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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 20, 1968
Page
17
Concorde 001 moved under Rolls Royce Olympus engines at Poitou, conducting a 200 yard taxi test on a special track. The Anglo-French prototype, slated for a November maiden flight, is expected to reach 125 mph for further ground tests and final checks before takeoff.
A United Arab Airlines Antonov airliner with 40 people aboard crashed into the Mediterranean about 110 miles north of Port Said and 60 miles south of Cyprus. All aboard, 33 passengers and seven crew, were Arabs from Egypt, Jordan, Sudan, Algeria, the United Arab Republic, Syria, and Iraq. A RAF search aircraft sighted wreckage and 12 bodies 109 miles south of Nicosia. weather was clear. This is the third major regional air disaster in 18 months, following earlier crashes in 1967 near Nicosia and off Thickey.
Cardinal Giacomo Lerenzo, the Pope's legate, opened the International Eucharistic Congress in Bogota urging action against inequality and greed. About 490,000 pilgrims gathered as the Pope plans to attend the closing events. The address pressed solutions to hunger and poverty across Latin America and called for unity within the church amid divides over social issues.
Former Canadian Prime Minister Lester Pearson was named head of an international commission to chart a new aid strategy for the world's underdeveloped nations. The panel, to report by 1968, will study development needs over the next ten to thirty years and involve World Bank figures and leaders from around the globe.
A chaotic report sketches West Irian as it awakens under Indonesian administration after Sukarno annexation. Officials pour in to assess problems, while debates over self determination, development, and rights unfold amid mentions of Biak airport, Sukarnopura, and ongoing media access.
Tokyo reports 104 tourists believed dead after a landslide swept two buses into a flooded river in Nagawa prefecture. Police say 70 plus missing, many from industrial Nagar area, as search continues under clear skies.
In Zambia near the Rhodesian border, reports indicate Rhodesian troops have moved into the region amid guerrilla action. South African and Zimbabwean nationalist groups are cited in the unrest, with casualties claimed on both sides as the clashes widen along the frontier.
A recruitment appeal targets bright school leavers for banking at Commonwealth Banking Corporation. It promises challenging work, rapid promotion, regular hours with no Saturdays, attractive surroundings, and a youthful social environment. Contact details include phone 20155 ext 2771 or return a coupon by mail.
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