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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Aug 26, 1957

Page

10

St Edmunds College to expand with new Wing in Canberra

Plans announced by Rev Brother E C Fields for a substantial three storey wing at St Edmunds Catholic boys college in South Canberra. The extension will add 13 classrooms two science rooms and laboratories with tiered seating and visual education aids. New facilities include storerooms corridors and a public address system extended to the wing. Enrollment has grown from 368 in 1954 to 550 in surrounding regions, with completion aimed for 1959 opening.

Canberra St. Edmund's Christian Brothers’ College E. C. Fields National Capital Goulburn T. B. McGuire Roman Catholic Boys’ College St. Ed Manuka St. Edmund’s Queanbeyan Surroundie

Chinese Catholics Support Socialism

Father Ly defends joining a socialist aligned congress and voluntary associations among Chinese Catholics. He says church will stay loyal to Rome while pursuing socialist paths for Chinese Catholic leadership, yet birth control and contraception remain forbidden for Roman Catholics.

Vatican Rome

U S Balloonist Wins D F C for High Altitude Flight

Major David Simons, U S Air Force doctor, received the Distinguished Flying Cross for a 32 hour ascent to 102000 ft in a balloon as part of an Air Force project to study high altitude environments. He reported the Earth appeared larger from 107000 ft and noted the man in the Moon appeared similarly clear from space.

Baltimore A.ap.reuter David Simons U.S Air Force Samuel BE. Andereqn Air Research and Development Command Simons New York

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