Cyprus tensions flare as Turkish air force goes on alert
Turkish air force is on alert with all leaves canceled and pilots ordered to stay at bases amid Cyprus tensions near Lefka northwest of Nicosia. The navy also canceled leaves at Iskenderun. Makarios warns of retaliation but seeks to avoid incidents as UN force reports heavy exchanges with no casualties.
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Turkey
Turkish Air Force
Cyprus
Lefka
Nicosia
Iskenderun
Makrios
Makarios
U.ning Force
Aeronca Displays Aluminum Coal Car Plan for Rail Use
Aeronca Manufacturing shows a four section aluminum coal hopper under construction for the Southern Railroad System. The car combines four joined units with 105 foot length and 9000 cubic feet capacity. It weighs 40 tons empty and about 300 tons gross, designed to carry 20 percent more coal with 15 percent less weight than steel rivals.
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Aeronca Southern Railroad System
Aeronca Manufacturing Corp
Aeronca Engineers
John K. Wethertee
Southern Railroad System
Aeronca
Lamneck Street
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Indonesias Communist Mob Targets Major Film Firms
A 3000 strong mob of Communist demonstrators in Jakarta pressed for expulsion of Metro Goldwyn Mayer Twentieth Century Fox and Warner Bros from Indonesia. They claimed to seize offices of Indonesian agents and demanded Bill Palmer of the MEAA leave. The group named Papfi as the organization behind the protest and called for converting offices into Indonesian youth and film halls. Government had lifted a Communist ban on American films last September but screenings have not resumed.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
Metro Goldwyn Mayer
Twentieth Century Fox
Warner Bros
Bill Palmer
Motion Picture Exports Association of America
Papfias
Sukarno Government Seizes Rubber Plantations in Sumatra
American sources report three offices hold substantial stock of firms but no other assets. President Sukarno’s government assumed control of American owned rubber plantations in North Sumatra last month after Communist dominated workers demanded seizure of the estates.
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Sukarno
North
Sumatra
Headline Humor From a Child About Early TV
A small boy humorously argues for television noting that before TV nobody knew what a headache looked like. The remark captures early era attitudes toward television and its influence on everyday life.
Germans Attacked By Arabs Amid Bonn Israel Talks
Beir ut reports demonstrations sweep the Arab world as West Germany moves toward diplomatic ties with Israel. Two floors of the Bonn embassy in Baghdad were burned out during the protest, and 10,000 Iraqis reportedly marched on the building. The radio said the German flag was hauled down but the embassy sustained no damage.
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Beirut
Lebanon
West Germany
Israel
Bonn
Baghdad
Iraq
Baghdad Radio
Radio
Demonstrators Rally in Beirut Over Nasser Support
Reports note no embassy employees were hurt as Beirut crowds gathered in downtown quarters. Protesters chanted praise for Egyptian President Gamal Abd al Nasser and denounced Tunisian President Habib Bourguiba for his criticisms of Nasser's call for Arab reprisals against West Germany.
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Beirut
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Habib Bourguiba
Nasser
West Germany
Riot police guard embassies as protests halt
In Beirut area reports describe riot police at the West German and Tunisian embassies and German schools. Gendarmes block demonstrators from moving toward the embassies while in Jerusalem the Knesset was to vote on diplomatic ties with Bonn with ~two thirds backing a simple majority needed for approval.
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Jerusalem
Bonn
Viet Nam Force May Be Reefed
U S policy makers consider a further increase in American forces in South Vietnam. Reports say dispatch of Army units under discussion as Gen Harold K Johnson met with President Johnson and the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the White House.
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Viet Nam
Washington
U. S
South Viet Nam
U.S
Harold K. Johnson
Army
Saigon
Johnson
Joint Chiefs of Staff
White House
Dayton Tavern Patron Slain as Two Wounded in Shooting
Carl Bartee, 38, of New Carlisle, died at Miami Valley Hospital after a shooting at Mike's bar in Dayton. His nephew Roland Lodwick, a waitress Ruth Sherman, both 29 and 43 respectively, were reported in critical condition. Lodwick aided others and described a young man in a black jacket who entered the rear bowling area and opened fire.
