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THE DAILY NEWS, ST. JOHN'S, NFLD.,   TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1961
BOMBAY (AP)-lndian troops backed by tanks, warships and bom-
|J|jripushed Monday night for a quick conquest of Portugal's Indian
nirritories.
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third of Goa, the biggest of the three territories on India's west coast
Lbecn taken and invading forces were within 10 miles of the capital
JNovo Goa.
At Belgaum, on the Goa front south of here, a high Indian source
dared earlier that the main resistance was shattered, with full vic-
iXf expected before dawn today.
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Indian Troops Overcome
Portuguese, Occupy Goa
Indian Forces Poised
Outside Capital
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Congo
Temporary   Truce   While
Tshombe,   Adoula   Meet
ELISABETHVILLE — Reuters — Katanga prov-"
iucc antl thc United Nations were reported Monday
inight to have agreed to stop fighting while Katanga j
An Indian defence ministry spokesman announced that more than !presii>._it Moise Tshombe and central Congolese Pre-1
micr Cyrille Adoula meet in a bid to straighten out
their differences.
The secessionist province's
[fiat of Damao  and Dili,
-   north    of    Bombay
y square  miles,  was
'.need  ai   Baroda   hy   thc
•Tent of India's adjacent
military headquarters in
Delhi, however, it was an-
,(■ only that Indian van-
is had .-in-rounded Da-
! principal town and had
M Dili.
ka SMALL AREA
end."
to  the
Off the Goan shore, an Indian
cruiser and a destroyer, in n
4.")' • minute exchange of fire,
drove the Portuguese sloop Alfonso Albuquerque toward the
beach where the ship ran
aground.
Indian naval forces seized An-
gedlva Island, a two • square-
tec   territories   cover j „,-,„  dot  in  thc sea  south  ot
square   miles,   an   area | Goai vvhere pm-tuguese fired on
it: than that of Prince Ed- an jndian sllip Nov   „ \n re.
rf 's!^Ill,•     .. I pulsing what they considered an
i in lirst military commun- j invasjon attempt
<« the outbreak of fight-1 India liad snubbed eHorts by
Perineal indicated that In- thc United NatjonSi the United
lorces may havc overrun states and Britain to promote
|a». It said information °n| negotiations and avoid blood-
Utae had been received shcd jn thc disp„tei which built
- ihf other territories, but | uo to a crilical stage ta the
to uord had come from; ]i|St tm weeks portugal had
agreed to negotiations.
Indian troops were estimated
to total .10,000; Portugal's 12,000.
Reuters reported from Bel-
gaum, on the Goa front so ith of
here, that Indian forces were
poised outside Nova Goa but
that a defence ministry spokesman had said their formal victorious entry would probably be
delayed until this morning.
("For all practical purposes
we are in Pangim (Nova Goa),"
he said. But Reuters said that
well • armed Portuguese troops
were reported to have entrenched themselves in a semicircle around Nova Goa for a
fight to the finish.
(Reuters said Indian forces
apparently were ordered to consolidate their gains after a day
of fierce land, sea and air attacks which were reported to
have resulted in heavy casualties on both sides.)
Mfnip ministry spokes-
is Ncw Delhi said a third
_ had been taken within
limn j alter thc start of the
■m. Resistance in the ter-
« was spotty, almost ncg-
( in some areas, he   rc-
also reported   majo     ad-
wi by Indian  army   units
Ike eastern and northern
»l Goa. At Belgaum, a
-*• tpokesman said Goans
'wlcomcd the invaders with
nd showed them
s were laid by re-
k_ Portuguese forces
ta»»l declared its outnum-
"I, troops fought    gallantly
inflicted heavy losses on
Wians at two Goan towns—
'■tern and Sarvona.
**S RESISTANCE
■* Goa, Portuguese Gov-
U*Mral Vasalo E. Silva
P« in an address from the
(bor Groups Advocate
wl Increase Ul Fund
Guard To
Keep Job
TORONTO (CP) - The 30-
ycar-old jail guard who caused
a row last week by dyeing his
prematurely white hair apparently can keep his job — and
his black locks.
J. A. Graham, provincial deputy minister of reform institutions, said Monday "there is
absolutely no chance" that T.
Brennan Keatinge will lose his
job at Don Jail if he refuses to
rinse the color out of his hair,
Mr. Keatinge, a former London bobby whose hair turned
white in England from severe
shock suffered in a gas explosion while investigating a suicide, decided to dye his hair because he "looked like a man of
45 or 50 instead of 30."
