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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 20, 1968
Page
1
Canberra and NSW faced a cold spell with gusty westerly winds and cloudy periods. Snow fell on surrounding hills and in the ACT ranges with light falls on Black Mountain. Bendora Dam logged half an inch of snow and rain measured near Fairbairn. Snowy Mountains skiers enjoyed first substantial snow.
Police in Canberra arrested 69 demonstrators, mostly students from 40 eastern states and the ACT, after sit ins and road obstruction outside The Lodge. Officers praised calm restraint while protesters faced court time and bail options.
Erter Realty headlines the focal doubles event as the Holi lion tennis championship unfolds in Frankfurt. Matches feature Real Mra Mo Court and Avcatrnnial 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 with tensions rising in the late stages of the competition.
A spokesman for the Australian Student Labor Federation reports that 38 of the delegates in Sydney, plus 7, requested an opening in Canberra while awaiting action in a lock up. Monash University students, 18 detained, claim the new university disciplinary code targets off campus political activity and will be dealt with on return to Melbourne.
The Department of Education and Science will compile a nationwide record of Australian scientific research in Canberra. Minister Fraser announced the new science branch and the appointment of Dr R. L. is an as officer-in-charge, with the project starting July 1 and covering fields from atomic energy to forestry and biology.
Sydney police launched an intensive manhunt for the killer of 34 year old Simon Brook found strangled and mutilated in bushes behind Glebe flats. Detectives led by F Bradstreet and A J Smales pursued clues after a workman found the body near Glebe Road. An autopsy began as police urged public tips and blood stained clothing to be checked by dry cleaning shops.
Twelve people died on New South Wales roads at the Rome Mae incident marking a grim tally for the State this year as authorities review road safety measures.
Vietcong rocket crews fired about 25 shells into Saigon killing 12 and wounding over 60. Seven precincts saw blasts. three dead and four wounded were police. One American wounded, no fatalities among U.S. troops. A fire gutted 150 houses from one rocket. Nearby Cu Chi troops said they gave Ho Chi Minh a birthday present in kind.
Reports say Viet Cong rockets struck suspected guerrilla positions while American forces near Da Nang claimed 149 Vietcong killed in a large open-area engagement. No American casualties were reported as Allied troops including Captain Charles Robb pressed operations. battles also noted near Khe Sanh and Bien Hoa with multiple aircraft shot down and a rising toll among Vietnamese and allied forces.
President de Gaulle asserts no tolerance for street disorder while offering reforms to striking workers and students. He returns to Paris to take control as tanks and troops reportedly move near the city. nearly one million workers threaten paralyzing railways and transport. National Assembly votes on a censure motion amid a Cannes Film Festival strike that collapses the jury and cancels prizes.
Lieutenant Colonel Cyril Albert Clowes, Gallipoli veteran and commander of the Australian task force at Milne Bay, New Guinea, dies in Melbourne. He will be buried with full military honours in a private ceremony.
The Australian Government backs in principle a treaty to ban spread of nuclear weapons but seeks clarification of the draft before the United Nations. The Australian ambassador told a General Assembly committee that more details are needed. An F-111 aircraft owned by General Dynamics crashed during an air day in New Mexico over the weekend. This notice spans other pages including law lists weddings and classifieds.
The prime minister of a populous nation arrives in Australia for a seven day state visit starting tomorrow. The Canberra Times publishes an eight page supplement tomorrow tracing India's economic and political growth since independence in 1947.
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