Nigeria Army Chief Seizes Power in Coup Attempt
Maj. Gen. Aguiyi Ironsi declared himself temporary head of government and commander of all armed forces after a failed mutiny. He suspended civilian leaders, abducted Balewa and minister Festus Okotie Ebon, and ordered military governors to run regional affairs while troops secured Lagos. Nigeria joins a wave of military takeovers across Africa.
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Aguiyi Ironsi
Abubaker Tafawa Balewa
Nigeria
Tetephata
Lagos
Africa
Azikwe Nnamdi
Balewa
Nance
Festus Okotie Ebon
Tronsi
Ironsi
Kaduna
Transi
Federation of Nigeria
U S Official Abducted By Viet Cong Near Saigon
U S civilian official Douglas Ramsey, 28, of Boulder City Nevada, assistant province representative for the U S mission, was abducted near Trung Lap about 25 miles north of Saigon after Viet Cong ambush. His driver, slightly wounded, reported Ramsey raised his hands and was marched into the jungle amid the Crimp operation area.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Trung Lap
Douglas Ramsey
Boulder City
Nev
U.S
Cu Chi
Ramsey
Morocco man claimed 165 years dies after long life diet
Hadj Mohammed Ban Mbark of Casablanca reportedly died at age 165. He was survived by about 250 children and grandchildren and had five wives. One son in southern Morocco claims to be 110. He credited his longevity to a diet of vegetables and milk products.
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Casablanca
Morocco
LPL
Hadj Mohammed Ban Mbark
Hadj Mohammed
Weaver Gets OK in Senate for Housing Secretary Nomination
The Senate confirmed Robert C. Weaver, named by President Johnson as Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, by voice vote after the Banking Committee approved 14 to 0. Weaver would be the first Black cabinet member, with Prof. Robert C. Wood of MIT approved as undersecretary.
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Washington
Senate
Johnson
Robert C. Weaver
New York
Banking Committee
Weaver
Robert C. Wood
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Housing and Home Finance Agency
France ends boycott of Common Market after six months
France terminated a six month boycott of the European Common Market as foreign ministers opened a two day session led by Maurice Couve de Murville. He pressed for veto retention, limits on the Commission, and warned of dangers to national sovereignty. Observers expect stiff opposition to these demands and a postponement of any shift away from unanimity.
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Walter Hallstein
de Gaulle
Hallstein
United States of Europe
Britain
France
Jane
Couve de Murville
Charles de Gaulle
Common Market
Executive Commission
Hodges First Army Chief Dies After Long Service
Gen Courtney Hodges longtime commander of the 1st Army who helped liberate Paris and enter Germany in World War II died at Brooke Army Medical Center in San Antonio at age 79. He rose from enlistment in 1906 to four star general and served over 43 years with key advances from the Mexican expedition to Japan’s surrender aboard the Missouri. Survivors include his widow Milfred Lee Hodges and relatives in Georgia.
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San Antonio
Tex
Courtney H. Hodges
Hodges
US 1St Army
Paris
France
Germany
Brooke Army Medical Center
West Point
Georgia
Ft. McPherson
John J. Pershing
Governor's Island
N.Y. Hodges
Omar N. Bradley
Liege
Belgium
Rhine
Aachen
Haertgen Forest
Bulge
Cologne
Remagen
Rehr
Pacific Theater
Japan
Missouri
Perry
Milfred Lee Hodges
Police Question Milwaukee Youth In Attack On Girl
A 17 year old Milwaukee youth is being held for questioning after a rape assault on a five year old girl. Detectives say the suspect matched the description from the victim’s mother but identification is not yet positive. He denied the assault and was taken into custody at his home within hours of the attack.
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Milwaukee
Leo J. Woelfel
Viet Nam Tet truce ordered by Gen Westmoreland
General Westmoreland ordered a 78 hour cease fire starting noon Thursday for U S forces in Viet Nam in line with the South Vietnamese Tet holiday. Allied troops from South Korea Australia and New Zealand follow suit. The halt exceeds the Christmas truce but is shorter than the Viet Cong schedule. The directive allows self defense only until Sunday 6 pm CST.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Viet Nam
William C. Westmoreland
Tet Westmoreland
Westmoreland
Four Killed On Highways In Weekend Crashes
AP reports Wisconsin driving toll slowed with 1966 total at 32, down from 51 a year earlier. Victims include Viola Larson 42 of Dousman from a Highway 67 collision near Elkhorn, a three-year-old Dean Seboe of Horicon, Robert Klutterman 36 of Watertown in a Morrisonville truck train crash, and Eugene Lindell 18 of Stone Lake in a bridge crash near Stone Lake. In Indiana a Madison family of three perished when a tire failure sent their car into a bridge abutment on the Indiana Toll Road near Lagrange. The victims: Airman 2.C. Edward Myres 20, wife Linda 18, and their 1 ½ month old son Edward. Myres was stationed at Truax AFB and was en route home on leave.
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Associated Press
Wisconsin
Viola Larson
Dousman
Elkhorn
Horicon
Dean Seboe
Dallas
Robert Klutterman
Watertown
Morrisonville
Dane County
Eugene Lindell
Stone Lake
Washburn County
Indiana
Lagrange
Ind
Madison
Wis
2.C
Edward Myres
Linda
Edward
Myes
Triax Air Force Base
Far East
Niles
Ohio
Lagrange Toll Plaza
Voting Rights Debate Opens Before Supreme Court
The Supreme Court opened an eight hour session on the constitutionality of the 1965 Voting Rights Act as South Carolina and several Deep South states challenge federal power to abolish literacy and other voter tests. Attorneys general and legal officers from Alabama Louisiana Mississippi Georgia and Virginia argued alongside South Carolina with North Carolina abstaining. Attorney General Nicholas Katzenbach defended the law in his first major Supreme Court argument since becoming the government's top legal officer.
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Washington
South
Supreme Court
David W. Robinson H
South Carolina
Alabama
Louisiana
Mississippi
Georgia
Virginia
North Carolina
Nicholas Katzenbach
New Jersey
Fire Sweeps Green Bay Supermarket and Warehouse
A $175,000 blaze destroyed the Sure Way Supermarket and a rear warehouse on Green Bay's northeast side early Sunday. Firemen fought eight hours in subzero weather, discovering the fire at 3:30 a.m. The 50 by 19 foot brick structure burned out of control, with contents valued at $100,000 and building damage at $75,000. No injuries reported. cause undetermined.
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Green Bay
Sureway
Max Johnson
Rookie singer joins church choir at 93 in England
In a small English town, 93 year old Ned Gammon became the newest member of the St. Bartholomew's Church choir after joining on Sunday, surprising parishioners with his late blooming musical start.
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Fingest
England
GPI
St. Bartholomew's Church
Ned Gammon
Communist Official Ends Mongolian Visit
Soviet leader Brezhnev wraps up a five day Mongolia trip after signing a military treaty seen as targeting China. He said the agreement strengthens defenses of both nations as Mongolia borders China and the Soviet Union. The USSR has long backed Mongolia's armed forces.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Mongolia
China
Ulan Bator
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
GOP to Answer Johnson Tonight
Senate GOP Leader Dirksen and House GOP Leader Ford will deliver the Republican response to President Johnson's State of the Union. The taped 30 minute address in the Supreme Court chamber aims to scrutinize domestic spending and push for budget cuts. The plan notes a tough stance on Vietnam funding and Great Society programs.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
Republican Congressional Committee
Viet Nam
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Miami
House Appropriations Committee
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