Hc said David Dougall, jail
governor told him to "get rid
of the dyt or you're out of a
job."
Margin Of
Two Seats
■tm!. KEN KELLY
KA ,CP> ~ Two maJ°1'
r»dies Monday advocated
|2J»I application of unem-
«™ insurance to wage
-,,*» but differed on m thods
|*aMg.
|? '-570,000 • member Cana-
Tu«ir Congress suggested
L.'Pwial committee inqulr-
JL*7 unemployment insur-
■J.™1 'he federal govern-
T?^3" its contributions
■^unemployment Insurance
r"one-third from the pres
r M-sixth with employers
■"ffliployecs sharing equally
■v fmaininit two-thirds.
H? 8,W0-member Confeder-
■_«National Trade Unions.
".«* of the labor move-
■ Quebec, proposed a
rM"*| method of fnanc-
J • special tax col ected
J.'""me similar to tax
(*» now used to finance
old age pensions.
17 lab<>r groups ap-
a ?s 'ne committee,
*bX Ernest C. 611 of
"^President of the Can-
y** Insurance Company,
ff » inquiry into how to
1 ? ""employment insur-
^gjrom   bankruptcy,
Weather
Overcast, with snow flur-
WthH,°cc,asional,y mixed
flthdr'«le. High today ?5.
Temperatures    •
Min Ma,
Niaht Da-
whether there are abuses of thc
fund and, if there arc, how to
eliminate them.
PRAISE CLC BRIEF
Mr. Gill voiced a special word
of praise for the CLC brief on
behalf of the four-member committee, stating that the members were very impressed by
the CLC submission. He said the
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CANBERRA (Reuters)- Final
results of Australian elections!
nine days ago Monday showed
Prime Minister Robert Menzies' government will have a
margin of only two seats n the
House ot Representatives.
It also appeared almost certain thc 60-seat Senate will be
dead-locked, with the coalition
government of the Liberal Country Party and the opposition
Labor party having- the same
number of scats.
The narrow victory
it difficult for the government
to delay a new election and
most observers expected Australia's 24th Parliament will not
last more than a few months.
Political observers said Menzies probably will try to put off
a new election until after he
can introduce a favorable budget next year.
formation minister, Albert Ny-
embo, announced his government and the UN have agreed
to a "temporary truce" during
the Tshombe • Adoula meeting
scheduled for today at Kitona,
a United Nations - controlled
town west of the central capital
of Leopoldville.
The meeting was arranged at
Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, earlier Monday by United States
ambassador Edmund Gullion.
Meanwhile, fighting in the
Elisabethville area stopped in
lhc wake of a fierce UN ground
and air attack Monday which
scorcd few successes against
determined Katangan troops.
BOMBARD OFFICES
Main target of repeated
rocket and cannon attacks by
UN Swedish and Indian fighter
planes was the big Union Miniere. Mining Company headquarters on the outskirts of this cap
ital   under siege for 13 days.
The company, which forms
the backbone of the Katanga
economy, has been accused by
the UN of providing arms and
bases for the troops of the se
cessionist province.
On the ground, UN armored
cars, followed by patrols fought
their way into central Elisabethville but were unable to
wrest control of the downtown
area from Katanga troops
The determined resistance of
the Katanga forces brought
forth a' confident communique
from the Katanga interior ministry declaring that its roops
wcre "holding their own."
SEIZE TUNNEL
The big push by the UN
forces brought them control
early Monday of a strategic
road tunnnel linking Elisabethville to the United Nations-held
airport.
But othcr main points in the
city, including the post office,
were still in Katangan hands.
In another development consular sources said Swedish
troops were moving to stop
tribesmen from a Baluba refugee camp from looting nearby
houses.
There are about 35,000 anti-
Tshombe Balubas living in the
camp on the outskirts of Elisabethville.
Laos Talis
Soviets Declare Work
Of Conference Ended
GENEVA (Reuters)- The Soviet delegate to the 14-nation
conference on Laos Monday pronounced the work of the assem-!
bly "basically concluded."
Russia's Gcorgi Pushkin, co-
chairman of the conference with I
Britain, said the accord ham-'
mered out here "should serve
as a model for international
agreements of this type."
The'conference of 14 nations,'
including t h e United States,
Communist China, France, India, Canada and Poland has
-ill make reached   virtual   agreement
75 - page document represented
a very thoughtful analysis of the
problem,
LOS ANGELES—Santa Claus, this one in the person of Verno
I. Voeltz, 61, wound up In this sorry predicament late Dec. 15th,
when, police found him dancing and prancing behind the wheel
I j of -a car In West Los Angeles with not a reindeer in sight. Safely
I In tow and charged with drunk driving, Santa commented, "Tell
' thc kidsh notla worry, I'll find my whlshkers somewhere."
