29 Jun 1963
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 29, 1963
Page
1
The Department of the Interior invited applications yesterday to lease sites in Canberra for three motels a hotel and a guest house. Leases will include covenants totaling £440 000 across sites in Griffith Lyneham Gungahin Dickson and Barton.
The proposal outlines motel sites in Griffith ham and Gungahlin with 14 and 54 acres and minimum building values from £30,000 to £200,000. Dickson’s 1 acre site hosts a hotel up to two stories costing at least £100,000, plus a guesthouse with a £50,000 cost. 99 year leases proposed for Gungahlin, 50 years for others. liquor licenses will be restricted. residential hotel brick-built in Dickson. openings aim within 12 to 60 months depending on site.
The Cooma Municipal Council plans to hear public input next Tuesday on adding fluoride to the town water supply. Alderman A H Sohn said the council had considered fluoridation but faced local opposition, with a recent council decision urging no change despite support from fluoride advocates in Sydney.
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In a Government housing area south of Georgetown anti Government demonstrators defied police orders. Police used water spray then tear gas to disperse the crowd. The gas drift affected nearby houses and sickened 16 children with itching and discomfort.
Khrushchev lands in East Berlin for a surprise bloc leaders meeting as Polish Communist and Czechoslovak officials prepare to join. East German crowds welcome the visit while Kennedy had just spoken in West Berlin. The state department condemns red curtains at the Brandenburg Gate.
The Ward trial opens with witnesses Keeler and Rice-Davies as the Profumo affair looms. Lord Astor and Viscountess Astor are named landowners at Cliveden where Ward rented a cottage. Prosecutors warn many names will surface as court seeks clarity.
Fresh reports from the Hame mondville migrant centre describe a young man known to have molested young women in the area where 12 year old Monica Scho field was killed. Police drive a door to door inquiry showing photographs of sex offenders as detectives pursue a possible motive and suspect.
President Kennedy's Cork visit drew about 60 000 locals as Irish crowds surged to greet him at the city hall and outside the Freedom of the City ceremony. He toured Dunganstown with relatives and later faced a sea of teenagers in Dublin after a dinner with Prime Minister Lemass.
Rhodesian leaders prepare for a four nation conference on dissolving the Rhodesian Federation. Southern Rhodesia Prime Minister Winston Field meets British Central Africa Affairs Minister R A Butler. Field comes away saying the matter remains under consideration. Reports note pressure from Commonwealth nations against white minority independence. Sir Roy Welensky arrives to join talks.
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