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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 23, 1963
Page
5
President Kennedy and supporters call for equal rights and voter access as racial tensions rise. In Birmingham, white churches repeatedly admit or reject Black worshippers in a tense anti segregation drive with hundreds arrested.
London mourns the Warsaw Ghetto massacre twenty years after the event as Polish reports cite mass graves near Lodz with the bones of thousands found in a wooded area. World Jewish Congress calls for full release of war documents to reassess Allied actions during the Holocaust.
Col. Glenn, first American to orbit, said the United States will send a man to the moon as a worthwhile exploration effort even if immediate benefits are unclear. He stressed no need for new breakthroughs, noting most technical details are known and the mission hinges on hard engineering work and testing. He dismissed separate rescue vehicles, citing safety precautions on major systems.
A Nigerian man named Noah Babalola fell from a platform as a front coach passed. The train rolled over him but he crawled out unhurt, saved by landing in a safety pit between the rails.
A group of 32 Australian teenagers reached Yokohama aboard the Arcadia for a three day visit to Japan as part of a round the world tour.
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