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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 19, 1962
Page
1
Sunday meeting to decide ending the six school closure strike by Catholic parents. The organizing committee, which shut six schools on Monday, plans to recommend ending the protest after achieving public attention for state aid for schools.
About 640 of 1350 enrolments began attending State schools as Catholic parents voted to end the six week protest. Archbishop O'Brien and Bishop Cullinane attended a July 9 meeting with 700 parents who urged reopening next Monday. State authorities would revert enrolments to normal levels, easing class sizes.
Leaders of a planned anti nuke march in Red Square Moscow held up banners in Russian and English reading We demand no more Russian tests. British and some American and Scandinavian delegates to the World Peace Conference had banners seized by Russian security less than a minute after unfurling.
Canberra hospital board warns health department of tighter service limits as bed shortages grow. A 75 bed deficit at the hospital is projected with population growth to 1973, prompting calls for a two stage expansion and a suburban hospital to meet rising demand.
A high altitude balloon traveled 930 miles into space, expanding to 135 feet as sun heat transformed powder into gas. It burned up on reentry while Telstar planners announced Kennedy would hold a live press conference Monday night via satellite transmission in space.
Hobart residents align with Catholic supporters to oppose funding cuts amid a proposed education equality conference. A. Kearney states state departments assume only 75 to 81 percent coverage for schooling, risking Catholic schools as others pay for facilities and staff. Goulburn events illustrate dangers of needing broader funding.
A rescue flight organized by a 34 Squadron unit at Fairbairn moved nine month old Carolyn King to Sydney for urgent treatment. The Dakota from Fairbairn departed at 10:25 PM, reached Mascot an hour later, with a Central District ambulance racing the baby to Royal Alexandra Hospital for Children. Squadron Leader W Fits ter led the crew, with Pilot Officer N Pattin and others aboard, accompanied by three Canberra doctors and a nurse.
Canberra detectives yesterday arrested a 25 year old migrant from Victoria in connection with a series of thefts spanning Mackay to Bundaberg in Queensland. Brisbane police notified Canberra of the thefts and extradition proceedings are being considered as Canberra police are believed to have questioned him about unsolved safe robberies in the ACT.
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