14 Aug 1957
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 14, 1957
Page
1
Fragmented lines report a club event and upcoming matches, with references to teams and players such as Herbie and others. The text suggests a schedule or forfeits within a regional league, mentioning North Carolina and related organizations. The exact details remain unclear due to damage.
Lodz, Poland's second city, faces a tramway strike with troops and militiamen patrolling streets after officials arrived to negotiate. General Kmoar heads talks while Ignacy Loga Sowinski and General Jan Frey Bielecki join the delegation. Government offers 4 million pounds for wage rises, but workers demand more and threaten arrests.
A charter DC4 bound for Toronto from Britain crashed 15 miles south of Quebec City killing 79, including 73 aboard. Investigators cited possible lightning or severe turbulence as causes, with the Australian navigator Lou Morgan among the casualties. Residents reported lightning flashes overhead during the descent.
The article reports plans to construct a luxury hotel in Sydney with involvement from airline interests. It notes invitations extended to discuss hotel accommodation for tourists and cites statements from a Matson president about elevated hotel capacity and full occupancy despite growth.
Sydney Tuesday report notes the Australian Railways Union will recruit university lecturers to assist in a state wide survey aimed at discovering why the New South Wales public is not patronising the railways.
Australia and the United States reached a new air agreement enabling Qantas to operate a round world flight via the Kangaroo route, with a 95 flying hour schedule. The pact envisions Boeing jets replacing Constellations in 1959, cutting travel time.
A spokesman Mohamm El Harty says rebels will accept Soviet aid if needed while vowing continued guerrilla war in the mountains near Niswa and Firq after RAF strikes destroyed their forts. British and Sultanate forces advance in Oman linking at Birkat Mauz as a new drive to end the rebellion begins.
A military tribunal in Saigon sentenced former Cao Dai General Nhuyen Van Thanh to death for deserting the National Army to join the Binh Xuyen rebels in 1955 and fight the government.
Survivor Claudio Corti of Lecco Italy recalls how Stefano Longhi and two Germans were left to die after a 300 ft fall on the Eiger north face. Corti says he was rescued by Aldred Hellpart and later helped by Gramminger. a rescue party found no trace of the other climbers.
French security forces reported about 160 insurgents killed in 24 hours of combat near Algiers. Major actions occurred in the Bou Zagza Mountains where a large operation followed an insurgent attack that killed 21 French soldiers last week. French losses and captures were also noted.
A government statement alleges the United States offered aid to Syria to foster peace with Israel. It names Howard Stone and Col Shishakly as conspirators with Col Ibrahim el Husseiny, claiming Syrian officers were contacted and moved to Syria to execute the plan.
A 30,000 crowd in Blackpool saw Brian London outpoint Kitiune Lave in a ten round British Empire title eliminator. London controlled with sharp left jabs despite a cut over his right eye, while Lave offered little defense.
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