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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 23, 1962
Page
1
Prime Minister Menzies told Government Party members at a policy review that a new economic programme to boost employment and business will be introduced in the first session of Parliament beginning February 20. An outline, likely a supplementary budget, is expected in the Governor-General Lord De LIsle's opening speech.
The joint party meeting focused on restoring confidence and addressing unemployment. Ministers urged import controls, housing provisions, and subsidies to boost secondary industry while aiming for a rapid, limited program to lift the economy.
The Country party whip Mr W Turnbull becomes Deputy Government Whip with Mr Chaney replacing Gy Pearce of Queensland who was defeated. Chaney is a long time member of Parliament and chairing committees. the Governor General will open the conference with speeches from Prime Minister Menzies and other ministers.
Some 250 delegates gather in Canberra for a three day citizenship convention. The event features addresses by Mr Downer and Dr Ulrich Engelbert and will form six discussion groups to present views. Receptions follow opening ceremonies at Parliament House and Government House.
A Canberra two year old boy named Robert Wilkes lost his right leg in a March accident at a railway goods yard. He flew home yesterday from Canberra Airport with a new artificial limb funded by the Canberra Lions Club, covering medical and accommodation costs. He walked down the plane steps unaided, smiling, and will return to school next week. Picture shows him meeting Lions Club official J Hunter.
A seventeen year old Warburton boy, Chris Alvin Brown, was swept out to sea at the Porsea ocean beach. As of tonight the body had not been recovered.
NASA declines comment on launch dates as APL cites unknown delays. Polaris missiles, Thor Able Star, Minuteman, Titan and Mace rockets line up for a multi day space age sprint from Cape Canaveral. Ranger moon probe and other payloads amid postponed operations mark a tense period of test firings and orbital ambitions.
British sources say Major General Sir Rohan Delacombe complained to Soviet counterpart Colonel Andrei Solovyov that Allied military trains faced delays or fire due to unspecified reasons on German railway lines. The note mentions trains relayed on fast German rails and cites friction over transport timing.
K Krzeminski of O'Connor met his sister Jadwiga after a 12 month wait for word of her return from Poland. The flight was delayed then diverted and she arrived in Sydney exhausted and frightened, unable to speak English. She will live with her brother in O'Connor.
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