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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Aug 19, 1963

Page

2

Ghana Students Allege Colour Bar In Russia

Ghanaian students in Kiev report racial discrimination including beatings and midnight arrests. A Sunday Telegraph dispatch cites fear of police harassment and hostility toward Africans, with claims of public humiliation and segregation by Russian peers and authorities.

Ghana Russia London Kiev University Ukraine Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Sinckholm Kiev Sini Prony Russaly Stu

Terkin Poem Sparks Debate in Izvestia Prelude

The Izvestia preface announces the publication of a long poem Terkin in which Vasily Terkin is cast as a battlefield hero in a postwar world. The piece, read to Khrushchev at a villa gathering, challenges Stalinist authority and hints at brewing literary friction.

Alexei Adzhubei Terkin Inapoets Stalin Terki Kremlin Alexander ‘Solotrentay

Peaceful Revolt Predicted by Kennedy Amid Latin America Progress

President Kennedy, marking the Alliance for Progress anniversary, predicted a peaceful revolution in Latin America bringing better lives. He cited 140,000 new housing units, slum clearance, 200 new classrooms, disease reduction from clean water, land and reform efforts, food programs, and rapid road construction advancing across 18 countries.

Hyannis Port Massachusetts Kennedy Latin America Associated Press of America Mr. Kennessy Jo Sone

Rock slide near Motril claims Gypsy woman and six children

A rock slide near Castel del Ferro, Motril, killed a Gypsy woman and six children. One child from the group survived, and another child escaped unharmed. Officials note the report is unofficial.

Fire Tragedy Strikes Niagara Wisconsin Family

A man unknowingly carried a Maze here to its home as a fire killed five members of the Comstock family and another child died in the blaze. Dorothy Schellhout and others faced shock as investigators learned Mary Jo stayed with the Comstocks the night of the fire.

Niagara Wisconsin Donald Seheithinut Laughtee Associated Pros of America Hie Schetthont Dorothy Mary Jo Howard Comstock Comstock Howard Majorie Christine Paula Peter SeheltRout Wis Fon Samstock Mary Jota Sleen Mrs. Schellhout

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