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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1968
Page
1
SATGUA Tuesday reports a series of five helicopter crashes near Saigon kill 19 Americans and 16 Thai soldiers. Crashes occurred in poor weather at low altitude, with one helicopter shot down after a 12 hour battle in the same sector. Ground forces reinforced the area as bombers attacked Vietcong positions.
Jean de Kat, a 27 year old French yachtsman, survived an Atlantic single handed race setback when his trimaran Yank Nha broke up. Rescued by the Norwegian vessel Juganna, he landed at The Skaw after a long dinghy wait, while journalists awaited further details.
Election eve celebrations turned into a riot in Montreal around Prime Minister Trudeau. Acid, bottles, bricks and stones were hurled at police as 135 people hospitalized and more than 290 arrests reported. Demonstrators chanted anti Trudeau slogans while the PM defended his stand amid the unrest.
About 1,000 separatists clashed with police in Montreal during the St Jean Baptiste Day parade. Demonstrators hurled projectiles and paint, injuring 44 officers and damaging 12 vehicles while a horse died. Pierre Bourgault was arrested as security tightened with 2,240 uniformed and 250 plainclothes officers on duty. The incident spurred fears of threats against Trudeau and raised questions about Quebec independence tensions.
Federal Cabinet met for four hours to decide the line the Commonwealth will take at meetings with the Premiers later this week on taxation reimbursements and loan allocations for 1968-69. Prime Minister Mr Gorton will chair the meeting with the state premiers for the first time, and Treasurer Mr McMahon will chair the Loan Council.
No official statement issued as Cabinet meeting looms. Mr McMahon expected to speak today on Commonwealth finances. Discussions foreshadow higher defence spending and possible pension rises in the next financial year, with Premiers not expecting a large increase over last year’s disbursements.
The National Capital Development Commission plans to create banks of residential lease blocks and flat sites to stabilize fund premiums and quickly respond to demand shifts. RB Lansdown told ACT Advisory Councillors the aim is to lower high land premiums by offering ready blocks for up to 1,000 units, focusing on smaller three to six unit blocks in outer areas.
Sydney Tuesday report of Tony Hancock death details a post mortem at the city morgue tomorrow after the comedian was found dead in his Belle Vue Hill flat. He wore only underwear beside a bottle of the barbiturate amytal and two notes were recovered. Police report no suspicious circumstances amid notes and medicine. Hancock, 44, struggled after a divorce ruling absolute in London taxi week.
In Adelaide a mass protest during electoral reform debate led to police ejecting more than 200 vocally hostile demonstrators from Parliament House. The crowd, gathered after a Trades and Labour Council mass meeting, booed Premier Hall as Speaker Stott ordered the gallery cleared amid chants including democracy and Nazi taunts.
A large crowd gathered outside Parliament House as leaders urged orderly protest for electoral reform. Mr Dunstan pressed a democratic government chosen by the people, while Mr Corcoran linked Millicent's vote to broader reform efforts amid by election totals showing Corcoran ahead. Cameron criticised the ALP claim of reform victory.
The government will introduce a 45 seat Assembly plan in Parliament. Sir Melis Napier outlined policies including state aid to independent schools starting 1969, higher housing loan support, and rail standardisation. Electoral reform and constitutional bills were proposed, with Speaker Myr Stott opposing immediate reform.
A report notes ministers promise Canberra will have enough water with new storage projects under way and expanded treatment facilities. The piece also references police deaths at a Vietnam protest, race and Aboriginal issues, a New Zealand inquiry into the Wahine disaster, and a Mrs. Shepherd comment on rights, all mentioned across pages A and 3 and in classifieds.
Canberra health minister cited a survey of 2,200 children aged six to twelve showing continuing declines in tooth decay since the city began fluoridating water before September 1964. Decay fell 14 percent in 1966 and 10 to 23 percent last year, with projections to 60 to 70 percent by the late 1970s for those who have drunk fluoridated water all their lives. The three year study excludes children who moved to Canberra after 1964 or whose parents gave them fluoride tablets.
Reports from Hanoi describe a top level mission to Moscow seeking faster military and economic aid for its final offensive in Vietnam. Sources say Thuy rejects proposed diplomacy as the paper notes tensions rise.
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