24 May 1961
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 24, 1961
Page
1
Federal troops ringed the Greyhound bus station in Montgomery as new outbreaks of racial violence threatened. Adjutant General Henry Graham ordered extra National Guard to the station under martial law to bolster antiviolence duty as three buses were due.
Police in Montgomery and across Alabama aided by Federal forces faced violent resistance as Freedom Riders endured attacks on buses. The U S marshals expanded to 200 additional units while FBI investigations into arson and false bomb scares expanded. Leaders including Martin Luther King Jr planned talks on the riders future amid tense confrontations.
The 86 year old statesman Sir Winston Churchill left Hyde Park Gate last Friday en route to Chartwell Kent for Whitsun. He had been indisposed for a few days and cancelled an engagement with President Bourguiba of Tunisia. He has since improved.
Prince Sihanouk said a Laotian summit in Geneva cannot succeed without a unified government. Rival princes from pro Western, neutralist, and pro Communist camps refused to meet, while Western delegations consider next steps and international supervision of Laos frontiers.
British and U S officers from the Polaris Proteus faced anti nuclear demonstrators at the Holy Loch pier in Scotland. Officers attempted to pass through the crowd and were pressed back by chanting protesters who eventually allowed passage after a padlocked gate was opened.
Indian ambassador said Mr. Chagla, after a farewell call on President Kennedy, told reporters an early meeting with Prime Minister Nehru was expected. Details of time and place were to be worked out.
A spokesman said substantial sums of £10,000 or more were involved as the commission reportedly exhausted its 1960-61 allocation. Contractors expect to be paid when credit eases and outside finance becomes available, though no current contracts would be altered. Weather and efficiency gains allegedly sped up progress beyond expectations.
In Sydney a £17,000 injury award to Roger Charles Fille was cancelled by the Full Supreme Court as excessive after a 1958 crash with a vehicle owned by Anthony Hordern and Sons and driven by Brian Critchley. A new trial has been scheduled.
Soviet officials in Geneva signaled hopes for a thaw in U S Soviet ties ahead of Kennedy and Khrushchev talks in Vienna on June 3 and 4. James Reston reported Moscow did not want trouble with the United States and would back restoring normal relations with Havana. Kennedy spoke of a possible better understanding after the Vienna meeting.
The New York Times reports the South Korean military junta plans to restore civilian rule as soon as its mission ends. A letter to President Kennedy outlined aims. General Da Yong Chang heads the regime and Premier Ching leads a cabinet. The junta also disbands all political and social groups, dissolving 13 parties including the Democratic Party of Sohn Chang and the opposition New Democratic Party.
Washington reports the United States suspends some aid to South Korea as officials in Seoul assess how to sustain support for the Korean people against the Communist threat and to maintain progress toward economic and social aims.
The Canberra Co-Operative Society led by President W G T Laffan says the board has asked the Registrar of Co-Operative Societies to investigate internal criticisms raised by Canberra Times readers. He notes recent shop support shows strong local patronage but says goodwill must be protected.
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