India Mounts Lightning Campaign to
Capture Two Portuguese Territories
BOMBAY, India UP) — India
today claimed capture of two
Portuguese enclaves — Damao
and Diu — and gains on all sectors
in a lightning campaign against
Goa, the third and largest of
Portugal’s possessions on the sub
continent.
\ Portugal asked for an urgent
meeting of the U.N. Security
Council and a denunciation of
India “for an unprovoked military
aggression.”
Spurning a U.N. appeal for ne
gotiations, Prime Minister Nehru
sent troops, tanks, warships and
bombers of this second most pop
ulous of the world's nations
against the tiny territories under
Portugal’s flag since the 16th
Century.
The Indian government an
nounced in New Delhi that Damao
and Diu, north of Bombay, were
“liberated” in this first day of
what Nehru termed a police ac
tion.
A spokesman for Nehru’s re
gime, leader of the Aslan-African
neutralist bloc, announced the
Indian Navy put a Portuguese
warship out of action in a sea
battle off Goa, 200 miles south
of Bombay.
Portugal, a charter member of
the North Atlantic Treaty Or
ganization, said it had only one
warship in the area, the 30-year
old sloop Alfonso De Albuquer
que.
The National Information Sec
retariat in Lisbon denied India’s
claim to occupation of Diu and
Damao. It said the defenders were
using a scorched earth policy in
all three enclaves, plus minefields
to hinder Indian advances. A
Goan radio broadcast said the
Indians suffered heavy losses.
The Portuguese, who had agreed
to negotiations, said their forces
were outnumbered more than 2-1,
but were putting up gallant re
sistance.
Goa, the main battleground, is
on the Arabian Sea at about the
latitude of Guatemala.
The Indian invasion to seize the
territories ruled for more than
four centuries by Portugal
brought sharp criticism from the
United States.
Secretary of State Dean Rusk
called an urgent meeting of his
.—..
top aides in Washington and a
high-ranking official said after
ward: “This is a classic example
of the use of force toy one of the
most moralistic members of the
neutral bloc.”
President Kennedy and British
Prime Minister Harold MacMil
lan earlier had appealed directly
to Nehru to seek a peaceful set
tlement of the long-standing dis
pute. But Nehnr turned a deaf ear
to their pleas.
Portugal ordered internment of
all Indian nationals in Portuguese
overseas territories and froze
their assets. There are sizeable
Indian populations in Mozamtou
que and Angola in Africa and in
Macoa on the Red China border.
U.S. Expresses Regret At
India’s Force of Action
WASHINGTON UD — The Unit
ed States expressed deep regret
today that India used force against
the Portuguese colonies of Goa,
Pou and Damao.
The U.S. view was given to In
dian Ambassador B. Nehru, a
cousin of Prime Minister Nehru,
by Secretary of State Dean Rusk.
Ambassador Nehru left an in
formal note setting forth the In
dian position in taking forceful
action, State Department press
officer Lincoln White said.
He said the Indian envoy call
ed on Rusk at his own request to
deliver the memorandum.
Eichmann’s Attorneys
File Notice of Appeal
JERUSALEM UB — One of
Adolf Eichmann’s atorneys Sun
day filed notice of appeal against
the death sentence given the for
mer Gestapo official.
The Israeli Supreme Court is
expected to start hearings in Jan
uary on the appeal.
Eichmann’s attorneys, Robert
Servatius and Dieter Wechten
bruch, are expected to challenge
the conviction with the dahns
that their client was unlawfully
returned to Israel, that Israel had
no right to try Elchmann for
crimes committed before Israel
was a state and that the death
sentence was not justified.
Elchmann is being held In the
prison at Ramleh, *10 miles east of
Tel Aviv. He has no contact with
any other prisoner and Is shack
led and handcuffed when he
walks in the prison yard.
Officials at the prison said they
were constantly on guard to pre
vent in attempt on Etehmann’s
life by other prisoners.
U.N. Overrides Soviet
Objections to Discuss
Portuguese Complaint
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. W» —
The UN. Security Council over
rode Soviet objections today and
decided to plunge into an urgent
debate on India’s invasion of Por
tuguese Goa.
The M-natlon council was con
vened at the request of Portugal.,
Soviet delegate Valerian A. Zorin
objected to discussion of the issue
on the ground that the military
action against the Portuguese en
claves was a matter exclusively
within the domestic jurisdiction
of India.
The council brushed aside his
arguments and voted 7-2 to place
the Portuguese complaint on its
agenda for immediate discussion.
