27 Nov 1963
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Nov 27, 1963
Page
1
Johnson signals policy alignment with Kennedy after his death. De Gaulle agrees to return to Washington for talks early next year as European allies back Western alignment amid Soviet tensions.
President Johnson prepared to host leaders including Sir Alec Douglas-Home and Anastas Mikoyan at the White House as he pledges a full, prompt investigation into President Kennedy's death and Oswald's murder. Dallas efforts focus on Ruby defense amid a high profile case.
Marion M. Guy says the Australian National University dramatic society has permission to present The Pantomime S George and the Burley Grrl lc in the Canberra Community Hospital children's ward on Saturday December 7.
In wintry sun the caisson bearing the flag covered coffin of the late President Kennedy moves from the Capitol to St. Matthew's Cathedral for burial, with the funeral procession pulled by seven greys. The late President was buried in Arlington Cemetery.
In Wellington a 70 year old part aborigine William Harris died in his blazing bedroom. A 14 year-old girl Valda Stanley saved her grandfather and younger siblings before reentering to aid Harris, but heat and smoke forced her to flee while firefighters fought the blaze.
Canberra mourns President Kennedy with a late ceremony at a crowded church. Gov Gen De L Isle and U S Ambassador Battle led official figures, diplomats, and staff in prayers, while Monsignor Favier praised Kennedy’s faith and public service.
The Canberra Civic Rights committee, formed by public servants, protests the sale prices of Government homes to tenants, urging a reversal of added land value. It asks tenants to seek extensions on valuation deadlines as it holds December 10 for a public protest contingent on ministerial replies.
Federal Opposition Leader Mr. Calwell declared the Government housing subsidy plan unconstitutional in its current form after consultations with Labor legal members including three Queen's Counsel. He spoke in Geebung near Lilley, arguing the plan discriminates and harms young home buyers while Labor promises better housing access for Australians.
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