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Carl Bartee
New Carlisle
Roland Lodwick
Ruth Sherman
Miami Valley Hospital
Miss Sherman
Lodwick
Bartee
Police Captain Testifies in Selma March Shooting Case
Selma police Captain Thomas Pyron testified in federal court that he disarmed and arrested an angry white man who brandished a pistol during a civil rights march in Selma a week earlier. The testimony may close the Selma-Montgomery march case.
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Montgomery
Ala
Selma
Thomas Pyron
Columbus Police Asked To Hunt Motel Manager
Joseph E. Wing, 49, manager of the Airway Lodge at Port Columbus, has been missing since last Thursday. His wife says he went to a downtown drug store for heart pills, then disappeared on the way back to the airport where he had an appointment with his employer. He reportedly called twice about car trouble and taking a taxi but did not arrive.
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Columbus, Ohio
Joseph E. Wing
Airway Lodge
Port Columbus
Weather outlook with mild night and rain chance
The forecast calls for a mild night with a low of 34. St Patrick's Day will start cloudy and cooler with occasional rain and temperatures in the 40s. Yesterday's high reached 50 and today's low was 2.
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St. Patrick's Day
Perons Forces Gain In Voting In Argentina
Returns from Argentina's congressional elections show Peronist forces achieving the largest popular vote since exile, with Illia's Popular Radical party garnering 2,620,897 votes and the two Peronist groups totaling 3,190,733. The ruling party won 40 seats, with 35 holdovers. overall 22 seats short of a majority in the lower house.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Peron
Peron
Arturo Illia
Popular Radical Party
Illia
Congress
Ranger 9 Firing Is Set
Cape Kennedy Florida March 21 1965 Ranger 9 prepared for a lunar probe as NASA moved Gemini two man launch to March 23 due to Atlantic Missile Range tracking equipment conflicts if launch slips delay could push firing to late April Gemini crew Virgil Grissom and John Young slated for three orbit mission March 22
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Fla
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Ranger
Gemini
Air Force
Virgil J. Grissom
Navy
John W. Young
Quick Action Sought By LBJ From Congress
President Johnson wins broad support from Democrats and Republicans urging rapid congressional action to ensure equal voting rights for all Americans.
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Washington
Johnson
Praise for Johnson voting rights address floods critics
Civil rights leaders nationwide praised President Johnson's congressional speech on voting rights calling it historic and moving. They urged swift action on the bill, with CORE and the Urban League leaders calling for concrete reforms while some Southern lawmakers threaten filibusters. Johnson urged quick passage, proposed federal registrars, and warned against delay while highlighting Selma as a turning point. He urged Congress to work nights and weekends if needed to win enactment and defended free speech and assembly amid protests.
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Johnson
Congress
James Farmer
The
Congress of Racial Equality
Whitney M. Young Jr
National Urban League
Young
Farmer
CORE
America
Selma
Ala
Lexington
Concord
Appomattox
North
Jolinson
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Emanuel Celler
D-N-Y
House Judiciary Committee
House
Senate
Civil Service Commission
Reactions Mark Johnson Speech as Historic Civil Rights Push
Bayard Rustin, Thomas Kilgore Jr., and Edwin Berry hailed the President’s address as a turning point. They urged swift action on voting rights and expanded social and economic justice with federal backing.
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Thomas Kilgore Jr
West Coast
King’s
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
Edwin C. Berry
Chicago Urban League
Johnson
United States
Queen Visits Duke and Duchess of Windsor in London Clinic
Queen Elizabeth II met with the Duke of Windsor and Wallis Simpson at the London Clinic where the duke is recovering from retina surgeries. The private 25 minute visit, the first since Edward VIII abdicated in 1936, raises speculation about a possible return to Windsor.
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Duchess of
Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Edward VIII
Windsor Castle
Britain
Don
Michael Adeane
Duke
Buckingham Palace
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