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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 12, 1968
Page
10
Jakarta military authorities say a plot to topple the government and assassinate Acting President Sukarno was foiled. Major General Amir Machmud announced that documents seized showed plans to crush officials and disrupt the Cabinet.
Recipes from a Penfolds page include Sherry Mousse with milk marshmallows and pineapple, Honey Sauce made with local honey and Flor sherry, and Savoury Cheese paste with Parmesan Gruyere and Penfolds Dry Sherry. Also mentions serving options with ice cold Penfolds Ale Dry. Write to Penfolds Wines Pty Ltd Tempe for more wine ideas.
Al Ahram warns that Johnson and Eshkol talks could trigger new Israeli aggression in the Middle East. It notes Eshkol’s Texas meeting to press US arms sales and recalls Eban’s Washington visit before the June war while warning of ties between visits and Israeli actions. The piece also covers Mazurov’s warning to Arab leaders, Jordanian-Saudi talks, Soviet delegation to Jordan, and Egypt outlining the Suez Canal freighter release plan without a fixed timetable.
A Soviet specialist reportedly transplanted the head and front paws of a two month old puppy onto a four month old mongrel, in Moscow, according to AAP Reuters dispatch.
Black Power advocate Rap Brown sought sanctuary at the Cuban Mission to the United Nations after a scuffle with a New York policeman. SNCC claimed Brown and staffer Rob Smith were attacked by police while leaving the mission, while Cuban officials said officers forced them back inside and menaced them with a nightstick. UN guards arrived to offer good offices as Brown left after 69 hours. The Cuban mission urged UN intervention amid alleged violations of Cuban soil.
U S authorities announce the largest single seizure of counterfeit money in Secret Service history. About 4.1 million in bogus $100 notes were confiscated in New York, with plans for a further $500 million in counterfeit notes seized in the wider operation. Three suspects were arrested, including Joel Lee, a Florida attorney, held on bail.
American scientists reported that a chemical soil analyzing device aboard Surveyor 7 malfunctioned after landing near Tycho crater. A claw like scoop conducted a bearing strength test while the alpha scatterer, suspended by a cord, failed to operate yet captured about 2,000 lunar photos. Tidbinbilla Tracking Station relayed hundreds of high quality pictures, with eight to nine hours of daily visibility.
A four engine C-S4 transport aircraft carrying at least nine people on board crashed last night in a storm over northern Nevada. Officials say the airliner was en route from Quantico Virginia to Seattle and was last heard at 4 50 pm reporting the craft dropping fast with heavy icing on the wings.
Washington reports US Secretary of State Rusk urged that the United States will meet Hanoi more than halfway on peace talks in Vietnam while studying North Vietnam’s proposal to halt bombing as a condition for talks. Brown and Humphrey urged coordinated Western stance and ready steps toward practical negotiations.
Vietcong guerrillas stormed through barbed wire and mine defenses in a pre dawn attack near Phu My 270 miles northeast of Saigon causing heavy casualties to South Vietnamese infantry estimated at hundreds. Government spokesmen provided few details on the toll as fierce fighting ended with 23 guerrilla bodies found around the base camp. A separate report from Chicago quoted a former US Army interrogator alleging torture of prisoners by Vietcong and North Vietnamese troops.
Everett G Martin Saigon bureau chief of Newsweek left South Vietnam after the government refused to renew his visa. The push and pull centers on Newsweek articles about the Vietnamese armed forces and the fate of issues stashed in October and January 1.
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