Five heroes of Oakbank thwart gunmen in Adelaide Hills
South Australian police sergeant H E Nash risked his life twice disarming a gunman in Oakbank. The Paech family confronted two armed burglars at their garage and ordered surrender after floodlights were lit. Twelve shots fired, one suspect escaped, the other captured. Nash tackled the man again at a hotel, confiscating gelignite and detonators before transfer to Adelaide.
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H. E. Nash
Adelaide Hills
Oakbank
Paech
Sgt. Nash
Adelaide
Strikers Defy Rockefeller Pressure in Civil Rights Stand
The governor pledged state and civil rights groups will recruit qualified Negroes for union membership and enforce antidiscrimination laws. Protests have spanned three weeks at multiple sites, led by the downstate medical centre project in Brooklyn where 700 people were arrested mainly for disorderly conduct. Rockefeller met ministers and proposed a five point plan to end alleged discrimination in public construction.
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Downstate Medical Centre
Brooklyn
Rockefeler
Oup
Gold digger seeks 9m reward at English site
In Basingstoke a man started digging for a £3 million gold hoard said to be buried under a 16th century house. Patrick Arde-Powles claimed a solid gold table and a six-ton golden calf statue lie beneath a ruined chapel after an American echo-sounding device detected a large metal mass.
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Basingstoke
England
A.p.reuter
Patrick Arde-Powles
Foundations progress for Commonwealth Avenue offices satisfactory
National Capital Development Commissioner J W Overall said foundation work on the Commonwealth Avenue offices is proceeding normally and satisfactorily. He noted ground conditions are not rotten, but show a variable geological pattern with standard precautionary testing and adjustments in foundation detailing. He dismissed reports as inaccurate.
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National Capital Development
J. W. Overall
Commonwealth Avenue
Overall
Canberra Times
British Student Dies After Tightrope Fall in Ostend Square
A 21 year old British student, Robert Jones of Tamworth Staffordshire, died in hospital after attempting a tightrope walk across Ostend market square. Police said he lost balance and fell while inspired by German professionals performing earlier. Jones was holidaying in Ostend.
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Ostend
Belgium
Ostend Market Square
Associated Press of America
Robert Jones
Tamworth
Staffordshire
Jones
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