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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 03, 1972
Page
10
Detroit reports Ford Motor Co recalls more than a million 1970 and 1971 model passenger cars and Ranchero pickups to replace a pit locking device on front-seat shoulder belts. Associated Press notes the action aims to fix the safety defect across the affected fleet.
Botswana President Sir Seretse Khama warned of violent racial confrontations if Western nations persist in backing white minority regimes. he criticized economic interests over liberation. Reports detail arrests in Rhodesia and Malawi bans on the Rhodesia Herald amid guerrilla activity, plus local ration protests in King William’s Town with white residents noting hardships while African pensioners endure monthly breadlines.
Investigators in Saigon say a June 15 Cathay Pacific Convair 880 crash over South Vietnam killed 81 aboard and was caused by a bomb. A plot to cash in on insurance claims is suspected. Bodies have not been recovered.
Kampala reports the Ugandan government agreed to release a BOAC airliner impounded two weeks ago carrying two tons of mortars for Zambia during a scheduled London to Lusaka flight.
Chinese Prime Minister Chou En-lai and a group of Communist officials appeared at a sports prize-giving in Peking Stadium. Observers in Hong Kong noted most named figures were politburo members, fueling talk of a potential shift in top leadership as the party marked its list anniversary.
Congress approved a 20 percent increase in social security payments for 27 million Americans and sent it to the White House in a bill needed to prevent a government financial crisis. The measure followed a lapse in borrowing authority, with President Nixon weighing a veto over inflation fears. Senator Russell Long said a veto was inconceivable as the borrowing authority was essential.
Vice President Spiro Agnew branded Senator George McGovern a fraud over his Hanoi plan and the idea that bombing Vietnam would free POWs. The same day a credentials panel moved to unseat Chicago mayor Daley and 58 uncommitted Illinois delegates, widening McGovern's convention split amid new rules prioritizing women youths and minority representation.
A failed April plot to abduct and kill Prime Minister Bandaranaike was thwarted when a Colombo cinema closed early under curfew. Attorney-General Victor Tennekon told a five-judge Supreme Court commission about the abortive scheme involving 120 killed in the wider insurrection. About 50 insurgents planned to meet near the PM residence after a late show to storm the house with bombs and weapons.
Rome reports an all out press strike as proprietors refuse Sunday work and pay. Journalists protest leading to almost five days without daily papers, with news agencies and TV staff joining in causing a nationwide information blackout ahead of a new government from elections.
Dr Jose Maria Gil Vernet and team at Provincial Hospital in Barcelona successfully re implanted a damaged kidney after removing it from a 40 year old mother. The kidney was treated outside the body under low temperature and reimplanted two hours and 37 minutes later. The Cifra agency described the operation as successful.
Britain experiences the coldest June on record with heavy rain, widespread use of gumboots and raincoats, and an 11 percent rise in electricity consumption. A model in a Brighton bikini shows the chill winds and need for protection against the cold.
Athens reports Greek photographer Dimitrios Koulouris, 34, jailed 70 days for endangering amphibious aircraft by attempting to photograph Mrs. Aristotle Onassis on Skorpios. The court linked his speedboat actions to aviation safety concerns and noted prior suit by Onassis’s pilot George Kours. Koulouris claimed assault and sued Onassis staff.
London reports that 14 major whaling nations backed by conservation groups agreed to reduce catches by about one third for the coming season. The pact covers fin, sei, rin, and minkes with a 5,000 minke limit next year, bans on humpback and blue whale hunting, and preserves other prohibitions amid stock uncertainty.
The Star of Sierra Leone, the world’s largest alluvial diamond, is expected to fetch over £1 million, about $42.09 million, at a London sale next month. A separate Rome case reports a 21 year old Lebanese woman, El Amki Kneiria Jomap, arrested at Rome Airport for carrying two eislery strapped items and sentenced to ten years in jail.
Ankara Sunday. A Turkish Court of Appeal has upheld jail terms for British schoolboy Timothy Davey, 15, and three other youths convicted in March of drug offences in Turkey. The decision ends their appeals, and the youths face imprisonment under Turkish law.
West German police dismantled a narcotics ring in Saarbrucken seizing more than a ton of hashish worth about 50 million marks, with 11 people arrested. The seizure followed a smashed ring after a ring was broken apart in the Sunday raid.
The Wall Street Journal, cited by United Press International, reports Chairman Mao Tsetung may be suffering from incurable throat cancer. The notice notes the implication of the cancer diagnosis in official circles.
The Defence Department said one of the US Navy's new supersonic jet fighters named Fid Voment crashed yesterday during a test flight into Chesapeake Bay, Maryland, killing the pilot.
President Nixon announced the largest peach time order for merchant ships in US history with contracts totaling 601 million dollars. The announcement, carried by AAP Reuters from Washington, highlighted this landmark defense and commercial shipping deal amid wartime supply concerns.
Yemen Arab Republic and the United States announce plans to restore diplomatic relations severed in 1967, signaling a step toward renewed engagement between the two nations as stated in an official declaration reported from Sanaa.
London officials said Sung Chih Kuang the PRC's first ambassador to Britain, aged 56, would arrive early next week for a diplomatic mission.
Five people killed and 49 injured when three railway tank cars loaded with anhydrous ammonia exploded in a Ciudad Juarez switching yard. An official said the blast hurt workers and nearby passenger trains were in the station at the time. Local authorities and United Press International sources identified Manuel Belgrar Mayer of Ciudad Shinener as a contact for details.
One in five Soviet divorcees blamed drink for the breakdown of their marriage and one in six cited physical violence. The survey, reported by Komsomolskaya Pravda, covered Leningrad amid the USSR’s high divorce rate. In 1870, 26 Lewies couples split per 10,000, while the United States stood at 29.
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