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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 31, 1972
Page
15
The FDA orders initial usage limits on saccharin amid early findings linking extremely high intake to bladder tumours in rats. The move follows decades with saccharin as the sole artificial sweetener since 1969.
Rhodesian government announces a ban on a four member Labour Party delegation and Liberal MP David Steel from entering Rhodesia. Official reason cites support for militant Rhodesian movements and resolutions passed at Labour conferences in 1970 and 1971. The Liberal MP was slated to visit next month.
Leaflet plans by Mr Steel of the Liberal Party were dropped after Sir Ian Smith demanded public pro or anti support for the Rhodesia settlement terms. Britain’s Foreign Office declined comment as the Rhodesian government invited MPs to study the Pearce commission.
Ulster experienced a relatively quiet Saturday with no army incidents reported. A deliberate fire damaged a shed and machinery at Carn Lough, County Antrim. About 600 marchers defied a government ban, moving five miles between Dungannon and Coal Island as troops used gas and bullets to control crowds. Police said no organised parades occurred, while a large civil rights march was to be halted by force if needed. A Protestant rally was called off amid fears of riot and bloodshed. An alert centre area was evacuated before two bombs in abandoned cars exploded shortly after being lit.
TOKYO AAP Reuters reports former Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi cannot sleep like ordinary patients. He leans against walls in hospital and his Japan departure is postponed by one or two weeks due to concerns about his mental state. TOKUSHIMA AAP Eight boys dug a canyon cave to imitate Yokoi and four died when it collapsed.
Western sources report a third party identified as the Soviet Union has proposed acting as intermediary for a Cambodian Vietnamese settlement. Cambodia may listen while North Vietnamese and Vietcong withdrawal remains a goal, Lon Non’s committee leading the initiative. China urges acceptance of Vietcong terms for immediate US withdrawal. US aid for Indo China reconstruction totals 82.5 million dollars as war ends. Heavy fighting around the DMZ marks Vietnam hostilities, and Thailand completes repatriation of its troops from South Vietnam by February 4.
The St Louis Post-Dispatch says a 55 year old businessman pleaded guilty to defrauding the Federal Government of more than six million dollars on defence contracts. After commitment to Lewisburg penitentiary in 1970, Andrew Stone sought to let St Louis Union Trust Co hold the funds pending government proceedings.
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