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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 05, 1963
Page
12
A Bendigo reader recounts a Christmas trip to Canberra marked by lost luggage containing a Christmas ham and theft risk at airport trollies. He complains of poor Tourist Bureau service and an overcharged bus fare, urging stronger airport controls and better town vitality.
Expert forebodings on a wheat referendum threaten global prices as American farmers weigh a June vote on a government wheat control plan. Secretary Freeman warns rejection could dump 300 million extra bushels on world markets, risking chaos in U S agriculture and inflation in wheat prices. He cites opposition from Farm Bureau, chambers of commerce and manufacturers groups. The piece urges a timely international conference to address fair terms with the European Common Market and other major producers.
At London Airport Ramsay MacDonald’s son and Britain’s next colonial governor general to Kenya discusses Kenya’s path to independence. He vows to finish the constitution and set a July date for elections while recalling his varied career and unorthodox diplomacy has earned Asian trust.
Fewer than a quarter of the target 89 enrolments joined the January 7 to 18 classical music appreciation course at Bruce Hall. Organisers abandon the two week plan but will run weekend classes to build interest for a next year's summer course with top Sydney and Melbourne lecturers.
In Western Australia this week the Defence Department disbanded the coastal Royal Australian Artillery branch causing local relief amid long running complaints of noise and property damage. The move sparked inter-council contention as Fremantle and Mosman Park clash over land use while experts mull a possible missile base. The article also covers hospital disturbances from Boxing Day motorcycle racing in Bunbury and political shifts within WA Labour circles in 1963.
A Washington article cites a 14 000 word Peking People's Daily editorial dated December 31 criticizing Nikita Krushchev and calling for unity against revisionists. The piece highlights sharp Sino Soviet rifts, naming Togliatti and Tito indirectly and urging discussion to settle Marxist Leninist differences worldwide.
Critics condemn the Danish neo art Fluxus performance titled Sethe de-consecrated Of Saint Nicholas in Copenhagen. Viewers protested via a special complaints line as the program aired with video tape prepared nationwide.
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