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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 26, 1970
Page
1
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Federal Labor MP Dr M Cass faced police inquiries over a statement supporting sanctuary for national service resisters. The October 7 Resist publication carried signatures including Don Cameron and others, urging resistance to conscription under the National Service Act. Prosecutors indicated potential action against Cass and five other Labor MPs for the controversial message.
The Roman Catholic Church in South Australia urges Catholics to say prayers and atone for unborn foetuses. Archbishop De M. Beavich will lead prayers on Holy Innocents Day, likely to be observed publicly Monday. The church frames the action within general penitential terms.
London AAP Reuters reports writer and former MP Sir Alan Herbert aged 80 was described on Wednesday as fairly satisfactory, marking a cautious note on his condition amid ongoing health concerns.
Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir urged world intervention as nine Jews and two others were sentenced to death in the Leningrad hijacking trial. Tass reported the verdicts, with two defendants, Mark Dymshits and Eduard Kuznetsov, given death sentences and others to terms in labour camps. Meir spoke during a Knesset gathering as protests swept Israel, and the case drew appeals from Geneva via the International Commission of Jurists for clemency.
Mrs Meir denounced the trials as a crime against Jewish heritage and urged world leaders to intervene. Knesset appealed to Moscow to reverse verdicts and release prisoners while mass protests and solidarity actions swept Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
Reports from Saint Jean de Luz and San Sebastian say the West German consul may be freed after Basque ETA negotiators indicated Beihl’s release. Spokesmen in Bonn and at Burgos court probes offered cautious optimism while confirming no definitive news as of press time. A French journalist was escorted to the scene by ETA.
Geneva reports the International Commission of Jurists urged clemency for those condemned to death in Lenin grad. It criticized Soviet trial secrecy and the exclusion of foreign journalists. Australian Jewry leader Liebler said the community is outraged and protested to Prime Minister Gorton, UN Secretary General U Thant, and the USSR president.
The record shows temperatures on Christmas Day were 11 degrees below average with a high near 67. Tonight a warming trend begins as the maximum is expected to reach 77 degrees, about one degree below average and roughly 10 degrees warmer than yesterday.
A brief Australian newspaper notice reports 44 deaths on roads during the Christmas holiday period over two days. It mentions Canberra fatalities, a death near Batemans Bay, and notes a long list of disaster coverage across pages and a separate item on a prominent football coach death.
Washington reports indicate Senator Edward Kennedy released a list of United States prisoners to President Nixon as a potential rival prepared the gift through official channels. The move appears aimed at public leverage during the looming political contest.
NSW town Gundaroo is described as a small country settlement with notable peace, highlighted by Brian Voce on page 7. A prototype homopolih generator at Authalvon National University claims faster output for overseas use, assisting physical research and possibly enabling experiments testing Einstein's relativity, per Tan Bie on page 1.
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