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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Aug 06, 1963

Page

18

Prospect of second U.S. tracking station in Australia

Australian Minister for Supply Mr Fairhall said the United States plans a second space tracking station in the Canberra region with an 85 foot diameter dish. He indicated a near-term announcement and noted Tidbinbilla’s growth toward supporting Mars and Venus probes, with NASA discussing the project during his overseas trip.

Sydney United States Australia Fairhall Canberra U.S Tidbinbilla National Aeronautics and Space Administration N.A.S.A Mars Venus

Australia Japan trade pact gains praise amid safeguards debate

Australian industry welcomes the Tokyo signing of a trade pact with Japan led by Trade Minister McEwen while lamenting the absence of a specific safeguard clause. officials but laud the streamlined safeguards and advisory authority boosting protection against damaging imports. The accord shifts reliance to voluntary restraint and the GA TT escape clause to shield local industry.

Cxase Australia Anderson Tokyo McEwen International Trade and Industry Fukuda Japan

War Memorial Chapel for Baptists Tenders Called

Tenders have been invited for a brick War Memorial Chapel on Duffy Street in Ainslie serving Dickson Downer Ainslie Hackett and Watson suburbs. Chaplain-General Allen Brooke will minister. the project includes Sunday school kindergarten and youth halls with a Book of Remembrance for Baptist service in World Wars I and II.

Duffy Street Ainslie Dickson Downer Hackett and Watson Allen Brooke North Ainslie Brooke The Baptist Church Australia

Airliner search abandoned after crash near Bombay

A search for the United Arab Republic Comet airliner wreckage off Bombay ended with 30 bodies recovered from the 63 aboard. In other briefs NATO states quietly formed an airborne nuclear force, while Skopje reported 1,011 dead and 3,350 injured from the Macedonian earthquake. A new Syncum satellite transmission was demonstrated linking New York Europe and Africa.

Bombay A.a.p.reuter United Arab Republic Airlines Arabian Sea Bonn Germany North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Jess International United States West Germany Beane NATO Abese Presen UPI Skopje Belgrade A.A.P Reuter Syncum New York Nes Disi Ictures Africa Ies Nica Ee Ait National Aero A Transmissia Space Exchan Ween Jersey Schurst New Sigesini Et Ae Réporters U.S Agenc

Teachers Say 68 Canberra Classes Overcrowded

A Teachers Federation spokesman criticizes 68 Canberra classes with 40 or more pupils and 127 above the 32 pupil standard. He calls for more and better teachers and smaller classes to give individual attention, noting many rooms are makeshift and remedial groups should be expanded.

Canberra Teachers’ Federation Department of Interior N.S.W. Education Department Parents and Citizens' Associations Australia

Campbell Invited To Meet Crith In Australia

British world land speed challenger Donald Campbell may meet Sir Alfred Owen in Adelaide as Owen invited Campbell to a discussion. Owen criticises delays and urges a second driver for Bluebird while Campbell cites weather as the cause of Lake Eyre postponement.

Donald Campbell Sir Alfred Owen Adelaide Sir Alfred Mr. Campbell Canberra John Cobb Campbell Lake Eyre Sydney

Yass Police Promotion Elevates Sergeant Rippon

The officer in charge at Yass police station Sergeant R D Rippon has been promoted from sergeant second class to sergeant first class. The promotion is retroactive to May 20.

Yass R. D. Rippon

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