennedy work.
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Neil Gilbride
Miami Beach
Fla
Labor Department
U.S
Soviet Union
Johnson
James J. Reynolds
Reynolds
Daytona Beach
Florida East Coast Railway
Cape Kennedy
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