Christmas Trees
Light Up Berlin Border
BERLIN W — Thousands of
Christmas tree lights went on at
dusk Sunday along Berlin’s Red
wall, carrying the greetings of
West Berliners to countrymen In
the Communist East. The Com
munists replied over their loud
speakers with propaganda and
jazz music.
Mayor Willy Brandt symboli
cally switched on the lights in a
moonlit ceremony as a Commu
nist loudspeaker blared in the
background.
More than 3,000 West Berliners
braved near-zero cold to hear
Brandt say, “We need make no
demonstrations. The light of these
Circus Fire in
Brazil Claims Lives
Of 250 Persons
NITEROI, Brazil OF) — Fire
Fire roared through a nylon cir
cus tent Sunday afternoon as 2,500
persons watched a performance.
Police estimated 250 were killed.
It was Brazil’s worst disaster
and the worst circus fire in his
tory, worse than the Ringling
Bros, fire at Hartford, Conn., in
1M4 in which 168 died.
Officials early today said 180
bodies had been recovered, many
of them children. An estimated
500 were injured, some seriously.
Gov. Celso Pecanha of Rio De
Janerio said arson was suspected
Niteroi is across Guanabara Bay
from Rio De Janeiro.
The fire flashed up the tent as
two trapeze performers began
their aerial act. Within five min
uates the flames had enveloped
f the mammoth tent and seared
the ropes. The blazing mass fell
on the spectators.
Some were trapped in their
seats. Others could not get near
the exits. Some were trampled to
death.
Frea-crassd women and children i
rushed for the exits, fell atop each 1
other and caught fire.
Treatment of the hundreds of'
injured was hampered by Short
ages of medicine, blood plasma,
hospital beds, doctors and nurses.
Air Force helicopters flew medi
cine and plasma from Rio De
Janeiro and Sao Paulo. Radio ap
peals brought doctors and nurses
tratfi Rio.
J^teroi’s five hospitals were
filled- Others of the Injured were I
ferried across the bay to Rio hos
pitals.
Among the survivors were the
two trapeze artists. The woman,
Antonietta Estevancvich, said she
was standing on the platform and
her partner was swinging through
the air when they saw the fire.
**I didn’t yell fearing he would
fall,” she said. “He completed
his swing and we both jumped
Into the net and escaped.” 1
Alaska to Spend $69,437
In 1962 For Tour Ads
JUNEAU — The State Di
vision of Tourism and Economic
Development said today it will
undertake the largest magazine
and newspaper advertising cam
paign in Alaska’s history next
year in an effort to get more
people to visit the state.
In all, the division proposes
to spend $36,071j60 on adver
tising in national magazines and
$24,308.93 on advertising in news
papers around the country.
Production costs of $9,057.08
will boost the total cost of the
spring advertising campaign to
$69,437.61.
The Alaska advertisements will
be placed in the magazines Holi
day, National Geographic, TV
Guide, Sports Illustrated, Sunset,
Skiing, Alaska Sportsman and the
American Society of Travel
Agents News.
Alaska ads will also be inserted
in 23 leading newspapers around
the country.
Director Morris Ford of the di
vision said the advertisements
will run from January through
June, and those destined for the
twp Seattle newspapers will be
timed to draw as many visitors
as poaiflble to Alaska from the
throngs who expected to visit
Seattle's Century 21 Exposition,
opening in April next year.
Seattle Woman Requests
Reservation for Alaska’s
First Ferry Boat Trip
JUNEAU iffl — A Seattle wom
an has submitted the first re
quest for a reservation on the first
scheduled voyage of the state
owned Malaspina over the South
east Alaska Marine Highway,
Gov. Wm. Egan said today.
Mrs. Lucille Wilson of Seattle
requested the reservation in a
letter to the Governor. She said
she wanted to be aboard the “first
Alaska ferry leaving Prince Ru
pert for Juneau."
The Malaspina’s keel was laid
at Seattle last Thursday. She is
scheduled to leave Prince Rupert
on her inaugural voyage through
the inside passage to Skagway on
Sept. 3, 1902.
Frozen Stiff . . •
Doctor Thaws
Out Two Men
I l--; / m . .
RENOVA, Pa. UFi — “Picture *
a frozen turkey. That’s the way ■»
both boy* looked.”
That’s how Dr. Frank Dwyer, 1
i* country doctor for 55 years de- ,
scribed two hunters who were
literally frozen stiff.
