29 Aug 1961
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1961
Page
1
East German Communists pulled back armour and guns from the West Berlin border zone. Guards were reduced to pistols and only isolated minor incidents were reported along the line yesterday.
West Berliners face blasts as a 4 leu.-gas bomb is thrown during jeers at a border loudspeaker van. East German police use warning shots and suppress attempts to dismantle border installations. Krushchev hints Berlin could be a free city under a peace treaty with token Allied troops. The Times notes U.S. ammunition buildup and no immediate U.N. move, with Rusk visiting LIN amid French hesitation.
Tokyo reports Prime Minister Ikeda condemns Moscow for meddling in Japan's foreign and defence policy. He cites Soviet insistence on non interference and calls the Russia note a challenge to the United States Japan Security Treaty. Ikeda also notes Moscow's demand to abolish the treaty and accuses the Soviet Union of threatening peace.
Tension rises as East German police guard the barbed wire sector border while removal men load furniture into vans. Residents in houses overlooking the barrier are evacuated. Photo taken from the Western side.
U N troops backed by armour occupied key Katanga sites at dawn including the gendarmerie HQ the radio studio and the central post office. A U N spokesman reported the seizure aimed to restore order while Indian Swedish and other troops guarded installations and barred civilians from mail and communications.
Norman, 65, believed Henry dead for 43 years. Fach served in WWI, was reported missing. Henry lived in London and Seaman in Hemel Hempstead, 24 miles from the city. Both men spent annual holidays at Faversham and met during a joint outing.
The Australian Wool Bureau chairman Sir William Gunn said in Melbourne tonight he was confident wool prices would improve as he commented on a 2 1 2 per cent rise at the opening day of the 16th selling season in Melbourne compared with last sales in July.
Yesterday in Canberra the maximum reached 58.3 degrees at 12 50 pm four degrees above normal. The minimum at 3 45 am was 34.8 degrees one degree above normal with 34.7 on a separate reading. Occasional showers and westerly winds are forecast for today as winds freshen during the day.
The army blocks the Vice-President from taking office as Goulart supporters clash with troops. Governor Brizola broadcasts from Paris that Goulart will return to assume the presidency, despite military opposition and censorship. Ships head toward Porto Alegre with troops. Prime figures and embassies are placed under guard.
Prime Minister Menzies said the Western Australia plan would help the Commonwealth economy by reducing imports of iron and steel and expanding exports. The government backs a £4 million railway standardisation to connect Kalgoorlie and Kwinana, described as WA’s largest single development. The bill to ratify the WA agreement would reach Parliament by the end of September.
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