30 Aug 1960
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 30, 1960
Page
1
An Air France Super Constellation with 63 aboard crashed into the Atlantic near Dakar during a landing in a tropical rain storm. Rescue efforts recovered several bodies amid heavy seas. no survivors declared after eight hours.
In Vientiane Prime Minister elect Prince Souvanna Phouma warns a civil war remains possible as he travels to Luang Prabang for a vote of investiture. He leads 35 assembly members toward talks with 21 southerners led by General Phoumi Nosavan who opposes the coup. Paratroop commander Kong Lae threatens to push out a neutralist government if policy fails, with 400 paratroopers in the capital and another 400 nearby miles from Vientiane.
Reports from Cairo Radio say Hazza Majali prime minister of Jordan was killed by a bombing at the Foreign Ministry in Amman. Initial counts claim ten dead and fifty injured with a curfew later imposed as troops patrolled the streets.
The Indonesian Charge d Affaires Susanto Djojosugito will leave The Hague by car tomorrow travel to Duesseldorf then fly to Djakarta. Indonesia severed diplomatic relations with Grenadines on August 3. Three staff remain in The Hague without status under the UAE Embassy to safeguard Indonesian interests. Deputy Charge d Affaires Mardjuni becomes Indonesian Charge d Affaires in Poland and Information Attache Martono Kadri departs for Cairo.
Balubakat leader Jason Sendwe failed to appear at Elisabethville airport prompting waiting supporters to stage protests. Two Katanga soldiers and a white officer arrested a demonstrator as Balubakat presses Lumumba backed central government against Moise Tshombe's Canakat regime in Katanga.
Berlin reports the East German Ministry of State Security says numerous American agents surrendered in response to last week’s appeal. The ministry claims the defectors handed over lists of names and espionage equipment.
Police canceled leave and Florida National Guard placed on emergency alert after hours of street brawling between black and white residents. Three thousand shoppers witnessed weekend clashes in downtown as protesters attacked segregated stores and whites defended with clubs. Police arrested 62 belligerents from both sides.
Congo and Katanga forces sighted each other on the Katanga border near Elisabethville. Troops moved toward the frontier, bridges between Kasai and Katanga reportedly blown up by Katanga order. No clash yet. UN troops authorized to fire in self defense across the Congo border.
The Saturday protest friction leads to a high profile needle match in swimming. Dawn Fraser meets Chris von Saltza in the women s 100 metres freestyle with both confident of breaking the one minute barrier. Fraser already lowered her world record in the semi finals.
Melbourne reports Stanislaw Kaska an electrical goods retailer who lived in Selwyn Street Albion and Sunshine ran a Sunshine shop left an estate valued for probate at £23990 with no will or Australian next of kin. The coroner freed a man charged with the murder. only his Warsaw-based father is entitled to inherit under Victorian law.
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