Cable Briefs

Press, 8 September 1980, Page 6

Cable Briefs

; Dingo death probe 1 A senior Queensland I police officer has flown to Alice Springs to confer , with the Northern Territory police on the death of 10-week-old Azaria Chamberlain who is believed to have been taken from her tent by a dingo. This follows a request by the Northern Territory police for a copy of a Brisbane television interview with the girl’s parents. The girl’s father, who is a, Seventh Day Adventist minister, has said he will write a book about the tragic nightmare of the last 23 days. He has already written a song to commemorate Azaria, whose body has not been found. „ Civiletti admission The. United States Attor-ney-General (Mr , Benjamin Civiletti) has - told a special sub-committee, investigating Billy Carter’s ties with Libya that he made a “serious mistake” when he declared at a. news conference on July 24 that he had never talked, about the case to the President or anyone at the White House. Mr Civi ' letti corrected the statement ’ within a few days. Mr Civi- : letti, saying Billy Carter re- ; ceived “fair, hard-nosed and correct” treatment from the Justice Department, denied that he sought to delay investigation of President Carter’s younger; brother, or improperly tip off the President about it.—Washington. Canadian conference Canada’s future as a united - country, grouping vast, diverse regions in a cohesive federation, hinges on talks between the Prime Minister (Mr Pierre Trudeau) and the 10 ■ provincial Premiers next week. The aim of the five-day conference -sShaping up as Canada’s biggest' political event for years, apart’; from General Elections—-js to update the 113-year-old Constitution, a legacy from British colonial rule. — Ottawa. Chile torture charge A British woman and her companion, were tortued, at times in each other’s presence, by the Chilean police, the .“Observer” newspaper has said, quoting an account written by the woman Claire Wilson, now reported to be in hospital in Santiago, said that the police threatened her with sexual abuse and tortured her companion by applying electric shocks all over his body. The “Observer” said that the torture took place in July, as London and Santiago were about to renew diplomatic relations on ambassador level and when Britain decided to lift the embargo on arms shipments that it had imposed after the assassination of President’ Salvador Allende. — London.