31 Aug 1963
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 31, 1963
Page
1
President de Gaulle pledged all French aid to South Vietnam. Tran van Huu, ex-South Vietnamese prime minister now in Paris, lauded the move as a new era of cooperation. Pope Paul VI sent a message expressing concern for Vietnam’s troubles.
A Paris press conference quoted M. Alain Peyrefitte and Gen de Gaulle pledging France’s attachment to Vietnam and a future cooperation plan. The Viet government freed hundreds of arrested Buddhist students and monks as unrest and sympathy protests spread from Saigon to Rangoon.
New York AP report from Kuala Lumpur notes Malayan Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman voiced anxiety about Malaysia's future during a nationwide broadcast on the eve of Malaya’s independence anniversary. Topics include Indonesian/Malayan tensions, UN surveys for Borneo, and postponement of federation plans to September 16.
Dr Abrahams and three companions alleged kidnapping by South African police 100 miles inside Bechuanaland. Vorster said no foundation for abduction claim exists, British officials expressed concern. Habeas corpus hearing pursued. immediate hearing requested, originally set for September 5.
Arthur Goldreich and Harold Wolpe fled to Bechuanaland disguised as priests after a ground explosion wrecked a plane headed for Tanganyika. Goldreich, Wolpe, and two others had escaped police in Johannesburg on August 10 while under detention for sabotage accusations.
Frederick Janko 16, of Yarrolumla, died after a .22 rifle discharged while he stood on a rock during a camping trip with three friends at Pine Island reserve near Canberra. The accident occurred on the riverbank as the youths talked, and Janko died on arrival at Canberra Community Hospital. Suicide? No, the rifle discharge was ruled accidental by Sgt Lomax. The group had been at the reserve since Wednesday and were gathering nearby when the tragedy happened.
Alderman A Lambert rejects Sir William Holford’s suggestion Queanbeyan could become a slum town. He cites a town planning scheme preventing slum development and notes residential zones with sewerage connections by June 1965.
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