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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 15, 1963
Page
14
Turmoil in Togo as President Olympio is Shot Near Embassy
Curfew 8 PM to 7 AM proclaimed by M Ghodjovi as emergency measures spread across Togoland. Olympio shot near the U S Embassy while seeking refuge. Grunitzky offered to form a new government. premiers’ government planned pending elections. Ghana warns of consequences amid cross border seizures and isolationist critiques.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Ghodjovi
Togoepublic
United Nations
Paris
Olympio
United States
Ghana
Dahomey
Togoland
Togo
M. Nicolas Grunitzky
M. Grunitzky
Lome
Leon Poullada
Reuter
Pacis
M. Olympio
M. Gbodjovi
Nkrumah
Sylvanus Olympio
London University
Oldest Syrian man Mahmoud Wardan dies at 163
Mahmoud Wardan, claimed to be 163, died in Izaz in northern Syria. The death, reported by American Associated Press, makes him possibly the world’s oldest man.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Damascus
Syria
Mahmoud Wardan
Izaz
Wardan
American Associated Press
Another Trial for a Negro at Ole Miss
James Meredith found a tyre slashed and his car radio aerial snapped on returning to the University of Mississippi. He did not change the tyre and spent the afternoon studying in the dormitory as final exams loom. He dined in the cafeteria without incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oxford
Mississippi
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
United Press International
Meredith
Gaitskell Improves in Hospital Amid Virus Illness
British Labour leader Hugh Gaitskell, hospitalized with a virus, showed a more comfortable day and further improvement, according to a spokesman. The report notes his ongoing illness and hopeful condition as of Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
P.reuter
Hugh Gaitskell
Labour Party
Gaitskell
Commonwealth Aid Needed For Retarded Children
Mr John Van Pelt an ACT Handicap Children’s Association leader urged mass government action to tackle Australia’s mental retardation problem. He cited US and Dutch models stressing federal involvement research and coordinated care, noting progress in therapy leisure activities and child development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australia
John van Pelt
van Pelt
Australian Children Limited
The
Australian Council For the Mentally Retarded
Canberra
America
United States
John Kennedy
Joseph P. Kennedy Jnr. Foundation
Kennedy
U.S
Overtime Rules Questioned By Building Trades Group
Building Trades Group officials raised concerns over weekday overtime for workers on a project. Group secretary R J Baldwin said some men had worked to 9 p.m. on certain nights and urged overtime only on Saturdays except in emergencies. The Trades and Labour Council plans a meeting to elect a new president amid looming actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Building Trades Union
R. J. Baldwin
Trades and Labour Council
Building Trades Group
W. A. Andrews
Section 51
Civil and Civic
Baldwin
Cabinet Pick Expected Soon for Aden Federation Merge
Hassan Ali Bayoomi is set to propose his government within a week as Aden Colony prepares to merge with the South Arabian Federation. The merger is now anticipated by week’s end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aden
A.p.reuter
Hassan Ali Bayoomi
South Arabian Federation
More Giving £39 A Week to Plasterers
Sub contractors paid plasterers £39 a week, pubished by A Brown, organiser of the Plasterers Union. Union officials praised a Jennings Hotel project in Acton for the high rate, while three other plastering subs paid the rate about £8 a week more than award. Bricklayers at another Jennings sub contractor earned £8 a day. A Master Builders spokesman said the subcontractor was not a member of the association. Building union officials set the £39 rate as their wage target for fall tradesmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jennings
Hotel Acton
Brown
Master Builders’ Association
Kennedy Expected to Push Moon Shot in State of the Union
President Kennedy will address Congress in the State of the Union likely stressing increased defense and space spending to land a Moon mission by 1970. He plans a record budget around 44.41 billion and signals continued military buildup with Minuteman missiles while pursuing NATO nuclear deterrence and social security reforms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Congress
United States
House
Senate
Soviet Union
United Press
U.S
Nassau
Macmillan
NATO
India Accepts Border Plans Says Parliament to Hear Jan 21
A government contact said India is not entirely happy with the Colombo drafted proposals for the Sino Indian border dispute. Nehru said his final meeting with non aligned powers indicated Parliament would endorse the government's reaction when it meets on January 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhs
Nehru
Mr. Nehru
Congress Party
Colombo
India
Ladakh
External Affairs Ministry
China
Hepatitis and TB Trends Reported by Health Department
Health officials report 94 hepatitis cases in 1962 down from 241 in 1961 while tuberculosis rose from 12 to 45. The X ray survey conducted in March and April 1962 found rubella, poliomyelitis, scarlet fever and other infectious diseases, with figures badly fragmented in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A.C.T
Department of
Health Department
T.B
SRS
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Tom Ibo
African Republic
M. Gbhoedjovi
Mawson
Moscow
A.a.p.reuter
South Polar
Mirway
Enderby Land
Prince
Switzerland
Prince Charles
Indonesia
New York
Indonesian Communist Party
Tokyo
Japanese Maritime Safety Board
Gosho
Hamada
Empire State Building
A. Brown
Washington
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