31 May 1962
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 31, 1962
Page
1
London reports Britain plans a staged 30 percent cut in Commonwealth manufactured goods preferences with 1970 final target. Australian Prime Minister Menzies calls the move tentative and seeks permanent, stable terms. Moscow meanwhile pushes for global trade reform and a new international trade body.
Secretary of Trade W A Westerman left Sydney for discussions with US officials in Washington aimed at paving the way for Commonwealth hands in Britain’s entry to the Common Market. Menzies will press Kennedy on trade safeguards if Britain joins. McEwen condemns US attitude toward Commonwealth preferences.
An Army Cessna crashed into Mt Beau Brummell in the Little Liverpool Range 22 miles from Amberley, killing pilot Second Lieutenant Robert Leopold Behets and two other crewmen on the scene. Gunner Alan Moyle and Aircraftsman Lyell Tramley died. a third body found nearby and rescue efforts hampered by rough terrain.
Rebels push government troops from Ban Houei Sai and Saravane, with U.S. officials attributing support from North Vietnam. About 800 garrison troops fled to Thailand as battles swept toward Thakkek and Panom across the Mekong. Two missing American advisers were located and evacuated by helicopter.
A 14 man Indonesian paratroop unit was fed into a Dutch machine gun ambush near Sorong. Five Indonesians were killed and seven captured with two escaping but leaving arms behind. Dutch and Papuan reports place the encounter during ongoing West New Guinea operations.
Bombs exploded in Buenos Aires as about three million workers began a 24 hour general strike. Union spokesman said the protest aimed at official economic and political policies as the second such strike in two weeks.
The Builders Labourers Federation rejects two offers for 50 shillings per week over‑award pay. The Master Builders Association Clementson Pty Ltd and the union confer under Commonwealth arbitration guidance. After 14 hours, talks fail and a new round is planned with Findlay directing both sides to continue.
The ACT theft wave has risen to about 400 sheep missing in three months with 92 more reported by E K Gallagher of Clarke Street Yarralumla. Values total £1600 as 37 sheep were lost in May and some carcasses found in paddocks. Detectives Kennedy and Johnston pursue interstate leads after offal was located, with no slaughter location yet found.
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