Eichmann Convicted of Crimes Against Jews and Humanity
Israel convicts Adolf Eichmann of crimes against the Jews and humanity and war crimes. The three judges find him a key architect of the Holocaust and eligible for the death penalty under the Nazi and Nazi collaborators law of 1950. Sentencing to follow with final pleas and Eichmann's response.
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Jerusalem
Israel
Adolf Eichmann
Gestapo
Eichmann
Hitler
Bureau
Moshe Landau
Vermont
Canada
United States
Vermont Supreme Court
Landau
Peace Bomb Experiment Survives Radioactive Leak
In Carlsbad New Mexico scientists report 70 percent data success from underground peace bomb test despite a radioactive gas leak. The five kiloton device detonated 1100 feet underground in salt rock, creating tremors and a rising cloud but causing no reported injuries.
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Carlsbad, N.M
Gnome Hole
Carlsbad
Phillip Randolph
Livermore
Calif
Gnome
Nelson presses final plea for Wisconsin tax revision
Governor Gaylord Nelson urged the Wisconsin Legislature in Madison to resolve the 1961 tax difficulties within two weeks and end the session. He planned a joint session address at 4 p.m. to back his compromise and push a rapid conclusion to the session.
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Madison
Gaylord Nelson
Wisconsin
Nelson
Commission Hearing on Valuation of Winnebago Lands
The Indian Claims Commission hears testimony on valuing about 7.5 million acres to determine payment to the Winnebago tribe. Claims cover 6.5 million acres in southern Wisconsin and 1 million in northwest Illinois with land ceded by treaties of 1829 1832 and 1837.
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Commission
Washington
The
Indian Claims Commission
Wisconsin
Omaha
Neb
Illinois
First U S Helicopters Reach Saigon For Viet Cong War
A converted U S carrier arrived in Saigon with two Army helicopter companies and 15 training planes for the Vietnamese air force. The gear will be used under U S Military Assistance Group control in direct support of Vietnamese ground forces. Vietnamese and U S officials provided no official statements.
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Saigon
South Viet Nam
U.S
Britain delays 24 bombs to U.N. over Congo policy
In a stormy House of Commons session Edward Heath said Britain will not deliver the 24 half ton bombs promised to U.N. forces in Katanga until the United Nations clarifies its Congo policies. Britain backs U.N. goals but is disturbed by the fighting developments.
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London
Britain
U.N
Katanga
United Nations
Congo
House of Commons
Edward Heath
Jord
Heath
Moise Tshombe
First Big Red Splitup Since Stalin Tito Rift
The Soviet Union cuts diplomatic ties with Albania in a historic bloc fracture, ending ties after Khrushchev denounced Hoxha. Albania's ambassador returned home, and Moscow demands Albanian personnel leave. Western observers see China and North Korea as possible supports for Albania.
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Soviet Union
Albania
Stalin
Yugoslavia
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Kremlin
China
Viet Nam
North Korea
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Enver Hoxha
Chou En-lai
Peiping
Tass
Moscow Radio
Kommunist
Party
Adriatic
Mediterranean
Weather Snowstorm Down Across Wide Region
A new snowstorm from the Rockies brings record sub zero temperatures, heavy snow, and flood rains. Weather is linked to at least 55 deaths since a prior storm. Eastern Arizona roads blocked by up to 22 inches of snow. San Juan County New Mexico schools closed. Snow depths vary from 8 inches at Raton to 20 at Nageezi trading post.
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Rockies
Midwest
Arizona
San Juan County
New Mexico
Raton
Nageezi
Wyoming
Dakotas
Kansas
Nebraska
Oklahoma
Texas Panhand
Western Big Three ministers seek united Congo policy
In Paris the United States Britain and France met to bridge policy rifts over Congo Katanga and Berlin. They pressed for a united approach including a cease fire urging U Thant and planning a stable central government with reintegration of Katanga under conciliation.
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Paris
Congo
U.S
Dean Rusk
Lord Home
Maurice Couve de Murville
Gerhard Schroeder
Berlin
Soviet Union
West Berlin
Southeast Asia
Paul- Henri Spaak
Belgium
U.N
U Thanti
Katanga
United States
France
Ficials
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
UN Dismisses Katanga Economic Potential Despite Seccession Bid
Elisabethville reports President Moise Tshombe accusing the United Nations of aiming to erode Katanga’s economic potential rather than crush secession. After air and counter raids, Kolwezi copper facilities and Union Minière du Haut Katanga assets suffered damage, leaving the town without fuel and disrupting key plants in one of Africa’s major mining hubs.
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Elisabethville
Katanga
the Congo
Moise
Tshombe
United Nations
Congo
U.N
Kolwezi
Union Minier¢ du Haut
Brussels
Mobs raid U.S. consulate as Congo unrest widens
A mob of Katanga youth league members forced entry to the U.S. consulate in Elisabethville stealing cigarettes and breaking windows. Embassies in Brussels were stoned amid UN peace overtures as Gen McKeown said Tshombe loses control of Katanga and mercenaries steer fighting. Thant and Stevenson pushed for a rapid peaceful resolution.
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Leopoldville
Congo
U.S
Elisabethville
Brussels
United Nations
Sean McKeown
U.N
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
McKeown
Tshombe
U Thant
New York
Thant
Adlai E. Stevenson
Iere
Britain
Lord ‘Home
London
Katanga Youth League
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