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Guam Daily News from Agana Heights, Guam • 1

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Guam Daily Newsi
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Agana Heights, Guam
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VOL XVI NO 295 AGANA GUAM TUESDAY DECEMBER 12 1961 TEN CENTS US Fires Subterra 'Cloud9 Leaks CARLSBAD Dec 11 (AP)-The United States exploded an atomic underground yesterday and unexpectedly released a small light cloud of radioactive steam into the air i Winds carried the cloud north-northwestward and Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) officials soon after the blast closed the main road leading to Carlsbad Carlsbad is 24 of the site miles northwest Observers and newsmen still could leave to the east out of the path of the cloud on a 100 mile detour AEC officials said the radioactivity was decaying rapidly and they hoped to lift the roadblocks soon TRACKING CLOUD AEC officials said they had no immediate word on the amount of radioactivity released but helicopters were tracking and measuring the cloud of radioactive particles Philip Randolph the deputy director of technical operations said possibly the radioactive steam came down the tunnel or possibly ON 16 Soviets Break Off Relations With Albania WARSAW Dec 11 (AP)-The Soviet Union yesterday withdrew its diplomats from Tirana thus breaking off diplomatic relations with Albania and touched off a wave of speculation among observers here on Soviet Premier next move in his bitter quarrel with Stalinist leaders Reports of the rupture apparently took all but a few top Polish Communists by surprise i ENVOYS RECALLED Most observers agreed that the Poles as staunchest supporters in the Moscow-Tirana dispute were almost certain to follow the Soviet example The poles already have recalled their ambassador to Albania several weeks ago The Polish Embassy there was reported to be operating with a skeleton staff that could be withdrawn in a mat- ON 16 TIDES High 11:40 AM 9:54 PM Low 5:14 PM 5:06 AM (Wed) Sunrise 633 AM Sunset 557 PM Max Rel Humidity 91 Min Rel Humidity 62 Rainfall Yesterday trace Total for Month 244 Woman Says Katanga PO Being Bombed NDOLA Northern Rhodesia Dec 11 AP)-In a dramatic call from Elisabeth-ville at 3:30 PM local time yesterday the telephone operator on duty in the Katan-gan capital said post office is being bombed and attacked I must leave the Ndola operator reported Telephonic communication between Elisabethville and Ndola has been down since Ndola 5 operator Vivian Knox said' CANNON FIRE He said there was no indication from the Elisabeth- ON 16 LUTHULI HAMMARSKJOLK Israeli Court Nixes Defense Plea JERUSALEM Dec 11 (AP)-Adolf Eichmann was convicted by an Israeli court today of crimes against the Tewish people war cirmes crimes against humanity and members in a hostile organization The court rejected defense plea that Israel had no right to try him for crimes comitted elsewhere and under a law passed years after the fact- court views the law in the- best tradition of international the judgement said MIDDLE AGES The court said international crimes were tried as far back as the Middle Ages in areas where the guilty were caught Piracy cases were so handled on the theory tla mankind must declare war against such In the case of Eichmann the Israeli judges declared this reasoning applies as well Eichmann as chief of the Bureau for Jewish Affairs is no better than a pirate the tribunal said It was job to round up the Jews arrange transportation to the death ON 16 WEATHER Partly cloudy very widely scattered showers Wind easterly 8-16 mph Sea slight max Temp Today 86 Min Temp Tonight 77 Max Temp Yesterday 85 Min Temp Yesterday 78 not the couple said The efforts to locate young Salas have been fruitless A search by civilian police also has been unsuccessful Salas said The said the last time they heard from their son was in September and was a great shock when we received word that our son was Luthuli Dag9s Heirs Given Nobel Prises OSLO Dec 11 (AP)-Two international peace champions were honored here yesterday in a ceremony which was unique in several ways The 62-year-old Zulu ex-chief John Albert Luthuli received the Nobel Prize for 1960 as the first African ever to be awarded this honor while the 1961 prize was awarded the late UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold the first Nobel Peace Prize ever to be given posthumously Swedish Olso Ambassador Rolf Edberg received the prize on behalf of the Hammarskjold estate KING PRESENT The ceremony took place in the light-colored stonewalled hall of the Oslo University auta in the presence of King Olav of Norway and a large number of dignitaries Luthuli had come from EICHMANN Baniel Wife Are Returning On Thursday Governor and Mrs Daniel are returning from the mainland Thursday morning on the Pan American flight from Honolulu his office announced yesterday IN LAS VEGAS The Daniels were in Las Vegas Nev yesterday for the Western Conference Daniel left for Washington last month to attend the Territorial Conference visited his home in Texas for several days and then returned to the capital for conferences with Interior Department officials and a ON 16 PI Congress Meeting Today To Canvass Election Returns MANILA Dec 11 (AP)-Filipino legislators made last-minute preparations to hold a joint session of Congress tomorrow to canvass the returns of the November 14 elections before proclaiming a new president and vice-president A call for the special session was issued to House of Representatives members last Wednesday by Speaker Daniel Romurldez official Parents of Missing Agat Sailor To Search for Him Hawaii A retired Navy chief from Agat and his wife leave for Hawaii tomorrow hoping to find their 25-year-old son who disappeared two months ago while on leave from his ship at Pearl Harbor Carlos Salas said yesterday he and Mrs Salas are flying to Honolulu aboard a Military Air Transport Service to search for his son Carlos Jr a Navy mate first class did" abandon his ship ON 16 ing to returns running mate for the vice-presidency Emmanuel Pelaez won by a plurality of about 200000 votes A total of 65 million voters went to the polls The Commission on Elections was expected to complete its official tally of ON 16 Pres Carlos Garcia who lost his bid for reelection conferred with Nacio-nalista Party leaders atMa-lacanang Palace yesterday is expected to continue the discussions today NOT CONCEDED Garcia has not conceded to President-elect Diosdado Macapagal the Liberal Party candidate who won the election with a plurality of about 650000 votes accord Salas said he and his wife-were informed by the Navy several weeks ago that young Carlos Tailed to return to his ship when his liberty expired and has been listed as absent without official leave DESERT Salas and his wife said the young sailor was good a to desert the service are certain our son.

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