Easter Road Deaths Hit Sixty In Road Toll
The report tallies a rising road death toll during the Easter period with 29 deaths in New South Wales and Victoria. Several named individuals from Canberra to Melbourne are killed in crashes on highways and suburban streets. Police report hundreds of traffic offences and multiple serious accidents across states.
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de O
National Safety Council
Victoria
Nsw
South Australia
Queens Ane
Police Trac
Mr. Gribble
Lee Douglas
Marion Ket Enmore
Iimon
Victoria Road
Drummoyne
John James Bachler
Lucy
Mer
Metropolian
Melbourne
Supt
Armmold
Onight
Canberra
Edna Knight
Bell Street
Paddington
Flood Threat Returns in North Queensland
Heavy rains triggered flood warnings for coastal streams from Halifax to Cairns. The Herbert River area faced the worst flooding risk while towns south to Rockhampton expected rising floodwaters. Residents fled to hilltops seeking safety and urgent food and clothing were needed for evacuees.
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Weather Bureau
Halifax
Cairns
Herbert
Rockhamy
Burdekin
Aml
Vicki “Gala
Bowen
Pilgrims View Easter Dawn in Jerusalem
Large crowds of pilgrims gathered in Jerusalem for Easter dawn services on the Mount of Olives and at the old city walls. Catholic Patriarch led a procession to the tomb of Christ, while St George’s Cathedral held morning worship with hymns and sermons as foreign pilgrims arrived in greater numbers this year.
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Gerusalem
Old City
Jerusalem
Chret
St George's Church of England
Erith
Eight Die In South Australia Bush Fire Tragedy
In the greatest bushfire disaster in South Australia, eight Woods and Forests Department workers were burnt to death while trapping in three fire trucks near Wandilo Wanano. The fire raged 17 hours in pine forests, with victims identified by personal possessions. Fire crews saved others after rescuing distressed men from burning vehicles.
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Adelaide
South Australia
Blate Pine
Wanano
Mt.Gambier
State Woods and Forests Department
Srebreak
Benandum Hendrikuy Damhuis
Woods and Forests Department
Tantsnoola
Remo Quagglas
Nang~warry
Bertram Thomas James Fenson
Tantonoola
Maurice Henry Treloar
Glencoe’ West
Charles "Theodore Dolling
Nangwarry
Walter Pascoe Pearce
Glencoe
Apts
Wandilo
J. A. Nolan
Jencoe
K. Lane
Tantanoola
Dejohn
Mt. Gambier
Mount Gambier
Lana's Daughter Confesses To Fatal Stabbing
Police report that Cheryl Lana, 19, signed a confession admitting she stabbed Johnny Tompanato in a Turner's home bedroom after he allegedly threatened her mother. She allegedly grabbed a carving knife from the kitchen and returned upstairs to kill him.
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Yeater
Ceues
Johnny Tompanato
Stompanato
Boy, 18, Injured as Rifle Fires in Bathurst Accident
Sydney report says an 18 year old, Davia Self of Greenwich, suffered a back wound when a friend's rifle exploded during a freak Bathurst incident. He was said to be in satisfactory condition at Royal North Shore Hospital. Self also suffered a bullet wound to the left foot when his own rifle fired as he fell.
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Melbourne
Royal
Arthur E. Branson
Talbot Street
Brunswick
Brandon
Cow
Queensberry
Carlon
James Donald Todd
Bordals Road
Kerasg
Koondrook
Taimas Ceslle Anson
South Street
Braybrook
Barenam
N.8
Sydney
Bathurst
Royal North Shore Hospital
Davia Self
Kingshanley Road
Greenwich
Self
Troops Close In On Rebel Capital In Sumatra
Government forces push toward the rebel capital Palembang in South Sumatra as troops seize the Laake Djambi corridor within 30 miles of the road to the capital. Rebel radio from Padang confirms the advance and loss of territory.
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Singapore
Reuter
Bukit Tinggi
Nea
A.R.P
Allout Thrunt
Laake Djambi
Sumatra
South Sumatra
Palembang
Radio Brosdeasta
Padang
Wim ‘Norte
Rass
Palembang Rong
Iue
Nanegent
Soviet Move Aims At Universal End To Nuclear Tests
Moscow states in a message to President Eisenhower that the Soviet Union seeks a universal halt to all nuclear and hydrogen tests by March 11 1958 and urges U S and Britain to join. The note says success depends on allied support and removal of fears to foster genuine peace.
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Eisenhower
Brooks
Ussr
U.S
Great Britain
Ss Aep
Woman killed by train at Melbourne crossing
A 12 year old woman was killed by a train at a pedestrian crossing near Eltham Station yesterday. She was Mrs Beryl Emily Creig of Mitford Street, Swood.
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Melbourne
Eltham Railway Station
Mra
Beryl Emily Creig
Mitford Street
Swood
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