30 Jun 1960
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1960
Page
1
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Moscow announced a new series of powerful rocket firings into the Central Pacific from July 5 to 31. The target area covers about 50 000 square miles, overlapping the zone used for the January rocket. The test zone lies roughly 1 000 miles southeast of Hawaii, near the Hawaii Brisbane shipping route.
Bakers meet in central Canberra this morning to decide how much prices will rise and when. One baker predicted a rise of halfpenny or a penny with profit margins to be uniform across shops.
Washington reports Russia has named Sergei Koudriatsev, once a chief of a Soviet tonage ring in Canada in the early 1950s, as ambassador to Cuba according to sources. The appointment signals ongoing Soviet diplomacy amid Cold War tensions.
Minister Freeth announced an auction sale of leases for 158 residential blocks to be held on August 8 and 9. The blocks lie in Ainslie Campbell Downer and Red Hill. Earlier this month he mentioned 400 more blocks to be offered within two to three months with details likely in August.
Jime Charles Rogers announces a firm plan to construct staff flats on Blamey Crescent near Anzac Park Canberra. The project budget is £60,000 with two blocks of flats including single and two bedroom units and one bedroom units planned for completion by September and before Christmas respectively.
In Bergen Norway Anastas Mikoyan told a luncheon the Soviet Union can guarantee a Free Berlin as part of a peaceful coexistence approach during his seven day Norwegian visit He urged love and a peace treaty with Germany proposing options with a united or divided Germany and avoiding U S tensions over the U 2 incident.
A British trawler rescued 19 survivors after a 621 ton Icelandic motor vessel capsized and sank in the Pentland Firth near Orkney. The dispatches, including a woman and child among the saved, were received as radio messages at The Hague.
Senator Fulbright, as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, delivered a sharp critique of U S policy. He singled out President Eisenhower over the U-2 incident and the Japan trip cancellation, signaling potential joins from other leaders despite Senate Democratic restraint. European press largely ignored the President's nationwide speech, contrasting with past attention.
An Army pilot Lieutenant G L Precions and two airmen were injured when a Cessna 180 training aircraft crashed six miles east of Bungendore on the Braidwood Canberra road shortly before 10 am. The plane hit power cables, witnesses said, and the wreckage was transported to Fairbairn for inspection. Two airmen Corporal F M Knights and Leading Aircraftman A L West sustained injuries. all remained in fair to satisfactory condition after treatment.
An expert from the Bureau of Mineral Resources will visit Queensland in two weeks to assess the gas flow strike at the Pickanjinnis oil well near Roma. Gas production after the first strike last week was strong and the latest drilling has shown further strikes, raising hopes for a commercially profitable large-scale natural gas field even if oil is not found.
Defence Minister Townley announced the creation of No 16 Army Light Aircraft Squadron a joint Army and RAAF unit based at Amberley Queensland. It will use fixed and rotary wing aircraft with Army pilots and RAAF support for maintenance and training in two flights for operations and training. An order for Bell helicopters was placed in the US for this force.
Milk production across Australia is set to surpass the previous annual high as the financial year ends tomorrow. For ten months to April the output reached 1,281,800,000 gallons, 26,000,000 gallons above the 1955 56 mark for the same period.
Reports from Katmandu say China acknowledges army operation in a demilitarised zone as Tibetan rebels fight around 40 to 70 miles from the Nepal frontier. Refugees flood into Nepal, with up to 3,000 believed armed in the Everest area amid a broader tribal movement toward eastern Tibet.
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