The Sydney Morning Herald from Sydney, New South Wales, Australia • Page 1

Saturday, November 1, 1969 hq -m wtdk FORECASTS (for 24 hours from 6 a.m.): CITY: Humid. Unsettled. Top temps: City 72; Liverpool 75 degr. N.S.W.: Scattered showers. Warmer.

Variable winds. (See page 14.) SUN: Today rises 4.55, sets 6.22. MOON: Rises 12.01 a.m., sets 9.47 a.m. TIDES (Fort Denison): High 12.55 a.m. (3ft 6in), 12.54 p.m.

(4ft 7in). Low 6.11 a.m. (2ft 2in), 7.57 p.m. (lft 8in). No.

41,147 Telephone 2 0944 One Hundred and Thirty-ninth Year of Publication 112 PAGES PRICE 5c THE LINES BEGIN-TO FORM COLUMN AUSTRALIA WELCOMES THE APOLLO 11 HEROES AGAINST the PM: Mr Jess who has yet to speak publicly Mr Howson, Mr Cairns. FOR: Mr Bury, Mr Sneddon, Senators. Anderson and Rankin all Ministers. Mr Wentworth has also declared. heads of Count begins tor contenders tab.

lif 'i rt From IAN FITCHETT, Political Correspondent CANBERRA, Friday. The Federal Treasurer, Mr McMahon, today began behind-the-scenes counting of Liberal Party heads, assured for the first time that the Country Party leader, Mr J. McEwen, would not continue his veto against him as a Prime Minister. Astronauts Edwin Aldrin (left), Neil Armstrong (centre) and Michael Collins hear speeches of welcome in Perth as autograph hunters and amateur photographers clamb cr over barricades to get near the spacemen. his resignation from the Ministry last night.

In Hobart today, where Mr Fairbairn is attending a forestry conference, his Press secretary said Mr Fairbairn would probably make a statement in Canberra "sometime next week." In Sydney, Mr McEwen, asked if he stood by his earlier statements of support for Mr Gorton, said, "Yes." He would not comment when asked about his veto on Mr McMahon. However, Mr McMahon is not expected to announce publicly whether he will oppose the Prime Minister, Mr Gorton, in next Friday's Liberal Party leadership ballot until the last moment. Nonetheless, he is already regarded as the main threat to Mr Gorton even if the Minister for National Development, Mr D. E. Fairbairn, decides to contest the leadership.

It is difficult to see how Mr Fairbairn can back down from opposing Mr Gorton in the light of Trades Hall BIG RECEPTION FOR CREW EXPECTED IN SYDNEY TODAY lifts ban strong, Aldrin and Collins welcome to Austra on the Cup MELBOURNE, Friday. Strikes which threatened the spring racing carnival of the Victoria Racing Club at Flemington, including the Derby and Melbourne Cup, were called off THE Battle of Woy yoy the free-for-all rush for seats on the early morning trains to Sydney is to De siuaieu in a school project by children in the district. Pupils will gel up early to watch the unsociable scramble as part of their Social Studies. IN Melbourne's Cup Week, 26,000 Jehovah's Witnesses are descending on the city for their annual convention. AUSTRAUAN sportsmen must be the most record-conscious in the world.

After publication a year ago of his comprehensive (as he thought) "Sporting Records," Jack Pollard was swamped with suggestions. The result is a second edition, enlarged from 335 pages to 568 and containing more than 10,000 additional entries. Among them for the envy of you weekend golfers is the feat of N. S. Craig, Wagga club member, who boasts a world record of six holes in-one three playing left-handed and three playing right-handed.

BUT probably the strangest of all sporting records is that claimed by Mickey Tollis, former Australian featherweight champion "the only title fight ever interrupted by an appeal against the light." It happened when Tollis was fighting Joev Grant at Broken Hill in 1946. A dust-storm blew up and the boxers could not see each other in the open-nir ring. WHEN Mr O. T. Hill, manager of the E.S.&A.

