Moroccan rebels fail coup as king vows vengeance
In Rabat at dawn, leaders of the attempt to overthrow King Hassan II were executed. Three generals and other officers were shot after detailing the plot. The king said the Libyan style coup was inspired by Libya's 1969 uprising and warned more executions could follow. Algerian and Tunisian officials stood with Hassan as the rebel assault on the Skhirat palace during the king’s 42nd birthday party was crushed, with heavy casualties among rebels and guests.
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Morocco
Hassan II
Hassan
Mohamed
Medbouh
Mustapha
Bougrine
Hambou
Atlantic Ocean
Supreme Court
Marcel Duprat
Idris
Muammar Kadafi
Egypt
Cairo
Algeria
Tunisia
Belkacem Cherif
Habib Bourguiba Jr
Skhirat
Smith
Kansas City Couple Witnesses Moroccan Palace Uprising
Kenneth L. Smith a Kansas City golf club maker and his wife Eva were guests of King Hassan II at a Rabat palace when a five hour coup attempt broke out. Smith, 70, said he barely escaped death as rebels and panicked guests fired at will. Hassan escaped injury and many were killed or wounded.
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Kansas City
Kenneth L. Smith
Hassan IT
Morocco
Rabat
The
Kansas City Times
Smith
Eva
Shawnee
Kan
Hassan
the Times
Weather COUNTY FORECAST With scattered thundershowers Likely
County forecast shows scattered thundershowers late afternoon and tonight with variable cloudiness. Tonight and Tuesday carry a 30 percent precipitation chance. Highs in the lower 80s to mid 80s, lows around 67 to 69. Record highs and lows note past values. 24 hour totals around 1.36 inches Saturday.
US Jets Hit Antiaircraft Guns Near Mu Gia Pass
U S Phantom jets from Laos into North Vietnam destroyed four anti aircraft guns and damaged three more near the Mu Gia pass, marking the most successful North Vietnam strike in over two months. Maj. Charles Johnson said the 46th protective reaction raid targeted 88 mm, 57 mm, and 37 mm guns, with some damaged.
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Saigon
U.S
Laos
North Vietnam
Mu Gia
Demilitarized Zone
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Charles Johnson
Johnson
Pressure Leak Cause Of Soviet Space Tragedy
The Soviet government said a pressure leak killed the three Soyuz 11 cosmonauts shortly before landing on June 30, with no ship structure fault found. They died from a rapid descent-vehicle pressure drop caused by a sealing failure, suggesting human error.
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Moscow
Georgy Dobrovolsky
Vladislav Volkov
Viktor Patsayev
Salute Space Laboratory
Earth
Kremlin Wall
Tass
Housing official presses for county zoning plan
Franklin County commissioners meet with Carol Laux ECKAN housing director to discuss Farm Home Administration housing in the county. She seeks countywide zoning funding land access and street markers while officials note township zoning plans and inspector costs and urge focusing on towns.
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Franklin County
Carol Laux
Eckan Housing Program
Farm Home Administration
Nichols
Area Youths and Sen Pearson discuss youth views on politics
Area students meet with Sen James B. Pearson at the Robert B. Wellington home for about an hour. Topics include a volunteer army, environmental issues, the draft, and party credibility. Students note weak voter registration and that campaigns in Kansas are light.
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James Pearson
Jim Brenner
Alan Gatlin
Kathy Loyd
Jewelscott
Volunteer Army
Young Peoples
Republican Party
James B. Pearson
Pearson
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
Senate
Public Works Committee
Lyons
Joe Dennis
Gatlin
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Vladimir Shatalov
Eckan Housing Head
Sen. Pearson
Iola
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Robert B. Wellington
Mark Kapp
Randy Paine
Anne Wolf
Patty Wasmund
Jim Capper
Pat Wellington
Stan DeFries
Davis Bennett
Steve Williamson
Capper
McCloskey
Rep
Paul N. McCloskey Jr
Calif.r
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Kapp
United States
Greece
NATO
Vietnam
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