JI    • (UPI Photo).
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international guarantees for the
neutrality of the Southeast Asian kingdom, torn by civil war
earlier this year.
The   conference   approved   a
draft   declaration    on.   Laotian
S. African
Police
Stage Raids
JOHANNESBURG (AP -
South. African police staged
widespread raids Monday seeking the perpetrators of 10 weekend sabotage bombings.
Blame for the incidents is
generally attributed to a 'new
Negro underground organization
which seeks to fight racia segregation  with  dynamite  blasts.
Thc crudely unprofessional
blasts centred around Johannesburg and the Indian Ocean
port of Port Elizabeth. Thcy did
little damage.
Find Gold
In N. W.
Territories
UNITED NATIONS-lndian U.N. Ambassador C. S. Jha tells
newsmen at a press conference herc- Dec. 13th thai India will
never accept "Ihe occupation of a part of India hy any foreign
j powcr." Jha referred lo Goa, Daman and Din, three enclaves
I held by Portugal since lhe 16th century as "parts of India in
I every sense of the word." He denied that an Indian attack
1 against Goa is imminent, hut said India may retaliate if Porlu-
1 gucse provocations continue. In Bclgauin, India, skirmishes be-
tween Portuguese troops and the pro-Indian underground Goan
EDMONTON ICP) - Reports Na,ionaIist movement in Goa wcrc reported on the increase,
of a claim-staking rush follow-!    • (UPI Photo)
ing a gold find in the Northwest
territories, 275 miles northeast
of Yellowknife, were confirmed
Monday by the Alberta and
Northwest Chamber ' of Mines
here.
G. H. Finland, secretary-
agcr of the chamber, said in an
interview that thc find was made
in the Contwoyto Lake area in
the Barren Lands by Canadian
Nickel Company Limited, a
wholly-owned subsidiary of International Nickel Company.
He said Canadian Nickel, an
exploration company, staked
about 300 claims in a 24-square-
mile area after a crew spent
most of the summer in the region. Other companies and individuals, he said, have gone in
to stake claims in the vicinity,
despite temperatures as low as
30 degrees below zero.
Thc last important gold dis- j u™te.<j Nations,
covery in the territories occur- j "'""e ruling
red near Yellowknife in 1935.   " '
led to the later discovery and
development of a number of bif
miners.
Britain Sides With
j Ancient Ally, Portugal
LONDON (AP)— Britain sided largest nation  in  the Common-
Monday with ancient  ally  Por- wealth. But Portugal is not only
tugal     against    Commonwealth. onc of Britain's oldest allies, it
partner India in  the  Goa  con- j is also a partner of Britain as
flict. The Communists ap- one of tlie 12 charier members
plaudcd   and   Western   powers; of the North Atlantic Treaty Or-
deplored the Indian invasion of' ganization. The 1949 NATO pact
three Portuguese territories.       formed to meet Communist ag-
Such  neutrals    as    Indonesia j gression,  does  not apply, how-
and the  United Arab  Republic I ever, to outlying holdings,
came to the defence of Prime!   The French   foreign, ministry
Minister  Nehru,  a   fellow  ncu- expressed    "astonishment    and
tral.     But   the   Western   press regret"   and   tlic   Conservative
called  the   Indian   military   ac-1 Paris   newspaper   Aurore   com-
tion an affront to the principles jmentcd:
so often preached by Nehru.       ,    "Mr.- Nehru has thrown down
Britain threw its   weight   be- his mask, violating the charter
bind a Portuguese appeal to the | of the United Nations ... tho
illustrious  Pandit   is not  afraid
nut any question-of splashing his while tunic with
It! of   British   military    action ■ blood."
neutrality and a protocol containing international supervision
and control measures fer safeguarding it.
APPROVE APPEAL
The conference also approved
an appeal to the three leaders
of Laotian factions — pro-west,
neutralist, and pro-Communist
to quickly form a national coalition government and send a
united delegation here.
In Monday's session tlie delegates agreed on the financing
of the International Control
Commission's opera tions in
Laos.
The U.S., Russia, Britain,
France and Communist China
will each bear 17.6 per cent of
the total cost. Buurma, Cambodia, North Viet Nam, Laos,
South Viet Nam and Thailand
will pay 1.5 per cent each.