Bank's Circular Quay branch, retired yesterday, an 86-year-old continuous family-bank link ended. Mr Hill's father, A. joined the bunk in 1883, was manager of the Jamberoo branch for 33 years and retired in 1927, and his brother Vincent, after service at various State branches, retired from Sydney head office in 1967. Total service with the bank by father and two sons was 134 years. A COOTAMUNDRA citizen advertises in the local newspaper for "quantity of teeth, lost from letterbox," We find it's always safer to leave them in the bathroom.

"HAVE Post Office economies one delivery a day, fewer collections now cut out whistle repairs?" asks a Hurstville reader. "Our postman's whistle is permanently silent, maybe with'a stuck pea. And with today's irregular deliveries we don't know where we are." INSIDE Page Books 17, 18 Churches 8 Comics 32 Crossword 32 Finance 33-35 Lottery (1813) 22 Magazine 15, 16 Mail 14 Radio 12 Real Estate 14 Shipping 14 Sport 29-32 Television 14 Weather 14 ClASSIFIED ADVERTISING INDEX, Poge 19 TOR TIIEPH0NE ADVERTS. DIAL 2 0944 Prtntfld did publnhtd by John Foirfa ond Sem Umilw, of Jentt $tr Broad way, of Joni SlrMl, Bfoodwoy. Poitol eddfati, Bo 504, G.P.O., Sydnty.

W01. (UfliiUrtd at lh Ganatal Poll Offlct, Sydnty, for fraMmiuion by post Oft tipopr Wife of M.P. to seek his old seat WAGGA, Friday-Mrs Elinor Grassby, wife- of the local Federal member, will seek pre-selection as the A.L.P. candidate in the by-election for the State seat of Murrumhidgee. Mrs Grassby, 32, announced this today at her home in Griffith.

"I will be putting in my nomination when the Electorate Council meets at Darlington Point on November 9," she said. Her husband, Mr Al Grassby, resigned from Murrumbidgec this year to contest and win the Federal seat of Riverina with a 22 per cent swing from the sitting Country Party M.P., Mr A. A. Armstrong. SPANISH-IRISH Mrs Grassby, like her husband, is of Spanish-Irish descent, and has a flair for colourful clothes.

She has a boutique in Griffith. They met when they bumped heads during a movie in Griffith and were married less than a year later, in 1962. Mr Grassby said today: "As a husband I am right behind her in this venture." And Mrs Grassby said: "The flags up the pole now. Let's see who salutes it." The Apallo 11 heroes, Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins, arrived at Kingsford Smith Airport late last night from Perth on their visit to Sydney. The Prime Minister, Mr Gorton, welcomed them to Australia, al-thought they had previously visited Perth on the way from Bangkok.

There was only a small crowd to welcome the astronauts, but large crowds are expected this morning when the astronauts are given a civic welcome in Hyde Park. (Where to see the astronauts Page 5.) TICKER-TAPE PERTH, Friday. -The "City of Lights" today turned on a New York-style tickertape welcome for the astronauts. Perth was packed as never before as thousands of people jammed city streets ti bid Arm Shock Mr Fairbairn's action has shocked the Liberal Party as neither it nor its predecessor, the U.A.P., has been shocked since Sir Robert Menzies was forced to resign as Prime Minister in 1941. He is reported to have based his decision not to serve under Mr Gorton on the ground that Mr Gorton had failed to prove himself a Prime Minister who could keep the A.L.P.

out of office. Mr Fairbairn is known to have been shocked at the massive loss of scats suffered by the Liberal Party last Saturday. He believes that the course he has taken in an elfort to get rid of his leader is the only honourable one open to him. In doing so he has distressed senior Liberal Ministers and Mr McEwen and his Country Party Ministers. They had been hoping that Mr Gorton would not have to contest a secret leadership ballot.

They firmly believed that the best thing that the coalition could do was to close the ranks and give Mr Gorton a further chance. FEARED The man they feared most was Mr McMahon. The Liberals feared him because they were well aware of his great backing inside the party, and Mr McEwen, because he had refused to serve in coalition under Mr McMahon in December, 1967, following the death of Mr Holt. Today, Mr McMahon, the undeclared conten- tonight. The Victorian Trades Hall Council had imposed a black ban on all sporting fixtures in Victoria covered by the TAB.

