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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 13, 1964
Page
8
Dick Weber, a noted bowler, prepares to bowl aboard a jet airliner converted with a portable alley. The stunt, staged early this month, featured Sylvia Wong in a 25,000 foot flight over the U S Midwest en route from New York to a Dallas bowling tournament.
In central Rome crowds cheered as Pope Paul VI drove from Vatican City to the Quirinal Palace for a formal welcome to President Antonio Segni. The motorcade received military honors while the pope expressed appreciation for the reception during his recent Maryland pilgrimage.
The Goulburn city abattoir reported a record year in 1963 handling nearly 750000 head of stock, up about 20 percent from 1962.
Riots across Calcutta and West Bengal leave over 69 dead in Hindu Muslim clashes. A dusk to dawn curfew, deployed police, and bans on processions followed, with transport halted and mobs overpowering police in Gaighata.
The Mulapoy family requests exhumation and autopsy of Liphupang Mulapoy, Basuto student who died in Moscow in January last year. Despite letters home saying he was homesick, officials indicated the body should be buried immediately after arrival from Russia. The case follows reports that a Basutoland Congress Party visa-supported study in Kiev ended with a repatriation and an exhumation attempt.
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