New Proposal by Red China on Formosa Talks
Fragmentary report shows a renewed Chinese position on Formosa discussions. The text references Mr Chou Enlai and General Chiang Kai shek, with mentions of US options, peace aims, and potential involvement of Britain France Australia New Zealand Pakistan Thailand and the Philippines. The offshore islands of Sanne and Matsu are cited as initial topics.
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RED China
Formosa
Australia
New Zealand
Pakistan
Thailand
Philippines
Ali
Sanne
Matsu
Transfer of Green workmen sparks ministerial review
The transfer of Green workmen from Canberra after their refusal to join the A C T branch of the A W U was referred to the Minister. About 1200 AC T members including essential service workers are involved. Officials describe the dispute as ticklish as union leaders report men remained in Canberra awaiting action.
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Canberra
A.C T
A.W.U
Lahee
Ac.t
Ntal
Overcrowded Hostels Prompt Frustration in Canberra
Residents and public servants voice anger at severe housing strain in Canberra. Hotels and guest houses are full with waiting lists. Minister Kent Hughes blamed as accommodation worsens. Kurra jong Acton Havelock Lawley House report high bookings and delays stretch staff and services. many fear victimisation if named. Slow building programme cited as root cause alongside influx from Victoria.
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Kurrajong and
Acton
Lawley and
Haveork Home
Havelock House
Kurrajong Hotel
Lawley House
Reoma
Aadio
Bath
Kent Hughes
Victoria
Boks I
Han
Canberra
Plane crash kills three in Northern France near Valen viennes
A Varsity trainer from an RAF station near Portsmouth crashed at Annaig village near Valen viennes in Northern France killing three people including two children aged nine and ten and Madame Henriette Gillerand. The pilot remained missing as authorities pursued a fugitive Indian-born airman Manik Agani who allegedly stole a plane from Thorney Island and led a high speed chase over London before the blaze observed by search parties possibly stemming from a burning refuse tip.
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Nnes
Tuseday
France
Portsmouth
Annaig
Valenviennes
Henriette Gillerand
Polite
Yitmen
London
Manik Agani
Thorney Island
Fit.Liéent
J. Files
Rider Network
Smiles
Flimes Pear
British Families To Occupy Ainslie Hostel In Canberra
Twenty four British families will arrive this afternoon to occupy Ainslie Hostel after reaching Sydney yesterday. They will be the first overseas tradesmen and their families to live there as the re opened hostel hosts workers for Canberra development. A few German families will move in next week as signatories say occupants will be predominantly British to aid the building labour programme.
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Ainslie
Sydney
Canberra
Departuae of Labour and Nations
Puig Aubert Injury Threatens France Rugby Tour
France rugby league star Puig Aubert, the full back, is nursing a broken arm and looks unlikely to tour Australia and New Zealand with the French side. Reports say the arm will be in plaster for 20 days with a further 20 days needed for recovery.
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Puig Aubert
France
Seema
Australia
Newre
O-Day
Gil
Commonwealth Public Service Rises Criticised
In Sydney on a Tuesday the Attorney General Mr Sheahan criticized salary increases for senior Commonwealth public service staff while noting they were unjustified. He said increases should have begun in the lower ranks and spoke at the Public Service Association conference. President Mr Hook warned that without wage justice staff would need to be recruited from outside.
Foreign ministers plan May talks on four power conference
Britain France and the United States will meet in Paris in May to discuss concrete plans for a four power conference with the Soviet Union. Mr MacMillan said Britain would join talks at any level, but no invitation to Russia would go ahead until the Austrian peace treaty is ratified. The May Paris meeting aims to address Germany's reunification, with final arrangements on four power talks awaiting Soviet agreement on Austria.
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MacMillan
House of Commons
France
United States
Paria
LiacMillan
Britain
Russia
Paris
West Germany
Herbert Morrison
Sirkinston Churchill
Germany
Austria
U. Win
Singapore Legislator Seeks Freedom Through Britain
Singapore legislator Marshall argues for close ties with Britain while praising English public awareness of colonial faults. He cites India Burma and Ceylon independence examples and believes internal self-government could be achieved within four years through friendly negotiations.
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Bilcock
University of Malaya
England
India
Burma
Ceylon
Labour
Marshall
Pontecorvo Declares No Guilt Over British Citizenship
Maslow reports Dr Bruno Pontecorvo, the Tinlian-born atom scientist who vanished to work in Russia, says in a published letter that he never felt disloyalty to Britain. He was notified he had been deprived of British citizenship and asserts he is not a Soviet citizen nor interested in British citizenship.
