British Officer Dies After Sarawak Ambush
A British Gurkha patrol ambushed near Sarawak’s border last Friday, one officer dying of wounds and the name withheld pending notification. A second Hyrol tracker was wounded as guerrillas fired again. The Malayan Government airlifted 63 policemen to Sarawak to relieve others amid UN moves to gauge local sentiment on Malaysia.
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Kuching
A.a.p.reuter
Sarawak
Ofokin
Sirawak
Indonesian Borneo
P& Se Dyak
Sarnwaki
United Nations
Malaysia
Joan Tte
Borneo
Indonesia Holds Independence Day Ceremonies and Protests
President Sukarno presided over a grand independence day event as banners jeered Malaysia and a protest noted against U K and Tunku. Officials stressed continuing confrontation while UN observers study North Borneo and Sarawak ahead of Malaysia talks.
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Kuching
Sarawak
United Nations Malaysia
Jesselson
North Borneo
Manila
Tunku Abdul Rahman
U.N
North Borne
Malaysia
Malaya
Singapore
British North Borneo
Philippines
Indonesia
Borneo
United Nations
Major train robbery mastermind linked to UK heist
Police and newspapers describe a known mastermind behind a British rail robbery. The raid netted over 240000 pounds as notes were dumped, with three men and two women already charged. Rewards ads in Riviera papers spark dubious responses from France.
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Britain
Surrey
Nicol
France
Riviera
Marseilles
Nice
Sharp clash at Congress on Anglican world church authority
Delegates at the Anglican World Congress in Toronto clashed over Archbishop Michael Ramsay’s plan for a central authority to unite member churches. Some urged delaying any snap vote to seek unanimity, while Ramsay urged global action to replace parochialism with interdependence and pooled mission funds, notably in Africa and Latin America.
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Toronto
Anglican World Congress
Canterbury
Michael Ramsay
Africa
Latin
Armeoly
Two Boys Die After Fall Into River Murray
In Adelaide a river tragedy near Waikerie leaves Thomas Peter Goode 15 of Lowbank and Peter William Jackson 14 of Lingston-on-Murray dead after plunging 130ft from a cliff into the River Murray at Lowbank. Police and rescue squads recovered the bodies.
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Adelaide
Parachute death in Australia follows pattern of fatalities
Maxwell Deidrickson 26 of Lewisham Sydney died after a parachute fall at about 2,500 feet during private jumping near Goulburn. Officials said the canopy fouled, the emergency cord failed to save him, and he died at Goulburn Base Hospital. This marked Australia’s seventh parachute death since 1958 and the fourth club jumper to die this year.
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Australia
Deidrickson
Pedrickson
Goulburn Base
Mr. Little
Tully
Sydney
Skydivers
Gaulbuen
Vehicle Hits Two Boys On Barton Highway
Two 14 year old boys, Wil mus Franciscus Joseph Pol huis of Hall and Brian Patrick Anderson of Ginnindetta, were knocked over by a vehicle while hitch-hiking near the Motel Travel Lodge on Barton Highway around 5 p.m. A girl was present as police seek the driver and any witnesses to the accident.
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Barton
Hall
Wilmus Franciscus Joseph Polhuis
Brian Patrick Anderson
Ginnindetta
Father Fights Back After Teen Is Beaten
In Melbourne Kensington a 15 year old was attacked by a gang of about 15 youths. The father, armed with cash, went after the assailants and warned he would fight violence with violence. An X-ray showed the boy had a broken nose.
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Melbourne
Unain
Kensington
Inquiries Open Over Minor Injuries Incident
Victims were taken to a nearby doctor's surgery and treated for minor injuries. The vehicle described as a Molden utility model from 1958 is under investigation by Sut P G C Thucbon and Const H G Harrison who lead inquiries.
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P. G. C. Thucbon
Const
H. G. Harrison
Mystery disease claims 50 children in South Vietnam
Health Service officials report a mysterious illness in South Vietnam provinces causing the death of 50 children under ten in the past week. Officials say the disease is not plague and not identified as any known childhood illness.
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London
Hne
South Vietnam
Health Service
Japan hit by ferry sinking air crash floods and quake
A weekend of disasters in Japan includes the sinking ferry Midori Maru off Okinawa with 15 dead and 78 missing, a missing four engine airliner south of Tokyo, floods on Kyushu forcing 9 5 million homeless, and a strong quake near Yakushima Island.
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A.p.reuter
Japan
Japanese Maritime’ S Safety Board
Naha
Okinawa
Bord
Hachijo
Hachijo Sland
Kyushu
Yakushima
Tin
Kyushu Island
Tokyo Central Meteorological Board
Cuba Executes Three Spies in Las Villas Firing
In Las Villas province three agents of the US Central Intelligence Agency were executed by firing squad after being captured while attempting to land on Cuba's north coast. The Cuban official communique says the spies carried arms secret documents money and instructions to organize nests of espionage and sabotage against the economy.
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Havana
A.ap
CLA
Salisbury Police Break Up Stone Throwing Procession
Police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of more than 2,000 Africans in Salisbury. The marchers were addressed earlier by Joshua Nkomo, leader of the Zimbabwe Peoples Union.
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Salisbury
Ava.p.reuter
Zimbabwe Peoples’ Union
Joshua Nkomo
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