Ethiopian Crown Prince Declares King in Addis Ababa Coup
British and Ethiopian reports describe fighting in Addis Ababa as Crown Prince Asfa Wassan is proclaimed king replacing Emperor Haile Selassie. The coup severs communications, suspends air traffic, and seeks to end three millennia of dynastic rule while the emperor travels abroad.
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London
Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Edward Heath
House of Commons
Asfa Wassan
Haile Selas Re
Brazil
Heath
Lvlpopia
Asta Wa
Solomon
Sheba
Thiopia
West Africa
Latin America
Africa
Orean
U.N
Congo
Hwwever
Asta Wassan
Sore Otier
Nepal King Arrests Premier Koirala Rules Directly
King Mahendra of Nepal took direct control of the government and ordered the arrest of Premier B. P. Koirala and other members of the elected government. The king ascended the throne in 1963 and established a new constitutional framework altering Nepal’s political history.
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Revolutionary Movement
Ube Mumtrehy
Nepali Congress
Sailor Fined by Court Martial for Desertion Flight
Norfolk based court-martial fined 25 dollars per month for six months and reduced in grade the 34 year old sailor Robert H. Swain after he flew a four engine Navy patrol bomber from San Diego to Shreveport and back in violation of military conduct standards.
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FLYER
Norfolk, Va
Sng
San Diego
Calif
Shreveport
Robert H. Swain
$40 Million Atlas-Able Moon Rocket Blows Up
The Atlas-Able rocket failed for the sixth straight try to reach the moon, exploding after 70 seconds over the Atlantic. The $40 million mission carried a 348 pound lunar craft with instruments to study the Moon’s environment. NASA and Air Force officials said recovery efforts would follow, with next favorable launch opportunities not expected until next summer. The Soviet lead in space exploration widened as Lunik I had earlier reached the Moon.
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Cape Canaveral
Pla
United States
U. S
Westers
Atlantic
National Aeronautics and Ispace Administration
Edward D'Af
Ficer
Air Fore Missile Division
Fay U. S
Soviet Union
First Negro Named Dawson Declines Cabinet Post
President Kennedy offered Postmaster General to Rep. William Dawson Chicago Negro congressman but Dawson declined the cabinet berth stating he can be of greater value remaining in the House and chairing Government Operations. Kennedy announced from his Georgetown home that he plans to fill the post soon and would not name another candidate today.
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Washington
Johnn. Kennedy
William Dawson
Chicago
Dawson
Kennedy
Jon
Georgetown
Iis
Government Operations Committee
Democratic Party
Cect
Peseral
U.S
Post Office Department
Kennedy Turther
Kennedy certified as winner in Illinois victory seals 300 electoral votes
President elect John F Kennedy won Illinois with 524252 vote margin in Cook County offsetting Nixon downstate. Illinois Electoral Board certified results on Kennedy and Kerner ticket with mental health and university bond issues approved. Governor Stratton defended board actions amid Daley protests and ongoing investigations.
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John F Kennedy
Miamis
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State
Cook County
William G. Stalton
Stratton
Patel
Haois
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
GOP
Recheck
Electoral Board
Nixa
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
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Raud
Daley
Washington
Eisenhower
Waller Reed Hospital
Fisenhower
Ctto Kernet
Ilinois
Lee
Scyllion
William G. Stratton
Illinois Electoral Board
Nniversities
Paul H. Douglas
Kerner
Samuel W. Witwer
Charles F. Carpentier
James R. McLaughlin
Samuel H. Shapiro
John William Chapman
William G. Clark
William L. Guild
Elbert S. Smithy
Smith
Michael Howlett
Chivern of
Illinois
Trving Dillard
Kenney EB. Williamson
Franc Cus Best Watkins
C.F. Lovejoy
Audrey] I Pesk
Thomas G. "Mathews
One In Four On Relief In Some Areas
A Kennedy task force report highlights that about one in four West Virginians is on public relief, with the broader region including West Virginia, western Pennsylvania, southern Illinois, eastern Kentucky, and southern Ohio under study for redevelopment. The findings, to be reviewed by Sen. Paul Douglas, inform President-elect Kennedy’s incoming actions.
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Washington
West
West Virginia
Minois Public Aid Commission
Pennsylvania
Iuness
Kentucky
Ohio
Douglas Committee
Cold spells hit Southern Illinois lakes and towns
Mostly cloudy and colder tonight with decreasing clouds Friday. Low tonight 20 to 25, high Friday 27 to 32. Yesterday’s low 23, high 44, sunrise 7:46 am, sunset 4:36 pm. Crab Orchard Lake 23 inches below spillway. Little Grassy Lake spillway noted.
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Mlinais
Crab Orchard Lake
Little Grassy Lake
Teenager escapes kidnap attempt near Sultan Washington
Hazel Irene Ochich a 17 year old high school senior said a man knocked at her door before school asked for her father and forced her into an old car She escaped after about five hours driving toward Monroe then to Everest and back calling her father from a phone booth The kidnapper fled as police searched for the owner of a car sold to a man in his early 20s.
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Sultan. Wash
Siilepoint
Hazel Irene Ochich
Jisze
Gelvich
George Celrich
Bank J
Idanager
Hazel
Cary
Sultan Town
Washington
Monroe
Miles Wes
Sultan
Myo
Dad
Raze
Everest
Sesson
Pro-Communists Battle Shocks Vientiane As Embassies Burn
AP reports heavy shelling in Vientiane as anti Communist forces push toward the airfield. U S Embassy and French hospital hit, staff evacuated. four Americans lightly wounded. French community fled across Mekong to Thailand. Kong Le forces fall back toward the airport. Phoumi Nosavan allied units advance. Washington says all Americans in the city are safe with three slightly wounded.
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U. S
Vientiane
Thailand
Laos
Dames
Bangkok
Information Service
Mathysat
Mekong
Nouthern
Kong le
Sounthone Pothammavong
Peiping
Vet Nami
7Th Fleet
Washington
States Department
U.S
Pathet Lao
Theoviet Union
Phoumi Nosavan
Savannakhet
Phoumi
Paksane
Boun Oum
State Department
G. Winthrop Brown
Girl Lies Low As 30 Railroad Cars Pass Over
Margaret Cleary a 15 year old girl at a Chenoa crossing was crouched between the rails as 30 Gulf, Mobile and Ohio freight cars rolled over her Wednesday. Her sister Kay 37 escaped the tracks and kept safe on the opposite side during the perilous incident.
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Chenoa
Margaret Cleary
Margaret
Kay
Gulf, Mobile & Ohio
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