04 Jun 1963
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 04, 1963
Page
1
A violent incident in Gainsville Florida involved a Black man shot during racial unrest. Alabama Governor George Wallace announced a legal campaign to bar Black students from the all white University of Alabama.
Eyewitnesses describe eight Negroes denied tickets at the Florida Theatre sparking harassment by about 200 white youths in downtown Gainesville. later a Negro man fired at a stalled car, injuring Joseph Simmons while police blocked larger trouble. U.S. Government moves in Birmingham to block Governor Wallace from interfering with Negro enrollment at Alabama University as courts weigh police and federal action.
Vatican officials report Pope John was near death after days of crisis. Doctors describe his pain as immense as his pulse and temperature fall, with sedation no longer needed and preparations underway for the Pontiff's burial and the conclave to choose a successor.
United States Under-Secretary of State Harriman said in Brisbane that racial prejudice cannot exist in the modern era and nations must coexist. He noted the ANZUS conference would proceed normally and stated America would defend East New Guinea as part of Australia if needed.
Fountain plan described as a 14 ft diameter shallow bowl of white prosalite atop an 18 ft square base of exposed aggregate. It would hold a single verse. Minister Downer seeks approval to erect the sculpture as a memorial to his father Sir John Downer.
A home made bomb exploded near West Berlin's Kurfuerstendamm Boulevard injuring no one and damaging a bar. Police detained two young men after the blast. The incident was reported Monday by AAP Reuters.
The airline reported possible victims including Mitchell and Mrs Popplewell and their daughter, with nationalities listed as Australian or Canadian. Miss Hardman may have held an Australian ticket. Also among the dead was Mrs W Cupial and her three children. An Indian Air Force officer said the aircraft had disintegrated after the crash.
Mrs. W. A. Woodger noted high Canberra land prices drive industrialists to Queanbeyan while locals bought land at A. E. Dalwood estate sale. Seventeen freehold industrial lots were sold to individuals for factories at prices from £1,170 to £320, each about one third of an acre.
The annual Loan Council meeting and Premiers Conference will be in Canberra on June 17 and 18. Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies announced the plan as Premiers agreed to the schedule. The Loan Council will set state borrowing for public works and housing for 1963-64.
Mr J Pead was elected unopposed to the Canberra Electricity Authority as the council representative. The Authority, set to take over from the Canberra Electric Supply on July 1, will include a full time chairman and two part time members.
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