Ghana Coup Overthrows Nkrumah While He Tries Peace Mission
Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah, 56, aboard a Chinese airliner after a Viet Nam peace mission, was ousted as the army announced a coup in Accra. The rebel radio broadcast claimed myths about Nkrumah are broken as guards hold out at his fortress residence amid gunfire.
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Nigeria
UPI
Army
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
Peking
Accra
Nkrumah
Independence Avenue
Pennsylvania
Lincoln University
University of Pennsylvania
Rangoon
Burma
E. K. Kotoka
Kotoka
Charcoal Plan Aims to Melt Ice Jam Near Davenport
In Davenport Iowa the Army engineers plan to dust a 10 mile ice jam with ground charcoal to absorb heat and speed melting. A barge system with plows and two large barges would be deployed to break up the jam while pellets from Texas Petroleum might also generate heat.
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Howard B. Kauffman
Kauffman
Texas Petroleum Company
Johnson vows no mindless escalation in Viet Nam war
President Johnson defends limited aims to prevent North Vietnamese conquest of South Viet Nam. He pledges prudent, controlled force and reiterates peace talks, amid antiwar protests at a Waldorf Astoria address accepting the Freedom House award. He states U.S. will use all necessary means behind General Westmoreland.
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UPI
Johnson
Viet Nam
U.S
South
United States
Red China
Peking
New York
Freedom House Foundation
Secret Service
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
White House
Bill D. Moyers
William C. Westmoreland
South Viet Nam
Cross country Methodist minister stops in Washington
The Rev. William W Richardson of Macksburg and a group of 12 Methodist pastors ride horseback from Omaha to Baltimore to mark American Methodism bicentennial. He arrives in Washington Saturday between 4 and 6 p.m. and attends a church pot luck, speaks at Sunday school, and joins morning worship before continuing. Richardson is a former pro football player civil rights marcher and World War II fighter pilot.
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William W. Richardson
Macksburg
Washington
Richardson
Omaha
Neb
Baltimore
Midwest
Rev. Richardson
Washington, D.C
County chairmen named to lead Washington County Coffee Day
John Winga Jr of Washington and Charles Capper of Wellman named to coordinate local planning for Coffee Day on March 18 and 19. Announcement by John Winga Sr and Mrs Mabel Miller notes region officials. Restaurants will offer coffee on the house and patrons will donate into containers to aid Iowa’s mentally retarded children.
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John Winga Jr
Washington
Charles Capper
Wellman
Washington County
John Winga Sr
Mabel Miller
Keosauqua
Iowa Restaurant Association
Iowa
Army in Control as 400 Die in Syria Coup
Beirut reports four hundred killed in Syria since Wednesday. Amin Hafez allegedly escaped arrest, with Damascus Radio tracing curfew loosening and claims of broad rebel support. Aleppo clashes, army splits, and claims of a Baath Party purge surface as Jedid is named as power broker.
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Beirut
Lebanon
UPI
Syria
Baghdad
Amin Hafez
Baghdad Radio
Iraq News Agency
Damascus Radio Today
Hafez
Aleppo
Baath
Bitar
Damascus Radio
Hamsa Kama
Latakiya
Salah Jedid
Ice jam debate faces many proposed fixes and flood risks
Des Moines report on the Mississippi River ice jam near Davenport discusses responsibility between Congress and agencies, possible dynamite and heat based methods, helicopter delivery of lamp black, and the impracticality of blasting. Adjutant General Miller notes shifting ice, high flows, and natural melting as the only sure solution while warning of potential floods. Weather outlook: generally fair with rising temperatures, lows 15 to 20, highs near 40s.
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IDPA
Mississippi River
Corps of Engineers
Congress
J. F. Miller
Buffalo
Credit Island
Davenport
Miller
Mother Nature
United Press International
Iowa
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