Navy steps in as mob storms gaol at Rodrigues
Port Louis Mauritus Sunday reports say a mob stormed a jail at Rodrigues Island looting a government store. The Tide reach with 15 detainees and Cambrian Euryalus diverted to Rodrigues after looting. Police and troops arrested 18, seized petrol bombs and weapons as calm returns and the Star newspaper resumes.
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Indonesian firm to negotiate nickel deal with Canadian firm
The Indonesian Government has chosen to work with Canadian International Nickel Corp to negotiate a multi million dollar nickel mining contract in South Celebes. The move signals a major investment and potential export activity in the region, with officials stating talks are in progress and details to follow.
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The Korean Crisis Diplomacy Fails to Free Pueblo
UN Security Council members met behind closed doors in New York to urge North Korea to release the USS Pueblo with little visible progress. In Washington President Johnson warned American forces stand ready for any contingency in Korea as allied nations are briefed on developments. Tokyo reported China call the move a naked war threat while New Delhi quoted a North Korean spokesman proposing a swap of Pueblo crew for South Korean plot suspects.
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Johnson reports national effort after Pueblo seizure
President Johnson addressed a nation on US actions against North Korean sabotage and the Pueblo seizure. He asserted preparations for any contingency in Korea while pursuing diplomatic solutions, denying any Viet Nam force reductions, and urged North Korea to free the ship and crew as tensions rise.
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Europe snow avalanches kill 28 and block transport
In central Europe heavy wet snow caused avalanches across the Alps from Davos to Fuessen. At least 28 people died with many more missing as hundreds of slides blocked roads and rails and hampered rescue efforts. Evacuations spread across Switzerland Austria and Germany as fresh slides threatened villages and resorts.
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Sato calls for curbs on spending in major policy speech
Japanese Prime Minister Sato announced plans to curb both public and private spending to correct Japan's balance of payments. In a speech opening the 58th Parliament session he warned against excessive growth and aimed to stabilize prices, cut government bonds, and limit commodity price rise to 4.8 percent this year. He stressed nonproliferation of nuclear weapons and vowed to boost exports, trade with China, and co operation with developing Asia. A government document projected Japan becoming the non Communist world’s second largest industrial power and GDP near 17 thousand million dollars.
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Indonesia bans luxury imports amid austerity drive
Indonesia imposes a ban on luxury items including cars valued over 052,000 dollars large TV sets and high end radios and record players. The Information Minister Burhanuddin Diah announced a shift in the customs exchange rate from 130 to 240 rupiahs per dollar and said special cut rates would apply to essentials like flour asphalt medicine and crop sprayers with rice duties falling to nearly zero.
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Bungling Charge in Congress Looms Over Pueblo Crisis
Washington faces questions on who ordered the intelligence ship off North Korea near the Pueblo crisis. Officials cite high level approval but Congress seeks clarity on control and daily handling by CIA or other agencies. The issue echoes the 1960 U‑2 incident as inquiries probe presidential or State Department responsibility. Code systems aboard the Pueblo remain unique and risk exposure if captured intact.
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Bomb crash in Greenland linked to treaty breach draw comments
A US B 52 bomber carrying hydrogen bombs crashed in North Star Bay Greenland last Sunday. Debris and bomb parts were found as recovery teams searched the ice. Soviet Izvestia blamed the incident on the United States and linked it to a wider chain of Cold War events and treaty violations.
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Mobs Burn Sawmills Near Gauhati Amid Assam Protests
Mob violence roils Gauhati as three sawmills and a jute mill are set ablaze amid efforts to reorganize Assam State. About 250 demonstrators were arrested in Calcutta areas during a month-long agitation by the United Front demanding the resignation of West Bengal's Congress-backed ministry and reinstallation of the United Front cabinet. A pro-Peking Communist MP and others broke through police lines, marching with flags despite a prohibitory order.
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Robber back in UK faces remaining sentence
Charles Wilson, the Great Train Robber, arrived in London by air from Canada to serve the rest of his 30 year gaol term for the 1963 £2 million rail robbery. Police ringed London airport as Wilson, escorted by a Scotland Yard detective, landed amid heavy security. He had escaped from Winson Green prison after four months imprisonment and had been living in a Canadian town with his wife and family for 18 years.
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Navy F-111B crosses US in nonstop cross country flight
A test model of the troubled F-111B fighter series flew nonstop across the United States for practice before carrier takeoffs and landings. The 2,354 mile flight lasted four hours and twelve minutes from Edwards Air Force Base California to Patuxent River Maryland, the Pentagon said.
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Canal salvage work begins as ships trapped in Suez
Skindivers probed the silt bed of the Suez Canal while Egypt launched a plan to free 15 ships trapped since last June’s Arab-Israeli war. Officials said mines and wrecked aircraft would be blasted away. on the eastern shore Israeli soldiers watched from dunes with binoculars, no incidents reported.
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