India closes Goa conquest with Marmagao fall and capture of governor general
Reuters reports India completed its takeover of Goa as Marmagao fell after warships moved in. Governor General Manuel Vassalo Silva was said to be in custody as about 3,500 Portuguese soldiers were captured or detained, with 400 prisoners taken at Marmagao and six tanks seized.
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Nova Goa
Reuters
India
Goa
Indian Defence Ministry
Manuel Vassalo Silva
Marmagao
Belgaum
Manuel Antonio Vassala E Silva
Marmagoa
Tender Signing Delayed Over Bids for 1962 Gravel Contract
Mayor Harry Weiner delays signing the 1962 crushed gravel contract after a protest by Paul Juhns of Nick Zeller Construction. The council awarded the bid to Zeller despite a lower bid from Juhns lacking a 5 percent cheque. Juhns to be heard at the January 2 meeting amid questions about tender requirements and council recommendations.
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Harry Weiner
Paul Juhns
Medicine Hat Law Firm
Brown and MacLean
Juhns
Public Works Committee
Nick Zeller
Zeller
Judns
Weiner
W. Z. Brown
Judas
Sukarno Warns of Force if West New Guinea Is Seized
President Sukarno sent a letter to President Kennedy as Indonesia presses military moves to claim West New Guinea from the Netherlands. Subandrio told parliament that Indonesia may act by force but leaves a path to settlement. mobilization was ordered and armed forces instructed to seize the territory at any time.
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Reuters-Ap Jakarta
Sukarno
Indonesia
Kennedy
West New Guinea
Netherlands
Subandrio
United States
Howard P. Jones
Indorsies
Ambom
Molucca Islands
Donesian
Parliament
Netherlands East Indies
Tshombe and Adoula Begin Katanga Peace Talks
In Leopoldville President Moise Tshombe and Premier Cyrille Adoula opened negotiations to end Katanga's secession. They met at the UN Kitona base in secret talks after a cordial start. In Elisabethville, UN troops occupied Union Miniere facilities amid civilian and mercenary sniper fire.
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Leopoldville
Moise Tshombe
Katanga
Cyrille Adoula
Kitona
Congo River
Tshombe
Congo
Adoula
Elisabethville
Union Miniere de Haut
Two Men Face Frostbite After Blizzard Ordeal
Carl Lauritzen and Sel mar Barstead, both Edmonton area workers with the provincial highways department, survived a blizzard near Duchess Alberta after their car stalled Saturday. Discovered Monday by ranchers Ray Zeer and Ike Sunstrum, they suffered frostbite to hands feet and faces. Lauritzen wandered dazed in near zero temps before rescue.
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Brooks
Alta
Carl Lauritzen
Selmar Barstead
Edmonton
Duchess
Ray Zeer
Ike Sunstrum
Lauritzen
Zeer
Mr. Barstead
Sunstrum
RCMP
Finnegan
Provincial Highways Department
Begging Letters Spark Christmas Tree Controversy
In TRACADIE New Brunswick two clergymen defend residents against a begging note fad tied to exported Christmas trees. They cite only two needy families amid a population over four thousand and note parish wealth and good care of locals, calling for better employment rather than generosity driven by children.
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Tracadie
N.B
Gloucester County
New Brunswick
Macdill Air Force Base
Tampa
Fla
A.trudel
Edmond Ouellet
Trudel
Ouellet
Junior College Support Grows in Medicine Hat Discussion
Unexpected backing for a junior college surfaced as school boards met with Medicine Hat Public School Board officers to discuss a proposed vocational high school. Delegates favored offering first year university courses locally to help rural students and ease living away from home. Agreement to study further was reached with plans to gather facts before deciding.
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Medicine Hat
Bruce McKenzie
Home and School Council
Seven Nation Committee Appointed By UN For South West Africa
The United Nations General Assembly approved a special seven nation committee to visit South West Africa before May 1 to arrange evacuation of South African forces and prepare the territory for trusteeship. The move follows a trusteeship vote favoring the committee, with Canada voting yes and Portugal voting no. The region, long administered under a League mandate, lies on 320 000 square miles with a small white population.
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United Nations
United Nations General Assembly
South- West Africa
Assembly
Mongi Slim
Tunisia
Cuba
Yugoslavia
South Africa
Canada
Portugal
South-West Africa
League of Nations
Germany
Trusteeship
Kennedy's Father Improves as Bermuda Talks Loom
President Kennedy's 73 year old father Joseph Kennedy was reported somewhat improved after a stroke. Doctors said the blood clot inside the cranium could not be removed surgically. Kennedy may meet Prime Minister Macmillan in Bermuda or Palm Beach as he stays near his father at St Marys Hospital.
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West Palm Beach
Fila
Kennedy
Britain
Joseph P. Kennedy
White House
Pierre Salinger
Salinger
Bermuda
Macmillan
Edward
Ann Gargan
St. Mary’s Hospital
William T. Foley
New York
St. Mary's Hospital
Washington
Palm Beach
Fla
Atlantic Island
Macmillan Offers Flexibility for JFK Talks
Prime Minister Macmillan told President Kennedy he is at the disposal for talks in Florida or Washington. He would postpone or travel to confer if Joseph Kennedy’s illness prevents the president from leaving his father’s side. Kennedy, in Palm Beach, awaited developments on the elder Kennedy’s condition before deciding.
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Hamilton
Bermuda
Reuters
Macmillan
Kennedy
Florida
Washington
United States
Joseph Kennedy
Yale Holiday Break Nears
UNITED NATIONS (CP) delegates pushed to wind up the first part of the General Assembly session after condemning Portugal for withholding information on its overseas territories. A Soviet veto blocked a Security Council resolution on India’s invasion of three small Portuguese colonies. The vote 90 to 3 with Portugal, South Africa and Spain opposed.
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United Nations
General Assembly
Portugal
Security Council
India
South Africa
Spain
Bolivia
France
United States
Britain
North Atlantic Alliance
NATO
Tibetan Rights Upheld at United Nations Assembly
The UN General Assembly adopted a resolution renewing calls to stop practices denying Tibetans basic human rights and self determination. Draft sponsored by El Salvador Malaya Ireland and Thailand passed 56 to 11 with 29 abstentions, while the Soviet bloc and Cuba voted against. Tibet remains under Chinese rule.
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United Nations
United Nations General Assembly
el Salvador
Malaya
Ireland
Thailand
Soviet Bloc
Cuba
Assembly
Tibet
Assembly Approves 2 Plans for Disarmament and Space
The assembly unanimously approved two compromise plans to restart disarmament negotiations and to pursue a broad space cooperation program. An eight nation expansion of the disarmament committee was endorsed, with a report due by June 1. France was absent and Tibet rights concerns were raised with a 55 to 11 vote.
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Assembly
U.S
Adlai Stevenson
Valerian Zorin
Bocl
Geneva
Weather outlook for Medicine Hat chills to 15 below
A deep cold wave grips the Medicine Hat area as the Dominion Weather Bureau in Edmonton forecasts 15 degrees below zero tonight and a high of 10 below for Thursday. Clouds and snow are expected overnight with clearing by Thursday afternoon and a brief Chinook warmup later.
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Dominion Weather Bureau
Edmonton
Medicine Hat
Cold snap in Lethbridge and Medicine Hat area
Weather notes from Lethbridge report 3 below at 8 am rising to near zero then 4 below by noon. A chinook near Great Falls offered no relief as temperatures faltered. Officials say the cold is near long term average with light snowfall totaling under an inch in the region.
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Lethbridge
Great Falls
Mor
Medicine Hat
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