Article about Prime Minister Hương imposing martial law

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363-05601 to 363-05603
Title
Article about Prime Minister Hương imposing martial law
Description
Original title: "schoolboy", Keever's title: "Prime Minister Huong Imposes Martial Law After All-Day Street-fighting", Article about martial law imposed by Prime Minister Trần Văn Hương in response to student protest, published by the New York Herald Tribune
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encompte press tribune newyork 25200 prorosenfeld exdeepe etan schoolboy one saigon prime minister tran van huong imposed martial law etordered closureve schools tonight after allday streetfighting between thousandsve rockhurling schoolboys and hundredsve teargastossing combat police stoppara huong comma concurrently ministerve defense and himself aye former [deletion: schoolte] schoolmaster comma said yesterday that the students and [XXXX indicating deletion] powerful buddhist movement were quote playing the gameve the communists stopunquote para moredeepe mots ajoutes: [illegible] mots rayes: [illegible] B Deepe beverly deepe carte no. 197 encompte press tribune newyork 25221 prorosenfeld exdeepe schoolboy two even as saigon radio announced martial law provisionsve extended curfew censorship ban on demonstrations etstrikes coma several hundred [deletion: demonstrators] schoolboys demonstrated again causing [deletion: evening traffic jams et and] [XXXX indicating deletion] [deletion: pl pol] steelhelmeted police to be rushed to scene through snarled [insertion: evening] traffic [deletion: jam] stoppara throughout the day steelhelmeted combat police encountered massive resistance from the schoolboys in aye stateve lawlessness akin to giant gang rumblesve harlem stop with daredevil ease [deletion: hundreds] thousandsve the barefoot schoolboys dash who had boycotted classes undash pelted combat police with rocks [XXXX indicating deletion] triangular chunksve steel wooden sandals eteven aye dead cat stop protected only by wooden wicker shields and hardrubber truncheons police gained the offensive by chasing them down the block with teargas stop finally [deletion: paratroop] several companiesve paratroopers arrived to cordon off the [insertion: ten block] area as the crowdsve spectators swelled under steaming sun stoppara quote this is just like the congo cmaunquote one captain said stopquote tis aye shame for my country stopunquote moredeepe mots ajoutes: 1 mots rayes: 10 beverly deepe carte 197 Beverly Deepe encompte press tribune newyork 25221 prorosenfeld exdeepe schoolboy [deletion: two] three while an explosive stalemate prevailed in capital city tonight between huong [deletion: et] government which had banned demonstrations [deletion: etlawlessness comma] and the lawless schoolboys etstreet urchins stop on dayve departureve ambassador maxwell taylor to washington for major policy review comma some american sources speculated huong government was notrptnot in serious dangerve collapse stoppara however saigonese viewed martial law as the first phaseve aye showdown between the huong government dash and any future [insertion: anti- [illegible]] government undash and presumably communist [deletion: inspire] agitated students [deletion: rioting] stoppara more [XXXX indicating deletion] violence was expected stoppara rioting [XXXX indicating deletion] started early smorning in frontve buddhist national pagoda semicolon buddhist leaders declared they were notrptnot responsible for [XXXX indicating deletion] [deletion: agitating schoolboys] demonstrations but many saigonese believed they were at least [deletion: partve the agitation force] [XXXX indicating deletion] [deletion: moredeepe] [illegible] stop old buddhist women were seen carrying rocks from pagoda compound to the [deletion: streets to] give to schoolboys for pelting police stop schoolboys found quiet sanctuary in pagoda grounds from reachve paratroopers semicolon hundredsve them hurled bottles and stones from within pagoda grounds at police across the street stop buddhist monks made meager efforts and weak loudspeaker appeal for [deletion: youn] mobs to leave stop uppick wires enditdeepe mots ajoutes: 5 mots rayes: 14 Beverly Deepe beverly deepe ca rte no. 197
Date
1964, Nov. 25
Subject
Vietnam, 1961-1975; Demonstrations; Protest movements; Student protesters; Students--Political activity; Curfews; Martial law--Vietnam (Republic); Military government; Trần, Văn Hương
Location
Saigon, South Vietnam
Coordinates
10.8231; 106.6311
Size
20 x 26 cm
Container
B187, F1
Format
dispatches
Collection Number
MS 363
Collection Title
Beverly Deepe Keever, Journalism Papers
Creator
Keever, Beverly Deepe
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Publisher
Archives & Special Collections, University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries
Language
English