05 Aug 1963
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 05, 1963
Page
1
Manila reports that a complete agreement was reached among Malaysia Malaya and Indonesia after 50 minutes of private talks between Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman and Indonesian Foreign Minister Subandrio at the Southeast Asia Summit.
Compromise on August 31 delay fades as Malaya and Indonesia drop key demands in Manila talks. Soekarno vows to oppose Tunku policy while Macapagal hosts session to settle differences. United Nations fact finding teams and base access surface as major issues.
U Thant will present to U S USSR and UK leaders in Moscow measures to ease world tensions ahead of the three nation partial nuclear test ban treaty signing. Rusk Home and Gromyko prepare meetings and joint calls during the Moscow visit.
A crowd of about eighty watched as a small aircraft carrying hypnotist Henry Blythe flew over Gloucester Park. The plane used shortwave radio to deliver commands, and within minutes several attendees reportedly fell asleep while two toppled to the ground during the demonstration.
Dr Stephen Ward society osteopath central to a government scandal died in a London hospital at 3.50 pm after a coma from barbiturate overdose. Reports say he faced two living of earnings charges tied to Christine Keeler and Mandy Rice Davies. A gambler claimed evidence could have cleared him and an appeal grounds were sought for Edgecombe, acquitted in a separate case.
The 6000 ton Norwegian phosphate freighter Porthos caught fire in 40 knot seas off Tasmania. Three sailors died, two aboard and one after transfer, with a third man severely burned. Rescue tug Westamar ferried Dr. Ray Swannell to the ship. The ship sailed from Christmas Island to Hobart when the blaze broke out. The cause is suspected to be an explosion.
Thousands gathered in Sydney to honor E. J. Eddie Ward former Federal Labour MP for East Sydney who died of a heart attack. A requiem mass was held at St Marys Cathedral and a 100-vehicle funeral procession proceeded to Randwick Cemetery with attendance by ministers diplomats and union leaders.
Australian opposition leader Calwell said the Labor Party would not promise income tax cuts in the next election. He argued housing, education, and defence required priority and cited private schooling rights while denying ties to church-state funding. He warned NSW faces severe housing shortages and noted unemployment as unacceptable, signaling a possible deficit budget if needed.
Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister and Trade Minister John McEwen returned to Tokyo after rest to prepare for a Japan Australia trade treaty signing. He expressed confidence the agreement would be signed on Monday August 5.
A Braidwood man died after his vehicle ran off a road near Tarago and overturned. He was admitted to Goulburn Hospital with severe head injuries where he remained in critical condition. Two Sydney youths were injured in a separate Federal Highway crash near the Hume junction with treatment at the same area hospital.
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