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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 04, 1969
Page
13
Prince Charles received yesterday his preliminary flying badge after solo flight hours, including more than 14 solo hours. He began training in July 1968, made his first solo flight last January, and completed his 80th flight in a Chipmunk at Tangmere Royal Air Force station as a member of the university air squadron.
Czechoslovak party chief Husak and President Svoboda meet Soviet leaders in Simferopol Crimea as Prague girds for public reaction to the Warsaw Pact invasion anniversary. Moscow seeks admission of justification for the 1968 invasion. Husak stops short. Security tight as unrest fears rise and militia meetings are reported.
Prague said the communist daily Rude Prava depicted former liberal Interior Minister Josef Pavel as tolerating Western espionage. The article, tied to Warsaw Pact justification for the invasion a year earlier, cites reports of West German and US intelligence attempts to recruit progressives and questions why prior leadership did not act against foreign enemies and domestic unrest.
Two Danish fishermen died when their trawler struck a World War II mine off Roedbyhaven. Rescue ships and helicopters found only wreckage of the Tabor, and the incident was reported by United Press International.
U S farmers and migrant workers suffer severe health effects from parathion and related pesticides, a Delphic Systems chief told a Senate subcommittee. More than 50 million pounds may be spreading unchecked, with numerous incidents reported across farms and homes, prompting calls for expert oversight and action.
Delegates in West Irian hailed the final results of the self determination act, confirming West Irian remains part of Indonesia. Officials reported no deaths from pesticide use, while the U S State Department noted migrant workers lack safety coverage. The gathering in Djajapura ended with pro Indonesia shouts as authorities fortified the town hall with baton and tear gas. the IGA met to finalize regency votes.
Sydney reports the death of Mr J A Ferguson former NSW Milk Board chairman and ALP leader. He served as ARU organiser and NSW ALP president, later held federal ALP roles. Survived by wife four daughters two sons. The lengthy obituary also notes UN and Indonesian governance ties and earlier rail work.
A final steam service is planned on the southern line from Sydney to Moss Vale this week. One steam train will run while others are withdrawn as nurses seek wage parity and recognition for nursing as a profession, with the Railways Department reviewing pay levels amid the test case.
In Sydney on Sunday more than 2,500 people watched a CMF soldiers parade from across NSW and the ACT in the Botanic Gardens. NSW Governor Sir Roden Cutler reviewed and addressed over 400 Royal NSW Regiment members, praising their pledge to learn defence before it was forced on Australians.
London reports two day talks among leading wheat exporters ended with agreement to halt indiscriminate price cutting temporarily. AAP dispatch notes agreement reached after discussions and aims to stabilize wheat pricing globally.
Russian novelist Anatoly Kuznetsov said he defected due to Soviet censorship turning his work into ideological potboilers and that artistic freedom meant only praise for the Communist system. He released letters resigning from the Soviet Communist Party and the Union of Writers. the 1968 invasion of Czechoslovakia spurred his decision. He disappeared from a London hotel and reappeared at the Daily Telegraph office.
Calcutta Sunday government officials say five major armouries in West Bengal are under guard by para military forces rather than police due to a threatened Bengal jute mill workers strike of over 200,000. The alert follows last Thursday’s attack by mutinous police on the State Assembly.
ACT nurses will request their wage claims be referred to the Full Bench of the Arbitration Commission for a hearing before Commissioner J. L. Holmes in Canberra on Wednesday.
The Government of Ceylon announced the appointment of Mr N J Jansz as the new Ceylon High Commissioner in Australia. He will succeed Mr C O Coorey who leaves Australia in September. Jansz, 52 and married, is a member of the Ceylon Tourist Board and a renunci member of the Employers Federation of Ceylon.
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