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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Feb 07, 1972
Page
12
The Queen observes the twentieth anniversary of ascending the throne with special prayers. The four year old Queen plans a subdued celebration at Windsor before returning to Buckingham Palace to prepare for a Tuesday departure on a Southeast Asian tour.
In Leeds on Sunday three immigrant Pakistani teenage boys pleaded not guilty in court to charges of murdering three immigrant children and their mother. The defendants face a high profile case as police probe the killings and the community awaits further proceedings.
In Rome Giulio Andreotti, a veteran Christian Democrat, gains mandate to form Italy’s 34th postwar government amid a political crisis. Observers expect possible dissolution of Parliament and early elections as coalition talks stall over reforming the center-left bloc and marriage divorce laws.
Brussels report says the United States and the European Economic Community completed three months of negotiations, paving the way for congressional approval of the dollar devaluation. The pact, described as a balanced package, requires official approval and notes reciprocity without detailing American concessions. Talks also focused on world trade methods, with divergence over commodity agreements and long term solutions.
Benjamin Pogrand 28 merit editor of Rand Daily Mail Johannesburg received a suspended nine month sentence and a 100 rand fine or 80 days imprisonment after pleading guilty to forging public documents and stealing from the security police during Friday proceedings.
Lord Crowther 64 former editor of the Economist and Chancellor of the Open University collapsed of an apparent heart attack and died last night at Heathrow Airport minutes after arriving on a flight from Australia. He was also former chairman of the Trust House Forte restaurant and hotel group.
A young Frenchman and his companion were fined over 2.5 billion pesetas about 34 million dollars for smuggling 249 percent of pure rain into Spain. Jean Pilatos 24 and Marie Carretero 24 faced prison terms of 10 and four years earlier. Fines follow a sliding scale tied to the drug's value. unpaid fines convert to jail days. Separately in New York, a joint task force seized one million dollars believed to be a payoff for a heroin shipment detected by federal prosecutors James Tierney.
The report describes cyclone Wendy near New Zealand with a weaker system in the Great Aldara region. It notes slow development and a humid air mass affecting the southeast continent, a high pressure, and scattered fine conditions yesterday. Temperature readings from Canberra and adjacent coasts are listed with wind and visibility details.
Seattle Sunday report says Boeing will dismantle and sell the only full scale mock up of the US Supersonic Transport as Congress halted funding last year before the aircraft could fly.
Canberra police seek information on the disappearance and death of Miss Keren Ellen Rowland, 20, of Downer. Detective Inspector Kennedy urged any detail, even if minor, and noted a witness recently admitted withholding information for six months. A model of Rowland and case details will be shown at the Canberra Show to aid inquiry. Her disappearance followed attendance at the show in February and remains were found in a pine plantation in May.
A 14 month old girl died after being left in the back of a station sedan parked in the Wyong greyhound meeting area. Her mother of three was charged under the Crimes Act with exposing a child under two to danger and will appear in Gosford Court of Petty Sessions tomorrow. A post mortem is to determine cause of death. The parents attended with two older children, nine and five.
Aboriginal leaders present a five point agenda to Parliament demanding full state rights for the Northern Territory, titles to mineral ownership, preservation of sacred ties, and compensation of 6 billion dollars plus a share of national income. Wirrkala village council backs full title and tests government policy with a lease bid from Arnhem Bay to Blue Mud Bay.
An English planter paid £1000 and four bulls to a New Guinea highlands tribe after a road death involving his car. A three hour conference resolved compensation. the tribe may also be paid for a further assault. Four Jiga were charged. one acquitted, three released. Bulls will be killed for a feast. Most money goes to other clans with compensation claims from inter-tribal fighting.
British and Australian officials prepare for commodity by commodity talks on how Britain joining the European Economic Community will affect Australia. Officials stress uncertainty and expect clashes over safeguards, with concerns about dairy, wheat, and sugar markets and calls for clear interpretation of safeguards across exports.
A fragmented schedule lists events from a breakfast session at 6.00 to 9.52 with various names and times. Notable items include Man on the Lead at 7.15 and Richard Cro at 7.45, followed by Whale on ip Town 404 and Anything Gown.
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