Emperor Haile Selassie Ousted as Ethiopian Coup ProclaimsNew Rule
In Addis Ababa a bloodless revolution installed Crown Prince Asfa Wassan as leader. Airports closed to prevent the emperor's return from Brazil while the new government cited ending 3,000 years of injustice and restoring rights. The emperor flew home but faces uncertain landing.
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Cairo
Ethiopia
Haile Selassie
Asfa Wassan
Addis Ababa
Brazil
Imperial Guard
Inry
India
Kennedy Wins Illinois Certification Of Votes In Post Election
Illinois state electoral board certified Kennedy with 27 electoral votes, giving him 300 total. Nixon held 223 as the board found no sufficient proof of fraud in Cook County. Kennedy won Illinois by 8,858 votes of nearly 4.75 million cast, with gains concentrated in Chicago area.
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Springfield
John F. Kennedy
Illinois
State Electoral Board
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Mississippi
Alabama
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd
Cook County
Chicago
William G. Stratton
Think Twice Before You Speak Says Chuckle
A humorous maxim cautions readers to consider words before speaking highlighting wisdom and wit in everyday chat. The quip plays on self restraint and the value of careful phrasing in social exchanges.
Woman from Ohio Drives South, Misses Exit in Michigan
A Marion Ohio woman with Ohio plates stopped at Brighton Post asking her location. She claimed to head for Chillicothe and ended up on an expressway. Troopers guided her home and observed her run a red light at a busy Michigan intersection while turning correctly.
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Brighton
Mich
Michigan
Ohio
Marion
Chillicothe
To Take B O Control C O Expected To Accept Offer
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway is ready to accept control of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad as more than half of B and O outstanding stock is tendered in the exchange offer. C and O officers will call a directors meeting to recommend acceptance. the offer expired December 14. The Central had aimed to block control and will take the matter to the Interstate Commerce Commission for approval.
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NEW York
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway
Baltimore
Anio Railroad
C&o
Nounced
Ffer
Central
Interstate Commerce Commission
North Viet Nam Accuses U S Fleet Readies Laos Intervention
Tokyo dispatch reports Communist North Viet Nam charging the U S 7th Fleet stands by off the Vietnamese coast ready to intervene in Laos. The broadcast says many South Vietnamese are fighting for Vientiane with anti Communist Gen Phoumi Nosavann and a state of emergency is proclaimed in South Viet Nam.
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Tokyo
North Viet Nam
U. S. 7Th Fleet
Laos
Vientiane
Phoumi Nossavan
South Viet Nam
Kong le
Sounthone Pathammavong
Thailand
Mekong River
Peiping
Swiss Elects Friedrich Wahlen President for 1961
Bern Switzerland AP Friedrich Traugott Wahlen 61 an agricultural expert was elected president of Switzerland today for 1961. His election by a joint session of Parliament was automatic and unopposed. The presidency rotates annually among the seven Federal Council members. Wahlen was economics minister and vice president this year.
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Bern
Switzerland
Friedrich Traugott Wahlen
Federal Council
Wahlen
Embassy In Laos Shelled In Vientiane Battle
Reports say fighting between anti Communist forces and leftist factions engulfed the U.S. Embassy in Vientiane Lao capital as artillery hit the building and staff were evacuated. Four Americans were injured and nearby offices cleared amid heavy shelling and airport control.
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Vientiane
U.S
Bangkok
Thaiand
U.S. Information Agency
Emassy
U.S. Moon Rocket Fails Again And Explodes Over Atlantic
The Atlas-Able lunar mission failed in its sixth attempt to put a satellite around the moon when the 10 story rocket exploded moments after liftoff from Cape Canaveral. Recovery efforts will follow and officials study the cause as Soviet space advances loom.
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Cape Canaveral
Fla
United States
Thight
SS Space
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Maj
Edward D'Arcy
Air Force Ballistic Missile Division
Atlas
Moon
U.S
Soviet Union
Earth
Kennedy moves to fill Cabinet posts ahead of Palm Beach trip
President elect John F Kennedy accelerates Cabinet appointments aiming to name at least two more members today. Fifty more posts remain vacant with Treasury and Justice favored options. Pierre Salinger said Kennedy will likely fill multiple positions and depart for Florida for holidays.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Palm Beach
Fla
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Weather Forecast With Snow Flurries Expected
The wind returns tonight and likely brings snow flurries. Temperatures drop to the mid-20s, colder than last night. Friday will be cloudy and colder with a high near 30. Saturday should warm slightly. Yesterday’s high reached 37 at 3 pm and the overnight low was 29 at 12:30 am.
Castro claims U S supplies explosive to enemies in rare anger
Fidel Castro blasted enemies of his revolution claiming the United States funds a powerful new explosive. He spoke at a midnight Electrical Workers Union meeting in Havana, denouncing union leaders as counterrevolutionaries and calling for a shake up in the electrical industry to deter perceived foes.
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Havana
Fidel Castro
United States
Electrical Workers Union
Fraginals
Cuban Confederation of Workers
Castro
Labor Front
U. S. Army
U.S. Central Intelligence
Masked Mob Celebrates Quiet Wedding of Jimmy Durante
Jimmy Durante weds Margie Little in a 4 PM Catholic ceremony at St. Malachy’s on 49th Street. A mobbed church exit and a Copacabana reception followed, with guests including Garry Moore and Jack Dempsey. The couple plans a San Francisco getaway with no definite honeymoon set.
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New York
Jimmy Durante
Margie
Jimmy
St.Malachy’s Roman Catholic
49Th Street
Broadway
St. Malachy’s
Robert
Lillian Danowitz Julius
Queens
Jack Little
Scotch Plains
N.J
Clement Hirsh
Northbridge
Calif
Edie Mack
California
A Cory
Copacabana
Durante
Garry Moore
Morey Amsterdam
Joey Adams
Jack Dempsey
San Francisco
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the Central
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Manhattan
Associated Press
State Department
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Mahesot
Crane
Sean
Eeane Women’s Page
Thee
Marvin L. Arrowsmith
Treasury
Douglas Dillon
Eisenhower
Dillon
Lal
Paris
Justice Department
Belle
Lucinda Wheeler
Columbus Ohio
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Lucinda
Sarasota
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Robert Berrellez
Thomas de Luca
Troy
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Los Angeles
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