Ghanaian coup try fails Winds break windows
ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast—(UPI) The military government of Ghana today put down a bloodless coup staged by a group of young army officers, Radio Accra reported.
It indicated the rebels may have been inspired by exiled resident Kwame Nkrumah.
Nine hours after announcing that the government of Gen. Joseph Ankrah had fallen, Radio Accra said the "small group of military officers" who staged the abortive coup were placed under arrest and would be court martialed.
Police Inspector General John Harley, in a special broadcast monitored in this neighboring capital, said:
"The commanders of the army, navy and air force have remained loyal to the National Liberation Council."
Harley, who also is vice president of the council, urged the population to remain calm and assured the people of the tiny
nation on the upper west coast of Africa that "the authorities of the country are carrying on their full duties."
The broadcast said the coup attempt "may have pleased Kwame Nkrumah."
"But he must know that the Ghanaian people is determined to prevent his return," it said.
The coup leaders tried to arrest the men who ousted Nkrumah last year.
Nkurumah, now living in exile in nearby Guinea, was overthrown as president by Gen. Ankrah's Junta on Feb. 24, 1966, while he was visiting Communist China. He has been reported to have been trying to organize a comeback.
The young officers involved in today's coup attempt were led by Lt. Col. Assase, a paratroop commander, an infantry commander named Asante, and an artillery officer named Achepong.
They apparently held the upper hand for a short time. Using the
3rd Infantry Regiment, the rebels took control of Radio Accra and announced a takeover.
days after the council released The coup attempt came just two 150 former Nkrumah supporters from protective custody.
There was apparently no violence. The broadcasts carried no word of fighting or bloodshed.
The abortive coup was the third attempted takeover in Africa this year.
On the line
LONDON—(UPI)—The Official British Handbook estimates the total money staked yearly by the British public on organized betting and gambling is between 740 million pounds ($2.07 billion) and 1 billion pounds ($2.8 billion).
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Monday, April 17, 1967
Daily Kansan
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All KU students who like to be where the action is. To be found at the Jayhawk Rodeo, 8:00 p.m. Friday and Saturday, April 21 & 22 and at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, April 23. Ride the trail east on 19th Street to the Douglas County 4H Fairgrounds. Don't let 'em get away from you! Advanced tickets are on sale at Fred Green's Western Wear, the Union, and the Information booth. Adults $1.25; Children $.75.
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See over 150 of the nation's best collegiate cowboys compete in barback bronc riding, calf roping, saddle bronc riding, steer wrestling, bull riding, and ribbon roping. Cowgirls will enter goat tying and barrel racing.
A thunderstorm struck Lawrence late Sunday, with winds gusting up to 40 miles an hour.
Windows on the sixth and seventh floors of Hashiger Hall were broken by high winds from the storm at about 9 p.m. last night.
A funnel cloud was sighted about 20 miles south of Lawrence, at dusk, and a warning issued. An all clear was given when the funnel was not sighted again.
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1. Read all of Tolkien in the original dwarf.
atoms that say things like this:
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ASTHMATICS, UNITE
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This last item may require some explanation, for it is possible that Happenings haven't reached your campus yet. Be assured they will because Happenings are the biggest college craze since mononucleosis.
A Happening, in case you don't know, is the first formless art form. Things just happen. For example, eighty naked men come out and squirt each other with fire hoses containing tinted yogurt. Then eighty more naked men come out and light birthday candles in the navels of the first eighty men. Then one girl, clothed, comes out and pulls three thousand feet of sausage casing through her pierced ear. Then eighty more naked men come out and eat a station wagon.
There used to be, some years ago, still another requirement for becoming a hippie; a man had to have a beard.
There is, of course, a musical accompaniment to all these fun things. Usually it is "Begin the Beguine", played by 26 trench mortars, a drop forge, and a rooster.
But no longer. Beards were worn in the past not so much as a protest, but because shaving was such a painful experience. Then along came Personna Super Stainless Steel Blades.
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