WORLD NEWS

Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31907, 7 February 1969, Page 11

WORLD NEWS

I Fatal Air Crash j A twin-engined Beechcraft I laircraft crashed and caught [fire shortly after take-off from I Clallam County Airport, a I small strip on the Olympic I Peninsula, about 50 air miles i from Seattle, today, killing all 10 persons aboard.—Port Angeles, Washington, February 6. U.K. Butter Talks Australia looks like undersupplying its butter quota to Britain by 10,000 tons or more this year, according to the “Financial Times”, which also forecasts that the prices of Australian and other nationalbrand butters must eventually go up again. Talks begin in London today to decide butter import quotas for the year from April.—London, February 6. Oil Slick Spreads Oil from a leaking undersea well covered about 800 square miles of the Pacific today and spread into the small boat harbour of the scenic coastal city of Santa Barbara, California. Sixty people living on boats were ordered ashore as a precautionary measure, because of the fire hazard. As the leak went into its second week, the slick extended nearly 40 miles seaward, reaching the shores of the islands of Anaeapa and Santa Cruz.—Santa Barbara, February 6.

New Space Link Intelsat 3, a satellite that will more than double the commercial telephone and television links across the Pacific Ocean, was launched from Cape Kennedy last night. It was launched on a Delta rocket for the 63 member nations of the International Telecommunications Satellite Consortium,’ which will reimburse the United States.—Cape Kennedy, February 6. Costly Mishaps Industrial accidents cost Australia s7som last year, according to employers’ organisations. Nearly 400 workers died as the result of industrial accidents, a further 4000 suffered partial or permanent disability, and 300,000 suffered injuries sufficiently serious to keep them from work for at least one day.— Sydney, February 6. Shaw’s Trial

The New Orleans District Attorney (Mr James Garrison) will go into court today to outline his case against Clay Shaw, aged 55, who is charged with conspiracy to assassinate President John Kennedy. In his opening statement to the all-male jury, Mr Garrison is expected to submit that Shaw, Lee Harvey Oswald and the late David Ferrle plotted in September, 1963, to murder President Kennedy in “a triangle of fire”. Shaw has maintained his innocence since his arrest in March, 1967. New Orleans, February 6. Post For Aborigine A full-blooded Aborigine has been appointed to a senior administrative post under the Australian Minister of Aboriginal Affairs (Mr William Wentworth). Mr Philip Roberts, the father of eight children and technical assistant with the Department of Health, says he will use

colour film with Aboriginal actors to help his outback! 'race catch up with the twentieth century. He will receive 55500 a year as liaison officer to Mr Wentworth.—Darwin, February 6. Back In Hospital South Africa’s third heart transplant patient, Mr Petrus Smith, aged 53, was readmitted to the Groote Schuur Hospital today for a routine exlamination. Mr Smith underwent surgery on September 7, and, after a trouble-free recovery, was discharged on October 15.—Cape Town, February 6. Still In Port The luxury liner Queen Elizabeth 11 will not be at sea again until the end of March at the earliest. She has been berthed at Southampton since she developed turbine-engine troubles in a New Year trial. —Glasgow, February 6. Indonesian Critic General Nasution, chairman of the Indonesian People’s Congress, the country’s highest policy-making body, has criticised Indonesia’s foreign policy and called on the Government not to rely ori foreign countries, but to stand on its own feet. He said Indonesia’s position would be very important when the Vietnam war ended and British troops were withdrawn from South-East Asia. —Djakarta, Feb. 6. Salazar Home

Dr Antonio d’Oliveira Salazar has gone home to recuperate after being in hospital for almost five months with a brain haemorrhage that ended his 40-year leadership of Portugal.—Lisbon, February 6. Divorce In Italy An Italian Parliamentary committee has ruled that the introduction of divorce in Italy, which is firmly opposed by the Roman Catholic Church, is not against the Constitution. The ruling was made by the Committee for Constitutional Affairs, after attempts by the Christian Democrats to block a Social-ist-sponsored divorce bill. The measure now returns to the Chamber of Deputies’ Justice Committee for further discussion.—Rome, February 6. Sentenced To Death

A burly Polish dustman, Stanislaw Modzelewski, aged 40, and known as “the Vampire of Galkowek,” has been sentenced to death for the murder of seven women. He was said to have attempted to kill six others. The killings extended over a period of 15 years.—Warsaw, February 6. Rescuers Killed

A United States Air Force Hercules aircraft searching for survivors of a ship disaster crashed into the sea 70 miles south of Taiwan yesterday, killing 13 of the 14 members of the crew. Only one was rescued by a Japanese vessel, the merchant ship Zuiten Maru.—Tokyo, February 6. Symbolic Meeting Colonel Frank Borman, one of the first three men to circle the moon, yesterday met the grandson of Jules Verne, the man who first predicted that it was possible. In a symbolic meeting of fact and fiction, Mr Jean-Jules

Verne, presented Colonel Borman’s two teen-age sons with I an original edition of his grandfather's prophetic book. “Voyage from the Earth to the Moon.” writen in 1865. Paris February 6. Hilton Dead Mr Conrad (“Nicky”) Hilton, aged 42, son of the foun-l der of the Hilton Hotel! chain, has died at his home in Los Angles, apparently from a heart attack. He was the first husband of the actress, Elizabeth Taylor, and after she divorced hint he married the heiress to an oil fortune. Miss Patricia McClintock, in 1958.—L0s Angeles, Feb. 6. Albany Wool Sale A top price of 83c was paid for five bales of wool during the first day of the fifth Albany wool sale today. More than 23,400 bales are being offered during the two-day sale, most of it coming from the Great Southern. South West and Esperance districts. —Albany, Feb. 6.