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U S Newsman Henry Taylor killed in Congo fighting
Henry Noble Taylor, 32, Scripps-Howard correspondent, was shot and killed near Bakwanga in Kasai province while reporting fighting between Congolese army troops and Kalonji supporters. He arrived in the Congo five days earlier and died around noon as refugees and Kalonji fighters held Tchilenge. He was son of Henry J. Taylor, veteran broadcaster and U.S. ambassador to Switzerland. He had covered Lebanon 1958, Cuba, Khrushchev tour, and Latin America and the Far East trips, winning the Ernie Pyle Memorial Award in 1959.
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Leopoldville, the Congo
Henry Noble Taylor
Scripps-Howard
Albert Kalonji
Kasai Province
Leopoldville
Taylor
Henry J. Taylor
U. S
Switzerland
Congo
Luluabourg
Bakwanga
Tchilenge
Henry Tanner
New York Times
Eugen Mannoni
le Monde
Jacques Chapus
France Sor
Beuchimaye
U.S
Katanda
Tchibinde
Kalonji
U.N
Clare He Timberlake
Lebanon
Cuba
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Latin America
Far East
Ernie Pyle
Japan
Korea
Hong Kong
University of Virginia
Naval