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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 23, 1963
Page
3
Soviet premier Khrushchev told Algerian, Ghanaian, and Burmese journalists that the British Empire has collapsed to odds and ends. He cited Isvestia and Tass noting independence was won through struggle and imperial rule ended in many areas.
Comedian Bob Hope left Los Angeles for Ankara Turkey to entertain American forces there after delaying his taping on Doctor's advice following an eye ailment. He has spent 22 Christmas holidays with service personnel.
A new Union Bank of Switzerland branch in Geneva was robbed on its first day. Three armed masked men entered on Route des Acacias, locked staff in a toilet, and stole about 100000 Swiss francs before fleeing. Police say the trio left calmly and are still at large.
Five people were killed in a crash at Calzada de Bureba near Burgos as their car collided with a truck. The report is from Cifra News Agency via Reuter.
Foreign and agricultural ministers from the Six European Common Market discuss a dairy and agricultural policy amid talks on the Kennedy Round of tariffs. Spaak said ministers would meet over the weekend and aim to finish the GATT questions soon as German amendments were submitted and redrafted without rejection.
A Union Pacific express with 380 aboard derailed after colliding with a goods train that had jumped tracks in Wyoming. Twelve of 17 coaches and 26 of the 34 wagon goods derailed in wreckage. Only three people were hurt.
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