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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Apr 26, 1966
Page
1
Perth report says Mr F. E. Chamberlain secretary of the State ALP, aged 65, was admitted to hospital with physical and nervous exhaustion. Doctors expect a six week layoff from duties.
Mrs Nguyen Van Hieu, 43, wife of the Vietnamese Ambassador to Australia, died suddenly at Canberra Community Hospital while awaiting the birth of her sixth child. The ambassador, Nguyen Van Hien, will travel to Vietnam for her funeral as she had been a prominent social figure and planned a Pan Pacific and Southeast Asia Women’s Association talk. Separately, Mr Chamberlain of the Australian Labor Party was reported ill from overwork and nervous exhaustion, delaying his role as ALP education committee chair in Sydney.
Troop veterans and party members gathered in Canberra and Sydney to mark a wartime commemoration and address a leadership question. Rallies in NSW and Victoria attracted thousands, with wreaths laid at the Shrine and dawn services in Melbourne and Sydney led by governors and veteran groups.
Geelong tugs race to assist the 33,000 ton Bergesund after engine trouble caused grounding off Portsea. Efforts to tow her free will start tomorrow from the soft mud as two Geelong-based tugs are dispatched.
AAP reports Soviet officers and guests deemed Britain's 20 year scale exercise a flop amid chaotic scenes. The parade featured Royal Australian Regiment and New Zealand units as helicopters failed to arrive, tanks saw no action, and biplane drills were interrupted. General Howard criticized the display while pilots blamed miscoordination.
Washington sources said yesterday that the United States placed a small order in Australia for 7.62mm rifle ammunition. The sources discounted reports that the US was turning to Australia to ease shortages of ammunition and other weapons in Vietnam.
Prime Minister Holt told a Saigon press conference that Australia’s trade with Communist China, limited to non strategic goods like wool and wheat, supported the war effort indirectly. He defended the policy as benefiting the Australian economy and enabling more overseas military and economic aid.
South Vietnam's military junta froze all state and official visits to and from Vietnam until after a civilian government is elected in about five months. Invitations planned for Chief of State Nguyen Van Thien to South Korea and Taiwan and by Prime Minister Ky to Japan were cancelled. No foreign leaders will be invited between now and the general elections, likely in mid August.
Singapore reports indicate Indonesia may have shifted to a new confrontation phase after strikes on Malaysian British ships near the Rhio islands. A Far East Command spokesman cited April shelling operations around Pulau Belakang Padang, while Singapore’s government released text of Prime Minister Lee’s assurances and communications with Indonesia. The Puncheston incident saw shells land within 800 yards of the ship, which did not return fire, as regional tensions surge.
Two statements were issued criticizing Dr Cairns for his Vietnam address. The Vatican reports the Pope is expected to meet Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko tomorrow, according to informed sources. Page 7 mentions other pages.
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