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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 29, 1968
Page
1
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In Canberra, CAIRNS may withdraw to avoid a Labor pre selection clash with CALWELL for Melbourne. CALWELL, 72, vows to fight to the last, while Cairns weighs seeking pre selection for Burke or Lalor as debate continues in the Victorian executive ahead of nominations closure. In other notes, HOWSON seeks pre selection for La Trobe as his La Trobe move and surrounding reshuffle unfold.
Senator Edward Kennedy stated he would not accept the Democratic presidential nomination if offered and firmly ruled himself out of the race despite friends pressing to draft him. The remarks came amid persistent efforts to lure him into running against the political landscape shaped by his brothers' legacies.
In Aranda, three temporary sheds on Wangara Street face eviction after a Department of the Interior inspection found unauthorised structures occupied July. Lessees will be asked to remove sheds unless needed for tools and materials. A young couple, a family, and two men live there. plans for their own home are underway, with alternative housing priced at 23 a week.
Prague correspondent and Yugoslav News Agency report resignations by a deputy premier and a party official in Showakia. A Vienna bulletin notes similar moves by an Mr Dulxck. A six nation Communist summit is slated for Dresden, East Germany according to the Yugoslav News Agency.
South Australian MP C R Cameron told the House last night that the Hotel Canberra lease fails to cover gardeners and that tender details for government contracts are being hidden. He urged disclosure to end suspicions of skullduggery and crookedness in the lease.
Prague’s National Assembly unanimously called the Warsaw Pact invasion illegal and a breach of the UN Charter. The assembly urged withdrawal of foreign troops, freedom for state authorities and media, and release of detainees since August 21.
Prague reports tense demonstrations as dejected students march on the Parliament building under Red Army oversight. Soviet troops observe while leaders urge passive resistance and refuse provocations. Czechoslovak Communist bodies reject Moscow accords signed under duress and call for calm amid calls for Soviet withdrawal.
Six boys and a dog braved a hazardous storm water canal in Canberra, aiding a cyclist trapped under a bicycle. A diver, passersby, and a motorist helped pull them to safety. Nine-year-old John Helmbout led the rescue with dog Zorro credited for saving him.
The Prime Minister Mr Gorton said inquiries would be made into Australia’s involvement in a British shipping line. The Minister for Trade and Industry Mr McEwen would pursue inquiries in London about Australian participation. Page 3.
Weather chief Mr W J Bahr warned a westerly southerly airflow could bring snow to Canberra tonight. Temperatures to fall, areas above 2500 feet may see snow for about 48 hours. Cold spell, lambing and shearing under way, graziers warned. Rainfall rose to 218 points for August, 56 above average with 16 wet days this month. Highest temp around 48 degrees.
The first US astronaut Captain Alan B Shepard Jr will visit Honeysuckle Creek Tidbinbilla and Orroral Valley tracking stations near Canberra next month He will address staff at the NASA communications centre in Deakin and lecture at the University of Sydney Summer Science School on September 5 and 6 He plans further visits to Perth and Carnarvon on return
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