19 Aug 1961
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 19, 1961
Page
1
The United States and France announced they would send additional air and naval forces to Europe to confront the Berlin crisis. They issued protests over violations of four power status and border restrictions in Berlin. West German Chancellor Adenauer stated Germany would bear a fair share of the intensified defense effort.
West Berlin tensions rise as Willy Brandt commends a shift in rhetoric while Western powers deploy naval and air reinforcements. Germany and France announce military builds and border fortifications around Berlin amid warnings from Adenauer and NATO allies. East Berlin reports a concrete wall rising near the border and increased patrols along key passages.
Peter Tait, 37, charged with the murder of Ada Fidel Hall, 42, at Saint Vicarage Hawthorn Melbourne. He arrived by air from Adelaide and was remanded for Melbourne Court hearings. Detective reports state Hall was killed by entry through a storeroom and tied to the doorway.
In Melbourne a mass meeting near Schonenberger Rathaus protests East West frontier closure. A banner reads Freedom For Al as about 4000 attendees voice political tension with Victorian Liberals seeking to oppose McEwen amid county party resentments and coalition fears.
Norm ONeill hit his first Test century as Australia rose to a commanding position. He blasted England’s attack with powerful drives and precise strokes, supported by Burge and Booth. England’s bowlers Allen and Jok kept pressure, but Australia moved ahead with a 4200 lead and a solid start from Heath and Burge.
Fragmentary cricket scorecard text lists players Davidson Harvey ONeill Stewart Booth and others with outs and sundries totals. Includes batting and bowling notations, roll and howling lines, and partial figures such as 256 and 493, 199, 238. Content is garbled and partial.
In Nashville a prison uprising ended when an Army tank threatened the State Penitentiary. Twenty five inmates held 25 hostages with firearms knives and picks. Ringleaders Raymond Farry and Robert Ribera led a prior 1960 uprising.
The request for a Premiers conference was refused by Mr. Menzies after Cabinet discussed the proposal. He said the conference would serve a useful public purpose, and noted moves to boost housing works, accelerate local authority borrowing, and ease credit to stimulate business activity.
The Western Australia Premier Mr Brand, who opposed the Premier conference on unemployment, said a special meeting would not have achieved much. He noted unemployment had reached a low point and expected the Commonwealth Government to act to improve the situation.
A US Navy spokesman said eleven Cuban seamen aboard the Meraerchatt ship were granted asylum after being brought ashore at Bahia De Nipe. The ship was boarded by health and immigration officers and no ruling had been issued on the case. A separate report noted figures tied to Cuba as kidnapping and duress concerns arose involving former minister Julio Camacho and others seeking permission to return to Havana.
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