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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Mar 29, 1966
Page
1
In a nine and a half hour session at the Hotel Ainslie Rex the Parliamentary and machine leaders of the Australian Labor Party wrestled with a new basis for party unity.
Police investigate the death of a newborn at Canberra Community Hospital. Coroner will decide on further action. Baby Robert John Grantham born 110 days premature on March 1 weighed over 1 pound. Grandparents listed, Michael James due to leave hospital soon. Dr No A Elvin prepares report.
About twenty thousand Buddhists walked in silence through Hue in a covert protest against South Vietnam's military regime. The secret gathering aimed to press for political policy and general elections as tensions rose over wartime policy and party unity.
Sydney talks report Holt condemns ALP for dropping defence alliances and criticizes Calwell and Whitlam. He praises US lead in Vietnam and attacks Labour for opposition to conscription while veterans protest. Police restore order as demonstrators clash outside Parliament House in Canberra.
Melbourne man Mr Stanley Clarke believed his son, detention case involving British born Mr Loree John Clarke, age 38, held for deportation in South Africa. Clarke Sr reported a cable from his son confirming his Australian origin and noting links to an advertising agency and a government rail contract.
In Washington and Istanbul reports, the FBI led charges against a group linked to the Ku Klux Klan amid investigations of violence and civil rights violations. The article notes arrests of dozen men connected to extremist activity and mentions international mentions of Turkish leadership amid political tension.
More than 1,000 attended the Kew gathering to hear Prime Minister Holt. Anti Liberal supporters swarmed Mr Hall’s car as he left, shouting, waving banners and pounding the vehicle roof. A woman rushed the stage, hurled marbles, and was restrained by police. Liberal candidate Andrew Peacock shielded the PM. Police prepared charges as officials called it the worst demonstration in years.
In extreme heat fires threatened a Perth suburb Bayswater and five farming areas in the Albany region including West Redmond Somerset Hill Demnbarker and Nurriko. An Albany radio appeal urged volunteers as smoke covered about 40 square miles west of Albany and motorists used car headlights. Authorities discuss measures amid ongoing fires with no confirmed containment.
The Queen Mother arrived in Western Australia for a six day tour with crowds greeting her at Adelaide and Government House. She traveled a five mile route to the airport and was met by supporters and officials. The report notes Woolworths sales nearby and local coverage of the royal visit.
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