Rebels Seize South Viet Nam Control In Coup
Paratroop battalions overthrew President Ngo Dinh Diem in a brief dawn uprising in Saigon. A rebel military committee led by Col. Nguyen Chanh Thi took power, pledging to fight Communist infiltration and end the Diem family rule. Casualties numbered 20 to 30 with many wounded. by afternoon calm returned as armoured units moved in from Mytho to join the rebels. No American casualties were reported among advisers. Diem, 59, was alive inside the palace. details on Ngo Dinh Nhu and his wife remained unclear.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Mytho
Nguyan Chanh Thi
Ngo Diem Nhu
Kennedy to Decide Cabinet On Working Vacation
President elect John F Kennedy flies to Palm Beach for a working vacation to blueprint his cabinet and meet Lyndon B Johnson in Texas. Adlai Stevenson is speculated as a possible secretary of state while Dulles and Hoover are asked to stay. Clark Clifford named liaison to Eisenhower era actions as JFK prepares to take office.
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Hyannisport
Mass
John F. Kennedy
Palm Beach
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Adlai E. Stevenson
Tion
Stevenson
Kennedy
Hyannis Port
Jacqueline
Washington
Allen W. Dulles
Central Intelligence Agency
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Dulles
Hoover
Nixon
Adlai Stevenson
Gov. Stevenson
Laos Rebels Stirred Up in Luang Prabang Split
The Luang Prabang military garrison pledged support to the Savannakhet Revolutionary Committee opposing Premier Souvanna Phouma. Prince Souvanna visited Luang Prabang, met the king, and returned. Gen. Phoumi Nosavan moved troops and seized an Air Laos plane carrying French teachers as reinforcements.
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Vientiane
Laos
Luang Prabang
Revolutionary Committee of
Sharp Rise In Unemployment and Job Drop Told
Washington reports October unemployment up by 191000, lifting total to 3579000 and the jobless rate to 6.4 percent. Long term unemployment nears one million while factory hours edge higher to 39.6 per week as auto work hours rise amid 1961 model production.
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Washington
Labor Department
Aovernment
Wolfbein
County Heroes Extolled In Veterans Day Speech
Major Thomas M. Holiman of Charleston paid tribute to Beckley and Raleigh County veterans in a dedicatory program for the Raleigh County Bank carillon bells. The event featured a recital by John Klein of Rahns PA and highlighted Raleigh County figures from the Revolutionary War to World War II, including Medal of Honor recipient Stanley Bender and a roster of local heroes.
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Raleigh
Raleigh County Bank
Thomas M. Holiman
Charleston
2Nd Army
West Virginia National Guard
Beckley
Raleigh County
John Klein
Rahns
Okey L. Patteson
Klein
Columbia
RCA Victor
Major Holiman
William Campbell
King’s Mountain
Lord Cornwallis
Alfred Beckley
United States Military Academy
States
James R. Utt
West Virginia Cavalry
Piedmont
Ezra Tenent
Holiman
Gordon Blair
Elmer Warden
William H. (Piggy) McGinnis
France
Stanley Bender
Louisiana Integration Showdown Looms Across State
In New Orleans a temporary restraining order bars state interference with schools and blocks enforcement of new segregation laws. Gov. Davis calls a second session to address schools and order, while critics warn of interposition. Five Negro first grade girls are admitted to two all white schools as courts previously ordered.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Jimmie H. Davis
U.S
J. Skelly Wright
Wright
Davis
Baton Rouge
State Sovereignty Commission
Frank Voelker Jr
U.S. Supreme Court
Half A Loaf Flag Flies On Labor Front
About 600 to 700 unemployed Wheeling Steel Corp workers gathered at the Virginia Theater to hear 57 year old M Elliott propose a plan to salvage the Ackerman plant by selling labor at 1.50 dollars an hour. The crowd pledged to push the idea to national audiences hoping a plant and jobs could be saved despite wage cuts and a looming auction.
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Clifford McWilliams
Wheeling Intelligencer
Wheeling
Virginia Theater
Ackerman
Wheeling Steel Corp
Mas M. Elliott
Irregularities and Fraud Charged in Several States
Washington AP reports Republican National Chairman Thruston B. urged state and county GOP leaders to probe voting irregularities and fraud claims, focusing on Texas, the Carolinas, and Michigan. The New York Herald Tribune noted election irregularities prompted leaders to review returns and consider if Kennedy's victory concession might be challenged.
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Washington
Thruston B
GOP
Texas
Carolines
Michigan
Camec
Morton
Justice Department
New York Herald Tribune
John F. Kennedy
The
Herald Tribune
Richard M. Nixon
Leonard W. Hall
Illinois
Cial
Postal Employes On Bomb Alert Nationwide Notice
Postal workers nationwide are to be alerted to detect and report suspicious parcels following a reference to the Nixon bomb incident. The notice warns of potential similar offenses, notes a prior delayed report, and calls for vigilance amid a cold to warming weather forecast and river conditions at Oak Hill Greenbrier and nearby gauges.
