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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 10, 1956
Page
9
A Chicago elevated train fire killed the driver and injured at least 46 passengers as flames gutted the first car and spread to the second. Passengers struggled to escape amid pushing and shoving during the crowded rush.
The Royal Military College will hold its official graduation ceremony tomorrow after noon on the parade ground. Prime Minister R G Menzies will present diplomas and major prizes.
The Colombo Plan Consultative Committee reported slow progress in 1955/56 due to insufficient trained personnel. Despite substantial technical aid, officials noted funding aimed at expanding public sector development to 791 million pounds for 1955/56 and higher for 1956/57.
A new Eye Will Foundation to be chaired by actor Edmund Knight, blinded in WWI action against the Bismarck, is formed in Britain. Secretary F Stanislaw said lectures suggest about one third of the population would be willing to bequeath their eyes to hospitals through the foundation.
Prefabricated buildings range from portable huts to full structures, covering more than 20 million square feet in nearly 100 countries as Asia drives a global construction surge.
The U K Atomic Energy Authority announced Royal Marsden Hospital in London has received a cesium source from Windscale, installed in Sutton, Surrey, for cancer treatment. The device will be used almost immediately and is expected to serve 15 to 20 years. This is the first time such waste derived cesium is used for medical therapy in Britain, with 20 hospitals already seeking supplies and a larger plant planned.
The U S Air Force reports the 446000 dollar Snark missile is lost after veering off course over the South Atlantic. Officials fear it fell in the Amazon region of eastern Brazil, noting the seven ton craft carried no warhead and was programmed for a 3000 mile flight.
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