04 Nov 1961
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Nov 04, 1961
Page
1
Thousands of cheering Londoners welcomed the birth of Princess Margaret's son born at Clarence House at 10 45 am GMT. The royal baby, fifth in line to the throne, was hailed as a perfect union of Royalty and Democracy.
News broke that Princess Anne and Anthony Armstrong Jones welcomed a son at Clarence House. The baby, fifth in line to the throne after Queen Elizabeth and her children, will be known as Viscount Linley. The event prompted celebratory crowds as officials announced the birth and notified key figures.
Crowds cheered as news of the royal birth spread from Clarence House to Leeds infirmary and the design centre. Lord Snowdon and other officials conveyed their delight with flowers and telegrams while nurses, the Lord Mayor, and the Queen Mother offered congratulations to the Princess and her husband.
Moscow reports say busts and portraits of Stalin were removed from several sites including Moscow University and Moscow Radio as the Communist Party advances its De Stalinisation. A seven by five foot portrait at a Gorky Street post office was replaced with a Lenin image. Reuter notes Izvestia outlines expulsion steps for Molotov Kaganovich and Malenkov via local to regional party bodies.
Mt Stromlo Astronomical Observatory plans to order a £100,000 40-inch reflecting telescope for a new field station in New South Wales. The move aims to boost site testing and observations with a dozen major instruments including existing 7.5in 30in and 30in reflectors. Site selection and construction are slated for next year.
Special missions from many nations gather in Rome to honor Pope John on his coronation anniversary and 80th birthday. Telegrams gifts and letters pour in as the Cappella Pontifical Mass at St Peter's Basilica is set for tomorrow. The Pope will deliver a major address during the service.
Princess Alexandia arrives in Hongkong to begin a 1 day official visit. The 18 year old princess steps from the plane to be welcomed by Governor Sir Robert Black.
A Belize priest warns lawlessness may surge before troops arrive as British troops stand by. He reports ruined Cay Caulker school with 14 children dead and Sana Pedro and Mullin River wrecked. Death toll rises above 100 across Belize Guatemala. Aid flows in amid fears of disease and snakes.
The report notes Catholic relief efforts collecting clothing and drugs for Belize bound aboard Antietam. Ottawa signals sympathy for Canada’s gift of food and other necessities. The American air charter Antietam is expected to sail to British Honduras with 300 tons of emergency supplies for about 30,000 people.
A report notes a 86 year old Sir Winston Churchill dancing to the Twist at Quaglino’s Ballroom in London. He attended with the Churchill family for granddaughter Miss Celia Sandys’s coming out party for Duncan Sandys’s daughter. He reportedly smoked cigars as he joined the new dance craze.
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