Evening star
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The *Evening Star* reported that President Joaquín Balaguer resigned and his Council of State collapsed after Air Force tanks fired into rioting crowds in Santo Domingo, killing at least four people. Armed forces chief General Pedro Rodríguez Echavarría announced the installation of a civilian-military junta to govern the country, while arresting council members who refused to cooperate.
El *Evening Star* informó que el presidente Joaquín Balaguer renunció y su Consejo de Estado colapsó luego de que tanques de la Fuerza Aérea dispararan contra multitudes amotinadas en Santo Domingo, causando la muerte de al menos cuatro personas. El jefe de las fuerzas armadas, general Pedro Rodríguez Echavarría, anunció la instauración de una junta cívico-militar para gobernar el país, al tiempo que arrestaba a los miembros del consejo que se negaron a cooperar.
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fied form of martial law.
President Joaquin Balaguer
i resigned and his seven-man
Council of State collapsed un
der the pressure of bloody riot
ing after only 16 days of rule.
At least four persons were
killed and a score wounded
when Air Force tanks opened
fire on a defiant crowd in the
heart of the capital last night.
Gen. Pedro Rodriguez Echa
varria, the armed forces chief
who thwarted an attempted
i coup d'etat by the brothers of
former dictator Rafael Trujillo
s last November, emerged grim-
faced from the Presidential
Palace and announced the
I change of government.
Opposition crowds have been
accusing him of dictatorial am
bitions and have demanded his
resignation. It was clear he
led the discussions which re-
suited in the change of gov
t ernment.
City Now Quiet
i The center of Santo Domingo
was quiet this morning. Many
stores were closed. Shattered
glass littered some streets,
i Many store fronts were shat
tered in the night of violence.
Conditions through the inte-
rior also were reported quiet.
The official announcement
said four members of the old
council, besides Mr. Balaguer,
resigned. Informed sources said'
however, that they refused to
go along with creation of a new
civilian-military junta and were
placed under arrest.
The new junta’s first com
munique promised to carry on
with "the utmost celerity and
patriotism” the task of estab
lishing "real democracy.”
It promised elections, but did
not say they would be held in
time for an elected government
i to take over on February 27,
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Evening star. (1962). Washington, D.C., 1962-01-17. US/DR Newspaper Timeline. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1962-01-17/ed-1/?sp=1
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Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1962-01-17.
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