Indonesia Premier Steps Out Crisis Deepens in Java Province
Indonesia's Premier Sastroamidjojo resigns amid a widening rebellion across the archipelago. President Sukarno proclaims a state of war and directs authority to district military commanders as rebels press four bloodless coups, seeking autonomy from Jakarta while pledging loyalty to the president.
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Jakarta
Indonesia
UFI
Fremiar Ali Sastroamid
Jojo Mnaliy
Sukarno
Java
Sastroamid
Jojo
Man nabbed after 100 mph chase through New Orleans
Police pursued a vehicle from Jefferson Parish into downtown New Orleans after a high speed chase at about 100 miles per hour. Officers fired 23 bullets at a 7 year old cat in the vehicle as it sped through traffic and residential areas.
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New Orleans
Acel
Jefferson Parish
Dutch Liner Freighter Crash Affects Refugees and Chase
A Dutch liner Waterman and Italian freighter Merit collided in the North Atlantic about 600 miles southwest of Ireland. Waterman reported a hole above the waterline and returned to Rotterdam with 12 passengers and refugees aboard. Separately, police in New Orleans arrested Carl Williams and Rochelle Ray after a dramatic pursuit ending with Williams fleeing in a taxi and being found with multiple charges.
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London
Waterman
Merit
North Atlantic
Rotterdam
Halifax
M. S
New York
Amsterdam
Canada
United States
Digezwagers Shipping Agency
Ireland
Helland-America Line
Genoa
Execution Scheduled for Friday
Supreme Court Justice Douglas rejected a bid to stay the 1955 kidnap murder case of Burton W. Abbott. Abbott, condemned for abducting and killing 14 year old Stephanie Bryan, faced the planned Friday execution at San Quentin. attorneys Davis Harrington and Brown pursued a stay and review, with the full court to rule on certiorari only if needed.
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Supreme Cour
Douglas
Burton W. Abbott
California
San Quentin
San Francisco
George
T. Davis
Abbott
Stephanie Bryan
Berkeley
California State Supreme Court
Harrington
U. S. Supreme Court
U.S. Supreme Court
Davis
Edmund G. Brown
Supreme Court
Brown
5400 Seek 300 Academy Openings
Maj. Gen. James E. Briggs Air Force Academy Superintendent said the school is studying 5400 applications for the next class and only 300 will be accepted. The statement was made Wednesday in Denver during the admission review.
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Denver
James E. Briggs
Air Force ‘Academy
Angry driver bites cop after red light chase
Philadelphia officer Edward Hegarty, 27, pursued Stanley Ford, 37, a railroad man, for running a red light. Ford resisted arrest and assaulted the officer, biting his thumb. Hegarty and two other officers apprehended Ford. Hegarty sought hospital treatment for his injured thumb.
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Philadelf Bry
Edward Hegarty
Hegarty
Stanley Ford
Ford
Robbery and Shooting Incident At Night Club
Police say a man was robbed of $9,000 and shot at a night club. Williams and a woman were later arrested after officers staked out the place. Williams was hospitalized with a bullet wound but doctors found only a sliver of glass in his back.
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Williams
State Water Leader Hewes Dies in New York
Evan T. Hewes, 59, president of the Imperial Irrigation District and California water leader, died Wednesday night in New York after an emergency heart issue. Governor Knight mourned his loss as vital to the Imperial Valley and state, noting Hewes had recently visited the governor to discuss water problems. He was flown from El Centro for treatment and died at a hospital. Mrs Hughes and family were offered condolences by the governor.
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Sacramento
Knight
Evan. T. Hewes
California
New York
Hewes
Imperial Irrigation District
el Centro
Imperial Valley
Commonwealth
Man shot, robbed of 9000 dollars near Salt Lake City
Lawrence Leon Dial, 39, a civil employee at Dover Air Force Base post exchange, was beaten and robbed of about $9,000 after being forced to drive the bandit to Salt Lake City. Dial, who slept at the Dover PX, was shot when he refused further cooperation and abandoned just inside Salt Lake City limits as police hunted the assailant.
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Salt Lake City
Lawrence Leon Dial
Utah
Wendover Air Force Base
Here
Dial
Salt Lake
Wendover PX
Salt
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Theodore Lefeber
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Vent
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Ahmad Hussein
Sumatra
Antara
East Indonesia
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Timor
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Carl L. Williams
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Tex
Rachelle Ray
Leon Carrington
Jafferson
Issid Williams
Arthur ‘'Terrebonne
Carrington
Texas
Terrebonne
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Horn
Canal St
Pavis
Dayton M. Harrington
Edmund F. Cullinan
Aeee
Driver
State Water Leader
Columbia
Colombia
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Thoase
First and Pacific
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