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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 18, 1958
Page
1
The 88 ft rocket blessed with ideal conditions exploded after the first two stages separated. The failure cause will be known after telementary data is processed. A later space flight is planned for mid September or later, with a 24 day, 226000 mile journey if successful.
In Baghdad a five man tribunal opened a high military court trial of Major General Ghazi Daghastani and 108 others over an alleged 1954 plan to overthrow Syria’s government. Prosecutors say the plot involved foreign powers Britain Turkey Israel and the United States and aimed to install Crown Prince Abdul Halah as king.
Four hundred leading Sydney businessmen have decided to form their own union the Institute of Company Directors. The aims include drawing up a code of ethics and establishing a special council where industrial and union leaders can discuss mutual problems and promote business standards.
Two armed pairs held up three suburban shops in a 35 minute spree. They stole £67, including £60 from the first mixed business at Earlwood and £7 from a Dulwich Hill grocer. Two suspects were detained and charged after police intervention.
Australia formally asked for a debate on the Hungary situation at the General Assembly for the next session opening September 16. Dr. E Ronald Walker, acting chairman of the Assembly's Hungary committee, sent the request to Secretary-General Dag Hammarskjold. The appeal follows the July 14 committee report after the executions of Imre Nagy and Pal Maleter and others from the 1956 revolt.
Israeli police said they broke an espionage network operating under direction of the Syrian Intelligence Office. Fourteen spies were arrested, including three local Communist Party secretaries. The ring, described as the most extensive yet found in Israel, had gathered data on ports airports military units camps and artillery sites. Many teachers and graduates were among the arrestees.
Melbourne police divers searched Kororoit Creek at Sunshine for seven year old Peter Eric Duggan of Sutherland Street Armadale believed drowned after he and cousin Paul Ray, age seven, walked along a ledge near the pool yesterday and he slipped into the water.
Heavy weekend rain drenched Tasmania with towns like Hobart, Lower Midlands, and St. Marys hit by floods. Bridges and highways washed out, 18 ft flood level on the South Esk, and 461 points in 12 hours saved 61 sheep by dinghy near St Helens. Over 300 residents isolated in Lenah Valley, and the Midland Highway partially flooded.
Flood waters cut the Hume Highway at Wangaratta and Seymour and washed away a concrete bridge on the Ocean Road near Lorne. The Murray River rose, inundating low-lying areas between Wodonga and Albury, while the Kiewa and Ovens rivers neared flood levels. Cancellations hit Rochester as Campaspe River rose to 21 ft 9 in.
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