The dispute arose from a State Government decision last week to set up a separate wages board for TAB employees. The ban would have affected racecourse staff, including groundsmen, gatekeepers mobile barrier operators and ticket collectors. The decision to call off the strikes affecting the races was made after a conference at the State Government Offices this afternoon. the settlement was reached after the TAB undertook to withdraw the application for a separate wages board, Racing at Flcmington tomorrow will have a vital bearing on the market for Tuesday's $77,000 Mel- bourne Cup. One-day bank strike The Australian Bank Officers' Association yesterday called out for a one-day strike on Monday 55,000 officers at private banks throughout Australia but not the Commonwealth Bank.

Despite this, banks will open on Monday with whatever staff refuses to join the strike. Full report, page 5 ROCKET WORLD OF TODAY Rocketry, the most powerful system of propulsion ever de- vised by man, is conquering space, bringing with it both blessings and dangers to mankind. On Tuesday, the "Herald" weekly feature for schools and students. Looking Behind the News, examines the history and development of rockets, with the emphasis on its peaceful uses. A' review of the operations of Australia's Police Forces and the first of a two-part series on systems analysis will also be published.

LATE NEWS 2,500 greet astronauts America's three Apollo 11 astronauls, Neil Armstrong; Edwin Aldrin nrid Michael Collins, unci ilieir wives were given a happy and rousing welcome by 2.500 people when they arrived at kingsford Smith Airport last night. The Prime Nfinislcr, Mr Gorton, in a welcoming speech, said their journey to the moon had given a new dimension to life. During the 15 minutes they were at the airport the astronauts wer cheered and applauded many times as they addressed the crowd, at big For and against A number of Liberal Ministers and backbenchers made clear yesterday where they stood in the battle over Mr Gorton's leadership. Those who came out for Mr Gorton included members of his ministry, Mr L. Bury, the Minister for Labour and National Service, said last night: "He has my full support." Mr W.

C. Wentworth, Minister for Social Services, said he was dumbfounded by Mr Fairbairn's action. Mr B. M. Snedden, Minister for Immigration, Senator K.

Anderson, Minister for Supply, and Dame Annabclle Rankin, Minister for Housing, have also spoken for Mr Gorton. Those to i me out in opposition to the Prime Minister yesterday were Mr Kevin Cairns the assistant Government Whip, who said he. like Mr Fairbairn, would not serve under Mr Gorton, and Mr Peter Howson, the former Minister for Air. Ian Fitchett reports Mr John Jess (Vic.) as an opponent of Mr Gorton, although Mr Jess has not declared himself public der, looms as the. main challenger to Mr Gorton.

Mr McEwen has had to change his old Twenty boys from the third form at the college had been taken for a run on the beach after school by a teacher, Father L. Dean. After the run, they were told they could go into the water up to their waists to cool off. Suddenly, a sandbat on which some boys were standing collapsed and one boy, Timothy Ryan, was caught in a rip. The boys formed a human chain and rescued losses attitude on the veto.

He is resigned to accepting Mr McMahon as a difh-cult coalition partner if Mr Gorton is defeated. A REALIST He is a realist. He acknowledges that if Mr McMahon is elected Liberal Party leader, any refusal of the Country Party to serve with him would hand the Government of Australia over to Mr Whitlam and the A.L.P. This prospect Mr Mc Ewen seriously regards as being completely disastrous. The Liberal Party has entered into its second behind-the-scenes counting of heads for the sec ond time in 22 monthsj with the.

Prime Ministership at stake. The only thing which will deter Mr McMahon is the admission in his own mind that he could not possibly get the numbers. At the moment his supporters are confident that his support will grow sufficiently over the next week for him to narrowly defeat Mr Gor-ton. The counting of heads began last night and con tinued today with Parliamentarians' telephones nngin. gall over Australia at high cost to the tax The Minister for Air, Mr G.

