Syrian Army Seizes Power in Lightning Damascus Coup
The Syrian army ousted President Nazem el Kousdi and Premier Marouf Dawalibi and dissolved the Constituent Assembly to install a provisional government. The coup, tied to neutralist Arab socialism, closed frontiers and ordered public restraint as Damascus radio said it was bloodless.
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Damascus
Syria
Syrian Army
Nazem el Kousdi
Marouf Dawalibi
United Arab Republic
Egypt
Gamal Abdel Nasser
U.A.R
Nasser
Iraq
Haydar Kuzbari
Junta
President Kennedy Meets With Secretary Rusk in White House Review
President Kennedy and Secretary of State Dean Rusk met at the White House to review Geneva and Berlin talks. Rusk returned from Geneva, briefed the president, and joined a National Security Council session before leaving without reporters.
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Washington
Kennedy
Dean Rusk
White House
Geneva
Berlin
Rusk
Nelle
National Security Council
Andrei A. Gromyko
Gromyko
U.S
Llewellyn Thompson
Moscow
Anatoly Dobrynin
Khrushchev
Supreme Court weighs ban on bunny bopping hunts
Raleigh AP State Supreme Court heard arguments on banning Harmony American Legion Post rabbit hunts called bunny bopping as a public nuisance. Attorney Richard Meek argued brute force used to kill rabbits endangers public decency and children watching. justices questioned scope and comparison to other hunts using guns or animals.
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Raleigh
State Supreme Court
Richard Meek
Charlotte
Harmony American Legion Post
Carlisle Higgins
Meek
James Yandell
Harmony
Yandell
Supreme Court
Walter Crissman
Legion Post
William B. Rodman
R. Hunt Parker
First Lady Dines With British Queen
Jacqueline Kennedy lunch with Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace attended by Prime Minister Macmillan and eight guests. Photographers and crowds greeted Mrs Kennedy as she toured London with Prince Stanislas Radziwill and invited guests.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
London
Buckingham Palace
Queen Elizabeth II
Harold Macmillan
Lady Dorothy
Mrs. Kennedy
Princess Margaret
Lord Snowdon
Palace
Prince
Princess Stanislas Radziwill
U.S
David Bruce
Radziwill
Bus Conductor Stops Pantsless Passenger In Glasgow
A Glasgow bus conductor reported a passenger John Carlin, 37, who was not wearing trousers and had his pants folded on the seat. He was removed at a police station and charged with disorderly conduct. Carlin pleaded guilty claiming his belt snapped due to whisky intoxication. The court fined him $14.
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Glasgow
Scotland
John Carlin
John
Dutch rush troops to West New Guinea escalation
The Hague dispatches four warships and airborne units to counter Indonesian infiltration. About 1,200 troops are being airlifted to New Guinea in DC8s. 138 marines left Amsterdam. Ships Limburg and Groningen and subs Zee Deserwt and Dolfijn join defense forces as Premier Jan de Quay cites threats and protection needs for inhabitants.
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Hague
Netherlands
West New Guinea
Jakarta
New Guinea
KLM
Amsterdam
New York
DCS
Caribbean
Curacao
Lima
Peru
French Pacific
Tahiti
Japan
Tokyo
Limburg
Gronigen
Zee- Deserwt
Dolfijn
Italy proposes four point partial disarmament plan
At Geneva the Italian Foreign Minister Antonio Segni unveils a four point program starting with a ban on military use of outer space. He pushes for confidence building steps ahead of full disarmament and supports Rapacki's five year nuclear free zone proposal in Europe.
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Geneva
Antonio Segni
Italy
Adam Rapacki
Europe
West
East
Germany
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Segni
Western leaders back Crust Segai plan at conference
The proposal from Crust Segai aligned with Western positions supported by U S Secretary of State Dean Rusk and Canadian Foreign Minister Howard C Green as part of the conference discussions.
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Segai
U.S
Dean Rusk
Howard C. Green
General Neyland Dies At 70 In New Orleans
General Robert R. Neyland, builder of Tennessee football’s empire and mentor to top coaches, died in New Orleans after a long illness. He was 70 and had been hospitalized since January 14 at Ochsner Foundation Hospital. He retired from coaching after 1952 but served as athletic director in his lifetime post.
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New Orleans
Robert R. Neyland
University of Tennessee
Neyland
Ochsner Foundation Hospital
Frondizi
Hugo Vaca Narvaja
Frondizi Rejects Military Ultimatum Orders Troops Cleared
President Arturo Frondizi ignored a military ultimatum and ordered troops from the pink palace. Armies took up positions at government centers, while Frondizi, after a brief lunch, rejected resignations from army and other service chiefs and faced a tense political standoff.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Arturo Frondizi
Navy
Rosendo Fraga
Army
Jorge Rojas Silveyra
Fair Force
Armed Forces
Adm
Gaston Clement
Frondizi
Parate
Hector Gomez Machado
Frondizi Bloc
Chamber of Deputies
Peronista
Government House
Santa Rosa
la Pampa
French mass 60000 troops guard Algiers against OAS revolt
In Algiers 60,000 French troops patrol streets to control 300,000 European settlers amid OAS sabotage of the cease fire. In the city 45 Europeans were killed and 120 wounded as protests continued. Oran reports a Moslem death and the arrest of ex navy Lt Cmdr Pierre Guillaume linked to the revolt.
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Andrew Borowiec
Algiers
Secret
France
OAS
Secret Army
Algeria
Oran
Cmdr
Pierre Guillaume
Cocter Cane
Sareet Arany
Navy
Paris
Edmond Jouhaud
Ex-Mental Patient Confesses in Girl's Strangling Case
A 6-year-old girl named Carol McAllister was found strangled near her Hollis Queens home after being lured away while roller skating. Ex-mental patient John Goeniger, 35, recently released from Pilgrim State Hospital, confessed to the killing. Carol's blue eyes, skates, and clothing were found at Goeniger's Bellaire home. authorities say medical reports show no sexual molestation.
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NEW York
Carol McAllister
Hollis
Queens
John Goeniger
Bellaire
Goeniger
Pilgrim State Hospital
West Brentwood
Long Island
Joseph McAllister
Florida
Cuban airliner crashes after takeoff from Santiago
An airliner with 22 aboard crashes into the sea near the southeastern coast of Cuba shortly after leaving Santiago bound for Havana. The 18 passengers and 4 crew members were killed, including a Baptist pastor and several Cuban Labor Confederation officials. Pilot Pito Salgarella, 32, attempted to return to the airport after mechanical trouble.
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George Arfeld
Havana
Santiago
Cuba
el Mun- 0
Agustin Gonzalez Sendedos
Cuban Labor Confederation
Antonio Maceo
Pito Salgarella
el Mundo
Salgarella
Cubana Airlines
Key West
Fla
U.S. Naval Base
Guantanamo
Tests Stated In Pacific Nuclear Blasts In Space
AP Military Affairs Writer Elton Fay reports McNamara says Pacific test series likely will include nuclear blasts to study antimissile tech. Aimed at radar ionization effects and electromagnetic impacts on guidance, with potential decoy use and shielded radar paths.
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Elton C. Fay
Washington (Ap
U.S
Pacific
Robert Sense
McNamara
Kennedy
United States
Soviet Union
House
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