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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 01, 1964
Page
9
The year 1964 is seen as a time to build on slow East West gains while confronting Indonesia’s difficulties. Australia calls for firm but patient forbearance, avoiding weakness, and a strong domestic program to boost employment and prosperity. Acknowledges pending US and UK elections may delay major resolutions.
Thomas W. W. Pye, president of the Canberra Day Citizens' Celebrations Committee, says he will ask his committee to consider G. Westcott's suggestion for a Canberra Citizen of the Year Award at its next meeting. Ainslie.
Health Minister Sheahan pledges to present proposals to keep fluoride in public water as Casino votes 5 to 3 against including fluoridation costs in 1964 estimates. Dr. Law supports fluoridation with scientific backing, while the Dental Outlook urges clear public commitment. A Punch in Manly Court over an ice cream van’s music ends with the charge dismissed. A French Alouette 3 helicopter is eyed for a Sydney Manly Katoomba service pending licences.
In Peking soldiers perform varied labor from refuse collection to road building and driving produce carts. They guard public buildings, credential entrants, and patrol streets. The PLA totals about 2.5 million, with conscription since 1954 and a life of food, uniforms, and farms within units.
A Sydney Waterside Workers Federation levy on 5000 members funds political parties including the Australian Labor Party and the Communist Party. The article argues the levy is effectively compulsory, opposing union democracy and moral suasion. It notes criticism from union officials and media voices and calls for public attention to the issue.
Vancouver report outlines British Columbia Hydro project Portage Mountain dam planned for the Peace River canyon. By 1968 a 600 foot earth-fill dam will span 1.25 miles creating a 680 square mile reservoir. Underground powerhouse will reach 2.3 million kilowatts with downstream capacity totaling nearly 3 million kilowatts. Transmission to southwest BC over 580 miles. Construction uses 60 million cubic yards of glacial material enough to build a wall 12 feet high and nine feet wide across Canada.
Patriarch Athenagoras asked Pope Paul to convene a pan Christian conference of Catholic Orthodox Protestant and Anglican leaders to forge a united plan against atheism and tyranny while preserving world peace. Metropolitan Athenagoras delivered the proposal after meeting the Pope. his reaction was not disclosed.
Canadians remain the most talkative people world wide according to a Canadian Press report. A survey by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company showed Canadians average 613.4 calls per person in 1962, ahead of the United States at 455.6 and Iceland trailing.
In Papua New Guinea the Territory faces social issues as alcohol rights expand since 1962. Missionaries police and welfare workers warn of tribal brawling theft and family neglect while native groups push for prohibition or tighter controls. Local posters highlight abstinence and rising alcohol costs drive shifts to methylated spirits in some towns.
Tasman Millington, 67, long tended Anzac War graves at Gallipoli for 41 years. Born in Tasmania, he joined Anzac forces in 1915 and returned to Turkey in 1919 to build cemeteries and memorials, remaining there until retirement in 1960. He and his wife were the last foreign residents at Cannakkale. He was an OBE in 1934 and an Officer of the Legion of Honour in 1950.
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