25 Nov 1960
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Nov 25, 1960
Page
1
The Democratic Labour Party proposed giving its second preferences to the Australian Labour Party to defeat the Government at the general election. The move, the strongest since 1953, awaits ALP federal leaders’ reaction at Canberra on December 5.
Debates rise over a possible deal between the Democratic Labour Party and the Australian Labor Party. The two parties discuss a conditional alliance to influence preferences in the Victorian by election for Higinbotham, with broader implications for federal balance and state control.
The DLP discussed offering preferences to the Liberal Party for the Higinbotham by election on December 10. They said no assurances could be given and warned against trafficking with Communists, aiming to keep the united ticket influence in unions and federations. The matter continues on page 3.
Parents of white students in New Orleans protest the integration of Frantz School and another public school as authorized by recent desegregation actions. The scene shows hostile derision and boycott behavior reflecting strong local resistance to racial mixing in education.
Cardinal Gilroy, Archbishop of Sydney, returned from Rome after attending the Ecumenical Council. He spent three weeks studying Vatican Radio transmitting programmes for Sydney to start in the New Year. He said Pope John looks forward to the Archbishop of Canterbury's visit to Rome early next month.
Unclear OCR reports Congo troops dig in at the United Nations HQ amid tensions over attacks and delays. Mentiones Mobutu era forces and a funeral for four Congolese soldiers as part of chaotic news from the UN scene and allied reactions in New York.
Reports describe days of clashes with troops and a surge in tension between the United Nations and President Tshombe's government in Katanga. No casualty figures are given and no definitive outcome is stated.
Sydney reports a German diver, Crista Caresche, improving after hours of controlled decompression in a Royal Australian Navy facility. Doctors say he will be released by tomorrow and had been placed in a chamber at 2 pm as part of the treatment.
Fragmented OCR describes a Cold War era airlift to Laos with mentions of Souvanna Phouma and mercantile and military concerns. It notes Washington diplomacy and possible threats to independence, with unclear passages about planes and routes and a defensive stance.
A Philippine Airlines DC-3 carrying 28 passengers and four crew is seven hours overdue after last radio contact 108 miles south of Manila. The search and rescue center dispatched planes from Manila to locate the missing airliner.
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