04 Nov 1963
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Nov 04, 1963
Page
1
Rescuers reported eleven men were located alive in the Mathilde iron ore pit at Lengede West Germany ten days after a flood disaster. They had been officially listed as dead last week and reportedly wrote their names on a paper lowered down a shaft.
Rescue teams report 11 men found alive 198 feet underground following a reservoir breach at Mood mine. Aboard the crew are Adolf Harbs 26, Johanne Sitter 38, Heinz Kull 51, Rudolf Wiest 43, Bernhard Wolter 28, Siegfried Ebeling 32, Dieter Richey 29, Helmut Wobram 28, Frite Boar 53, Hermann Luebke 30, and Helmut Kandizia 4? All are reported in good condition apart from one delirious electrician. Heat tea is sent down as drill work continues. roof stability requires caution before any removal. Police and experts monitor the rescue amid global attention.
Sydney Sunday news reports the State Council of the RSL rejecting a proposal to censure President Wo Yeo for criticizing wreath laying by Japanese officials at Australian war memorials. The council backed Yeo’s stance while a Wingham branch said it dissociated from his remarks.
Britain's Prime Minister Sir Alec Douglas-Home faced a hostile crowd in Auchterarder and Crieff as he toured Scotland. A demonstrator waved a Labour banner while others shouted and jostled him, yet he continued to address supporters. TV satirist William Rushton. independent candidate, defended his tactics in Crieff remarks.
Reports from Saigon describe the murder of President Diem and his brother Nhu during the coup, with bodies shown by officials and conflicting accounts of who bore responsibility. The new regime bans large gatherings, pressures cinemas to remove Diem imagery, and unrest spreads as foreign observers weigh U.S. involvement.
Police in Melbourne believe a 12 year old boy Kenneth Scart of Athenan Suedt was electrocuted by a television set found at the back of a Richmond house. He lay beside the set after receiving an electric shock, with doctors noting burns on his hand and foot from touching exposed wires. The body was discovered near the TV, and investigators pursued the case as a likely accidental electrocution.
Sydney reports more than 23500 candidates will sit the annual New South Wales Leaving Certificate Examination starting tomorrow at 130 city centres and in country areas. Among them three blind candidates will have braille papers and a number of exchange and diplomatic corps children will participate. Ten children will take the exam overseas.
Leading Sydney planner George Clarke argues Canberra’s five years of targeted investment offers a replicable model for other regions. He urges concentrating public investment at growth points and expanding national urban development bodies to guide decentralisation and new city projects in towns like Townsville, Tamman, and Portland.
Julian Polan Harashin director of a state owned law correspondence school in Warsaw has been sentenced to nine years. He was accused of accepting private law cases and claiming ties with the Justice Department officers who would influence client outcomes. Four other staff members received term sentences of two to four years.
A Canberra Aero Club Canberra plane piloted by Janick Richer of Ainslie with passenger Peter Richer 15 and Miss Anne McGrath crash lands in a creek after snagging power lines during forced landing drills. All three aboard escaped injury though the aircraft was heavily damaged.
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