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Newspaper

Berkshire Eagle

Location

Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 14, 1964

Page

2

Manley Arrives In Dar es Salaam With U.S. Citizens

The USS Manley docked in Dar es Salaam to evacuate U.S. nationals from Zanzibar after an uprising toppled the Arab government. State Department officials called the situation very unstable, noting no Europeans were harmed while streets remained dangerous and loudspeakers urged residents indoors. Zanzibar, independent since December, faces potential Communist influence as rebel factions persist.

Dar ES Salaam Tanganyika U.S Manley Zanzibar State Department Washington Spice Island Africa Abeid Karume Sultan Seyyid Jamshid bin Abdulla Mohammed Shamte Hamadi

Kennedy to meet Sukarno on Malaysian tensions

Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy departs for a mission to Asia to discuss the Malaysian issue with Indonesian President Sukarno. He is expected to meet Sukarno in Tokyo, focusing on avoiding conflict and pursuing a peaceful solution amid border incidents at North Borneo and Dutch West New Guinea disputes.

Washington Atty Robert F. Kennedy Johnson Sukarno White House Kennedy Tokyo Andrew Hatcher Malaysia U.S North Borneo Indonesia West New Guinea United States

Liquidations At Auschwitz Told by German Defendant

FRANKFURT Germany A former Gestapo officer testified overcrowding at Auschwitz death camp was addressed by shooting prisoners He described prisoners marched to an lavatory stripped led to a bullet wall and shot by SS at close range He said it was to prevent revolts and that bodies were stacked by the wall after killings

Frankfurt Germany UPD Gestapo Auschwitz Klaus Dylewski Anyyne Oslewski

India tightens grip on sect clashes with shoot-to-kill orders

Calcutta reports escalating religious violence as police implement round-the-clock curfews in five districts and the army takes control in five more. Six days of Hindu Muslim clashes leave near 600 dead or injured, with 73,000 homeless and 10,000 homes burned. Troops are told to show no mercy to roving voters amid fires set by arsonists.

Calcutta India UPI

Four Airmen Searched After B52 Bailout in Snow

In western Maryland, searchers in knee deep snow hunted for four missing B52 crewmen after the bomber carrying two unarmed nuclear bombs crashed in a snowstorm. Pilot Maj Thomas W McCormick reached a farmhouse and reported he was safe, believing he was the last to bail out. Remaining missing were Capt Parker C Peeden Maj Robert L Payne Maj Robert E Townley and T Set Melvin Wooten. The unarmed bombs were later found.

Cumberland UPI Maryland Strategic Air Command Here Thomas W McCormick Yawkey W.va McCormick Parker C. Peeden Smithfield N.C Robert L. Payne Tulsa Okla Robert E. Townley Gadsden Ala T.set Melvin Wooten Rapid City Defense Department

Tax Relief Favoring Utilities Faces Senate Fight

Senate Finance Committee tentatively approves a multi million dollar tax relief for regulated gas oil and electric utilities. Critics call it a bonus with no place in a tax bill while the House plan seeks to shield customers from lower rates by not requiring pass through of savings. If enacted the provision would trim revenue by about 180 million in the first year and grow to 725 million by 1973.

Washington Senate House Johnson Lowe Tates Congress Federal Power Commission Joseph C. Swidler

Small Foreign Aid Cut Planned by Johnson

President Johnson plans to earmark 3.4 billion dollars for foreign aid in the 97.9 billion budget to be submitted next week. Senator Mansfield confirms a modest 269 million cut from this year's AID funding, amid calls to end the program and debates on reallocating aid across regions and defense needs. Military aid likely cannot be reduced much due to commitments in Vietnam, Korea, and elsewhere.

Washington Johnson Senate Democratic Mike Mansfield Montana Agency For International Development Congress Rica Asia Latin America Mansfield Panama Alliance For Progress Senate Foreign Relations Committee Defense Department South Viet Nam Korea

Buddhist Monk Burns Self In Gratitude

A 20 year old Buddhist monk in Saigon 60 miles east burned himself to death on Sunday in gratitude for the Buddhist movement. He left a note saying he was committing suicide to keep a promise made during the campaign against Ngo Dinh Diem, who was overthrown in a military coup in November.

Saigon Viet Nam Lhich Giao Nguyen Ngo Dinh Diem Diem

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