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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 19, 1961
Page
2
An artillery shell found by children in Aver sit near Naples exploded in a courtyard killing six children and an elderly woman. At least three others were gravely wounded as rescuers moved victims to hospital.
Madrid reports two deaths and several injuries when a portable wooden bullring collapsed near Algeciras on a day of a bullfight watched by about 4000 spectators. Mrs Catherine Amery and her husband Lord Amery were present. Amery injured, others hospitalized at Da Tinea San Roque and Algeciras.
Sixty three children from North Bridge School Sydney travelled by train to Canberra to play Ainslie School in football basketball softball and tennis over the weekend. They will be billeted with Ainslie pupils for the duration of the event, an annual sports gathering.
A garbled OCR fragment references countries, a treaty, and high level mentions of Kennedy era diplomacy. It alludes to international alliances and a treasury or aid context but contains many unreadable phrases and misspellings, hindering a clear event or date.
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