Easter road toll falls by 3 deaths in NSW
NSW police report Easter week road toll rising to 95 deaths across Australia with 37 on the road and 16 other violent fatalities. A family of four died near Bathurst after a semi trailer crash, and a car rollover killed Mrs. Hen rietta Spiteri in Tenterfield. The toll in NSW marks one of the darkest weeks on record.
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Oficer
Nsw
Mt. Fitzgerald
Bathurst
William Harold Hulbert
Marcia Daphne Hulbert
Hulbert
Tenterfield
Henrietta May Spiteri
Shaftesbury Street
Kin- bin
Queensland
Spiteri
Victor Herbert Jones
New England Highway
Booth
Australia
Roadvilla
Putlaston
Teamania
Sandy Bay
Hobart
Dog Rescued By Police at Dover Heights
Sydney police officer Con stable A Hanson of Rose Bay hovered between life and death to rescue a brick retriever dog stranded by a 150 foot cliff at Dover Heights. The dog had followed rock-climbing children and became cut off from safety. Hanson descended to free the animal and was rescued himself.
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Sydney
Constable A. Hanson
Rose Bay
Dover Heights
Iece Hanson
Election Seen Likely In U K
London report suggests a general election may be held soon as Daily Mail predicts. Government fears a major clash with transport unions over wage demands, seen as a potential electoral flashpoint if strikes occur.
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London
Mail
Britain
Gum Trees Save Six From Serious Injury
In Melbourne a panel van carrying two adults and four children plunged down a slope near Kinglake when two gum trees stopped its descent. The driver Maurice Harper and his wife Isobel Harper were injured, with the six children sustaining minor or shock injuries. Authorities thanked the trees for preventing a worse disaster.
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Melbourne
Kinglake
Maurice Harper
Tudor Stre Oakieigh
Isobel Pat- Hela Harper
Jennifer Grimes
Stephan Grimes
Veronica Street
Oakleigh
Leonard — Grimes
Arctic helicopter rescue aids injured seaman from Greenland ship
A U S Air Force helicopter from the 53rd Air Rescue Squadron at Keflavik Iceland stands ready on the ice to evacuate an injured Norwegian seaman with multiple leg fractures from a sealing ship trapped in ice off Greenland. The rescue flight carried him to Mestervig Airport Greenland.
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United States Air Forcs
53Rd Air Rescue Uadron
Keflavik
Iceland
Cents
Greenland
Mestervig
Bathurst 100 Race Sees Drivers Injured In Crashes
Victorian driver Bob Stilwell was hurt when his Cooper Climax rolled at Hell Corner during an earlier Bathurst event. He suffered facial lacerations and shock and is in Bathurst District Hospital in a satisfactory condition. Sydney’s Vince Profillo rolled his MG and fractured ribs, also in hospital in a satisfactory condition. Doug Whiteford of Victoria won the Bathurst 100 with Arnold S. and Bill Pitt placing third.
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Bathurst
Bob Stilwell
Mt. Panorama
el Stilwell
Hell Corner
Stilwell
Bathurst District Hospital
Sydney
Vince Pro‘fillo
Iso
Victoria
Doug Whiteford
Arnold Nd
Bill Pitt
Warm Holiday In Sydney
Sydney faces warm spell with 250000 plus visitors at beaches and Royal Enater Show. Police manage bottlenecks on Burney roads as crowds ease, traffic heavy with up to 2000 cars per hour crossing Sydney Harbour Bridge.
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Sydney
Burney
Barbour ‘Bridge
Nasser Alleges U S Drive Against Arabs
President Nasser of the United Arab Republic accused the United States of joining Western efforts to isolate his federation. He spoke in a televised Cairo interview, saying Arabs will resist interference and that U A R fights covert broadcasts from Baghdad Pact nations.
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Nasser
U.S
New York
A.a.p.reuter
United Arab Republic
U.A
Cairo
Lean
Soma
U.A.R
Bagdad
Nasaer
Mutiny by student soldiers threatens central Sumatra
Three hundred rebel student soldiers mutinied against Indonesia's revolutionary government in Central Sumatra. Jakarta forces seized food stores and equipment from fleeing rebels as plans for a counterattack against rebel centers Padang and Bukit Tinggi were debated amid reports of new military aid from Europe.
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New York
A.a.p.reuter
Sumatra
Antara. T
Antara
American Associated Press
Djakarta
New York Times
Djakarts
Padang
Bukit Tingsit
Indonesia
Europe
American
Associated Press
Usat
Bukit Tinggil
Ratroop
Pajal Umbus
Bukit Tinggi
Paken Baru
de. Asusi
Indoni
Man mauled to death in lion cage at Palermo garden
In Palermo Sicily on Easter Sunday Giovanni Gulliano aged 30 climbed into a lion cage in a public garden. He slipped past railings and walls then provoked the animal before being mauled to death as onlookers watched in horror. Police report he attempted to taunt the lion.
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Lion’s Cage
Palermo
Sicily
Reuter
Giovanni “Giutiano
Guillano
Fairhall Seeks Inquiry Into Cyclone Radar System
Brisbane report states Interior Minister Fairhall will call for a full inquiry into Queensland cyclone warning radar funded by the government. The probe will review radar coverage including a claimed blind spot south east from Castle Hill and Cape Cleveland, and the Townsville site placement.
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Brisbane
Fairhall
Bowen
Townsville
Castle Hill
Cape Cleveland
Garhutt
Castle
Bri
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