Bloodshed In Katanga U1 City U.K. Sees Grave Crisis
London reports that Britain challenges the United Nations over the Congo Katanga takeover. A Foreign Office spokesman cited clear concern and said UK envoy Derek Riehes saw Secretary-General Hammarskjöld in Leopoldville amid the tension.
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Katanga Crisis Draws UN Action and Western Reactions
Diplomatic sources report U.N. forces tightening control in Elisabethville as Katanga battles continue with central government troops. UN claims aim to prevent civil war while Hammond and British officials in Washington seek talks with the United States.
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Rescue crews search wreckage of President Airlines DC crash
Rescue workers toil amid wide strewn wreckage on a mudbank in the River Shannon estuary Ireland after a President Airlines chartered DC-9 crashes. All 83 aboard are dead including 76 adults, one child and six American crew. most victims are German. The plane had departed Shannon Airport for Chicago via Düsseldorf.
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Kennedy Krushchev Offer of Talks Oversees Berlin Crisis
President Kennedy proposed serious talks with the Soviet Union on a peaceful German settlement and urged quick discussions in New York with Dean Rusk and Andrei Gromyko. Khrushchev said Russia would pursue a peaceful German solution while criticizing Western threats. The move followed non aligned leaders' appeals for East West talks and amid Berlin tensions.
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Soviet gas warheads stockpiled in East Germany
Western intelligence sources report the Soviet Union began stockpiling nerve gas warheads in East Germany as early as May. Berlin analysts say such chemical munitions could threaten vast areas, with weapons capable of paralysis or incapacitation and potential use to deter or deter nuclear forces.
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Death toll climbs from Texas hurricane disaster
The American Associated Press reports 31 deaths across Texas and Louisiana from a powerful hurricane and floods. Eight bodies found on a lagoon near Port Arthur, with three family members missing. Rain and wind caused widespread damage, power line deaths, and mass homelessness as the National Guard and Red Cross mobilize aid.
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Atomic tests to resume within a week amid secret Soviet blasts
The United States plans underground atomic tests within a week to ten days. The Joint Congressional Atomic Committee met in a closed session to review the new American series and to hear a secret analysis of the nine Soviet detonations since September 1.
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Plan To Improve Lyneham Shopping Centre
The National Capital Development Commission will beautify Lyneham Shopping Centre with two parking areas for 60 cars, lawns, trees, paving, gutters, seats, and a drinking fountain. Work by the Department of Works begins within 40 nights and should be finished by year end.
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Australia Reports Colombo Plan Spending Near Forty Million Pounds
A government progress report shows Australia spent about £39.62 million on the Colombo Plan through June 30, 1961. Of this total £8.83 million funded technical assistance. Since 1950 the plan has aided a region containing over a quarter of the world population. By June 1960 Australia had provided 441 experts and 4,528 awards.
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