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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 06, 1971
Page
13
An Australian-born professor, Sir Ronald Sydney Nyholm, 54, was killed in a road accident near Cambridge on Saturday while driving back to London after visiting Cambridge where his son studies at Christ's College.
Ankara moves to form a new government as Prime Minister Nihat Erim resigns after a cabinet split over reforms. President Sunay asks Erim to lead in a caretaker role amid rising military influence. In Tymir a curfew is imposed after five left wing terrorists escape a military jail in Istanbul.
The UN General Assembly decolonization committee approved a resolution condemning Portugal for denying independence to its African colonies and for conducting a colonial war in Angola, Mozambique, and Portuguese Guinea. It gained 99 supporting nations with six opposing and six abstaining.
Fresh enemy attacks by Communist troops press Cambodian forces regrouping north of Phnom Penh while South Vietnamese units push into the country. A 2,500 man drive began last Wednesday to augment a 3,500 man offensive. Casualties and refugees reported as fighting continued near Kompong Trabek and along Highway 6. The Cambodian high command cited gas exposure among evacuees and noted renewed clashes northeast of Phnom Penh.
West Berlin doubts about residents freely visiting East Germany derailed hopes for the first inter German pact. Negotiations on transit between West Berlin and West Germany concluded, but parallel talks with East Germans reached an impasse as negotiators adjourned, forcing plans to initial the agreements this weekend to be scrapped.
A major IRA linked blast at McGurk’s tavern in Belfast kills fifteen, injures seventeen as crowds gather for a weekend night. Fire and gunfire erupts in nearby streets. a soldier and a police officer are wounded. fighting between Catholics and Protestants erupts after the explosion. Widespread fear follows claims of IRA responsibility and counterclaims from other groups.
Paris reports that President Pompidou and West German Chancellor Brandt agreed in six rounds of talks to coordinate monetary policy and present a united European stance to the United States. The leaders called the Franco German cooperation central to Europe’s construction and expect to meet Nixon in the Azores on December 13.
General Motors announced a massive recall of about 6.7 million cars and trucks at a cost of around 95 million, aiming to stop engine mount failures that could allow engine movement and carbon monoxide leakage. The action follows safety reviews by authorities and relates to Chevrolet Corvairs and Nova models with V8 engines.
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