Threat to Cut Off Aid Halted Vietnam Coup Plot
Former U S ambassador Eldridge Durbrrow recounts Nov 11 12 1960 incident when rebels led by Col Nguyen Chanh Thi demanded Diem step down. Durbrrow says US threatened to sever relations and cut aid if palace shelling occurred, aiding Diem. He also notes prior discussions on Nhu posting and a Pentagon papers quote context.
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United States
Ngo Dinh Diem
Saigon
U.S
Eldridge Durbrow
Diem
Ngo Dinh Nhu
Durbrow
American Security Council
Thi
Tan Son Nhut
Pentagon
How's Your I Q. A 100 question daily test quiz
Questions cover Champagne origins Martha's Vineyard Columbus voyages the lame duck amendment War is Hell attribution prosperity phrase Lincoln farm state and a riddle on flattery. Answer page implied.
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France
Spain
Germany
House of Representatives
Columbus
Hell
Lee
Sherman
Abraham Lincoln
Hei
Johnny Carson Withdraws Suit Over Window Washing Disturbing Slumber
Johnny Carson withdraws a suit to bar early morning window washing at his New York cooperative apartment building. A spokesman said an amical settlement was reached and Carson was unavailable for comment.
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New York
Johnny Carson
Carson
Norfolk Considers Own Bus System As Desegregation Moves Forward
Norfolk officials weigh creating a city bus system while Virginia Beach approves busing to desegregate. Dr. Sam Ray notes possible use of crowded Virginia Transit Co. buses for up to 18,000 daily riders. Sea tack Elementary loses racial identity as Sea tack becomes 90 percent black and staff are mostly replaced by white teachers.
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Associated Press
Norfolk
Virginia Beach
Sam Ray
Ray
Virginia Transit Co
VTC
Virginia Beach School Board
Seatack
Prince Charles Completes RAF Parachute Jump
Prince Charles completes RAF training with a parachute jump into the English Channel. At 22 years old he floats 1200 feet, dips under water briefly, and is picked up by Royal Marines 15 seconds after landing in Poole England.
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Poole
England
Prince Charles
Royal Air Force
English Channel
Charles
Royal Marines
New Misses Waist Pattern 4768 For Spring Summer
Advertises Misses pattern 4768 in waist sizes 23 to 31 with wrap front 35 inch fabric. Includes price 75 cents pattern, add 25 cents for air mail. Mail to Anne Adams Winchester Evening Star pattern dept New York NY. Include name address zip size and style number. Also promotes fashion catalog and sewing book.
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Anne Adams
Winchester Evening Star
Pattern Dept
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
Apollo 15 astronauts report lunar vistas from Endeavour
Apollo 15 commander David Scott describes the view from lunar orbit as overwhelming and mind boggling. Alfred Worden notes color variations in the Sea of Serenity while Scott and other crew members describe cratered, smooth mountains and dust-like textures beneath the spacecraft.
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Scott
Sea of Cat
Alfred M. Worden
Alps
Tetons
San Juans
Earth
Hoover Rises to FBI Director in 1924 Rise
Britannica notes J Edgar Hoover joined the Justice Department as a file reviewer in 1917 and was named director of the Bureau of Investigation in 1924, marking a pivotal rise in federal law enforcement.
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J. Edgar Hoover
Department of Justice
Bureau of Investigation
Encyclopaedia Britannica
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