Richard Lansberry, 26, and
Robert Wise, 21, of Ohio, were
found Dec. 9 by Carl Schmoke
and Charles Ramage.
Lansberry and Wise had a two
, bunk hut on the floor of a truck.
After readying their rifles and
packing lunches for the next day
in the Woods, they lit an oil stove.
As they slept the stove went out.
Temperatures were near zero, j
They were sleeping in a cold
storage box.
When they awoke they couldn’t
move. They yelled for help, Wise
finally losing consciousness. Sch
moke and Ramage finally heard
Lansberry.
Lansberry and Wise were taken
to Renova Hospital where clergy
men gave them the last rites.
But Dwyer went to work and
saved the two.
‘Some of the tips of the toes
will be removed,” said the doc
tor, “but this will not interfere
in any way with their walking.”
Dwyer said he didn’t want to
be singled out, that all of the hos- ■
pital personnel did a wonderful ‘
job.
Relays of nurses applied com
presses, first cold then warmer
ones, finally hot ones as the
victims thawed out.
It was hours before the arms
and legs of either could be
stretched out. They each had to
survive fevers as high at 106 de
grees. Each remained unconscious,
Lansberry for 72 hours, Wise for
nearly 108 hours.
Dwyer expects Lansberry and
Wise will be back to work by
next month.
STORES TO REMAIN
OPEN THIS WEEK
Most of Nome’s business houses
hpve announced that they will be
open on certain nights this week.
This serves a double purpose,
an opportunity to shop more lei
surely after working hours and
also to be downtown and enjoy
the outdoor Christmas lighting
which again brightens the shop
ping district, courtesy of the Vol
unteer Firemen. The Community
Christmas Tree, which is in front
Fire Station, comes from
, courtesy of the Fair
Fire Department.
' Ot*
Kennedy Stops at
Palm Beach with
A Heavy Cold
PALM BEACH, Fla. <*> — Pres
ident Kennedy stopped short his
return trip from Latin America
today to land at Palm Beach with
a heavy cold which sent him to
bed for a rest.
Kennedy, who developed the
cold during his fast-paced tour
into Puerto Rico, Venezuela and
Colombia, decided early this
morning enroute to the United
States to get off at Palm Beach
with Mrs. Kennedy.
White House press secretary
Pierre Salinger, reporting that a
head cold gave Kennedy some
discomfort during the flight
from Bogota, said two physicians
have examined the President since
his arrival.
Kennedy plans to leave Palm
Beach Tuesday for Washington,
Salinger reported. He said the
cold would not alter the Presi
dent’s plan to meet British Prime
Minister Harold MacMillan at
Bermuda Thursday.
The Kennedys’ whirlwind 'jrip
| to the upper tier of South America
■was an obvious personal success.
An enthusiastic greeting at Car
acas, Venezuela, where leftists
had made violent attempts to in
cite demonstrations against the
1 United States and an overwhelm
ing receplon at Bogota, Colombia,
* reassured Kennedy.
Puerto Rico had reacted as ex
i pected on Friday at the start of
r the weekend journey, with more
* than 200,000 exuberant spectators
* on the streets of San Juan cheer
; ing the President.
Although the success of his Al
liance for Progress hinges pri
marily on the good will and co
operation of governments in
power, Kennedy was openly gra
tified by his welcome from the
people.
Kennedy emphasized two posi
tions in his 6,300 miles of travel:
1. An appeal for hemispheric
support of his Alliance for Pro
gress, the $20-million plan for
public and private funds to raise
Latin American living standards,
f 2. Wholehearted support for Be
tancourt and President Alberto
Lleras Camargo of Colombia.
Kennedy made clear that he
counts on their example to gen
erate wide backing for the Alli
ance.
U.S. Sets Off Seventh
Underground Blast
WASHINGTON UP) — The U.S.
Atomic Energy Commission has
announced its seventh under
ground nuclear explosion since the
United States began its current
series of tests.
The detonation Sunday was car
ried out at the AEC’s Nevada
test site and was described as a
low yield blast. This would indi
cate a force equivalent to up to
5,000 tons of TNT.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Continued fair and cold. Low
est temp, expected tonight -15,
the high tomorrow 0.
In the past 24 hours: highest
temp. 6, lowest -12. Sunrise at
10:01 a.m., sunset at 1:56 pan.
There were 3 hours and 56
minutes of daylight today — and
Thursday will be the shortest day
of the year.
A year ago today: high temp.
30, lowest 11. Extremes on this
date since 1907: highest 38 in
1932, lowest -36 in 1946.