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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 06, 1963
Page
14
Prospectors swarm the Makhatini area on the seaward side of the Umbombo Lebombo mountains after Africans in the district found stones. Inspector of Mines T A Newman notes numerous licence applications while several would be prospectors form syndicates to cover the area.
Douglas Aircraft engineers at a summer aero nautical conference outlined a plan for a reusable two delta wing Astro and a single stage freighter Rombus aimed at reducing space access costs. The Astro would ferry personnel and payloads to orbit with at least 100 flights per craft, costing under a dollar per pound, with detachable sections returning to Earth.
The Salvation Army creates a 155 acre Vancouver retreat near Mission in Fraser Valley for chronic alcoholics. Miracle Valley offers 18 single rooms plus recreation facilities and will host weekend family retreats. Major Bill Leslie says the home rests on faith and was built by volunteer alcoholics.
In Palermo a car believed to be a Mafia booby trap was safely exploded by police after a protective wall of 4,000 sandbags was erected around the vehicle. Authorities think about 90 pounds of dynamite were planted inside the abandoned car, echoing a June 30 blast near Palermo that killed seven policemen.
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