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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 11, 1966
Page
1
In Saigon early today a 40 minute gun battle erupted between American and Vietnamese guards after a Vietcong bomb exploded. Six Vietnamese civilians were killed including four women a child and a man and 29 people were wounded including eight Americans as crossfire swept a two block area.
Four supersonic fighters crossed the North Sea in a tense air incident. Dutch and French operations engaged as a Dutch helicopter began searches for survivors. Dutch naval air arm confirms Luftwaffe involvement amid large Starfighter crash loss, with 36 aircraft and 28 pilots lost in 16 months.
CSIRO in Canberra reports sheep fed minimal rations to sustain life may produce 15 to 20 lb of wool annually, up from about 6½ lb. Experimental work at Prospect near Sydney uses protein injections. Not yet practical for graziers, but implications for grazing and drought feeding are profound.
CSIRO researchers in Prospect Sydney report that wool yield depends on protein reaching the abomasum rather than total intake. A cheap feed treatment is being studied to boost protein delivery, potentially raising wool production in drought or normal grazing, with implications for feeding costs.
In Parliament Mr Calwell charged both Menzies and Holt governments with gambling Australia's Vietnam commitment for American trade gains. He condemned the war as wicked and senseless, urging allies including the United States to withdraw with dignity. He argued Australia need not send troops under SEATO or ANZUS, while Holt and Fairhall defended policy and warned against Labour’s opposition to alliances. Debate reported on page 10.
Australian police commissioners at their annual conference urged the Federal Government to appoint a research fellow to the Atomic Energy Commission to assist in scientific crime investigation. The expert would aid all State police, with neutron activation analysis discussed as a potential tool, a method now used in the United States.
Chou En Lai told a farewell banquet that China’s nuclear program is for defense only and aims to eliminate weapons. He pledged China will not bow to nuclear blackmail and would not be first to use such arms, while Japanese and U.S. teams sought air samples to verify China’s third test as possibly hydrogen.
One trading day after an agreement on prices, Marcus Clark and Co. Ltd dropped prices anew yesterday afternoon. Other major city and suburban chains followed. A retailers meeting last Thursday had agreed to resume normal pricing from Monday. G and G Stores continued cut pricing, saying they were not invited to the meeting.
A chaotic report traces global dismay over a Chinese atmospheric explosion. Officials from Britain Sweden and the United States condemn the test while India and Japan assess implications for disarmament and nonproliferation efforts.
Sydney case details television personality Charles Stephen Faulkner charged with complicity in an $8,276 armed robbery at Channel 10 on March 31. Police allege Faulkner aided the robbery, demanded money for divorce costs, and that he will face Ryde Court on June 7 with multiple witnesses listed.
The Government was defeated in the Senate for the third time in 15 days as ALP DLP and an Independent backed Liberal Senator R C Wright of Tasmania who proposed an amendment to the Customs Tariff Bill Mo 2. The measure implementing the Australia New Zealand Free Trade Agreement was carried and now goes back to the House for further action.
The article notes conscripts will vote in this year’s federal election after Parliament received legislation yesterday. It also mentions a large Portuguese troop contingent arriving in Mozambique for potential guard duty along the Beira to Rhodesia oil pipeline.
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