29 May 1962
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 29, 1962
Page
1
A damaged OCR sports brief mentions Colts and a game with a David homer and Parker, but key details such as teams, dates, and locations are unreadable. The text is fragmentary with stray capitalized names and partial scores, offering little coherent context.
United States helicopters reinforced right wing troops around Houei Sai after an attack by two Vietminh companies. The support aimed to back a counterattack to retake a government outpost that fell yesterday. Bangkok embassy spokesmen had no information on the reported fall of Sarayane in Southern Laos.
U S General Reuben Tucker arrives in Houei Sai to assess the front amid reports that Royal Lao Government forces retreated into Thailand after a North Vietnamese led attack. The fighting near Houei Sai involved heavy weapons with several Communist assault companies driving back defenders before reinforcements arrived. Royal government troops evacuated the village as the region remains volatile.
Sir Garfield Barwick said at Bangkok airport he hopes to visit Indonesia for talks with government leaders on West New Guinea. He warned Southeast Asia is a pressure point between rival world systems and stressed direct ministerial dialogue as essential.
The Royal Australian Air Force plans to deploy a squadron of eight Sabre jets to Ubol airfield in southeast Thailand to aid SEATO forces defending Thailand’s borders from Laotian communist rebels. The move, arranged with Thai authorities, may include additional Australian naval units if needed, with deployment from Butterworth and Singapore and details on leadership undisclosed.
Astronaut Malcolm Scott Carpenter admitted he erred by operating two control systems simultaneously and nearly exhausting a fuel tank during his three earth orbits last Thursday. He denied being tired, blaming multitasking for momentary lapses while noting a faulty automatic control and a low fuel state. He recalled sighting particles with John Glenn and described a cloud of ice particles when moving a photometer.
The Soviet Union launched an unmanned satellite Cosmos Five described by Tass as a routine artificial satellite. Provisional data indicate the flight follows the planned orbit with a period of about 102.75 minutes.
The West Irian Theatre Command says Indonesian guerrillas and Dutch marines clash around Fak Fak with ambushes and failed counter attacks. Indonesian forces defend Teminabuan and report aid from volunteers while Dutch airlifts move wounded. A Dutch-Holland report questions Indonesian paratrooper losses and the Bunker Plan provokes US commentary.
Viscountess De Lisle returns to Canberra with the Viscount remaining at Yarralumla after a major operation in Sydney. They will travel to London next week for highly specialised treatment, with Lady De Lisle discharged May 20 following surgery on April 28. The Governor-General and family expect to return to Australia by late September.
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