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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 15, 1968
Page
34
In Bogota next week the Pope will receive security measures unseen in Colombian history. Over 5 000 armed forces members are expected to patrol streets to guard some 180 000 pilgrims. The event marks the first papal visit to Latin America.
London reports Britain's top TV serial Dramation Street will end after the upcoming episode leaving about 20 million viewers in suspense. Granada TV cites the ongoing television technicians strike as the cause and says no more recordings will be made while the dispute lasts. The program will be off air for at least two episodes even if the strike ends tomorrow. A Granada spokesman warned there will be hellacious delays.
Reports from Austin Washington and Paris say a major breakthrough may come in Paris talks on Vietnam. Delegates met in the seventeenth session as speculation grows that a total bombing halt of North Vietnam could be proposed, with White House officials offering no comment.
North Vietnam's Xuan Thuy denied progress in the Paris talks during an interview via Pacifica Radio. US ambassador Harriman warned of a sterl e line while Vietcong and terrorists reportedly killed thousands in South Vietnam this year despite reduced combat actions.
Prime Minister Vorster acts to consolidate power by expelling ultra conservative dissidents within the Nationalist Party. Four days after ousting party leader Dr Albert Hertzog from the Cabinet, five rough and youth section members were expelled for opposing leadership policy and distributing an anonymous letter critical of Vorster. The move signals a hard line against rivals as Pretoria pushes liberal reforms and international engagement beyond isolationism.
American infantrymen battled an entrenched Vietcong battalion southwest of Saigon. Seventeen American and 104 Communist soldiers died in the heaviest clash near the capital in four weeks. A tropical storm north of the Gulf of Tonkin disrupted carrier strikes, though air forces still conducted raids against North Vietnam and targets near the Cambodian border.
A pathologist reports hydrogen sulfide from decomposed organic matter killed five fishermen who entered the hold of the fishing boat Novelty off Fort Myers on Sunday. Dr Wallace Groves led autopsies and could not determine how the gas entered the hold.
Greek security police arrested several suspects after a failed bomb attempt on Prime Minister George Papadopoulos. A motorboat escape plan failed as a man, ex Lieutenant Gennes Panagonlii, was captured near the coast. Other detainees include journalist George Drossos and former Athens state radio director Anastasios Pepenis.
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