Children lead Indonesian revolt against Sukarno regime
Ratna Djuwita and thousands of students join a anti-Communist movement that toppled Sukarno aligned to Communist China. They confront cabinet reshuffles, storm the Merdeka palace area, and fuel the rise of Lt. Gen. Suharto. Subandrio targeted, Nasution sidelined amid heavy clashes and casualties. The uprising moves toward a military-led regime in 1966.
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Ratna
China
Indonesia
Suharto
Subandrio
Sukarno
Abdul Haris Nasution
Communist Party
Fle
Sumardjo
Merdeka
Freedom
State Secretariat
Kami
Hakim
Nasution
West Java
Java
Sukarno’ S
Buffalo
Dent
San Francisco
Thousands Voice Protest To War In U S
Thousands protested the Vietnam War in more than twenty marches across the United States and in foreign cities. In New York more than 20 000 marched Fifth Avenue to Central Park amid a clash with police and counter demonstrators. Police arrested seven counterdemonstrators for disorderly conduct.
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U.S
Viet Nam
New York
Fifth Avenue
Central Park
The
League For Sexual Freedom
Washington
White House
American Nazi Party
Cape Kennedy
Fla
Space Base
Dayton
Ohio
Buddhist Institute of
Saigon
Hue
da Nang
Gemini 8 astronauts describe spin not near blackout
Armstrong and Scott told a news conference they remained conscious during Gemini 8's fatal spin after a short circuit fired a docking jet. They compared the experience to a spinning airplane and recalled the moment they unlatched to regain control.
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Manned Space Center
Houston
Tex
Neil A. Armstrong
David R. Scott
Armstrong
Manned Spacecraft Center
Scott
Turkish leader in deep coma as successor named
President Cemal Gursel of Turkey, 70, remained in a deep coma at a Ankara military hospital. Doctors said the Washington arrival did not worsen his condition after a 47 day coma from strokes. All six parties agreed on successor Senator Cevedet Sunay, 66, a former four star general.
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Ankara
Turkey
Cemal Gursel
Gulhane Hospital
Washington
Walter Reed Army Hospital
Gursel
Sen
Cevedet Sunay
Inflation pressures ease as White House targets bottlenecks
Washington officials say a commodity by commodity approach has slowed inflation. Federal moves released metals from stockpiles, tightened exports, sold grain, and encouraged contractors to substitute plentiful materials. Publicized price rollbacks aided by the Presidents Council of Economic Advisers also softened aluminum and steel costs while officials note improving food prices and a delay in any new tax increases.
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Washington
Johnson
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Defense
Defense Department
Council of Economic Advisers
Westby Man Electrocuted In Minnesota
Roy Bakken a 39 year old Westby Wisconsin father of five died in Minnesota while working to restore blizzard damaged lines for Freeborn Power Rural Electric Cooperative. He climbed a pole to check a loose insulator and touched a high voltage line, his body found in a safety belt. Bakken was employed by Vernon Electric Cooperative and funeral services were arranged by Anderson Funeral Home in Westby.
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Austin, Minn
Roy Bakken
Westby
Wis
Freeborn Power Rural Electric Cooperative
Mower County
Doyle Lindahl
Bakken
Minnesota
Vernon Electric Cooperative
Anderson Funeral Home
Dorothy Jenson
Wisconsin teen named 1966 Junior Miss America
Eighteen year old Diane Wilkins of Wauwatosa Wisconsin won the 1966 Junior Miss title in Mobile Alabama over eleven finalists. She will use a 10000 dollar scholarship to study medical research at Smith College. First runner up was Anne Collins of Honolulu Hawaii who receives 6000 and a 1000 dollar personality award and will attend Wellesley College for diplomatic service. Second runner up Joan McMonagle of New York City earned 4000 dollars for nursing studies at Georgetown University.
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Mobile
Ala
Diane Wilkins
Wauwatosa
Wisconsin
America
Smith College
Northampton
Mass
Hawaii
Anne Collins
Honolulu
Collins
Wellesley College
Wellesley
Joan McMonagle
New York City
Georgetown University At Washington
Municipal Auditorium
Demonstrators Press Ky as U.S. Role Draws Fire in Saigon
In Saigon and across South Vietnam protesters denounce Premier Nguyen Cao Ky’s regime as selling out to the United States. Ky appeals for calm on Radio Saigon while U.S. Marines secure a southern riverfront beachhead to protect supply lanes.
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Edwin Q. White
Saigon
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Cao Ky
United States
U.S
Cam Ranh Bay
da Nang
Ngo Dinh Diem
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Mississippi River
Davenport
Iowa
West River Drive
Stanley M. Swinton
Jakarta
Ratna Djuwita
Bandoeng
Arif Rehman Hakim
University of Indonesia Medical School
Tara
Associated Press
Market Street
Isadore Lipschitz
Brooklyn
Committee For Independent Political Action
AP Aerospace
Air Force
Senate House Economics Committee
Radio
South China Sea
Enterprise
North Viet Nam
5Th Marine Regiment
Greaseball
Marine Aircraft Group Pfe
David A. Larson
Duluth
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