World leaders call for peace in Christmas messages
Western leaders urged unity and peace in year end broadcasts. Queen Elizabeth and King Baudouin stressed patient effort, while Kennedy pledged support to West Berlin. Adenauer noted Congo violence and border incidents as Europe seeks common security. Snow across Europe highlighted a stark holiday backdrop.
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India Takes Goa Declares End To Colonial Rule
Indian troops invaded Goa and two small Portuguese territories on the west coast, claiming a quick victory with Goa holding out to Wednesday. The UN Security Council debated the crisis as Indonesia eyed West New Guinea and the Congo saw renewed UN leverage in Elisabethville.
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Khrushchev Moves to Replace Stalin Constitution in USSR
Premier Khrushchev announces a new basic law to replace the 1936 Stalin constitution. He spoke to agricultural workers in Kiev and linked the draft to the October party program aiming for a utopian Soviet life. Officials say the new charter could appear in 1962 and may affect March Supreme Soviet elections.
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Kurt Meyer Dies At 51 In West Germany
Kurt Meyer the German SS general and once bodyguard to Hitler died Saturday night of a heart attack at his home in Hagen Westphalia He was 51 He served nine years of his life term in Canadian and West German prisons and was released in 1954 Meyer had been working as a brewery sales manager.
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Bomb Explodes During Christmas Procession in Buga
At least 50 worshippers are dead and over 110 injured after a bomb blast in Buga’s artillery square during a Christ child procession. Police report 80 arrests as officials warn of terrorist attack aims to seize arms.
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Sukarno Forms War Planning Team for New Guinea Action
In Jakarta President Sukarno creates a military planning staff to coordinate an alleged liberation of Dutch New Guinea. Maj Gen Achmad Jani leads the group with air force and navy officers and a police commander. Food production and distribution are to be controlled as mobilization notes, amid drought and rice shortages.
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US protest over Berlin border incident sent to Moscow
United States Ambassador Walter Dowling’s note to the Soviet ambassador in East Germany protested a Berlin border clash in which Maj Gen Albert Watson and three civilian aides were turned back at a crossing as they refused to identify themselves. Soviet sources said the note went to Moscow for decision and a counter protest on government level was possible.
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Traffic Fatalities During 1961 Christmas Weekend
The Canadian Press reports at least 65 people died in Canada during the 78 hour Christmas weekend, with Ontario 15 road deaths and Quebec 16, while Newfoundland, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia had no fatalities. Fire claimed 14 lives and faulty tree lighting caused several blazes. Provinces totals show Ontario 22, Quebec 19, British Columbia 13, Alberta 4, Saskatchewan 4, New Brunswick 2, Manitoba 1.
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Death Toll In US Christmas Holiday Traffic Rises
The National Safety Council reports 670 deaths in the three day Christmas period. Traffic fatalities reached 306, with 82 fire deaths and 82 other accidents bringing the total. Weather and ice worsened hazardous highways, with notable crashes near Hearne Texas and Marietta Ohio.
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Christmas Day Snow Delays and Accidents Across Canada
Canada faced a white Christmas with Saint John New Brunswick buried under 24 inches of snow and six feet drifts at the airport. Ontario logged 22 holiday deaths from road crashes and fires, with Toronto reporting 143 nonfatal accidents. A Moose Jaw officer noted no one in cells on Christmas Eve.
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