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Newspaper
Berkshire Eagle
Location
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 13, 1960
Page
2
A cloud burst in western Colombia caused landslides that swept away six houses in Caldas province on Monday night, killing at least six people and possibly as many as sixteen. Local authorities reported the disaster and feared higher casualties as rescuers searched the debris.
Ethiopia's Emperor Haile Selassie arrives in Rio de Janeiro for a five day state visit, becoming the first African head of state to visit Brazil. He plans meetings with Brazilian leaders and cultural events during his stay in the city.
Western Europe greeted Dean Rusk as the incoming Kennedy administration’s Secretary of State. British observers saw the pick as signaling tighter presidential control of U S foreign policy. French and British papers praised Rusk, Bowles, and Stevenson as a strong Western leadership aligned with U S aims.
Dean Rusk joins the Kennedy administration as secretary of state after a long career as a behind the scenes operator. He emphasizes quiet, effective policy execution and hopes to meet officials soon, with plans to appoint senior aides and align with allies.
New York AP reports Dean Rusk will receive about twenty five thousand dollars annually as secretary of state, down from a Rockefeller Foundation salary of fifty to seventy five thousand. Foundation officials call that prior figure confidential. State pays for official entertaining. no successor named yet.
In New York at the Council on Foreign Relations event, he argued the president should reserve personal diplomacy for rare cases. He adds in the April foreign affairs quarterly that the secretary of state must help shape policy and execute it efficiently.
Adial Stevenson newly appointed United States ambassador to the United Nations says the administration should provide fresh leadership for world peace and that he will have a voice in shaping U S foreign policy. He notes the West no longer controls the UN due to new African members and emphasizes identifying with the aspirations of newly emerging countries.
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