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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 26, 1972
Page
10
A 1,000-man Army Air Force and anti Navy task force moved into the Sulu archipelago and Zamboanga provinces in Mindanao on Friday to combat Muslim and Christian outlaws, a national police spokesman said yesterday.
Police officials prepared to meet United Nations diplomats in New York to advise on protecting people and property after a string of incidents in Central Park involving a top diplomat and his wife. The report notes tense security considerations as global officials gather.
Rain-swollen eastern rivers from tropical storm Agnes swelled to record levels causing hundreds of thousands homeless and damage in five states. Pennsylvan ia and Wilkes-Barre suffered the heaviest losses as President Nixon toured disaster sites and urged aid while rescue teams moved hundreds trapped by floods.
China warned Japan that the planned visit of Taiwanese war ships to Japanese ports would be a flagrant provocation against the Chinese people. The statement stressed Beijing’s opposition amid rising cross strait tensions and Japan’s defense ties with Taiwan.
Federal agents searched woods north of Kokomo for a hijacker who fled a Boeing 727 after a mid flight ransom demand. The hijacker, armed with pistol and other weapons, forced a landing at St Louis then took off again before leaping. A car rammed the aircraft upon landing, injuring engineer David Hanley. The suspect parachuted after the second 727 ascent. clothes and money were found on the fuselage, raising the possibility he died in the jump.
A Fiji Parliamentarian, Vijay Parmanan Dam, had his six month jail term for contempt of the Supreme Court and Australia’s Chief Justice Sir John Nimmo cut to three months by a Court of Appeal. The reduction was announced Sunday in Suva.
Senator Kennedy predicted yesterday that Senator McGovern would secure the Democratic Party's presidential nomination next month and go on to face the next President.
A report states that a senior official serving as chief of protocol since the early Nixon administration resigned on Friday. The move comes amid ongoing White House personnel changes and reshuffles in executive offices.
Police said they have sent bomb experts to India at India's request to help investigate the June 14 crash of a Japan Airlines DC-8 near New Delhi. Indian authorities reported finding what appeared to be a time bomb at the crash site. A separate Italian inquiry said the May Palermo airliner crash near the Sicilian capital may hinge on pilot error and route deviation, with 114 dead.
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