Iraqi Leader Aref Seizes Power In Revolutionary Move
Baghdad radios report President Abdel Salam Aref has dissolved the National Guard and formed a revolutionary council after the Baathist leadership in Iraq was toppled. He ordered weapons surrendered, warned of execution for resistance, and pledged Arab unity with Syria and the United Arab Republic while seeking to continue the Syrian Iraqi military alignment. The coup follows internal Baath factional struggles and a week of turmoil as Iraqi forces secured key sites and freed prisoners.
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Ba’ath Socialist Arty
Ali Saleh Efsaadi
Baghdad Radio
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Baghdad
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Misprinted U N Stamps Bring Student 10400
A Bronx college student bought 50 misprinted United Nations stamps for 2 each on Feb 28 1962 and sold them weeks later for 208 each to Julius Stolow of Stolow Ind. The stamps commemorated UN housing facilities but miss the left side caption and shading. Dealers estimate value could reach 390 each, potentially about 20000 total. The find sparked comparisons to the Hammarskjold stamp case.
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New York
United Nations
Bronx
Julius Stolow
H. Alexander Fraenkel
Dag Hammarskjold
U. S. Post Office Department
Harrison and Sons of London
Stolew
U. S
Hammarskjold
Four Bodies Found After Boardwalk Fire Knocks Out Five Hotels
A blast of flame swept a block near Atlantic Citys Boardwalk killing at least four people and leaving 19 missing. The Surfside Hotel, a kosher house focused on elderly Jews, was engulfed in minutes while five hotels and a rooming house burned and an adjacent apartment building was damaged. Police reported 40 people were in the Surfside when the fire started shortly after 4 am, with 22 treated at Atlantic City Hospital. Firefighters and police recovered three bodies from the ruins, with the search continuing for additional victims as winds fanned the flames to neighboring buildings.
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N.J
Atlantic City Boardwalk
Hubert Bourbon
Atlantic City Hospital
Surfside
Bourbon
Milton Bauer
New York
Philadelphia
Bauer
Rauer
Convention Hall
James Mullen
Fatal Buffalo Car Crash Claims Two Local Victims
A 16 year old girl Katherine Logan of Buffalo and a 68 year old Avlin Uhiman died after separate two to three car collisions. Logan died at Kenmore Mercy Hospital from injuries suffered in Tonawanda while Uhiman died after injuries from a crash at an intersection here on October 31.
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Buffalo
Katherine Logan
Kenmore Mercy Hospital
Tonawanda
Avlin Uhiman
Buffalo General Hospital
Rochester man dies from blood clots after fall from truck
John I. Di Lucca, 44, of Rochester, died Sunday from blood clots that formed after he broke a leg in a jump from a slow moving truck on October 24. The truck was owned by the City Department of Public Works, his employer.
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Rochester
John I. di Lucca
City Department of Public Works
di Luca
Professors Arrest Details Revealed After Release
Yale professor Frederick Barghoorn, jailed in Moscow on espionage charges since October 31, arrived in New Haven and spoke at a news conference. He declined to discuss specifics of his arrest and confinement, saying he would share details after reviewing his views and the situation.
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Frederick C. Barghoorn
Yale University
London
Moscow
Barghoorn
New Haven
Conn
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Dryden Blaze Destroys Lumber Mill and Home
A pre dawn fire wiped out the main building of Grossman Lumber Co and an adjacent house near Ithaca. Power and telephone lines were cut, Dryden schools were ordered closed for repairs. No injuries reported. Cause and total loss not yet determined.
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Grossman Lumber Co
Ithaca
Governor and Wife Laugh at Tale of Baby Expected
Washington governor Nelson Rockefeller and his wife Betty laugh off rumors they are expecting a baby. Columnist Betty Beale in the Sunday Star cited Republican chatter about Mrs Rockefeller's pregnancy. The Rockefellers denied the claim when asked during a two day social visit after their marriage.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Betty Beale
Washington Sunday Star
Rockefeller
Rockefellers
New York State
Albany
N. Y
Supreme Court defers sit-in rulings in racial exclusion cases
The Supreme Court postponed ruling for at least 60 days on whether a private business can bar customers by race and asked the Justice Department for its views on the constitutional issue. The 5 to 4 vote reflected a divide, with Justices Warren Douglas Brennan Stewart and Goldberg in the majority and Black Clark Harlan White dissenting.
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Supreme Court
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High Court
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Douglas
Brennan
Stewart
Goldberg
Black
Clark
Harlan
White
Archibald Cox
Cox
Gem theft in Manhattan ends with hostages and escape
Two bandits flee an East Side apartment with gems totaling about $50,000 to $55,000 while holding multiple hostages. Mrs. Gurian’s alarm prompts a swift pursuit as robbers overpower elevator operators and a deliveryman during a wedding anniversary breakfast. One bandit carries roses, the other a gun. Continued on page eight.
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New York
Manhattan
East Side
John J. Gurian
Gurian
Kennedy Defends Policies In Florida Tour
President Kennedy denied anti business charges and said he aims to promote prosperity for all. He spoke in Tampa after arriving from Palm Beach, greeting schoolchildren and touring Strike Command HQ. The plan includes five speeches in Florida and Miami Beach before a Texas swing.
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Kennedy
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Hie Ee ES
Palm Beach
MacDill Air Force Base
Paul D. Adams
U. S. Strike Com
Multiservice Strike Command
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Miami Beach
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Texas
Chamber of Com
Rockefeller challenges Goldwater as GOP consensus test
Washington governor Nelson A. Rockefeller, a GOP presidential hopeful, said Barry Goldwater does not reflect the party’s consensus. Rockefeller, on CBS Face the Nation and in Washington, argued the 1964 platform should represent the mainstream, predicting Goldwater may shift positions before the convention to win the nomination. He questioned how voters would view Goldwater’s votes against Eisenhower and his need to explain changes.
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Washington
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Capitol Hill
Barry Goldwater
New York
Rockefeller
Washington National
Goldwater
St. Louis
Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sen. Goldwater
Kennedys Get Suite with Brighter Colors
In Fort Worth Texas President and Mrs Kennedy will stay in a $75 a day hotel suite Wednesday night while Vice President and Mrs Lyndon B Johnson take a $100 per day Will Rogers Suite. A hotel spokesman said the arrangements committee chose the Kennedys suite for its brighter colors. Neither couple will pay. hotel policy covers accommodations.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Hotel Texas
Will Rogers
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Kennedys
Three Girls Die In Fire Near Allegany County Farm
In a farm home near an Allegany County community, three girls died despite rescue attempts. Twelve-year-old Constance Cleveland and ten-year-old Veronica Cleveland, sisters, and their fourteen-year-old aunt Priscilla Cleveland were trapped on the second floor. Charles Cleveland, the girls’ grandfather, awakened by smoke tried to reach them with a ladder but was driven back by heat and flames as he evacuated his wife and son. Police reported the fire started in a one-and-a-half story frame house and are investigating the cause.
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Fillmore
Allegany County
Constance Cleveland
Veronica Cleveland
Priscilla Cleveland
Constance
Veronica
Charles Cleveland
Priscilla
Clevelan
Paul
Vinson Won’t Seek Re-Election After 50 Years in House
Washington Rep Carl Vinson Democrat of Georgia longtime House member announced he will not seek another term. On his 80th birthday he said he will retire when his current term ends January 3 1965 having completed 50 years in the House on November 14 1964.
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Carl Vinso
D-Ga
House
Vinson
Congress
House Armed Services Committee
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