24 Apr 1962
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 24, 1962
Page
1
President Soekarno intervenes to stabilize Indonesia’s chaotic food scene declaring skyrocketing daily necessity prices the fault of speculators. He announces distribution councils will oversee food supplies to impose control.
Indonesian officials and opposition leaders clash over economic policy and democracy as the government faces pressure from a nationalist movement. The council urges prudent use of funds and a sober economic plan while President Soekarno faces calls to shift strategy. Dutch forces report prisoner captures as clashes with Indonesian units intensify in West New Guinea, with claims of imminent invasion by Indonesian factions.
Commander D C Wells of the Australian destroyer Voyager based in Canberra accepted the key to the city of Talcoman Philippines from Mayor Altemo Mate. Officers and crew toured the city during a one day guest visit amid the SFALO Sea Devil exercise in Philippine waters.
Canberra marked a record Easter with War Memorial Visitor totals pegged at 32 000 since Good Friday. Parliament House opened briefly and drew 4 330 visitors, while Cotter Reserve and Black Mountain Camp hosted crowds. Airlines and Railways reported heavy bookings and accommodation strain, with many tourists from Victoria and New South Wales. Police praised crowd behavior amid one serious road incident, and travel outlets anticipated a busy Anzac Day period ahead.
The United States readies Ranger IV for a moon mission from Cape Canaveral aiming to place scientific instruments on the lunar surface and transmit television pictures. The mission follows Ranger III’s failed attempt and would deploy a seismometer radiation detector and radar altimeter.
Police search Magoura Station 18 miles west of Non for a 25 year old aboriginal assailant after a Sunday fishing trip turned violent. Tanette McKillop, 17, is missing while her father Bob McKillop, 60, and Elsie Konky, 50, remain in Cairns Base Hospital in satisfactory condition. Lorraine Bumble, 17, and Heather Beasley, 5, were present as witnesses. Heather was not hit.
In Moscow Burgess contests an invention charge tied to a defector tale by Vladimir Petrov. He claims Petrov’s testimony to Australian police was fabricated. Burgess, who recently indicated a return to Britain, says he has no such plan and cites global security police influence.
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