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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Aug 27, 1957
Page
6
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London newspapers blame Russian security chief General Ivan Serov for orchestrating a Communist takeover in Syria. Reports claim he directed plans to attack Jordan from Syria and personally ordered actions by Syria’s security chief, amid arms shipments and political upheaval affecting Jordan and regional ties.
Anglican Presbyterian Methodist Congregational and Church of Christ youth groups join with the YMCA YWCA and Australian Student Christian Movement to form a Canberra ACT Christian Youth Council. It serves World Council of Churches aims and plans an Ecumenal Youth Rally “Putting U Into Unity” on August 31 at St Andrew's Hall. Rev Harvey Perkins will be main speaker. The council will not create a separate youth body but foster unity among youth across traditions.
Fifteen Communist rebel agents including a woman were arrested on charges of high treason. Police said infiltration of government departments by communists was widespread.
Nominations close with four independents contesting the ACT Advisory Council election. Thirteen candidates seek six council seats and 11 seek five Hospital Board seats as votes are due September 24 with about 18 000 electors on the roll.
A five shop blaze in Bonalbo prompted a police search for 12 year old Ann Hendricks and her Alsatian dog. She was found safe today, after being seen leading the dog before the fire and amid charred ruins. The town had faced a series of three serious fires in recent years.
Counsels for American soldier William Girard today argued in the District Court that it lacked jurisdiction in the case charging him with causing the death of Japanese woman Naka Sakai on an army firing range. The court took the matter under advisement and adjourned until September 6.
In Baltimore authorities seized Jyula Paktorovich a Hungarian former Russian army officer said to pose as a Hungarian freedom fighter He and his family faced deportation to Australia after being checked by immigration officials in New York City and Baltimore now ordered to New York for deportation.
A Labour preface to Mr Fairhall's policy speech accuses the Minister of the Interior of being an ambitious politician using Canberra as a stepping stone. It portrays him as an absentee minister who rules by remote control with few Canberra days and limited engagement with the capital and its people.
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