South Africa to outlaw African Congress amid unrest
The government moves to ban the African National Congress and Pan Africanist Congress under a new Unlawful Organisations Bill. Police faced protests in Nyanga near Capetown as violence escalated, while international leaders condemn Verwoerd and South Africa's course.
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Charles Swartz
African National Congress
Pan Africanist Congress
Johannesburg
Rand Daily Mail
Patrick van Rensburg
South African Liberal Party
Britain
Lamontville
Durban
Registration of Mentally Retarded Recommended
An expert committee recommended new legislation to replace the 1939 Mental Defectives Act. The Education, Attorney General, and Department of Child Welfare consider the report. Health Minister Mr. Sheahan will decide after departmental review with input from Dr John McGenree and others.
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Education Department
Attorney- General's Department
Sheahan
John McGenree
W. H. Trethowan
Sydney University
Alan Jennings
R We J Pigen Centre
Brereton
Rebellon Ace
al Dew
De Gaulle toasts Britain at Buckingham Palace banquet
General de Gaulle lauded Britain as an ally and friend at a Buckingham Palace banquet. He noted shared duties and democratic values while calling for reduced international tension and armament control during his three day state visit. The Queen welcomed him and praised France and Western world prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckingham Palace
de Gaulle
Britain
France
Great Britain
Gatwick Air
Bomb blasts rattle Kampala amid road closures
Police placed road blocks on main routes out of Kampala after two bombs exploded outside an Asian shop. Eight Africans were seriously injured in the blasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kampala
Uganda
Disarmament Talks May Adjourn Before Big Four Summit
Geneva reports indicate the East-West disarmament talks may adjourn briefly before the May 16 Paris summit. Western negotiators rejected the Soviet four year total disarmament plan as unworkable, citing no international police force, an unacceptable time frame, no nuclear weapon early-disarmament mechanism, and unverifiable declarations.
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Geneva
M. Jules Moch
France
Britain
America
Canada
Italy
United States
Frederick Eaton
Senate Supports Merger of ANU and Canberra University College
In the Senate, Senator MacCallum argued the university should be more than a research institution and supported the Australian National University Bill uniting ANU with Canberra University College. Senator Wright and Senator Tangney framed the merger as a continuation of Canberra’s academic growth and noted past promises for a combined center of culture and learning. The debate was adjourned.
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MacCallum
Lib
N.S.W
Australian National University Council
A.C.T
Senate
Australian National University
A.N.U
Canberra University College
Wright
Tas
University College
Tangney
Lab
W.A
Canberra
Andrew Fisher
Australia
Cave-In Victim Lazzaro Tarzie Identified Near Canberra
Police released the name of the man killed in a trench collapse near the Federal Highway outskirts of Canberra. Lazzaro Michell Tarzie, 27, of Skye Street Queanbeyan, died after an eight foot trench wall caved in while he shovelled loose earth. Relatives in Italy were notified by the Italian Embassy.
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Canberra
Italy
Lazzaro Michell Tarzie
Skye Street
Queann
Tarzia
NSW Parliament Faces Constitutional Deadlock Over Upper House Abolition Bill
Sydney and the New South Wales Parliament enter a constitutional deadlock as the Legislative Assembly passes the Upper House Abolition Bill while the Legislative Council refuses to consider it. Premier Heffron plans a ministerial conference with Assembly managers and may urge the Council to join or face a court injunction to force a referendum.
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Sydney
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Council
Heffron
Assembly
Plane Crashes Lands On Mountainside In Nicaragua
A Nicaragua Airlines passenger plane carrying 18 passengers and four crew members made a crash landing on a mountainside. The co-pilot was killed and five others including an infant were critically injured.
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Managua
Nicaragua
A.A.P
Nicaraguan Airlines
Kennedy Wins Wisconsin Democratic Primary
Kennedy narrowly defeats Humphrey in Milwaukee with strong urban showing. Kennedy carries ten of Wisconsin's congressional districts and leads in total votes as results tally toward securing a majority of state convention delegates.
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Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Wedaseyey
A.A. Esre
John Kennedy
White House
Hubert Humphrey
Lea
Kennedy
Humphrey
Kenn
Wisconela
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W. Ballinger
Francois Erasmus
South Africa
Erasmus
Nea
Nyanga
Capetown
J. A. C. Reay
Die Burger
London
United Kingdom
Mr. Macmillan
Dr. Verwoerd
Southea
Macmillan
Nancy Sanders
I. Green
Mr. Menzies
Australian Wool Bureau
Albert Hall
A. Morrice
Mrs. Green
Bureau
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