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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1960

Page

2

Kennedy aides weigh German aid as dollar drain grows

Washington sources say President-elect Kennedy is briefed on Eisenhower pressure for West Germany to share foreign aid costs to protect U S reserves. Treasury Secretary Anderson told Kennedy adviser Nitze that Ford must halt a 359 million stock buy of its British unit. Ford denies any such approach.

Washington Ion Anderson Ford Detroit Treasury Paul Nitze Kennedy Bonn Douglas Dillon U.S Nitze Eisenhower

Typhoon Ophelia Hits Ulithi Atoll Battered

A violent off season Typhoon Ophelia with 161 mile per hour winds battered Pacific atolls headed toward the Philippines. Ulithi atoll, 400 miles from Guam, was reported under two feet of water with all buildings destroyed except a Coast Guard station. None of the 18 Coast Guardmen were believed hurt. No word on the 450 natives.

Tokyo Ophelia Pacific Philippines U.S. Administered Ulithi Atoll Pacific Stars and Stripes Guam Ulithi Group U.S. Coast Marianas Islands

China News Agency Reports Cambodian, Outer Mongolia Relating

The New China News Agency announced that Cambodia and Outer Mongolia have established diplomatic relations, indicating a neutralist stance in the evolving regional alignment.

Tokyo UPI China News Agency Cambodia Mengelic

Calm Returns To Havana After Violence

Havana remained tense after a wave of explosions blamed on anti-Castro forces. Militiamen patrolled streets promising to shoot to kill suspected saboteurs, as the capital faced a power grid blackout, disrupted water supplies, and hospitals and businesses lit only by candles or lanterns. Authorities detained electric company workers amid unconfirmed arrests.

Havana UPI Fidel Castro Manuel Fajardo Escambray Mountains Wnoterber Electric Company

Red China Removes Woman From High Government Job

Tokyo AP reports Chien Ying, until 11 days ago minister of internal affairs, is removed from a top post in Red China. Tseng Shan, a Kiangsi-born longtime CCP member and associate of Mao, succeeds her, while Chiang Ying’s future assignment remains unclear.

Red China Tokyo Chien Ying Tseng Shan Kiangsi Chinese Communist Party Mao Tse-tung South China

Sugar Pact Ties Red China and Cuba for 1961

Tokyo dispatch says Communist China will buy 1 million tons of Cuban sugar in 1961 under a five year pact signed in Havana last July. The New China News Agency broadcast from Peiping states Cuba will also receive loan credits totaling 240 million rubles or about 60 million dollars. A joint communique by Maj. Ernesto Guevara and Chinese Finance Minister Li Hsien pledged closer friendship.

Tokyo China Havana New China News Agency Peiping Cuba Ernesto Guevara Li Hsien

Sign Trade Pact Between China and Tunisia

In Rabat China and Tunisia formalized a second trade agreement during a ceremony, extending economic ties. The pact follows prior cooperation and signals growing bilateral commerce between the two nations.

Rabat Morocco UPI China Tunisia

Rebel Attacks in Argentina Said Peronists

AP report cites a source close to the armed forces stating that rebel attacks in Rosario Tartagal and bombings around Buenos Aires suburbs were spearheads of a wider Peronist movement. Three loyalist soldiers and Julio Barredo were killed, with several wounded. Gen. Miguel Angel Iniquez led the Rosario assault.

Buenos Aires Argentina Rosario Tartagal Arturo Frondizi Julio Barredo Barredo Juan Peron Humberto Sosa Molina Miguel Angel Iniguez Peron

Khrushchev Hosts Red China Chief in Warm Moscow Talk

Soviet Premier Khrushchev and aides held a warm and friendly discussion with Red Chinese President Liu Shao-chi in Moscow. Tass said Deputy Premier Frol Kozlov and Mikhail Suslov were among those present as Liu, in the city since the Nov 7 Bolshevik anniversary, took part in secret summit talks on peaceful coexistence and Sino-Soviet tensions over war.

Moscow Khrushchev Liu Shaochi Tass Frol Kozlov Mikhail Suslov Central Committee The Communist Party Liu Red

U N Plans Unique Lull To Await Kennedy Views

United Nations General Assembly moves to a winter recess awaiting Kennedy administration views in Washington. Delegates, shaken by Khrushchev and stalled on colonial matters, expect U.S. policy to influence key votes. The body seeks to avoid mid December deadlines and reconvene around mid February.

U.N Kennedy United Nations N.Y General Assembly Washington Assembly Nikita Khrushchev Rasmot United States John F. Kennedy Hungary Tibet Soviet Union Cuba France

Oral polio vaccine not ready says Surgeon General

Surgeon General Leroy E. Burney told an AMA meeting that the new oral polio vaccine will not be ready for use this summer. He warned the oral vaccine may someday replace the Salk vaccine, but noted many problems remain to be solved.

Washington UPI Leroy E. Burney Burney American Medical Association AMA

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