British Troops Fly To Guiana Amid Crisis In Colony
A company of British troops is flown from Hyneham Wiltshire to British Guiana to quell deteriorating civil unrest. Deputy Premier Brindley Benn discusses the 10 week strike crisis with politicians and unions as clashes and a fatal shooting escalate tensions. Royal Air Force planes were expedited to the danger zone as rioting and ethnic clashes injure dozens.
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AA Reuter
British Guiana
Defence Ministry
Ministry
Duncan Sandys
Greenjackets
Lalion
Royal Air Force
Hyneham
Wiltshire
British
Indian assault and acid bombs stun colony amid strike
The ruling People's Progressive Party faced raids after acid bombs were found at Acid Bomb’s home. Police and British troops detained suspects in east coast areas as mobs attacked Indians. In Georgetown youths exploited patrol absence to strike Indians while 21 Indians appeared in court near Plais for beating a police squad and a girl. all remanded on bail until July 19 as a general strike enters its 75th day.
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People's Prgressive Party
Georgetown
Plais
Australian expert to lecturing post in Tokyo under Colombo Plan
Sir Garfield Barwick announced that Harald G. Weir, Australian probation and prison after-care secretary, will depart Sydney for Tokyo to lecture at the United Nations Asia and Far East Institute for the Prevention of Crime and Treatment of Offenders in Tokyo. The institute, established in 1962, aims to influence crime prevention and offender treatment across Asia and the Pacific.
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Garfield Barwick
Weir
Sydney
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Asia
New U S Consul General Arrives in Sydney
The new US Consul General for Sydney Edward A Bolster age 31 will arrive Sunday with his wife and two children Warren and Janet. Bolster succeeds Laurence Vass who left Sydney January 10 and is posted to Nairobi Kenya.
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Sydney
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Janet
Bolster
Laurence Vass
Nairobi
Ken
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