Aref Leads Iraqi Army in Dawn Coup to Topple Baath Regime
Iraq's figurehead president Abdul Salam Aref led a dawn coup with the army and air force, seizing Baghdad and declaring exceptional powers as the Baathist regime faced resistance from the national guard. The UAR supported Aref, who urged Arab unity with Syria and Egypt, amid reports of unrest and disbanding of the national guard.
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Iraq
Beirut
Lebanon
CPI
Abdul Salam Aref
Baghdad Radio
Aref
Oie Haoene
Sat “Tong
Yong Five Nasser
Cairo
Gamal Abdel Nasser
United Arab Republic
Syria
U.A.R
National Guard
Baath
Ali Saleh
Baath Party
Kassem
Bakr
Kennedy Denounces Anti business Bias in Tampa Address
President Kennedy defended his policies as pro growth during a Florida Chamber of Commerce speech in Tampa. He argued federal spending cuts and better economies will curb deficits, promised space flight advances, and outlined five questions from business leaders while touring Strike Command headquarters.
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Tampa
Fla
Kennedy
Florida Chamber of Commerce
Palm Beach
Sinc. Dill Air Force Base
Paul D. Adams
US Strike Command
Air Force
Army
Multi-Service
Strike Command
Washington
Miami Beach
South
Florida
Texas
Chamber of Commerce
St. Petersburg
Defaueet
Atlantic City Fire Destroys Five Hotels Three Dead
A massive early morning fire destroyed five hotels and a rooming house along the boardwalk area in Atlantic City. Three bodies recovered from Surfside Hotel with 40 people reportedly in the building at the blaze start. Police and fire crews continued search for missing guests, including year round residents and visitors from New York and Philadelphia.
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Atlantic City
Surfside
Atlantic City Boardwalk
Hubert Bourbon
Atlantic City Hospital
Milton Raver
New York
Philadelphia
Raver
Raner
Bauer
Oklahoma highway toll climbs with weekend crashes
A teen driver died after a pursuit crash near Midwest City while a States woman perished in an Altus collision. Other fatal wrecks claimed Maurice Petty 16 Spencer Margaret Ann States 3 Altus Manervia Vandergriff 70 Vinita Walter Lane 71 Vinita John Melton 44 Henryetta Sue Elam 3 Lindsay Willie Mae Jones 32 Wichita Kan and others in McClain and Seminole counties.
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Maurice Petty
Spencer
Margaret Ann States
Altus
Manervia
Vandercriff
Vinita
Walter L. Lane
John Melton
Henryetta
Sue Elam
Lindsay
Willie Mae Jones
Wichita
Kan
Highway Patrol
Petty
Midwest City
U.S. 62
States
North Fork
Red River
Miami
Vandergriff
Lane
U. S. 66
U.S. 59
Okla
Jones
Seminole
Melton
Claremore
Okmulgee
Elam
Criner
McClain County
Alma Elam
Jay Bearden
Purcell
Bond Issues to Be Aired on Lawton Waterworks
Proposed bond issues for expansion and improvement of Lawton waterworks will be aired at three meetings tonight. Programs begin at Central junior high 7 30, Dunbar PTA 8, and the National Secretaries Association at the Hotel Lawtonian 7. Al Terrill, Water Steering Committee member, announced.
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Lawton
Central Junior High
Dunbar Pta
National Secretaries Association
Lawtonian
PTA
al Terrill
Prairie Fire Ravages Eastern Oklahoma Ranchland
In Muskogee Oklahoma residents assess damage after a massive prairie fire that burned 40 square miles, destroyed 15 farm buildings and at least 200 cattle. Civil defense director Clyde Neff calls the area “really black” and praises the lack of loss of life despite 30 hours of firefighting amid a severe drought and strong winds.
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Muskogee
Oklahoma
Clyde Neff
Neff
Warm Trend To End Chill In Oklahoma
Cool dry air settled over Southwestern Oklahoma after a Pacific cold front dropped Lawton Fort Sill to an overnight low of 37. The U S weather bureau forecast a warming trend starting west tonight and spreading across the state Tuesday. Lawton expects clear to partly cloudy skies with highs near 62 and a low around 38 today and 68 on Tuesday. The five day outlook calls for temperatures about eight degrees above normal with little rainfall through Saturday.
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Oklahoma
Lawton-Fort Sill
U.S. Weather Bureau
Lawton
Last Planeload Arrives as Big Lift Troops Return
Fort Sill's Major General Griffing greeted about 1,100 soldiers from the 2nd Battalion 31st Artillery and 2nd Battalion 36th Artillery upon arrival at Shepard Air Force Base. The units, part of Exercise Big Lift with NATO in Germany, supported Fort Hood's 2nd Hell on Wheels Armor Division and endured delays during the three week operation.
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Fort Sill
L. S. Griffing
Sill
Germany
Sheppard Afb
Tex
Fort Sills
Griffing
31St Artillery
Th Artillery
John Sawdridge
Douglas Harper
Sills
Fort Hood
Diers
NATO
Frankfurt
Oklahoma Democrats vote to back national platform oppose right-to-work
Oklahoma City AP report: The Oklahoma Democratic executive committee approved an 8-7 resolution endorsing the national party platform which includes opposition to right-to-work. The stormy meeting could make the issue a partisan item in future elections. Governor Bellman waits on the state Supreme Court for final action on a statewide or primary vote.
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Oklahoma City
Oklahoma
Democratic Party
Henry Bellman
State Supreme Court
Bellman
Republican Party
Marian Opala
Soldier fatally shot at Fort Sill in Lawton case
A 26 year old Fort Sill soldier Pfc George J Custis was fatally wounded by a pistol shot during a Saturday night clash in Lawton Oklahoma. A Fort Sill man on temporary duty at the stockade is held for investigation after signing a statement claiming self defense though witnesses describe additional shots after Custis fell. Custis a Salisbury Maryland native who joined the Army in 1958 and served at Fort Jackson Fort Gordon Fort Bragg Germany and Fort Belvoir before arriving at Fort Sill.
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Fort Sill
East Lawton
George J. Custis
Briy. D
44Th Arty
Fort
Cleo Stout
Custis
Salisbury
Army
Fort Jackson
S. C
Fort Gordon
Fort Bragg
N. C
Germany
Fort Belvoir
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