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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 05, 1960
Page
2
In Stanleyville anger over the deposed Patrice Lumumba spills into violence as his aides clash with whites and police. Mobutu’s troops trap Stanleyville and plan a caretaker regime while Western diplomats monitor Soviet recognition as Congo faces a Korea-like crisis.
In Saarbrucken, Adenauer's Christian Democrats held lead as state results showed 38.3 percent for the CDU with 29.8 percent for the Socialists and 13.7 percent for the Saar Democrats. Turnout reached 74.5 percent amid rain that kept thousands from voting.
Cairo reports that Shepheard's Hotel and other Belgian holdings were seized by the United Arab Republic as part of a retaliatory move after Congo relations broke with Cairo. Nationalizations targeted firms in Kinshasa and Brussels sources value the seized assets around ten million dollars.
Caracas reports expulsion of a dozen Cuban émigrés and a probe of about 40 others to see if Fidel Castro’s regime fostered last week’s riots. The government has not commented on U S charges that Castro funded and armed student rioters aiming to topple Romulo Betancourt. One thousand Red fled students held out in a ruined university building before a Stalingrad like siege ended as a week of violence left at least 15 dead, over 200 wounded and more than 400 arrested.
Alan Paton, author of Cry the Beloved Country and Liberal party leader, had his passport withdrawn on arrival at Jan Smuts Airport. Interior Minister Too Naude ordered the withdrawal with no immediate reason given, Paton calling it a sign of the government’s fear of truth about apartheid.
In Vientiane the first Soviet aid flight brought about eight tons of gasoline from Hanoi aboard twin-engined JL14 transports. The plane’s return trip began after unloading as part of a Russian goodwill gift totaling 5,000 tons of petroleum products plus milk flour and sugar to the neutralist Lao government. The airlift may span six months, with pilots loading below capacity on early flights.
Britain bore the brunt of violent weekend storms with 80 mph winds. Dozens of villages and miles of farmland flooded while 2 deaths reported in Britain and 4 in Holland. Evacuations occurred in eastern Holland and damage spread to France Germany Belgium and Denmark.
London based Sunday Times reports Japanese intelligence photos showing the Soviet Union building a missile base on the Kamchatka Peninsula with a 3,000 mile range missile system, the base’s target appearing to be China.
A New York delegation arrived in Moscow to invite the Soviet Union to the 1964 New York World's Fair. They planned meetings with American Ambassador Lewellyn Thompson and with Soviet Chamber of Commerce officials to discuss participation.
About 250 protesters marched in Havana before the American Embassy protesting a cow death linked to a U S space rocket. The demonstration, first government sponsored at the embassy since Fidel Castro took power, featured placard bearing quips about Eisenhower and Kennedy and ended largely without violence.
Hong Kong AP reports Dr. Thomas A. Dooley, cofounder of MEDICO, faces likely cancer spread to the spine as X rays confirm destruction of vertebral bones. Dooley was hospitalized midweek after a cancerous chest tumor was removed in New York 16 months ago.
A New York era report for NASA argues space is a vast shareable resource with no national exclusive rights. It suggests sovereignty ends at satellite orbits, and favors continued study of space activity limits, while cautioning against premature comprehensive codes. NASA notes the report is not NASA’s official statement.
Dame Edith Sitwell and two neighbors said they would sue under England's new noise abatement act over a contractor building two houses nearby.
Traveling salesman Peter Beschorner 19 and auctioneer's assistant Roger Wright 20 raced on Serpentine Lake in wintry Hyde Park. Wright won the prize a date with 17 year old Vaudine Agassiz.
Washington announced recognition of El Salvador's six man junta ruling after a bloodless coup. The U S notified the junta of the action Saturday via a note from Ambassador Thorsten Kalijarvi.
Prison officials in Nottingham speculate a trustee who slipped away with fellow prisoners on Sunday night may have been overexcited by a crime film shown at a public theater. The escape prompted searches and security reviews.
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