17 Sep 1960
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 17, 1960
Page
1
Crowds and soldiers clash near the Parliament building in Leopoldville as Col. Mobutu warns of action to save the country. Lumumba seeks support while UN observers report crossings by Congolese troops and tensions rise amid UN and Soviet maneuvers in New York and the Congo frontier.
Astronomers voiced great concern at an American Air Force project to deploy thousands of dipoles as orbiting communications satellites. Professor A C B Lovell of Britain warned the Needles plan could endanger radio and optical astronomy, with the International Astronomical Union urged to prevent such projects.
Police abandoned their search for 24 year old skin-diver Peter Mould of Forest who disappeared last night near Dye Why. The diver had purchased equipment yesterday.
Police ponder a puncture found in Dr Yeates heart before his death in Vaucluse home garage. Autopsy later noted skull fracture from a heavy blow or fall. Investigators question whether injection or poison was used and seek motive, with clues like a glowing car headlamp and smashed glass around the scene.
A skull found in a remote mountain area has been identified by dental charts as Adolf Coors, a missing Colorado brewer and millionaire linked to the Coors family. The FBI announced the identification last night.
Tropical storm Bitter, described by Weather Bureau as Ethel, battered the Mississippi coastline yesterday then weakened inland. The system grew rapidly from mild winds to a 130 mph cyclone within hours, with inland gusts reaching 65 mph, far from its Gulf origin.
Melbourne reports a man a woman and a child died instantly when their car collided with a rail car two miles west of Talagma at 8 30 pm Friday. Police had not released names but believed the victims were one family.
Pilots reporting from West Germany to British United Press describe large Russian aircraft concentrations near air corridors but no interference with flights. West German President Heinrich Lübke visited West Berlin in an American plane amid protests. In Bonn an American envoy said France and the United States protested East German entry restrictions to East Germany. Western diplomats met with Ludwig Erhard to discuss possible countermeasures. East Germany asked the United Nations to allow its delegation to speak at the General Assembly.
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