Peter Dawson's London Farewell on TV
Millons of Britons watched the 63yearold Australian baritone Peter Dawson give his farewell performance on television. Dawson, who first came to England in 1902, sang The Floral Dance and The Road to Mandalay before leaving soon for Australia.
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Peter Dawson
London
Dawsson
England
Mandalay
Australia
Queanbeyan Boys Found in Ashfield After Wandering
Queanbeyan police issued descriptions for John Petrow aged 19 and Arthur Pantapoulos aged 12 after they were found wandering in Ashfield. They had hitchhiked from Canberra. parents left Canberra to fetch them yesterday.
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Queanbeyan
John Petrow
Arthur Pantapoulos
Ashfield
Ueanbeyan
Mondying Place
Canberra
Mass Attack Accusation Against South Vietnam Forces
Saigon shopkeeper Quang Van, about 42, accuses South Vietnam security forces of mass killings near Saigon on April 17. He spoke at a United Front press conference opposing Premier Ngo Dinh Diem, saying he and 16 others were beaten and placed in a truck before escaping as others were slain.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
Quang van
United Front
Ngo Dinh
Chat
Vietnam Army
Unity Propositions Put To State ALP Executive
Sydney Labour unity conference discusses two propositions to govern state affairs under 1953 rules. Federal Executive to oversee charges, with Kane and Rooney allowed to defend themselves. Rebels and unions weigh options as meetings plan for tomorrow. PMID: none.
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Labour Unity
Sydney
Fede
Ae Ae
Char
ALP
J. T. Kane
Rooney
Partica
Fourman Inqui
W. R. Colbourne
Chamberlain
the Trades Hall
Maeve
Chamberlain-Kennelly
All.p
Adjustments to beer prices discussed in Sydney
In Sydney on Tuesday, adjustments to beer prices in hotel bars were announced as ce control ends. LaViA president Mr TL P Plasvo said prices would rise now. A conference of ULY.A. officials was set for tomorrow to discuss liquor pricing.
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Sydney
Ind
TL. P. Plasvo
Uly.a
Six Die In Head-on Smash Near Victorian Border
A head-on collision near the Barham Moulamein turn-off killed Bertram Bott and six others including his son Geoffrey Whitett and Vincent Tillott, while injuring a 2 year old woman and five others. The crash involved Bott family car and the Whitett family car, with a passing motorist rescuing victims. Barham blood donors rushed to the hospital as investigations began.
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Victorian
Bertram Stanley Bott
Deniliquin
John
Geoffrey Whittett
Cooma
Andrew
Mirrilee
Vincent Tillotson
Aca
Aon Barham-Moulaie
Deni
Phyllis Whittatt
Jenntie
Batt
Matthewry
Echuca
John Wiliam Henson
Gundry
Whittett
Reacuera
Darth
Whittetts
Botts
Moulamein
Barham
Whittet
A. Ier
Improved Poliovirus Vaccine Tests Begin
In Atlanta on Tuesday a U S public health scientist said a live virus polio vaccine, potentially more effective and longer lasting than the Salt vaccine, would soon be ready for human testing. The chief of the Health Service's communicable disease lab, Dr. Moatrix, reported the vaccine has passed laboratory tests and appears effective.
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Atlanta
United States
Moatrix
Ehantics
The
Health Service
Centre
Nat Mont‘Romery
Alshama
President Appeals To US Public On Trade Policy
President Eisenhower addressed the nation from New York urging support for his liberalised trade and tariff plan. He warned that Senate protectionist amendments to the Reciprocal Trade Agreements Bill could cut his tariff-reduction powers by fifteen percent and threaten global peace and economic stability.
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Washington
Eisenhower
U.S
Senate
New York
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
House Ransacked at Queanbeyan
A dwelling in Queanbeyan was entered yesterday with clothing valued at 12 pounds stolen. Occupant Tranquillo Bates discovered the break in after returning home late at night. Locks were forced, rooms in disorder, and a finger print expert from Sydney will assist Queanbeyan police. A safe was taken from the Queanbeyan Post Office during Sunday night, later found near Oaks Estate with 150 pounds missing.
Sailor Escapes After Fall From Devon Cliffs
London reports a sailor fell from cliffs in Devon while chasing a ball. He struck the rocky face twice, landed briefly on a patch of sand, then walked away. He is detained for radiological examination but is reported as quite well.
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London
Devon
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