Vikings in North America authenticated by relics
Researchers confirm a Norse settlement at L Anse aux Meadows on Newfoundland’s tip, dating before 1000 A D. Dr Helge Ingstad and Dr Junius Bird note nine sod huts and a primitive smithy, unearthed after years of digging with support from the National Geographic Society.
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Newfoundland
Washington
UPI
Christopher Columbus
New World
Vinland
Leif Ericson
Leif the Lucky
l'Anse Aux Meadows
Leif
Greenland
Labrador
Junius Bird
American Museum of Natural History
Ingstad
Bird
Instad
National Geographic Society
Caramanlis Won't Quit Politics After Defeat
Athens Constantine Caramanlis, deposed as Greece premier, reverses plan to retire and remains a political figure. He leads the defeated National Radical Union, which polled 39 percent of the vote, while the Center Union received 42 percent.
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Athens
Constantine Caramanlis
Greece
Caramanlis
National Radical Union Party
Center Union Party
Foreign Aid Compromise Backed 43 40
The Senate backed Kennedy’s foreign aid plan by 43 to 40 against Ellender’s challenge to a Mansfield Dirksen bipartisan compromise. The vote trimmed authorization from 4.2 to 3.8 billion dollars amid party divisions, with Mansfield and Dirksen pushing the plan.
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Washington
Senate
Kennedy
Allen J. Ellender
D-La
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Mansfield
Dirksen
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Ellender
Claiborne Pell
D-R.1
Eilender
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D. Conn
Warren G. Magnuson
D-Wash
UN council urges arms and oil ban on South Africa
A United Nations Trusteeship Council resolution by 26 nations calls for a halt to arms and petroleum supplies to South Africa. It aims to push South-West Africa toward independence, noting historic mandates and SA’s refusal to place it under UN trusteeship. Delegates cite racism and potential annexation.
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United Nations
NVY
United Nations Trusteeship Council
South Africa
South-West Africa
League of Nations
United Nations Trust
Security Council
New Regime Augurs Better Use of Viet Nam Aid
United States reviews South Viet Nam aid and military programs in anticipation of resuming relations with Saigon’s new regime. Officials say efficiency gains possible if the provisional government cooperates, with limited cuts while the Communist threat persists. The review covers military strategy and hamlets plan amid Diem’s death and Viet Cong raids. In Rome, Archbishop Thuc handles Nhu widow case. Nhu’s three children moved from Bangkok to Rome via U.S. embassy escort.
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Washington
United States
South Viet Nam
Saigon
U.S
Ngo Dinh Diem
Viet Nam
Diem
Pierre Martin-Ngo Dinh Thue
Rome
Judia
Nhu
Los Angeles
Ren
Trac
Quynh
le Quyen
Bangkok
Thailand
Thuc
Nguyen Ngo’ Tho
Diem and Nhu Die In Accidental Action, Junta Says
Saigon reports the revolutionary government claims President Ngo Dinh Diem and brother Ngo Dinh Nhu died in an accidental shooting after a guard pistol struggle following a surrender at a church. Brig. Gen. Tran Tu Cai stated Nhu grabbed the pistol during the scuffle, and both bodies were turned over to relatives for burial.
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Saigon
South Viet
Tran Tu Cai
Diem
Nhu
Cai
Junta
Reman
Pentagon Gives Brush Fire Duty to Strike Command
Secretary of Defense McNamara assigns Army Air Force Strike Command full responsibility for brush fire emergencies in the Middle East Southern Asia and much of Africa. President Kennedy approves consolidating duties under Gen. Paul D. Adams effective December 3. The move shifts Navy jurisdiction and places U.S. defense actions in the region under Strike Command.
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Washington
Robert S. McNamara
Army- Air Force Strike Command
Middle East
Asia
Africa
Kennedy
Navy
Army
Paul D. Adams
Paris
Ft. Monroe
Adams
U.S
India
Pakistan
Sahara
Strike Command
McNamara
Voters Approve Move to Nonpresidential Election Years
Miami Florida voters approved a constitutional amendment to shift the election of governor and major state officials to nonpresidential years. The measure passed 254619 to 225255 in Tuesday’s election.
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Miami
Fla
Florida
West Adopts Code for Soviet Trade
Paris reports a NATO code for East West trade advancing as North Atlantic Treaty nations adopt a resolution. United States sources say it will widen American exports to Communist Europe while possibly reducing allied trade with the Soviet bloc as US competes on credit terms. Current Europe Soviet trade runs about $5 billion yearly. US trade with the bloc is about $200 million annually.
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Paris
Soviet Union
United States
Europe
Atlantic
Soviet Bloc
Sukarno Orders Seizure of Rubber Firms Tied to Malays
President Sukarno ordered seizure of all rubber processing properties in Indonesia owned wholly or in part by Malaysian citizens or managed from Malaysia. The action, effective since last Oct 20, will be carried out by the agrarian minister with local and regional authorities.
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Indonesia
UPI
Sukarno
Malaysia
Antara
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