Soldier's Song Causes Controversy in Vietnam
In Saigon the popularity of a sentimental tune titled A Rainy Evening near the Frontier drew government protests for its homesick mood. Military entertainment bans and a halt of its broadcast by military radio contrast with civilian stations calling it the era’s top Vietnamese song of 1961. The lyrics center on a front line soldier near the Plain of Reeds and evoke memories of loved ones amid ongoing clashes with Viet Cong forces.
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Hatred Clouds Guianas Future
In British Guiana Premier Chaddi Jagan survives an overthrow attempt but civil strife and racial tensions deepened after fire riots in Georgetown. Indians and descendants of African slaves now clash politically with Burnham and Daguiar leading rival camps as independence nears.
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British Guiana
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Marx
Castro
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Peter Daguiar
People’s Progressive Party
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Japan
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Young Communist League
United Kingdom
Tony Armstrong Jones to Enter House of Lords as Earl Snowdon
Antony Armstong Jones will swear allegiance as the Earl of Snowdon in the House of Lords next Wednesday. The event marks his formal seating in Britain’s upper house, though he is unlikely to appear often again.
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House of Lords
Britain
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Tony Armstrong- Jones
Leicester
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Ho Directs Familiar War From Hanoi to Saigon
AP reports Ho Chi Minh remains the architect of Vietnam's struggle though directing it from Hanoi. The U S backs South Vietnam with about 4000 troops, helicopters, and advisers as Ho seeks unification with Viet Nam, Laos, and Cambodia under communism, via Giap's Viet Cong tactics. A December Chinese mission reaffirmed support as Washington recalls past aid to France.
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Viet Minh
China
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Vo Nguyen Giap
Dien Bien Phu
Giap
Mao Tze-tung
Italy Turns Left In Push For Social Reforms
Rome reports that Italy is pursuing apertura a sinistra a leftward shift in policy after 16 years of center alignment. The plan, a pact between the Christian Democrats and the weaker Socialists led by Pietro Nenni, aims to nationalize nuclear and electric power, expand schools, and tighten taxes to fund broad social reform. Nenni’s bloc holds 88 seats to the CD’s 271, forcing compromise to propel a five year reform program amid social inequality and northern migration.
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Pietro Nenni
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Nenni
Chamber of Deputies
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