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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1962
Page
10
President Kennedy told 40 000 Cuban exiles in Miami that the Brigade 2506 Bay of Pigs force would someday fly over a Free Havana. The pledge underscored U S support for anti Castro efforts and the exile community in Florida.
President Kennedy salutes more than 1,200 Cuban exiles in khaki uniforms gathered in the Orange Bowl Stadium. Jacqueline Kennedy speaks in Spanish calling the men bravest, as Kennedy commends their conduct and valor and vows United States support for freedom fighters. The crowd erupts with chants of Viva Kennedy.
A Cuba United States exchange freed 922 relatives and 435 million pounds in medical supplies. Dr Castro and advisers questioned Kennedy honoring captives while denouncing the invasion leaders and planning further opposition.
West German Chancellor Adenauer sent New Year greetings to Britain’s Prime Minister Macmillan Russia’s Premier Krushchev and France’s President de Gaulle. He called Britain a dear friend and urged stronger Western solidarity. He pledged to improve ties with the Soviet Union and noted the German French community was sealed by the past year.
Twenty six girls and nine teachers drowned when a bridge collapsed and sent a school bus into the Euphrates River. The Education Ministry ordered two minutes of mourning in all schools.
Mrs Minnie Arthur widow of Lite Keen Street Lismore was stabbed in the throat at her home when opening the door. Three others who came to assist Miss Clare Gertrude Arthur 41 Percival John Pheeney 70 and Dennis John Brennan 22 grandson of the deceased were wounded. The man charged with murder and related assaults will appear in court tomorrow.
Australian composer Percy Grainger who died February 20 1962 left his bones to Melbourne University under a London published will. Grainger aged 78 when he died domiciled in New York left England estate valued at 2725 pounds.
The southwest of England faced record blizzards with 35 of 45 league games postponed. Temperatures plunged, gales up to 70 mph and 20 ft snow drifts stranded motorists and isolated villages. A Dutch coaster sank off Cornwall. Thames froze from bank to bank near Windsor. Lifeboat rescues paused and food drops planned for wildlife.
Crews reported seeing bodies scattered in the snow around a French Air Nautique airliner crash site in the Corsican Mountains. The Bastia to Ajaccio and Nice flight, carrying 25 aboard including 22 Bastia basketball players and a three-member crew, burned with little hope for survivors. Rescue parties faced delays as the scene lay on a 65000 foot snowy slope near Boc cognano Pass.
Police statewide search for two escapees Michael J Gramas 22 of West Footscray and Peter Martin 22 of Magill. Gramas is heavily tattooed while Martin has blue eyes and brown hair. A 1950 grey Holden stolen from Bendigo sparked the alert as the youths, recaptured earlier, were due for release in March and face Bendigo Court tomorrow.
President Kennedy's Christmas pardon for Factors figure sparked GOP backlash. William E. Miller, national Republican chairman, urged the Kennedy administration to assure the public the pardon was not tied to Democratic campaign contributions. Factor had been convicted of mail fraud in 1943.
Factor confirms giving 22000 dollars to Democratic causes in two years and says he has given comparable amounts to Republican efforts. He notes 1960 Nixon campaign gifts totaling about 42232 dollars but refuses to detail other Republican contributions, adding that he will donate to friends of both parties.
The Soviet premier Krushchev accuses Adenauer of trying to provoke a world war over the Cuba crisis. The U.S. State Department dismissed the letter as propaganda and said it serves Kremlin aims. The spokesman urged readers to see through the timing and aims of the letter.
The Bound of Trade reports 1962 first half British exports to Australia rising then easing. Exports to New Zealand declined after a sharp Q2 rise, while India South Africa and other sterling area markets saw gains. Canada fell nine percent from prior three months and European Community exports dropped two percent. European Free Trade Association and rest of Western Europe rose.
Mr I M Keswitt Hewitt aged 51 of Lane Cove died after long service in the stevedoring sector on the South Coast. He served as chairman of the Stevedoring Industry Board and its authority from 1956. He worked in Sydney until Friday before starting his leave. Funeral plans are pending. Former conciliation commissioner and secretary to Dr Evatt, his hobby was bird watching.
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