Selassie Returns Triumphantly After Ethiopian Revolt
Haile Selassie returned to Addis Ababa to quell a palace revolt that left several ministers dead or missing and rebels killed or captured. Diplomats reported hostage killings, street fighting damaged the city, and about 10 000 troops rallied to the emperor as the aftermath unfolded.
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London
Haile Selassie
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Defense
Commerce
Mwulugeta Bulli
Ras
Prince) Imeru
Soviet Union
India
Clark Mollenhoff
Washington
Minneapolis Star and Tribune
Des Moines Register and Tribune
Mollenbolf
Homer Smith
U.S
Mollenhoff
Smith News
Malfeasance Charged as Ohio Highway Worker Is Fired
In Columbus an Ohio Department of Highways Right-of-Way Division employee Nick Castor of Ravenna was fired for malfeasance and lack of good behavior. The dismissal cites Oct 10 to Oct 26 1959 when he allegedly helped sell two buildings on a right of way bought for interstate work for 100 dollars. The matter prompted a patrol and highway department investigation.
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Columbus, Ohio
Ovo Department of Highways
Nick Castor
Ravenna
Everett S. Preston
Castor
Youngstown
Highway Patrol
Highway Department
Preston
Seven Die as Trains Crash Near Brescia Italy
In a collision at Rorato near Brescia a locomotive on the Arlecchino derailed onto the Milan Rapido Express. Seven people are dead and many injured, including immigrant workers from Switzerland France and Germany. The Arlecchino was traveling about 90 mph and the Rapido about 55 mph. a wheel failure caused the derailment.
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Brescia
Italy
Venice
Milan
Trieste
Rorato
Arlecchino
Switzerland
France
Germany
Jeopardy Plea Ahead in Third Finch Trial
In Los Angeles AP report says Dr. R Bernard Finch and Carole Tregoff plan to press double jeopardy pleas at their third murder trial for the July 1959 death of Finch’s wife Barbara Jean. Judge David Coleman set January 3 as the tentative trial date and moved the case from Judge Leroy Dawson’s court after a deadlocked second trial.
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Los Angeles
R Bernard Finch
Carole Tregoff
Superior Court
David Coleman
Leroy Dawson
Finch
Miss Tregoff
Barbara Jean
UN Troops Rescue Austrian Hospital Unit in Congo Battle
Nigerian United Nations troops fought a six hour clash with Congolese soldiers at Bukavu prison to free a three member Austrian field hospital staff. One Nigerian was killed and a British UN officer wounded as at least ten Congo casualties were reported. Kamitatu fled internecine arrest amid Mobutu backed turmoil in Leopoldville.
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Leopoldville
The
Congo
U. N
United Nations
Bukavu
Cleophas Kamitatu
Cement spill blocks Main Street in Clarkdale incident
A cement truck trailer overturned in Clarkdale Arizona spilling about 12 000 pounds of dry cement across a block of Main Street. City workers cleaned the area as one official remarked with relief that it did not rain.
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Clarkdale
Ariz.p
Arizona
Little Boy Branded For Life Search On For Brothers
Akron Ohio AP two year old Johnny Roper Jr bears severe leg scars from lye abuse. Police search for his four brothers and sisters to see if others were mistreated while the grandmother is questioned. Mother jailed. father held at Honor prison farm. Stonington voters approve three street commissioners and a borough charter abolishing the street commission.
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Akron, Ohio
Little Johnny Roper Jr
St. Thomas Hospital
Johnny
Star County
Honor
Grafton
Stonington, Conn
Stonington
Minnesota shoppers spend 23 minutes in grocery trips
Marketing researchers at the University of Minnesota report that American food shoppers spend an average of 23 minutes in the grocery each visit, reflecting time spent selecting items and navigating aisles.
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University of Minnesota
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Selassie
Asmara
Brazil
Lars Bringert
Addis Ababa Radio
Asta Wassan
Joseph Kasavubu
Kamitatu
Patrice Lumumba
Col
Joseph Mobutu
New York
Time and Life
Sixth Avenue
0Th Street
RCA
Rockefeller
West Indies
Caribbean
North Main St
First National Bank
This
Spencer
Accutron
U. S
Bulova
Middletown, Ohio
Sutphin
Armco East
Middletown
Grand Avenue
Monroe, Ohio
Trenton
Ohio
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