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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Jun 09, 1969

Page

13

Police raid Chilean university arrests 36 students

In Concepcion, 300 police burst into the university with machineguns and public safety gear arresting 36 students over a reported holding against will of newspaper editor Hernando Osses Santa Maria. He was reportedly held, humiliated, and shaved, then left unconscious in a sports arena. Police say the act was planned by a fringe leftist group.

Concepcion Chile Hernandos _Osses "Santa Maria Notions de Lp Yes Lenday Lefrint Re‘otionary Gran

Hearne's No 7 Cough Medicine Promises Fast Relief

A vintage ad urges readers troubled by coughing to use Hearne's No 7 Cough Medicine for quick, tolerable relief. It claims even a nagging tickle can be stopped and notes availability through chemists at a modest price.

Hearne

Astronauts confident Moon landing is possible

Apollo 10 crew members Tom Stafford John Young and Eugene Cernan declared at a press conference in Houston that they foresee no problems with a Moon landing during the upcoming Apollo 11 mission. They noted rough lunar terrain but expressed confidence in achieving a landing and cited unknowns as potentially planned for.

Houston Ress Tom Stafford John Young Eugene Cernan Jumar Stafford

Lunar landing hopes high amid noisy preflight chatter

Reported prelaunch chatter cites Apatine 11 test plans and moon landing timings for July 16 and July 20. Astronauts Stafford and Céman claim proximity within tens of feet of the lunar surface while observers note high density deposits and cratered terrain as Cape Kennedy crew prepare for the Apollo landing with Armstrong, Collins, and Aldrin set to descend during the mission.

Stafford Céman Ilinmieler Cape Kennedy Neil Armatrong Michael, Colfing Edwin Aldrin Space Agency

Artillery duel at canal near Cairo reported

CAIRO Sunday reports say Egyptian and allied forces exchanged heavy artillery and mortars along the Swez Cann near Deversoir and the AL Ayrsh Bridge north of Kantara as the Middle East war marked its third anniversary on the fifth day.

Cairo Sowayore Ityaire Reta

Robert Taylor Near Death From Lung Cancer

Film star Robert Taylor, 57, is near death from lung cancer at St John’s Hospital in Santa Monica. He had the right lung removed last October and was readmitted recently in very serious condition. The spokesman said he was terminal and could die within a week or so.

Santa Monica Californis Reuter Robert Taylor St John's Hospital Monica Taylor

Oilmen Freed Return Home After Biafra Fight

In Rome 48 oil company workers freed by Biafra returned to families amid a three day mourning for 11 killed in Nigerian fighting. The 14 nations involved, including Germans and a Lebanese, met the Pope for a midnight audience. They were captured four weeks earlier near Yew mid west Nigeria after drift while facing death sentences from a military tribunal.

Rome Reuter Biafra Isaly Abidin Talon Agip Yew Mid-West Nigeria

India Will Not Import Food Grains Next Year Says Minister

Simla report states Food Minister Me Saegjivatt Ram announced India will not import any foodgrains next year. He cited past grain shortages and a difficult supply situation over the last several years.

Simla India Me Saegjivatt Ram

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