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Newspaper

Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Aug 19, 1957

Page

6

Reds Accused of Fearing German Unity

Debate over Soviet influence dominates reports from Europe. Adenauer notes move toward the Soviet orbit while Khrushchev questions Polish and Hungarian conditions. Poland faces wage protests after tram strike, Hungary sends Horvath and Sik to the UN debate, and Budapest condemns foreign interference while readers learn of penalties for books burned in the October uprising.

Sovit Union Poland Adenauer Gelenskirkchen Hungary Rumania Communist Party Nikita Khrushchev Warsaw Lodz Reas Imre Horvath Endre Sik ITN UNS Hungaria Radio Budapest

Wool Exports Reach 185m for Season Totals

Wool exports for the 1956 57 season totalled 485 million pounds, up from 338 million the prior season. The figures were released today by the Australian Woolgrowers' Council.

Oipyier Ausineum Woolgrowers Countil

Junior Farmer Buckmaster Wins State Trophy in NSW

Peter Buckmaster, president of the Val derra Junior Farmers Club, wins the NSW Junior Farmer of the Year trophy for outstanding project work and leadership. He also takes the Woodgers and Calthorpe prize for the flock ewe project and places fourth in the state championship amid a slate of other farmcraft awards including sheep, horsemanship, vegetable growing, and cow calf projects.

Valderra Miss Wheatley Woodgers Calthorpe Robert Gault John Harding Maxwell Gault Country Women's Association

London Dockers Resume Work Amid Five Week Strike

London dockers plan to return to work at midnight, ending a five week market porters strike in support of the action at Ben Garden. The walkout involved hundreds of workers amid ongoing labor tension at the port.

London A.a-P.reuter Ben Garden

Former Ambassador's Daughter Branded Spy

Miss Martha Dodd daughter of the former U S ambassador to Germany was branded a Soviet spy by the House committee on un American activities. Committee chair Francis Walter said sworn testimony clearly established her alleged role with Alfred Stern as part of the Soviet apparatus. Morros test운ified that Sterns aided a cover scheme through a Los Angeles music firm to legitimize Soviet agents.

A.a.p.reuter Tora Rome Eiie Lashington P-Reuter Martha Dodd United States Germany Committee of un-American Activities The House of Francis Walter Miss Alfred Stern Boris Morros Morros New York Soviet Union Ms. Todd Mexico Jack Soble Sterns Iron Curt Gramophone Record Los Angeles Walter Stern Zubilin Boris Morris Music Company

Queen Elizabeth's voice growing more musical says writer

New York dispatch cites Drew Middleton in These are the British stating the queen's voice is deepening with public duties. He notes she becomes less shy, though anger surfaces when cameras fixate on her, recalling a poised 1956 Washington visit with President Truman.

New York A.p.reuter Queen Elizabeth Use London New York Times Drew Middleton Middleton Washington Elizabeth Truman London

Missing Plane Search Fails Near Clermont Queensland

Two RAAF Lincoln bombers searched 300 square miles around Clermont in Central Queensland for a twin engined Dragon aircraft missing since Friday. The plane vanished on a 3 mile flight from Bulliwallah Station to Yacantunda Station in the Clement district. Only the pilot, William Id, 24, of Townsville, was aboard.

Shisbane Lincoln Clermont Queensland Bulliwallah Yacantunda Clement William Ld Townsville

Early Decision On Seconda Schools Urged By MP Frazer

Mr Frazer MPs urged rapid decision on secondary education in Canberra area. He opposed delaying beyond a few weeks and favored abolishing selective entry. He called for all high schools to have equal status and for area based secondary schools to be established.

Canberz Dim Frazer Fairhall New South Wales

Interest in Opera House Reaches Europe and America

Sydney figures say Europe and America are taking an interest in the Sydney Opera House. Danish architect Utzon notes the project symbolizes a new era blending art with space-age science and urges funding for local cultural buildings to foster an Australian musical culture.

Sydney Sydney Opera House Europe America Ariatzon A.B.C Opera House Utzon Germany Denmark Sweden Joern Broad Ata Cala Lava Australia

Woman Makes Smash And Grab Raid At Prahran Gallery

In Melbourne a young woman smashed a Prahran gallery window using a brick and stole jewels worth about £100 from Constantine Gabriel’s High Street shop. A nearby man restrained her briefly but she fled as she injured a man with her nails.

Melbourne G Ellery Prahran Constantine Gabriel High Street Tory Dee

No Preferential Treatment For Prince Charles

In Hampshire at Chears School the heir to the throne will be addressed as Charles by classmates while masters will call him Prince Charles. A letter from headmasters Peter Beck and Marc Wheeler to parents says the Queen and Prince Philip desire no change in the school's routine and that Prince Charles should be treated like other pupils.

London Reuter Prince Charles Charles Chears School Hampshire Masters Peter Beck Marc Wheeler Prince Philip Rim

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