Nehru cites uncertain Chinese withdrawal along disputed border
Prime Minister Nehru said there has been some withdrawal by Communist Chinese troops but details remain unclear. He noted pullbacks may occur in rear areas while front lines show only thinning. A foreign ministry spokesman said no Indian withdrawal decision yet on cease-fire proposals. Galbraith visited Indian troops to assess needs and situation.
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New Delhi
Reuters
Nehru
External Affairs Ministry
Lal Bahadur Shastri
India
China
Ladakh
United States
John Kenneth Galbraith
Texpur
Galbraith
Russians Begin Removing Bombers From Cuba
The U S defence department says Russia is withdrawing IL-28 jet bombers from Cuba. Assistant Defence Secretary Arthur Sylvester reports the first of about 30 or more twin jet bombers are in the process of being withdrawn. Photographs show the Okhotsk moving off Cuba with bomber fuselages visible on deck.
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U.S
Okhotsk
Cuba
Sylvester
Thant Selected as Third UN Secretary General
Thant of Burma was elected by the 17th General Assembly on the Security Council recommendation. The 53 year old Buddhist former teacher and journalist succeeds Dag Hammarskjold after serving as acting secretary general since November 3, 1961. United States and Soviet Union praised his appointment. Canada’s ambassador noted his integrity humility courage and frankness.
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Burma
General Assembly
Security Council
Honduras
Soviet Union
United States
Sweden
Dag Hammarskjold F
Congo
Adair Begins Firefighting at Pendant d’Oreille Well
Ace fire fighter Paul Red Adair arrives to take over efforts to kill a natural gas fire at Pendant d’Oreille 65 miles south of Medicine Hat. The crew hopes to halt the blaze within three days to a week as gas flow remains between 15 and 20 million cubic feet daily.
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Adairs
Texas
Paul
Adair
d‘Oreille
Sahara Desert
Neel Naismith
Paul “Red” Adair
Pendant d’Oreille
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Bill Butterwick
Canadian Montana Gas Co
Butterwick
Howard Wyckoff
Home
Freedomites plan to camp at British Columbia legislature
A bus of 45 Freedomite Doukhobors will depart Hope on Tuesday for Victoria to camp on the lawns of the B C legislative buildings. Village leader Paul Scherle will send more busloads in coming weeks until the government addresses the Freedomite issue. Authorities remain noncommittal, while the group seeks support to continue the trips as roughing weather and water issues loom for the encampment near Agassiz and the jail where many followers are held.
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HOPE
B.C
Sons of Freedom
Robert Bonner
Scherle
Bonner
Freedomite
Kootenay
Agassiz
Fraser Valley
Here
Nationwide briefs report gun death in Ontario and world events
Dr. Charles Jaimet 51 of Hamilton was shot dead while hunting near his Balmy Beach summer home. Pope John begins returning to duties after a week of illness. Bud Grant heads to Winnipeg for civic welcome. About 200 soldiers around Algiers government HQ but no crisis. Canada stockpiles health supplies worth 12.5 million for disaster use. Franco turns 70 amid no retirement hints. Joseph Miville Dechene dies in Edmonton at 68. Ottawa repays 75 million in foreign exchange borrowings.
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Owen Sound
Ont
Charles Jaimet
Hamilton
Balmy Beach
Kiat Patient Killed in Fall at Medicine Hat Hospital
A 43 year old male patient Emil Koch of 866 4th St S E fell from a fifth floor window at Medicine Hat General Hospital and died. He had complained of sleeplessness before being found at 6:50 am. He worked for Maple Leaf Mills and was admitted Thursday.
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Medicine Hat General Hospital
Emil Koch
4Th St. S.E
Maple Leaf Mills
Youths and Soldiers Clash in Kingston Street Fight
In Kingston Ontario city and military police broke up a night clash between about 40 youths and soldiers on a downtown street. Three soldiers were beaten. two men from Vim Barracks and one from Vimy Barracks were arrested for creating a disturbance by fighting. One soldier was hospitalized with injuries and reported in satisfactory condition.
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Kingston, Ont
Ananny
Sigman Allan Charles Everson
Vim Barracks
Roger —Stuart Harbinson
Kingstop
Sigma
Norman George Miller
Vimy Barracks
Youngest Mayor in World Holds Sway in Medicine Hat
Aaron Craig Thompson born 52 hours earlier was proclaimed Medicine Hat’s Citizen 25 000 and named mayor for the day at City Hall on December 3 1960 The event drew congratulations from Alberta premier Ernest Manning Red Deer MP R N Thompson and other dignitaries as the city marks a population milestone of 25 000
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Medicine Hat
Patrick J. Roe
Aaron Craig Thompson
Hat
W. A. Keith
City of Medicine
Edmonton
Tlarry Veiner
Mayor Veiner
Alberta
Medicine UI
R. N. Thompson
Red Deer
Social Credit
Dominion
Rosemont Statement Clarifies Service Station Appeal
H R A McMillan now owner of the Rosemont service station site and Built-Rite Construction Ltd Directors issue a statement after press time to set the record straight amid ongoing Rosemont Appeal controversy. They refer to a November 13 1961 front page Rosemont note detailing lands and plot changes from 90 5 to 77 sites and area from 12 59 to 12 51 acres with frontage shifts.
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H. R. A. McMillan
Rosemont Rental Developments Ltd
Rosemont Appeal
Rosemont
Built-Rite Construction Ltd
Soviet Accepts robotic detectors but rejects on-site inspections
At the disarmament conference in Geneva the Soviet Union endorsed using unmanned black box seismic robot detectors to aid nuclear test ban verification. Semyon Tsarapkin rejected compulsory on-site inspections, clashing with United States and Western calls to verify via on-site checks and to distinguish earthquakes from blasts. Canada criticized the Soviet stance while Britain and the US urged narrowing gaps to reach a treaty, noting no willingness to concede.
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Geneva
Soviet Union
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Tsarapkin
U.S
Arthur H. Dean
Ence
London
United States
Britain
Doan
Pro
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The
Canadian Medical Journal
Canada
Madrid
Francisco Franco
Spain
Joseph Miville Dechene
Ottawa
Bank of Canada
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Erense
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Weiner
Rosemont Statement
Grams
Mexico
Er. L. M. Burns
Burns
Joseph B. Godber
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