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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 08, 1966
Page
1
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Canberra reports show the government has been testing support for a possible foreign conscription scheme. Ministers expect a decision this month as Italy voices concern over Italians in Australia being compelled to serve, while Mount Isa notes a separate incident of burned remains and a car shell in a rural area.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Malik aims to rebuild international confidence to secure aid for emerging economic recovery. Australian Foreign Minister Hasluck plans talks with Sukarno Suharto and Nasution, signaling possible friendship treaty backed by aid amid ongoing Borneo clashes. Colombo Plan projects include a $A24 million telecom link and a major road build, while trade stands around $A40 million yearly.
The Australian Labor Party Deputy Leader Mr Whitlam said in Singapore that Indonesia's confrontation of Malaysia had ended and would not be revived. In Jakarta Indonesia’s Foreign Minister Malik indicated confrontation would end before the 17th of the month after talks with a Malaysian mission.
Forty-one bodies were reported recovered with few survivors. The Kansas City to Omaha flight crashed a farm north east of Falls City in south eastern Nebraska amid heavy rain. The wreckage hampered rescue as witnesses described a ball of fire in the air before the Braniff aircraft burned.
A Canberra traffic survey shows for every person who goes to work by bus, 30 travel by car. The National Cavial Development Commission study, by P. G Pak-Poy and Associates for the commission, notes most bus users travel out of necessity and only a quarter use the bus as alternative transport. The report outlines a second phase with 25 interviewers visiting 1,100 homes and 6,000 questionnaires to bus passengers.
Three natives killed in a card game quarrel at Mororo Plantation near Port Moresby. An argument sparked a rampage with spears and axes, killing two more natives and leaving a 12 year old schoolboy injured. Four Goilala tribesmen arrested as police call it Papua New Guinea's most brutal violence in years.
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An unknown Kenyan defeated Australia's Ron Clarke in the main surprise of the Commonwealth Games. Naftalemuk, from Mount Kenya, claimed a six mile victory marking Kenya's rising presence as England and Australia share the medal tally behind the United States.
Warsaw reports Poland charged that U S aircraft bombed and strafed a Cambodian village last Tuesday directly endangering safety of Indo China ICC commission members. Government statements from multiple nations condemned Washington amid growing tensions and protests.
Details outline proposed increases in class sizes following a Sydney conference. The report notes a teacher from Canberra presents policies aimed at expanding pupil numbers in 1967 and references page 3 coverage.
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