Katanga Conflict Escalates as U.N. Bombardments Resume
Reports from Elisabethville describe fierce fighting on two fronts near Katanga as U.N. jets from Sweden airstrikes Kolwesi air base and UN troops press a broader offensive. The Katanga government, led by Tshombe, vows to resist, while Thant appeals for limited reinforcement.
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Hville
U.N
Luluaburg
Katanga
Kolwesi
Elisabethville
Waidential
Thant
Duke of Wellington Visits Australia and New Zealand
The Duke of Wellington, wintering abroad, sails from Tilbury aboard the Orcades for a first tour of Australia and New Zealand. He plans Christmas in Canberra and will stay with Lord De Lable in Australia and with the Governor-General of New Zealand, whom he has not yet met.
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London
Duke of Wellington
Australia
New Zealand
Canberra
Evening News
Tilbury
Lord de Lable
Christimas
Cgiovernor-General
More Bodies Found At Botany Bay Crash Site
Three more bodies were recovered at Botany Bay near the Viscount crash site after rough seas and winds halted salvage. The plane departed Mascot Airport for Canberra, killing five aboard. police and naval vessels have recovered 13 bodies, with two released for burial.
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Sydney
Botany Bay
Mascot
Canberra
Tmo
B. Burd
Boronia Drive
O'Connor
DD Shaw
Melrose Valley
Tugeernimang
New Defence Centre to House Modern Computers at Russell Hill
A £250 000 contract for an electro building on Russell Hill will form part of the Defence Group offices. The project to £270 000 was let to Civil and Civic, with three more Defence Group buildings planned and seven total. The centre will host advanced computers for the Army Navy and Defence staff.
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Russell Hill Defence Group
Civic
National Capital Development Commission
Defence Group
Army
Navy
Russell Hill
Defence and
Ai Department
Conference on Nuclear Tests Ban Deadlocked in Geneva
The three power nuclear tests ban talks reached complete deadlock as Russia rejects the four article draft and opposes international inspection. Soviet delegate Semyon Tsarapkin brands Western moves as threatening while urging review against international realities. Australia’s James Plimsoll reports space research advances and urges global cooperation to shape space and disarmament discussions.
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Geneva
Semyon Tsarapkin
West
Russia
Tsarapkin
Tsurapkin
NATO
Mankind
New York
Outer Spice
Australia
Calwell attacks Menzies on bank legislation in Perth
Opposition Leader A. Calwell told 1500 supporters in Forrest Perth that Menzies crippled the banks without compensation and Labour had failed to nationalise with compensation. He defended Labour’s two airline system while addressing airline policy questions from the crowd.
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Perth
A. Calwell
Menzies
Labour
J. Calwell
Forrest
Calwell
West Australia
Ansett Industries
Ansett
T.A.A
TAA
Flection
Voyager Letter Sells At Auction For £1100 In London
The National Library at Canberra paid £1,100 at auction for a letter by Spanish explorer Captain Pedro Fernandes de Quiros. It is among fifty letters he wrote describing discoveries in Santacuz New Hebrides and parts of New Guinea and pleas for support to colonise Australasia.
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London
National Library
Canberra
Pedro Fernandes
Andralin
Australia
Cook
de Quiros
Philip
Saain
Antarctic
Santacuz
New Hebrides
New Guinea
Spain
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Red Cross
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Zabethy
The
New York Herald
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Ghana
Rober, Gardiner
U Thant
Congo
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Trocadero
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U.N. Security Council
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Albert Hall
Marinic
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Corporation Ltd
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Lady Meiven
O John
Sylva
Cgreorge
Ambassado
Vietnam
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Miss Welen Blucka
Jim Fraser
R. Pelham Thorman
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Grace Bros
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Ron Russell
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