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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 09, 1955
Page
6
A garbled OCR fragment lists scattered terms, names, and figures. The legible content references schools, pay terms, marital status, and dates, but no coherent event or clear entities form a complete report.
Diplomats gathered in Moscow for Picnic Day as Premier Bulganin and Soviet leaders hosted 300 guests including foreign correspondents and ambassadors. The event featured boating, watching football, and remarks on world friendship while officials and spouses mingled under an open-air awning.
The document records a divorce action returned for February 3 1947 with adultery cited and both parties reportedly undefended. It notes custody questions and lists Mey Re O Briley for the respondent while the petitioner appeals.
UN Secretary-General Hammarskjold released a report noting the UN debates lack his ideal diplomatic tone and urging restraint. He said a separate summit in Geneva would test easing Cold War tensions and outlined budget comparisons for next year versus the current year.
An Imperial screening of the Moral Re-Armament play The Vanishing Queen at the Imperial includes attendees from Sabah of national life. Prime Minister Hussein Ala and other leaders joined a reception for the MELAS Mission. The Prime Minister praised Moral Re Armament as a modern universal ideal replacing old imperial lines and aligning with Islam and Koran. The Sovereign and Government expressed full support for the movement during the evening.
A Canberra court discharged a youth named Clifford Jon Boken of Coxrest Ainslie after he pleaded guilty to stealing a fur lined coat and other goods from Tohtown Bros. The arrest followed statements by Blakes and police, with the court noting family hardship and unemployment as factors in the youth's behavior.
An 18 year old forger who teamed with a 14 year old brother forged cheques and stole funds from the Commonwealth Banking Bank head office in Martin Place. They bought two cars and a motor cycle, lived a lavish life, and planned further forgeries. The judge noted troubling behavior and warned remittance possible if prison conduct improved.
West WrAtone Mond long Nquarter Beerown sentenced an 18. soup. i Alleen Mare employed to receiv tear stiffer" sentence pleaded guilty to administering poison to Leatte Brown licensee of the Bland quanaialia on June & feenaid Brown became ill after eating the soup and was found to have swallowed arsenic. The Prosecutor Mr Kelly paid Maner told Detective Doyle at the GSB she put a taxapoen poison in Brown's soup. She said there had been trouble between Brown and her and another girl. The Crown did not proceed against Shireen Tasman Bedford committed for trial July 15.
A 21-year-old student and a college professor were found hanged in West Berlin Woods yesterday. Police recovered a note stating they had “voluntarily parted from the world for love,” signaling a possible romance that conflicted with guardians’ wishes.
A four year old named Camater Tamarero broke the world record for the number of successive turf wins yesterday in Puerto Rico. The horse won four straight races, breaking the 64 win mark held by Kinerem.
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