Canada, India and Poland as |
members of the commission will
pay only one per cent each. The
commission, of which India is
chairman, has the task of supervising peace and safeguarding the neutrality of Lacs.
That
Christmas
Feeling
VICTORIA (CP)-'Tis the
season to be jolly and nasty
old politics should be forgotten, Premier Bennetl of
British Columbia said Monday.
Reporters met him on his
way to a cabinet meeting,
but he said hc wouldn't discuss any controversial subject because .it's Christmas
time.
against India. Foreign Sccrc-, State department officials in
tary Karl of Homc told Parlia-* Washington made it clear that
ment his government would ho-1 the Unitcd States strongly dis-
nor its string of ancient treaties approves India's action,
with Portugal by opposing India] So did The Netherlands. One
in the UN Security Council. I official noted that such action
TOUCHY DECISION j might   encourage   neutralist   In-
It was a touchy decision for.donesia to attack   Dutch   New
Britain  to   take   against   India, • Guinea.
Circus Death Toll
Between 260 and 350
"The premier is full of
the Christmas spirit," said
Mr. Bennett. "I am not entering into any political -con-   |persons injure(, nre ,„ hospi,a|,
"aVC    j anri    nnlicp    said    nl
NITEROI, Brazil (CP)—Officials had still not determined
Monday night the number
persons who died Sunday in
circus fire that turned a giant
tent into a flaming death trap
within 30 seconds.
Unofficial estimates
death toll at between 200 and
3:i0, Reuters reported. However.
The Associated Press said the
toll was likely from 250 to 260.
II said that 180 bodies have
actually been counted
About 300 of the estimated 500
troversy.   Just  say  I
the  very   best   feelings   towards   Mr.   Perrault,    Y
Strachan and Mr. Fulton.'
Ray
eral
and   police   said   about   200  of
j these are  in critical  conlition.
I Many are not expected to live.
|   An audience of 2,500 persons.
j mostly children, was attending
_■„- [the Sunday matinee peiform-
chan is B.C. NDP - CCF ance when 'the fire broke out. It
leader, and Justice Minister touched off panic throughout the
Fulton has been Mr. Ben- \ crowd and many were trampled
nett's chief Ottawa oppo- I to death in the scramble for the
nent in Columbia River |exits.
power hassles. Arson   is   suspected
FAMILY GASSED
ST. LOUIS—AP —A mother
and her three children were
found dead Monday in an apartment here. Police said the victims, Mrs. Lowalla Miller, 50,
and hcr children, Arlinc, 19;
Arthur, 14, and Jeanette,. 13,
may have -died from gas fumes
escaping from a blocked flue.
VOTE TO STRIKE
OAKVILLE, Ont. CP — The
United Auto Workers CLC announced Monday nigh't that Oak-
ville employees of the Ford I
Motor Company of Canada Monday voted 98.2 percent in favor
of strike action if nedessary to
back up the union's contract demands, A union spokesman de
clined' to say how many of the
5,000 UAW members cas bai
lots, but said there was a large
turnout.
LEOPOLDVILLE, Congo.—United Na lions soldiers parade -in a solemn funeral cortege for t!'.-r fallen comrades who were killed fighting Katanga for-
. Pressure on the Unitcd Nations mounted Dec. 16th to arranp**! a cease
fire in Katanga as U.N. forces waged a large-scale attack to clear Kataugcsc
positions which are harassing U.N. ope rations. Katanga PrcsicVml Tshombe
was believed to have fled Elisabeth ville to Kipushi on the border of North-
Rhodcsia.-(UPI Photo).
blaze. The governor of Rio de
Janeiro state proclaimed tha
fire a public calamity. President
Joao Goulart and premier Tan-
credo Nevas flew here from
Brasilia, thc capital.
BUILD  COFFINS
Orders went out for 500 coffins. Twenty carpenters, aided
by 100 volunteers, were building
them in  the city  soccer  stad-
Trial Of
Negroes
Postponed
ALBANY, Ga. (AP) - The
trial ot more than 700 Negroes
was postponed indefinitely Monday for a cooling - off period
after a week of racial strife.
Tha delay of lhe court hearings was the only semblance of
a victory that could be claimed
by the Negro integration movement.
City officials refused to yield
on other demands — the release
of prisoners without bond, the
desegregation of bus and. train
facilities and the establishment
of a permanent bi-racial committee.
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.,
in jail since Saturday, immediately posted bond and was released as efforts began to bail .
out all of the 400 Negroes who .
remain in jail.
THE COUNTRY PARSON
| "There is only one reason
your enemy can't become your ;
[ friend—you."