Senate set to pass salaries bill amid party rifts
Australian Senate faces further tests as government backers push the Ministers of State Bill. Opposition MPs threaten to cross the floor. Labour caucus clashes with Dr Evatt over amendments and pensions for ministers and former members.
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State Hill
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Amendment Defeated in Debates Over Minister Salaries and Pensions
The amendment failed as the bill faced party splits and votes. Dr Evatt urged redrafting to tie minister salaries to base pay and opposed noncontributory pensions and car use while Labour backed cautious changes to protect pensioners and workers.
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Powers urged to control radiation nationwide
Professor Baxter, head of the Australian Atomic Energy Commission, calls for Commonwealth wide powers to regulate radiation, even to amend the Federal Constitution. NSW will adopt a radiological report mandating film badges for radiation workers and monitoring absorbed doses, with a minimum employment age of 18.
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Ns.w. Radiological Advisory Council
Dulles Resigns as Secretary of State Amid Cancer Fight
President Eisenhower announced that Secretary of State John Foster Dulles has resigned due to cancer. Dulles, described as absolutely incapacitated, will be replaced soon though no successor was named. Acting Secretary Christian Herter was named to attend a Western Foreign Ministers meeting in Paris ahead of Geneva talks on the Berlin and German peace issues.
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Russia
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Associated Press
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Banking Bills Passed After Senate Support
The Government won passage of banking legislation in the Senate without amendments. The package reforms the Commonwealth Bank, establishes a development bank, and introduces several structural changes after securing a two vote majority post election.
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Comisea
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Graham Draws Record Crowd in Sydney Crusade
In Sydney the Billy Graham crusade at the Showground drew over 28 000 attendees for a night meeting. Officials said the crusade’s total attendance surpassed previous Australian totals, with more than 109 000 people counted at open events over the campaign.
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Billy Grahar
Avairalia
Graham Vance
U S Says Russians Harassing Planes To Berlin
Washington reported Soviet fighters harassed a U S Air Force plane over Berlin in the April 3 incident near 10 000 feet The State Department rejected Soviet limits on U S flight corridors and sought assurances against further harassment while weighing a formal protest to Moscow
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