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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1973
Page
9
Japan announces a state of emergency to manage oil supplies amid a worsened economy and energy crisis. The draft 1974 budget increases to about 409 billion Australian dollars, with cuts in public works and greater social welfare, while control over price and distribution is expanded.
Cincinnati police recovered the second of two stolen Rembrandt paintings after foiling a ransom attempt of 467000 dollars. The works titled Portrait of an Elderly Woman and Man in a Leaning Chair were taken from the Taft Museum by armed men. Both were appraised in 1963 for insurance at 210000 dollars, though some critics say they are now worth millions.
Security forces pressed the hunt for six Basque ETA members accused of orchestrating the remote controlled bombing that killed Admiral Carrero Blanco in Madrid. The ministry said the suspects, aged 22 to 27, included five students and a laborer, linked to ETA’s military front in southern France. Among them were Jolenacio Abnitua Gomes, Pedro Ignacio Perez Boetegni alias Wilson, and Jose Miguel Bernaran Ordenana, identified as the bomb plotters who rented the flat and detonated the device. The group faces charges as ETA’s Biscay leader and alleged conspirators tied to the aftermath of the assassination. Police also reported arrests in Saragossa related to a communist party committee.
Bild Am Sonntag reports a nine member Palestinian group, including three Black September members, entered West Germany from Brussels. They allegedly carried Soviet made SAM-7 ground to air rockets, smuggled in diplomatic baggage.
Victoria reports the bodies of 31 crewmen recovered from the freighter Oriental Monarch which sank midweek. nine crewmen remain missing. Also, Baltimore mourns Dr EB Emmet Reid, a 101 year old chemist who helped develop tear gas for WWI. In China, eight million young intellectuals have moved to the countryside in five years to be remoulded ideologically, join production, or assume leadership posts, per the People’s Daily. In Uruguay, the former rector and 10 faculty deans at the country’s only university were released after eight weeks of detention over alleged Marxist activities.
A liger a cross between a lion and a tiger was born last week at Bloemfontein Zoo in the Free State according to Agence France Presse. In Torquay England a gunman with two pistols burst into a crowded casino and killed two men and a woman after a police chase.
Reports say bombs placed under seats exploded in three West End cinemas just before midnight. No casualties reported though several injuries in a broader IRA London campaign. A separate BelfastTown Hall blast damaged the town hall with no injuries. police evacuated. Milan stores also found two bombs amid Christmas shoppers.
Khmer Rouge troops fired three Soviet made 122 mm rockets into Phnom Penh at dawn injuring three and killing three as fighting continued along the Mekong River east bank. Rockets hit residential areas marking the first such attack since October 1972 amid government crackdowns and arrests over illegal shell sales.
The White House said the fate of Lieutenant William Calley rests with Secretary of the Army Callaway after the Court of Military Appeals upheld his conviction. Nixon had once pledged to review the case, but the decision now lies with Callaway who can withdraw the conviction or reduce the 20 year term.
Eight people were killed today as violence continued in the 12-day local council polls in Bangladesh. Voting was suspended in several regions and the Election Commission ordered fresh balloting in 100 centres. The 12-day vote aims to decide 44 76 councillors across 4 351 councils.
Twenty two MPs from non Communist opposition parties were arrested in New Delhi as they attempted to dig up a time capsule buried outside the historic Red Fort on August 15 by Prime Minister Mrs Gandhi. They claimed the capsule contained distorted history praising the Congress Party.
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