25 Apr 1960
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 25, 1960
Page
1
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South Korea faces political chaos as Liberal Party rebels draft a plan to elect a president by the National Assembly, while President Rhee steps back from party leadership. A caretaker cabinet is proposed to govern briefly as a new constitutional framework is debated amid rioting and martial law in major cities.
A Sunday Dispatch report from Singapore says Russia will base warships including two submarines in Indonesia on loan to the Indonesian Navy. Russian crews will man ships until Indonesians train their own crews, a process expected to take a long time, stirring naval chiefs in Britain and the United States.
Colombo reports that the government under Prime Minister Dudley Senanayake dissolved Parliament on advice from the Prime Minister after an 86 to 61 censure vote. The move triggers elections set for July 20 as the United National Party seeks to regroup after a brief term, with 50 seats to the UNP and 46 to the Sri Lanka Freedom Party in the last vote.
South Australia report shows L C Nicholson of the L C P winning the Light by election to restore the government majority by 1,103 votes over C G Wurst and D M Beavan. With 176 votes yet to be counted the swing against the government is 12 percent since last year’s general election, leaving the chamber at Government 20, ALP 17, Independent 2.
Melbourne readers learn that, from May 1, over one million union members affiliated with the A C T U will be asked to boycott South Africa imported goods. The action follows a decision by the International Confederation of Free Trade Unions and targets union purchase power, not the handling of goods by sailors or transport workers.
President Eisenhower establishes a three man emergency board to probe a wage dispute between U.S. railroads and 11 non operating railway labor unions. A nationwide strike lasting at least 60 days could be blocked by the board’s findings.
At the Horticultural Society show in the YWCA building on Saturday, Mr. A. L. Dyce entered both grand champion chrysanthemums. R. R. Warren and W. D. Hardy examined the plants, with one bloom taking first in the Incurved section and the other first in the Reflexed section and named Grand Champion.
A larger than ever Anzac Day ceremony is planned at the Australian War Memorial in its new forecourt. The public will have lawned embankments for viewing as the Governor General and Viscountess Dunrossil attend. Wreaths can be placed on the Stone of Remembrance before 10 15 am and after the ceremony.
A badly burned male body was found in a rock grotto within Melbourne General Cemetery. Police said identification would be unlikely and no suspicious circumstances were noted. A post mortem is planned for tomorrow after reports the nearby Catholic chapel was broken into last night.
Hobart faces widespread damage from Friday night floods. Derwent Valley isolation persists near Lachlan with hospital water and power outages. City losses exceed a million pounds with damaged roads railways and subsistence supplies. High water left silt deposits and shop damage across Harrington Street and New Norfolk. Rescue attempts by Army duck were ineffective amid widespread destruction.
President Giovanni Gronchi rejected the resignation of Prime Minister Signor Fernando Tambroni after his Christian Democrat cabinet split. Tambroni, 58, had stepped down on the 11th and was asked to form a government to end the crisis stemming from the February departure of Professor Antonio Ni's coalition. The president instructed him to seek Senate approval for his government.
Munich police seek the killer who shot 36 year old Albert Reber in a shooting gallery last Thursday. Reber had moved to Munich in 1958 after a long stay in Australia. Police believe the killer loitered at a nearby bar then stole a pistol and entered the gallery before fleeing.
The bill to hold a referendum among 3.9 million whites on creating a South African Republic advances toward a vote in coming weeks. Nationalists push the plan as a constitutional shift while wary circles warn the measure may sever ties with the British Commonwealth.
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