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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1963
Page
2
A government spokesman in London said one person dies from lung cancer every 20 minutes in Britain, about 500 deaths weekly, with Royal College of Physicians linking smoking to the disease. Parliament discussed proof beyond statistics and noted rising cigarette sales from 1920 to 1962.
In Salonika on May 22 leftist Deputy Gregorios Lambrakis was fatally struck by a motorcycle. Second Lt. Emam ouel Kapelonis was arrested on magistrate orders for being the moral instigator. Rider Spyros Kotzamanis faces murder charges. accomplice Emanouel Emanouelides charged with complicity. Two senior officers relieved of duty as inquiry continues.
The Health Department reports a massive smallpox vaccination drive in Papua New Guinea's Sepik district vaccinating 288 000 native people. An official says 100 percent of the district population has been vaccinated. A TB survey covering 12 000 coastal residents begins this week.
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