meeting on October 6 during his first public appearance after the coup, which seriously shook his one-man rule. 8 Soviet Winner —Russian author Mikhail Sholokhov was vacationing in the Ural region on October 18 when he heard he had been awarded the 1965 Nobel Prize for Literature . The December award ceremony was held in Stockholm. 9 Return to Desolation of their homes, destroyed by eruption of Taal volcano, south of Ma nila, on September 28. Volcanic ash covered a six The death toll was estimated at 500. 10 Price of War —Hundreds of families returned to the wreckage -mile-square area. - —The number of casualties increased as the U.S. stepped up its military action in Vietnam. American advisors took part in many helicopter missions, carrying wounded soldiers, both Vietnamese and American, to copters on makeshift litters for evacuation to Saigon. 11 Reason to Celebrate Chancellor— Ludwig Erhard ofWest Germany waved to a cheering crowd in Bonn after his Christian Democrats surged to victory in the September 19 parliamentary elections. Mayor Willy Brandt ’s Social Democrats suffered defeat in the voting. 12 Colonial Rule Shaken — Rhodesian Premier Ian Smith broadcast a proclamation of sovereign independence for Rhodesia on November 11. The split from Britain was made in an attempt to insure a white minority rule ofthe African colony. It was the first such move against Britain since the American colonies broke away in 1776. Britain re taliated swiftly and took the problem to the U.N. Security Council, which asked all nations to enforce an oil embargo against the African colony. 12 -
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