1. Space officials are trying to dislodge a nose cone on an Agena rocket which did not fall away on launching. This is preventing a planned docking with Gemini 9. -- 2. On the moon the Surveyor spacecraft has sent back more than 1,000 pictures. -- 3. In Christchurch Mrs Winifred Toeser (Phonetic spelling) has been charged with the murder of her daughter Eileen Rose. -- 4. An America flight will make an emergency midwinter flight to McMurdo Sound to pick up a sick seaman. The Frigate Taranaki is steaming south to act as a guide for the plane. -- 5. Divers have not been able to check the wreck of the collier MV Kaitawa off Cape Reinga due to bad weather. -- 6. Floods have blocked the highway near New Plymouth. -- 7. There were two more suicides by burning in South Vietnam today in protest at the government of Air Marshall Ky. Both were nuns. -- 8. A Vietnamese monk is on a fast to death in Paris. -- 9. Britain is to withdraw from ELDO (European Launch and Development Organisation). -- 10. The strike of British Merchant Seaman is in its third week and likely to continue.

Primary Title
  • 7:00pm News
Date Broadcast
  • Saturday 4 June 1966
Start Time
  • 19 : 00
Finish Time
  • 19 : 06
Duration
  • 06:16
Channel
  • 1YA - National Programme
Broadcaster
  • New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Station
  • 1YA
Owning Organisation
  • New Zealand Broadcasting Corporation
Episode Description
  • 1. Space officials are trying to dislodge a nose cone on an Agena rocket which did not fall away on launching. This is preventing a planned docking with Gemini 9. -- 2. On the moon the Surveyor spacecraft has sent back more than 1,000 pictures. -- 3. In Christchurch Mrs Winifred Toeser (Phonetic spelling) has been charged with the murder of her daughter Eileen Rose. -- 4. An America flight will make an emergency midwinter flight to McMurdo Sound to pick up a sick seaman. The Frigate Taranaki is steaming south to act as a guide for the plane. -- 5. Divers have not been able to check the wreck of the collier MV Kaitawa off Cape Reinga due to bad weather. -- 6. Floods have blocked the highway near New Plymouth. -- 7. There were two more suicides by burning in South Vietnam today in protest at the government of Air Marshall Ky. Both were nuns. -- 8. A Vietnamese monk is on a fast to death in Paris. -- 9. Britain is to withdraw from ELDO (European Launch and Development Organisation). -- 10. The strike of British Merchant Seaman is in its third week and likely to continue.
Classification
  • Not Classified
Owning Collection
  • Chapman Archive
Broadcast Platform
  • Radio
Languages
  • English
Captions
Live Broadcast
  • No
Rights Statement
  • Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Genres
  • News
Hosts
  • Edwin Marr (News Reader, NZBC)