D. Erwin, one of the men who worked the hardest tp get Mr Gorton elected as Liberal Party leader was at his desk in Canberra early today, Cont on page 11 Ryan while Father Dean was stripping to go in after him. Then, as the boys were getting Ryan ashore, the chain broke and Ceroni, Gregory Car-Ion, Philip Hunt and Mark Clifford were swept out. Father Dean rushed into the water and brought two of them back to the beach while two boys ran to the Bellambi Surf Clubhouse where Mrs Peter Banks, lia. Collins had an unex pected welcome when hundreds of schoolchil dren standing in The Esplanade burst into "Happy Birthday" in recognition of his birthday today.

Tickenape showered down on the astronauts as they drove through the city streets to bid Arm- Rolls-Royce, and colour ed streamers and baloons hung and bobbed everywhere. The Stars and Stripes were obvious everywhere. The Premier of Wes tern Australia, Sir David Brand, welcomed the three moon men to Perth in a short speech. Replying, Neil Arm strong referred to Perth's recognition among all the space teams at Cape Kennedy as "The City of Lights. This term was born when Colonel John Glenn, in his historic orbital flight, saw Perth's lights shining.

out. They were relieved by six members of the Woonona Club who had run more than a mile to the scene. Later, surfboats from Bulli and Woonona joined the search for the boy ind a helicopter from Nowra Naval base arrived at 5.15 p.m. At dark, the Civil Defence organisation set up searchlights on the beach. Surf club patrols will be on duty throughout the night.

Guide for Cup The "Herald" on Monday will publish a four-page lift-out guide for the Melbourne Cup. It will include an t-asy-to-read draw sheet and a special section of cutouts for the sweep draw. Comment and form on all the Cup runners will be provided by a "Herald" turf team in Melbourne. mmmmmm The final field for the Cup, limted to 24, will be announced at 7.30 p.m. and the prospects of a for some of the final ac- ceptors hinge on their per- formances tomorrow.

full report, page 2,9. DAME JUDITH as Lady Macbeth. HAMLET as nlaved by Sir Lawrence Olivier. 1 DAME JUDITH AS HAMLET Emeric captures Collins taking a photograph of Armstrong and Aldrin Boy, 15, swept to death in surf Flu toll in N.G. 1,980 PORT MORESBY, Fri day.

The death toll from Papua-New Guinea's influenza epidemic has reached The Director of Health, Dr R. F. R. Scragg, announcing this today, said there was evidence that in areas' where influenza was still occurring the death rate had declined substantially. He said all but 42 of the total had died before Octo ber 20.

(A.A.P.) Heated pool atYarralumla CANBERRA, Friday. The swimming pool at Yarralumla. residence of the Governor-General, Sir Paul Hasluck, is to be oil-heated at a cost of more than $3,000. From DON RISEBOROUGH NEW YORK, Friday. Australian actress Dame Judith Anderson at the age of 71 is to play Hamlet, in a 26-weck tour of universities and colleges across America next yearl According to the Theatre Collection of the New York Public Library, only six other actresses have played Hamlet, three of them in the United States.

Sarah Bernhardt played it in New York and on tour in 1906, Eve Le Gallicnnc was in the title role in Cape Playhouse, Massachusetts, in 1937, and Siobhan McKcnna played it in the Theatre Delvs in New York in 1957. of Kent Street, Bellambi, her daughter, Diane, and daughter-in-law Gail, were preparing for Diane's twenty-first birthday party tonight. Mrs Gail Banks, 22. ran back and entered the surf where she rescuer1 Gregory Carlon. Miss Diane Banks ran; the police and ambulance and Woonona Surf Club.

Meanwhile, boys from the college had broken into the surf club boat-shed and got the boat WOLLONG ONG, Friday. A 15-year-old schoolboy drowned today when he and three companions were swept out in the surf at Bellambie Beach after a sandbank collapsed. He was llario Ceroni of Meades Avenue, Cor-rimal, a pupil at St Paul's College, Bellambi. He was helping to rescue another boy when he was swept to his death..