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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 31, 1962
Page
11
Antara reports a Jakarta meeting where a Malayan delegation urged withdraw of armed troops from Northern Borneo and an end to suppression of the North Kalimantan struggle. They also demanded banning the Pan Malayan plan as neo colonialism, with a pledge to pass the demands to the Malayan government.
The Kurdish rebel leader Mulla Mustafa al Barzani, known as the Red Mulla for communist links, was reported killed by Iraqi government troops. The Al Jamhouria banner announced the death, amid historic friction between Kurdish rebels and General Abdel Karim Kassem’s regime.
Moscow reports friendly talks between Polish First Secretary Gomulka and Premier Cyrankiewicz with Khrushchev in Kiev on Thursday and Friday of last week. Officials described the atmosphere as warm and cordial. no discussion details were released.
A Soviet airliner landed in Moscow yesterday marking the start of a regular passenger link between the Soviet Union and Cuba. Tass reported the non stop Havana to Moscow flight inaugurating the service.
Melbourne report says Lord De L'Isle visited Prime Minister Menzies in hospital as his condition improves after a week with an intestinal complaint. Earlier the Governor-General watched the second Test at the Melbourne Cricket Ground. doctors advise a few more days for recovery.
Pravda reports Russia created a powerful new Central Asian Bureau to oversee administration in Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan and Turkmenistan. The body aims to coordinate control across the region under the Communist Party framework.
Two men, Emanuel Sampers and Henry de Sablon, both 27, admit murder and robbery across Massachusetts and New York. The spree began Christmas Eve and ended Friday, with five victims killed and a sixth wounded. police report gunshots to the head.
Ben Bella seeks an austerity budget in Algeria with lower wages and new taxes to fund independence. The $budget slashes ministerial spending by about 60 percent. In other dispatches a 62,000 ton Soviet tanker Sofia was launched in Leningrad and the US reports a record Christmas mail rush of 10 billion pieces.
A January inquiry into Aden municipal affairs found council president Hassen Ismail Khodab Khan took bribes from several parties. In Warsaw, Polish officials face penalties under a new penal code next year for bureaucratic abuse and malpractices in citizen dealings. A Indonesian sailor identified as K received three years in prison for insulting President Soekarno. In New Delhi the Indian Express reports China plans its first nuclear test very soon, citing a Lhasa broadcast about the Sinkiang region.
The New China News agency reported that about 172 U S Chiang Kai Shek agents were wiped out in Communist China between October and December. Eight landings on the coast and one inland group failed, with ships sunk and supplies captured.
Minister for the Navy Senator Gorton cites a significant year with nine major Combat Fleet warships in South-East Asia. Vessels in commission rose to 26, with Supply as a 17000 ton tanker and a six-ship minesweeper squadron plus Sydney as troop transport.
The Minister for Air announced a Royal aircraft crew for the Commonwealth Games Perth visit. Two Convair Metropolitan planes and two Dakotas from No 34 Squadron plus two Hercules from No 36 Squadron will be used. The crew includes Wing Commander W R Fitter and Flying Officer B McKenny with navigator Fit Lieut G W E Munrowd and sergeants T G Lenton and L E Lowe.
A Cordoba newspaper and local radio dismissed reports of quintuplets born to Manuela and Jacinto Olmedo as an Innocents Day hoax. AP initially claimed a Simbolar birth of four girls and a boy, but later sources called the reports unconfirmed.
Five armed men robbed a jewellers shop on Hugo Avenue Paris yesterday and escaped with jewels worth about two million francs. They shot an employee who tried to resist, injuring him in the arm and leg.
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