Crown Prince Proclaimed King In Addis Ababa Amid Massacre Claims
Ethiopian radio reports an inhuman massacre in Addis Ababa as Crown Prince Asfa Wassan is proclaimed king replacing Haile Selassie. Casualties cited among peaceful demonstrators. embassy claims fighting split between emperor loyalists and supporters of the new regime.
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London
Addis Ababa
Asfa Wassan
Haile Selassie
Paris
King of Kings
Selassie
Asmara
Red Sea
Kingdom
Northeast Africa
Kabeda Gabre
Merid Mengesha
Defense Ministry
Brazil
Cairo
Abiye Abebe
Eritrea
Abebe
Ras Imeru
United States
Soviet Union
India
Wassan
Imeru
Mussolini
Italy
Ethiopia
Washington
Stockholm
Missouri Senate results confirm Democratic sweep with two GOP seats
Secretary of State canvass shows Democrats win 17 of 19 Senate districts. Notable races: Woolsey of Versailles defeats Hall 27 377 to 21 432 to capture Hawkins seat. Cason defeats McCluney 29 093 to 27 565 ousting Journey. Several unopposed Democrat wins also listed.
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Jefferson City
Missouri
Secretary of State
Noel Cox
Ozark
Thomas G. Woolsey
Versailles
C. R. Hawkins
Brumley
Charles F. Hall
William J. Cason
Clinton
Samuel G. McCluney
Warrensburg
Cason
Kelso Journey
Robert Pentland
Milton F. Napier
William F. Hilsman
John A Wilson
Michael Kinney
Edwin J. Szarzynski
T. D. McNeal
James Wilson
Edgar J. Keating
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Eula Huss
John M. Dalton
Dalton
Edward G. Farmer Jr
Joplin
Morgan M. Moulder
Camdenton
11Th
Robert A. Bartel
Columbia
Bartel
House of Representatives
Camden
Randolph
Moulder
Associated Press
Veteran Tax Help Offered Thursdays at Pettis Courthouse
The assistant State Service Officer will be in the Pettis County courthouse each Thursday to assist veterans in filling out income tax questionnaires and to answer questions about their income tax.
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Pettis County
Special Session Set By Governor Blair in Missouri
Governor Blair announced a special legislative session to fix a new higher pay scale for lawmakers after a constitutional amendment passed. The session would start next Monday, aim to finish in five days, with costs capped around 4000 to 5000 dollars. Current pay is 125 dollars monthly plus 10 dollars per day per roll call, with travel expenses twice a session. If no agreement is reached, lawmakers must wait until 1963 for higher salaries.
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Jefferson City
James T. Blair
Blair
Secretary of State
Weather Outlook and Temperature Readings
Friday will be fair with a slight warmup to near 40 and partial clouds. Thursday’s 7 am temperature was 35 with 1 pm at 40, and Wednesday night dipped to 34. Lake of the Ozarks stage stands at 57.2 feet, 2.8 below full, up 0.2.
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Lake of Ozarks
UN panel backs Algerian self determination referendum
The United Nations political committee recommended that Algerians decide their own future in a referendum organized and supervised by the UN. The Asian African proposal failed with a 47 to 20 vote and 28 abstentions.
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United Nations
N.Y
U.N
Blessed Art Thou Mary series opens in The Democrat-Capital
A five part Christmas feature recounts Mary and Joseph from betrothal through travel to Jesus birth. Written by George W Cornell AP religion writer, the series starts Tuesday in The Democrat-Capital.
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Mary
Joseph
Jesus
Democrat-Capital
George W Cornell
Associated Press
King Mahendra Ousts Nepal Government in Coup
King Mahendra arrested Prime Minister B P Koirala and 10 ministers, suspended the constitution, and assumed emergency powers. The palace crackdown followed accusations of law and order failure while Nepal’s first elected government faced a royal takeover amid army and radio control. Subarna Shumsher escaped to Calcutta as troops patrolled streets.
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Katmandu
Nepal
Mahendra
B. P. Koirala
Koirala
Nepali Congress
United States
Europe
Subarna Shumsher
Calcutta
Adenauer Returns to Office After Grippe Illness
Chancellor Konrad Adenauer 84 returns to his office in Bonn after recovering from a grippe attack that sidelined him for three weeks. He resumes duties as head of the German government and on behalf of BOM.
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Bom
Germany
Konrad Adenauer
Grippe
Red forces retreatively set fires at Laos capital embassy
Fighting in Vientiane left the U S Embassy and more than 10 buildings damaged by shellfire as retreating pro communist troops clashed with rightist forces led by Phoumi Nosavan. Four Americans injured amid mass evacuations to Bangkok. Embassy staff reduced to 20 key personnel. 180 others ordered out with page 4 continued.
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Bangkok
Thailand
U.S
Vientiane
Laos
Phoumi Nosavan
Pathet Lao
Kong le
Associated Press
Roy Essoyan
Damage Suits Award $11300 To Plaintiffs
Four damage suits were heard by Judge Frank Hayes in Circuit Court with a total award of $11,300 to plaintiffs. Margaret Byrd Alexander was awarded $3,600 for injuries from a July 22, 1959 Muddy Creek accident near Sedalia when a car driven by Steven Eisert ran off the road and overturned. A court approved $1,000 settlement payment to Denna Stevens from Dunn Beverage Co for a June 4, 1960 bottle explosion, fault allegedly in bottling. Attorneys were Martin, Gibson and Gardner.
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Frank Hayes
Margaret Byrd Alexander
Steven Harold Eisert
Hayes
John C. McCloskey
Muddy Creek
Sedalia
Eisert
Denna Stevens
Dunn Beverage Co
Martin, Gibson
Peggy Yvonne
Kennedy names Freeman for agriculture post in cabinet
President elect Kennedy picks Minnesota Governor Orville Freeman to be secretary of agriculture and AFL CIO lawyer Arthur Goldberg to be secretary of labor. Freeman, 42, a former Marine and law graduate, helped Kennedy win Minnesota and had been governor since 1955. Kennedy also tabbed George McGovern to head food for peace.
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Washington
John F. Kennedy
Minnesota
Orville Freeman
Kennedy
Arthur J. Goldberg
Freeman
Goldberg
William L. Dawson
Illinois
Georgetown
Los Angeles
George McGovern
D-S.d
Missouri farm bureau names Olen Monsees director
In Denver the American Farm Bureau Federation elected Olen Monsees of Smithton Missouri as a director. Monsees is president of the Missouri Farm Bureau Federation and takes over from W Boone of Eureka Kansas. The board, serving as the policy making arm between national conventions, has 13 members.
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Denver
American Farm Bureau Federation
Olen Monsees
Smithton
Monsees
Missouri Farm Bureau Federation
W. IL. Boone
Eureka
Kan
Sedalia Stores See Busy Christmas Shopping Nights
Sedalia merchants report crowded shops as out-of-town and local shoppers fill stores. Beginning Monday stores stay open nightly until 8 30 pm through Christmas Eve, with Friday hours extended and a brisk postwork rush expected.
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Sedalia
Oull Town
Central Missouri
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