23 Aug 1965
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 23, 1965
Page
1
Readable fragments describe a rugby event involving Srilian Roger and a Times report. Key names and teams are partially legible with possible match notes and dates. The text is damaged, offering limited concrete facts beyond mention of rugby and a Times connection.
Fragmentary text provides few readable facts and no clear event. Names, places, dates, or outcomes are not discernible from the source.
The fragment provides unclear letters and lacks identifiable events or named entities to form a coherent summary. No readable facts or context are present for a proper card.
Lord Brockway reports that Vietnamese Communist officials in Moscow advised they would not demand a full US troop withdrawal before peace talks. The Labour peer, meeting North Vietnamese and NL F representatives, said a softened line was presented amid the Vietnam crisis.
Lord Brockway cited North Vietnamese and Viet Cong positions on peace and troop levels while teachers in the ACT seek a permanent relief pool of 10 qualified full time relief teachers. The ACT survey reports 7,000 teaching periods missed due to staff absence and illness across 132 days of the current school year.
Unclear text from late news reports a space agency official in Washington outlining proposed mission goals. No concrete details or dates are readable due to damaged OCR. Entities are not fully identifiable in the fragment.
Reports say Sabah secession would be treason and cite talks by Lord Stackway. A South Vietnamese Thai joint statement in Bangkok details training facilities for South Vietnam Air Force pilots and expanded Thai medical staff in Vietnam. Guerrilla attacks near Saigon report heavy casualties on government forces.
New Delhi, Sunday. Prime Minister Shastri warned that continued Pakistani aggression could force India to strike back offensively. In an interview with the New York Times service he said the nations were closer to war than since 1947 and that India could not keep pushing Pakistanis off its territory. He added it depends on Pakistan’s actions.
Spacecraft fuel cell troubles forced Gemini 5 to abort its planned rendezvous earlier than scheduled. Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad faced dwindling oxygen and electrical power as mission officials weighed continuing the eight day flight.
A fierce riot at Long Bay Gaol in Sydney left several warders injured and many prisoners involved. Prison officials prepared a report for the Minister of Justice as inmates in Ilam also attacked a workshop and caused fires.
The Law Society of the ACT opposes stamp duty proposals in the Territory. A novel with a jacket by Lord Snowdon may be banned in Australia. Treasurer Holt says Australians face higher taxes now than at the start of the government, in a TV interview.
Promoter Mr David McWraith aims to stage a week long Canberra season of Les Ballets Africains in late 1966 or early 1967 after strong advance ticket demand for last night’s Canberra Theatre Centre show. The Canadian date line delayed the troupe’s exit, allowing the Canberra engagement and a Newcastle show tonight.
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