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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 05, 1968
Page
1
Australia raises cargo surcharge to six percent from April 1 to Europe and the UK. A further three percent surcharge for Suez rerouting will rise to six percent after a conference between exporters and shippers. The move aims to cover costs and deviations since canal closure with potential downward adjustments if canal reopen occurs.
A rain making twin engined Cessna 320 based at Wagga operated by Masling Aviation was over Canberra and surrounding districts for about three hours seeding cumulus clouds. Pilot Captain T Long reported clouds covering six eighths of the sky at 1 pm with very light rain in some Canberra suburbs and cooler weather forecast.
A damaged page notes ongoing global efforts to combat foot and mouth disease. It mentions endemic regions and calls for continued measures including monitoring and vaccination to prevent spread.
Adelaide reports two Labor minister seats undecided with close counts in Millicent and Murray. Corcoran leads slightly after a recheck, Bywaters trails. Absentee votes remain, balance of power could hinge on independent Tom Stott. Perth note: Whitlam cites 33 percent SA Labor vote as party’s largest mandate.
A British inquiry report by John Reid ties the first foot and mouth outbreak to imported Argentine lamb. It notes frozen Argentine lamb and lamb bones supplied to Bryn Farm during October, while NZ and Australian meat were also considered.
Rhodesian High Court judge Mr Justice John Fieldsend resigned in Salisbury today and said he had sent his reasons to the Secretary of Justice but would not disclose them yet. The resignation coincides with a challenge to the Appeal Court’s denial of a stay of execution for three Africans awaiting Privy Council review.
In Canberra Petty Sessions five men and one juvenile faced serious charges for ravishing and carnally knowing a young woman without consent. Names include Kenneth Hatch Timothy Charles Keomameth Neave Michael Guerin and Michael Diduk. All pleaded not guilty or rested without counsel. Remanded to March 18. the juvenile bail bid to ACT Supreme Court granted $200 with two sureties of $500 each.
A Canberra man, Mr. Aarre Poulukka of Reid, had his car damaged on Mayfield Road near Braidwood when a nearly three ton tree fell onto it yesterday. He suffered cuts to the face and hands as the dry rotten tree struck the vehicle.
Vietcong attacked 12 US bases and four provincial capitals in a new nationwide push. They seized a hospital run by an American doctor, destroying operating and X-ray rooms, and fired into wards. A German nurse and a Montagnard nurse were abducted. others were uninjured and safe near Kontum. Australian troops began sweep near Nui Dat amid reports of up to 1000 Vietcong in the Long Dien area.
US Marines claim a major victory near the North Vietnam border at Con Thien with estimated enemy losses around 157 killed while two marines were killed and eight wounded. B52 bombers pound Khe Sanh as jets strike Red River Harbour near Hanoi and shell Nha Be and Marble Mountain facility. South Vietnam requests 125,000 more troops if arms and training are provided as 3,500 new US troops arrive.
Detectives in ACT and NSW investigate a Hillside Hostel shooting on February 26 amid tensions between factions of the Croatian nationalist group Ustashi. Valentina Kovacevic, 31, is hospitalized after a shotgun attack near the hostel. one man in the other car is uninjured. A member of the Ustashi is already indicted.
Tasman Championship practice at Longford ends with Greg Cusack’s car snaking on a wet track, hitting a bank, somersaulting into a ditch at 150 mph. Officials freed him, he was taken to Launceston General Hospital in satisfactory condition. a flag marshal called it a miraculous escape.
The Victorian Premier Sir Henry Bolte urged a State Premiers conference on finances focusing on Victoria’s new stamp tax after the Commonwealth Government signalled opposition in Canberra letters. Page 5 and related notes are listed across sections including Prime Minister’s Department changes.
ACT detectives investigated the beating of a sx month old girl in Red Hill yesterday. The infant was allegedly struck about the head by another child and taken to Canberra Community Hospital. No further details were available at press time.
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