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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 20, 1970
Page
11
In Par village Rajasthan state police killed 13 bandits after a gun battle. Officials recovered one light gun, eight 303 rifles and several rounds of ammunition. Some bandits were said burned to death in the clash about 150 miles south of Delhi.
Cairo reports Nasser began a series of briefings on his Moscow trip and a week of political activity to gauge results of talks with Soviet leaders. Observers expect a Thursday address on Revolution Day to signal whether Moscow shifts affect Egypt’s stance on Israel. An Israeli reaction cited Eban accusing Moscow of opposing peace, while Egypt reported aerial defences shooting down a Phantom jet over the Suez Canal area with minimal casualties.
Forest blazes along the Mediterranean coast and in Corsica have burned an estimated 62 000 acres as more than 350 firefighters and support units rushed to contain the outbreaks. In Paris a lawyer demanded release for a 42 year old psychology teacher Ernest Bolo detained on a theater fire charge.
London reports Prince Charles and Princess Anne arrived home after a three day stay comprising meetings with President Nixon. The President and Mrs Nixon described the two year old Prince and his nineteen year old sister as a most attractive couple. A long discussion on world affairs with Prince Charles preceded the Royal visit’s conclusion.
President Nixon, alarmed by congressional overspending, appeals to lawmakers to curb total expenditures to avoid a possible massive federal budget deficit in 1971 and the ensuing 1972 fiscal year. He cites the 1971 budget near 108.2 billion and warns continued overspending could widen deficits.
Delegates at the World Youth Assembly ended a ten day session with a dramatic rebuke of power politics. They condemned the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia and US actions in Asia, urged abolition of veto power in the Security Council, and called for Israel to withdraw from occupied territories while backing a democratic unitary rule in Palestine. The vote outcomes reflected strong Western and neutral bloc support, with condemnations also directed at fascist regimes in Greece, Spain and Portugal and South Africa’s racial policies. A Soviet walkout disrupted the final briefing before the letter was to be presented to the General Assembly.
United Press report details a two month Brooklyn operation in a residential unit conducting a major heroin factory raid. Police arrested four people including a veteran and a wife and seized two pistols and packaging gear. Investigators said the apartment served as a secondary heroin production site in the city. Local authorities continue probing links to larger distribution networks.
Thousands mourn as former President Pitter Eugenio Anonhurn is laid to rest with military honors. Reported details claim his killers kidnapped him and a trial proceeds with five suspects, including three priests, awaiting proceedings.
President Podgorny announced in Moscow that the 1948 75 Soviet Finnish friendship treaty would be extended by twenty years. He spoke during a Kremlin reception for Finland’s President Kekkonen, who visits for four days. The extension keeps the pact alive beyond 1975 amid ongoing talks on Soviet deliveries and a second atomic plant in Finland.
Heath Edwards, 21, of Northbridge, Sydney, is named among six people connected to a drug seizure. The report notes a submarine incident last Friday and a suspected link to transporting drugs from Mexico to the San Francisco Bay area. Authorities describe the operation as a cross border drug trafficking effort with multiple participants.
In Chicago a rooming house tragedy unfolds as Cali fornian Teeringer is found unable to speak after her throat is slashed. Patti Iwazaki reports Evelyn Okubo naked in a bathtub with a throat wound. Police describe a suspect, a 17 year old girl Miss Yamada, seen in the room with cords binding feet. The two roommates were returning from a party when the attack occurred. The case follows a Japanese American citizens convention.
Three youths, two aged 14, were charged last night with the murder of white Chicago policemen gunned down on a baseball field at a predominantly black public housing project. Police announced arrests and murder charge. Sone Baraat 14, Vernon Baker, 14.
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