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Newspaper
Washington Evening Journal
Location
Washington, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1962
Page
6
The Fortnightly club co sponsors a four day flower show at Townsley Park during the county fair with no competition or awards. Organizers expect a large county wide display and urge exhibitors to notify by Monday.
The Peruvian armed forces toppled President Manuel Prado after a dawn siege of the presidential palace. A military junta to be led by Gen Ricardo Perez Godey was announced as constitutional guarantees were suspended amid claims of electoral fraud in the June 10 vote.
Four American crewmen aboard a US Air Force C123 transport were found alive after a crash in Saigon area. Two evacuees were airlifted to a Vietnamese hospital. two others remained at the scene with one reported to have a broken leg. Wreckage sighted about 115 miles north of Saigon near Ban Me Thuot amid Viet Cong activity.
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