Pro-Nasser Junta Seizes Syria in Bloodless Coup
The pro-Nasser military Junta in Syria announces control after a Friday coup and forms a 21 member cabinet led by Salah Bitar. Damascus radio says borders and airports will reopen March 9 and foreign diplomats may enter with Foreign Ministry approval. Israel and UAR forces loom as Iraq and Jordan recognize the new government. Fear of spread to Jordan and Saudi Arabia grows amid regional alarms.
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Lebanon
UPI
Damascus Radio
National Council of the Revolution
Foreign Ministry
Abdullah Jabrili
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Salah Bitar
Ba’athist
Middle East
Khaled al Azm
Damascus
Egypt
Iraq
U.A.R
Jordan
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Nassar
Washington
U.S
Dean Rusk
United States
Abdel Karim Kassem
Israel
Jordan River
Flood Waters Recede as Ohio Valley Faces Threats
Floodwaters decline in Ohio Valley while ice jams and cold air threaten inundation in parts of Ohio and nearby states. Fremont’s Sandusky River ice jam prompted emergency measures as about 500 families fled. Red Cross opened disaster HQ in Columbus aiding 18,500+ affected across Ohio Indiana Pennsylvania West Virginia.
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Ohio
Ballville
Sandusky River
Red Cross
Indiana
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Columbus
Red China Eyes Recovery of Tsarist Russian Lands
London dispatch notes British experts say China warned the Kremlin it may seek to recover vast territories once part of the Chinese empire. The People's Daily denounced unequal treaties that Moscow imposed, listing 1858 Aigun, 1860 Pekin, and 1881 Ili agreements. The piece notes potential future disputes over Siberia and Pacific coast regions near Vladivostok and industrial centers like Komsomolsk and Khabarovsk.
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UPI
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Kremlin
Russia
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People’s Daily
Red China
Siberia
Aigun
Peking
Ili
Vladivostok
Pacific
Homsomolsk
Kharbarovsk
Massive blast at Modderfontein dynamite plant in Africa
A cataclysmic explosion leveled the Modderfontein black powder plant in Johannesburg. Officials reported one white worker killed, four Africans missing, with earlier estimates suggesting up to 35 deaths among about 4 000 workers amid widespread fires and smoke. Eyewitnesses likened the mushroom cloud to Hiroshima. Autoshots described destruction and shattered windows across miles. Factory manager said no sabotage found.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
UPI
Modderfontein
Pick 3Rd Pgh
E. K. Gibson
God Forgive Me Tucson Woman Kills Son and Self
Lucille Rhodes shot her 22-year-old son Gerald four times with a 22-caliber snub-nose revolver before killing herself in Tucson. Police said notes found at the home contained the quoted plea.
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Tucson
UPI
Lucille Rhodes
Gerald
Flu Incidence Low in Maricopa County Amid Minor Rise
Health officials in Maricopa County report flu and respiratory cases remain below normal for the season. Dr. Niels Poulsen notes a slight uptick, and a Phoenix shopping center offers $1 flu shots without health department approval.
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Maricopa County
Niels Poulsen
Phoenix
Health Department
Poulsen
Weather outlook with clouds and showers
Occasional high cloudiness today with considerable cloudiness tonight and tomorrow. A chance of showers in the area as winds pick up and temperatures drop. Today’s high near 78 and tomorrow’s high near 72, with low around 44 tomorrow morning. Sunrise 6 47 a.m. Sunset 6 31 p.m.
Russia to Withdraw Cuban Troops by Next Friday
Soviet Ambassador Anatoly Dobrynin said Russia will pull several thousand troops from Cuba by next Friday and that enough Soviet ships are available to complete the withdrawal. Secretary Rusk noted some deployments have already been reversed and said the United States would assess the situation later. In Congress, Mansfield accused Republicans of panic politics over pilots killed in the Bay of Pigs invasion, while Dirksen said he raised the issue only after RFK reopened it.
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UPI
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Cuba
Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Dean Rusk
Rusk
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Senate
Mike Mansfield
Mont
GOP
Everett M. Dirksen
Ill
Robert F. Kennedy
Air Pipe Blast at Siepmann Works Kills 16 in Belecke
An explosion from a burst air pressure pipe at the Siepmann foundry in Belecke near the Ruhr killed 16 workers and left 19 missing with 40 hospitalized. The blast at 9:30 a.m. shattered five factory buildings and damaged nearby homes as about 1,500 workers usually on duty were reduced to a fraction on a Saturday shift.
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Belecke
Germany
UPI
Ruhr
Siepmann Works
Scots Guards Strike Over Strict Rules At Windsor
Twenty five members of the Scots Guards left in a huff over discipline and grub, with fourteen rounded up in a citywide search. Names like Hugh Smith surfaced as returnees promised to repeat complaints, signaling long brewing discontent.
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London
UPI
Scots Guards
Hugh Smith
CSM
Stand On Airport Surprise Sparks Scottsdale Clash
A Phoenix official voiced surprise at Scottsdale opposition to a satellite airport in Paradise Valley amid Scottsdale’s annexation of 34 square miles. Scottsdale opposes the 48th to 64th Street site, fearing devaluation and favoring a Salt River Reservation location if lease terms allow. Local ranch owners questioned the process and impact, urging consultation before any airfield decision.
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Scottsdale
Paradise Valley
Edwin Thurston
Phoenix Municipal Aeronautics Board
Bill Clayton
Bell Rd
48Th
Scotsdale
Scottsdale Road
McDowell Rd
van Buren Street
Bell Roads
Clayton
Bill Schrader
Thunderbird
Schrader
Salt River Indian Reservation
Salt River
Aspirin Costs $3 Per Bottle in Cuba Refugees Say
A group of 105 Cuban refugees arriving on a mercy flight report life under Fidel Castro as a headache filled with rationing and shortages. They describe aspirin selling for $3 though labeled 89 cents and other medicines priced high, with store shelves sparse and people seeking U.S. help.
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Miami
UPI
Fidel Castro
House Holds Saturday Meet to Push Tax Equalization
The Arizona House met on a Saturday to tackle more than a dozen measures in a committee of the whole led by Speaker W B Barkley. The focus was tax equalization laws, statewide reassessment and reappraisal, with plans for possible special session if needed. Debate included a budget director proposal and a push to ratify a constitutional amendment ending poll tax conditions for voting.
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John D. Kendall Phoenix
UPI
House
W.B. Barkley
Maricopa
House Ways and Means Committee
Pima
Paul Fannin
U.S
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