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Richard M. Nixon
San Diego
Calif
United States Post Office Department
Postal Service
U S Center Attacked in Algiers Riots After De Gaulle Wreath
European settlers clash with police and tear gas in Algiers in bitter anti De Gaulle riots. Students lead the demonstrations, stones and tomatoes fly, two score injured as the U S cultural center is stormed amid hours of clashes. Delouvrier visits monument as crowd shouts resign.
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Algiers
United States Information Center
U.S
Charles Gaulle
Algeria
Paul Delouvrier
Boulevard Pasteur
Jackson to Stay Democratic National Chairman Through Spring
Sen Henry M Jackson of Washington will remain Democratic national chairman until spring after earlier saying he would resign before Congress reconvenes in January. Fire tragedy in Corpus Christi claims five young children as flames destroy their small frame home. Kennedy replies to Khrushchev telegram read on Moscow home service. NASA reports Explorer VIII tests all eight experiments functioning including one switchable from ground. Brazil’s transport strike ends as half million workers return to duty. Actresses Shelley Winters and Marilyn Maxwell sue their husbands for divorce. Birdwatcher Connie Watts, presidential candidate, enters the scene.
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Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Congress
Corpus Christi
Tex
Moscow
John F. Kennedy
Khrushchev
Kennedy
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Brazil
Shelley Winters
Marilyn Maxwell
Assembly Votes on Kasavubu Seat at U N
United Nations vote clears resolution to seat President Joseph Kasavubu as Congo’s U N representative. Soviet Union dissents 6-1. United Arab Republic and Morocco abstain as they accuse credentials vote of conflicting with stalled Congo question talks. Both sides claim leverage for their preferred Congo factions.
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United Nations, N. Y
Joseph Kasavubu
Congo
U. N
General Assembly
U. S
Soviet Union
United Arab Republic
Morocco
Patrice Lumumba
Ambushed Irish Patrol Fights Back in Congo
In Katanga province Leopoldville Congo AP report states an Irish patrol repelled Baluba tribesmen attack, killing about 10 attackers and wounding 10 others before being overwhelmed. Ten wounded Baluba were captured and ten more were found dead. only two of the 11 man patrol escaped unhurt.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Katanga
U.N. Congo
Kennedy edges Nixon in nationwide returns for election
Associated Press tallies 164 230 of 166 078 voting units at 10 30 a m EST showing Kennedy 33 591 799 votes 50 2 percent and Nixon 33 307 866 49 8 percent. Kennedy leads in 23 states with 332 electoral votes to Nixon 26 states 191 short of 269 needed to win.
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Associated Press
Kennedy
Nixon
Transition plans name White House aides and study director
In the transition, four staffers join the White House including Pierre Salinger as press secretary and Andrew Hatcher as assistant press secretary. Kenneth O Donnell and Theodore Sorenson receive special roles. James M. Landis will study federal regulatory agencies with a Dec. 15 reporting target as cabinet picks expected by late November or early December.
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White House
Pierre Salinger
San Francisco
Salinger
Falls Church
Andrew Hatcher
California State Labor Commission
Hatcher
Kenneth O'Donnel
Worcester
Mass
O'Donnell
Kennedy
Theodore Sorenson
Lincoln
Neb
Sorenson
James M. Landis
New York
Landis
Harvard Law School
State School Enrollment Drops Across West Virginia
Charleston AP reports most West Virginia counties posted lower student enrollment in the new term, totaling 437,656, the lowest since 1952-53. Elementary grades fell by 16,164 to 266,915, while junior high and high schools rose 1,946 to 170,741. Finance supervisor Hamilton cites entrance age rules as a factor.
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Charleston
West Virginia
Berkeley
Brooke
Hancock
Jackson
Gilmer
Ritchie
William K. Hamilton
Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller divorce report
New York based report cites Earl Wilson stating Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller will divorce. Miller reportedly told the New York Post there is no chance of reconciliation and an official announcement is expected soon.
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New York
Marilyn Monroe
Arthur Miller
Earl Wilson
New York Post
Wilson
Miller
Tragic Case Of Mistaken Identity In Airline Deaths
Four stewardesses in a Burlingame crash led to a mistaken ID mix up. Mary Hawthorne 26 of New York was buried while Joan Frost 26, also from NYC, survived in California and later became Mary in fearsome error. The Bronx funeral was halted when the ring and calls confirmed the mix up. The dead girl’s family faced crushing grief as truth emerged.
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New York
Bronx
California
San Francisco
Peninsula Hospital
Burlingame
Mary Hawthorne
New York City
Joan Frost
Miss Frost
Paul Jensen
San Mateo County
Miss Hawthorne
Norma Pugh
American Airlines
Robert Evans
I Pugh
Evans
Mary
John F. Schnell
Thomas Frost
William
Philadelphia
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Marilyn
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