Australia Mourns Holt as Crisis Looms in Wake of Disappearance
Prime Minister Harold Holt disappeared while swimming off Portsea amid rough seas. Deputy PM John McEwen led the government as search efforts paused. McMahon and Hasluck eyed Liberal leadership while defense and foreign ministers were floated as possible successors. Australians mourn while considerations of a coalition split and ongoing Vietnam War policy shape the crisis.
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Melbourne
Australia
Harold B. Holt
Holt
Portsea
John
William McMahon
Canberra
Country Party
McEwen
Allen Fairhall
Paul Hasluck
Lord Casey
Tony Eggleton
Fatal Pack Attack Kills Two Virginia Boys
Amherst County, Virginia. A father tried to shield his sons from a pack of German shepherds as they attacked near a creek by the Goodman home in Madison Heights. Gene Anthony Goodman four and Kenneth Goodman three died from severe wounds. their mother and another child were in shock at Lynchburg General Hospital. Two dogs owned by Ernest Floyd were impounded, a third shot, and a fourth unaccounted for. The dogs were often allowed to roam on Floyds land, where the boys had played before. The case rests with the commonwealth’s attorney and the courts.
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Lynchburg
Madison Heights
Gene Anthony Goodman
Kenneth Goodman
Eugene H. Goodman
Goodman
Lynchburg General Hospital
Amherst County
Mahlon H. Bryant
Bryant
Scott
Jack Faulkoner
Earnest Floyd
Goodman Land
Floyd
Commonwealth
Military Takeover Staged In Dahomey
Dahomey army officers stage a bloodless coup ousting President Christophe Soglo. A 15 member committee led by Maj Maurice Kouandete takes control while Soglo is placed under house arrest with his wife. Key factors include northern southern army split and economic woes.
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Cotonou
Dahomey
Christophe Soglo Sunday
Indepen
Gence
France
Iyov
Soglo
U.S
Clinton Knox
Major Daw
Maurice Kouandete
Army
Alphonse Alley
Alley
Africa
Fon
Kouandete
Weather sketch for Southwest Ohio area tonight and Tuesday
The forecast for Southwest Ohio and the Miami Valley calls for occasional rain or drizzle with mild temperatures and a low in the 40s tonight. Tuesday will be partly sunny and mild, with yesterday’s high near 30 and low around 44. A total of four tenths inch of rain fell over the weekend.
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Ohio
Miami Valley
Irish Court Justice Ce cil Lavery Dies at 73
Dublin AP reports Justice Cecil Lavery died Saturday at age 73. Lavery served twice as attorney general of the Irish Republic and held multiple high government posts before retiring in October from the Supreme Court.
Schoolyard Dispute Reaches Classroom In Odd Notice
A girl reports two boys fighting in the schoolyard and says the boy on the bottom wants to see the teacher. The remark leads to a routine classroom interruption as staff assess the incident.
Fire Destroys Marine Library at Miami Institute
Scientists sifted through soggy ashes after a Sunday fire shredded the University of Miami Marine Science Institute library on Virginia Key. The loss covered years of research and papers valued up to five to ten million dollars including man hours. Director FG Walton Smith estimated the monetary hit could reach millions as staff described the vast technical material ruined.
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Miami
Fla
University of Miamis’ Marine Science Institute
Virginia Key
Biscayne Bay
Walton Smith
Institute
Ohio River yields bodies of 3 more in bridge collapse
In light rain, a water-borne crane recovered three more bodies from a car in the Ohio River, raising dead to 16 with 41 missing. Divers fear rising river levels will hinder efforts to reach cars trapped under the bridge debris. The 40 year old suspension span failed Friday evening, dropping shoppers and commuters into the water.
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Point Pleasant
W.va
Ohio
West Virginia
Seamen under a common flag stranded in great Bitter Lake
Sailors from 14 ships, United States to France, remain idle on the Great Bitter Lake after Arab-Israeli war halted the Suez Canal. Crew members organize Christmas preparations and a floating tree, while pranks and stamps foster camaraderie amid hopes for a reunion.
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Great Bitter Lake
Egypt
Suez Canal
Nippon
Melampus
Multicolor Sails
Americo Rodrigues
Pompano Beach
Fla
Glenn
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Harold E. Holt
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Bridge
Ohio River
Max Ray
New Orleans
Ray
United States
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Poland
Czechoslovakia
Bulgaria
GBLA
Richard Angell
Auburn
Maine
Thomas Mullen
East Meadow
N.Y
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