23 Jun 1961
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 23, 1961
Page
1
U S officials in Washington called the Berlin dispute the era’s sharpest East West crisis since World War II. Secretary of State Dean Rusk was soon to respond to Nikita Khrushchev’s Berlin and nuclear testing warnings, with emphasis on timing of a peace treaty with East Germany.
Officials read Khrushchev remarks as a possible thaw in East West arts race while warning of renewed Berlin pressure. In Moscow he said a peace treaty with East Germany would be signed end of the year as Western disarmament talks stall. In Washington Arihup Dean rejected a Soviet troika test ban plan, warning the UN could fail if it advanced.
ISTANBUL Thursday four people were killed by lightning and two drowned in floods at lemit. Twelve others had died in floods in various parts of Turkey over the past four days.
The Right Reverend K. J. Clements, enthroned last week in Goulburn as Bishop of Canberra and Goulburn, was accorded a Liturgical Welcome at St John’s Centre last night after the service.
The coldest night this year occurred at 3.35 a.m. with a 22.1 degree minimum, twelve degrees below June’s average. Frost reached thirteen degrees in Canberra as frost lay over ground all morning. Snow continues at the Snowy Mountains and Perisher Lift and road access to Smiggin Holes remain open for weekend skiing conditions.
Income tax return forms for the financial year, which ends next Friday, are now available at taxation offices and post offices throughout Australia. Returns by salary and wage earners are due for lodgment by July 31 and business returns by August 31. The Taxation Department has asked employers to ensure that employees receive their group certificates or tax stamp sheets as soon as possible after June 30.
Australia faltered at the start of the Test, two quick wickets left them 2/42 at stumps after England’s pace attack led by Statham and Trueman. Davidson spearheaded Australia’s 206 in England’s first innings with 5/42, while May drove back with a promising 40s effort before Grout trapped him.
In a drawn or incomplete cricket scoreboard, England players Pullar Davidson Subba Row Mackay and Barrington are listed with dismissals and not outs, while Australia’s Lawry Simpson Teal and Haale feature in the batting order. Bowling figures show Davidson, McKenzie, Misson, and Mackay with multiple wickets as Statham Trueman lead with figures for the Australian pace attack.
Police in Sellersville Pennsylvania charge no man with drunken driving and involuntary manslaughter in the death of 11 year old Alice Maris Leister killed when her bicycle collided with a car driven by her father Ervin Leister 31 near their home Tuesday night.
Three rival Lao princes agreed to form a Government of National Union named by the King. They planned to merge Laos three armed forces into one, back neutrality, and support efforts for an effective cease fire. They could not agree on power division among pro communist anti communist and neutral factions.
Prime Minister Marshall outlines a new supplementary schedule to curb imports in the first half of next year, replying that cuts aim to correct overseas income spending. He notes six months extension of import licences to June 30 next year and asserts careful stock distribution will prevent shortages and inflation, while stocks on March 31 stood at £23 million.
Katanga Province President Tshombe was released today after two months as a prisoner of the Congolese Government. The Associated Press reports his freedom comes amid ongoing political upheaval in the Congo republic.
Tass reports on Professor Negovsky and colleagues reviving a dog after death from blood loss and electric trauma. American surgeon Claude Back aided the experiments. The dog was dead twice then revived, illustrating methods to prevent unwarranted death and suggesting 3,500 people saved by the scientist’s work across Soviet cities.
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