India Attacks Goa as Enclaves Fall to Forces
India claims capture of Damao and Diu and advances across Goa in a rapid campaign aided by tanks ships and air power. Lisbon denies occupation and reports heavy resistance while Goa airport and radio facilities are reported damaged.
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R. Satakopan
Bombay
India
India Today
Damao
Diu
Goa
Portugal
Subcontinent
New Delhi
Nehru
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Alfonso de Albuquerque
National Information Secretariat
Lisbon
Sanquilem
Sarvona
Belgaum
Nova Goa
Arabian Sea
Guatemala
U.S. Envoy Heads to Spur Katanga Unity Talks
Ambassador Ed Gullion flew to meet Moise Tshombe with aim to draft Katanga Congo unity discussions with Premier Cyrille Adoula. Reports say Tshombe sheltered in Elisabethville palace under UN siege as fierce street fighting raged and UN armored patrol advanced into the city center.
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Leopoldville
the Congo
Edmund A. Gullion
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Congo
Cyrille Adoula
Gullion
U.S
Kennedy
Elisabethville
Tshombe
U.N
United Nations
Tshombe Signals Talks on Katanga Return to Congo
Tshombe said his soldiers would continue the fight against the United Nations while open to meeting Adoula. The U.N. would guarantee safe passage for Tshombe if he agreed to talks, with Kitona as a possible site. Gullion planned a rapid flight to Ndola if Tshombe waited in his capital, following Adoula's return from Kivu.
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U.N
Tshombe
Adoula
United Nations
Kitona
Congo
Atlantic
U.S
Gullion
Ndola
Northern
Rhodesia
Hope J
Katanga
Kivu
Security Council meets on Goa invasion amid UN diplomacy
The United Nations Security Council was summoned for an urgent 2 p.m. CST meeting to address the Indian attack on Goa Daman and Diu after Portugal requested prompt action. Nehru accused Portugal of colonial aggression while Salazar signaled willingness to negotiate guarantees on border security.
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Portugal
U.N. Security Council
India
U.N
Nehru
United Nations, N.Y
Goa
Damao
Diu
U Thant
Antonio Salazar
Salazar
Brazil Circus Fire Kills Hundreds in Rio Area Tragedy
A tent fire at a Niteroi circus near Rio de Janeiro killed hundreds with at least 180 bodies recovered and around 500 injured. Officials suspect arson as crowds of 2 500 watched. tents collapsed trapping many, with responders rushing to hospitals and morgues.
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Brazil
Ringling Bros
Hartford
Celso Pecanha
Rio de Janeiro
Niteroi
Guanabara Bay
Air Force
Sao Paulo
Rio
Niteroia
Biracial effort seeks to ease Albany segregation crisis
In Albany Georgia a biracial talks effort aims to ease the 60 day integration fight that has led to over 700 Negroes jailed in a week. Marion S Page leads local negotiations while outside help is welcomed but not yet sought.
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Albany, Ga
South Georgia
Marion S. Page
Red Leader's Son Returns To Hungary
Istvan Dobi Jr., son of Hungary's president, who fled during the 1956 uprising, has returned voluntarily to Hungary after Vienna police confirmed his homecoming.
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Red
Hungary
Vienna
Austria
Istvan Dobi Jr
Yuletide Postmarks Map a Country of Christmas Names
Washington AP reports thousands of children receive pre Christmas letters via Santa Claus. The feature lists towns used as postmarks to match holiday recipients from Christmas Florida to Noel Virginia and beyond. It notes many quirky place names including Holiday and Mummie and suggests gifts based on town names for spouses and cooks.
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Washington
Ind
W.va
Christmas
Fla
Christmas Cove
Maine
Noel
Holliday
Kan
Ermine
Beaver
Iowa
Fox
Okla
Diamond
Pearl, Ill
Invasion of Goa Sparks International Reactions
AP reports India shells enclaves along the Arabian Sea coast as Portugal demands UN council talks. Lisbon urges cease fire and troop withdrawal. Nehru labels the move a police action met with Western denunciation and Communist support elsewhere. Britain backs Portugal. The United States remains noncommittal.
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Associated Press
Bombay
India
U.N
Portugal
Arabian Sea
Wide Section Of Nation Has Wet Weekend
A broad storm system drenched most of the country with cold winds rain and snow. Severe weather led to many traffic accidents and dozens of injuries with floods forcing evacuations along the Pearl River and Tombigbee in Mississippi.
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Iowa
Indiana
New England
Lebanon
Idaho
Montana
Wyoming
Rockies
Minnesota
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
Arizona
Oregon
Washington
Flagstaff
Ariz
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Georgia
Appalachians
Louisiana
Mississippi
Marion
Tennessee
Mississippi Valley
Ohio Valley
Middle Atlantic States
Pearl River
Jackson
Aberdeen
Columbus
Tombigbee River
U S Regrets Use Of Force In Goa
The United States expressed deep regret that India used force against Portugal's Goa, Diu and Daman. Secretary of State Dean Rusk delivered the Indian position in a formal memorandum to Indian Ambassador B K Nehru, a cousin of Prime Minister Nehru.
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Washington
United States
India
Goa
Diu
Damao
U.S
B. K. Nehru
Nehru
Dean Rusk
State Department
Lincoln White
Rusk
Kennedy Falls Ill And Resting In Palm Beach
President Kennedy on the return from Latin America landed at Palm Beach with a heavy head cold and went to bed for rest. White House statements said two doctors treated him after a tiring flight from Bogota and that no fever was present. He plans to depart for Washington Tuesday and to keep a news conference scheduled for Wednesday while continuing plans to meet Prime Minister Macmillan in Bermuda.
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Atlanta
Ernest Vandiver
Jtoday
Albany
Atty
Robert Kennedy
Kelley
Kennedy
Vandiver
Whitney Shoemaker
Palm Beach, Fla
Latin America
Palm Beach
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Venezuela
Colombia
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White House
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Navy
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Salinger
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Washington
Harold Macmillan
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San Juan
Alberto Lleras Camargo
West Palm Beach
Kennedys
South America
Caracas
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