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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 03, 1966
Page
16
President Sukarno called the 97-member Cabinet to the bogor palace for its first plenary session since November. Antara reports Foreign Minister Subandno urging justice for victims of the October 1 coup, amid protests from the Indonesian Communist Party. Troops claim to have neutralized coup leadership.
Leaders of India and Pakistan meet in Tashkent to seek progress on long standing enmities. Prime Minister Shastri and President Ayub Khan are at the center of cautious expectations as Moscow hosts the pivotal talks.
Communist and North Vietnamese outlets denounce U S peace efforts as deceitful while calling for a full withdrawal from South Vietnam. Pravda and other party papers accuse Washington of breaking Geneva terms and stirring attacks, urging renewed, protracted struggle.
Sun Sunday report says American helicopters released a powerful non lethal tear gas on Vietcong positions west of Saigon. The gas, identified as CN type, had little effect as guerrillas stayed entrenched and kept pressure on US troops. First large scale use seen by US troops, authorized by General Westmoreland.
India hopes to open wider talks with China to ease border irritants and restart a constructive process of improvement in relations. Officials aim to restore normal order and resume discussions that address tensions along the disputed border.
Army chief Colonel Jean Bede Bohasca leads a coup in Bangui ousting President David Dacko. Street fighting kills two, wounds three. Dacko placed under house arrest after he backed relations with Peking. Soldiers object to diplomacy with China.
Broadcast from London to Rhodesia via a new relay station reached readers as blank spaces appeared in the Rhodesian Herald. Sir Humphrey Cunhams received the Queen's message urging constitutional rule and condolences for the unrest. In Salisbury the Smith regime moved to recall Parliament on February 2, likely linked to the three month emergency. A Scottish duke turned Rhodesian farmer, Loch Graham, named Minister of External Affairs and Defence. In Dar es Salaam the first civilian aircraft of the Tanzania Zambia airlift flew to Niddola.
Former Rhodesian Front official G W Brind told a Johannesburg interview that an interim government led by an African opposition figure and a second party member would take over when the Smith regime falls. He offered to mediate between the Governor and Smith. Kenyan authorities announced blockades on Rhodesia bound goods from Nairobi and Mombasa. Verwoerd rejected press reports of UK support for sanctions on Rhodesia.
Malawi Prime Minister Dr Banda told the Malawi League of Women in Zomba that breaking diplomatic relations with Britain over Rhodesia would not help Africans. He stressed the Rhodesian issue is Britain’s to solve and cited no African state can fund war. He opposed external interference and warned against Africa becoming a battleground between imperial powers.
In the Saigon area US Australian and New Zealand troops supported gover nment units and killed 144 Vietcong guerrillas about 35 miles southwest of Saigon. Vietcong repelled a government company causing heavy casualties. US Air Force reports 23,600 tons of bombs dropped in 1965 destroying bridges and railways while missing airmen rose to 340.
UK report says Scotland Yard foiled a £100000 plot to free three great train robbers at Durham Gaol. Twenty men allegedly planned a raid by disguising as guards to storm the prison and extract Gordon Goody Roy James and Thomas Wishey, who are serving 30 years for the 1943 robbery. A Durham Gaol officer declined to comment, citing security concerns.
New York faces transit paralysis as buses and subway services may halt tomorrow for the first time in history. Mayor John Lindsay failed to stop Transit Workers Union leader Michael Quill from calling a 35 000 member strike, with workers warning a 20 to 29 day stoppage.
A simple hanging insect control strip promises weeks of fly and pest relief without odour. Place it where air circulates to keep rooms clean and safe for people and pets. Insects do not need to touch the strip to be affected.
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