Airliner Blown Up in Storm Kills 81 in Maryland
An Associated Press report states a jet airliner exploded and crashed near Elton Maryland after being struck by lightning during a storm. Police fear the strike caused the disaster as witnesses recount passengers visibly in flames and falling from the aircraft.
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Elton
Maryland
A.A.P
Associated Press of America
Civil Aeronautics
Washington
United States Airlines
Philadelphia
Tsk GoMod
Plane crash near Elton claims 73 passengers and 8 crew
A Pan American Boeing 707 with 73 passengers and eight crew crashed two miles northeast of Elton Maryland while approaching Philadelphia. No survivors were found as rescue and investigation teams swarmed the scene near the state border with dramatic eyewitness accounts of the fiery impact and ensuing explosions.
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Pan American Airways
Puerto Rico
Philadelphia
Maryland
Elton
Baltimore
Italian Man Shot Twice After Party Exit
In Melbourne on a Tuesday, Tani Violi a 25 year old Italian from Coburg was shot twice in Thurana Street Glenroy while leaving a party. He was taken to Royal Melbourne Hospital with stomach and shoulder wounds after a fusillade of about 15 shots. Police searched the area but made no arrests.
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Melbourne
Thurana
Glenoy
Tani Viol
Moreland Road
Coburg
Royal Melbourne Hospital
Violi
Wiel Waa
Kenya independence celebration draws world guests
Nairobi hosts a mass gathering to mark Kenya’s independence as a Commonwealth member. About 250,000 are expected at midnight as the Union Jack is lowered and the Kenyan flag raised. Duke of Edinburgh leads foreign guests. Kenyatta, and others attend.
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Kenya
Commonwealth
Jon Kenyatha
Nairobi
Mount
Duke of Edinburgh
Anvibar
Mir Kenyatta
Fdna May
Natal
Littlehampton
Suse
Mr. Keowalle
Edna May
England
Joint Effort To Increase Wages In Australia
Melbourne Monday reports the A.C.T.U. and two public service groups launching a joint drive for a base wage rise of 52 per week across the six capital cities. The plan includes literature distribution, workshops, and public meetings to back a claim to be presented before the Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitration Commission in February.
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Melbourne
A.C.T.U
Public — Service
A. E. Monk
Monk
Ac.t.u
Commonwealth Conciliation and Arbitrations Commission
Congress
Trades and Labour Councils
King's Treasure Clue Found In The Wash
Professors from Nottingham University report possible traces of King John’s hoard found during a geology drill in Norfolk near King’s Lynn and Wisbech. The borehole yielded iron and copper chips and small silver and gold fragments at a depth of 25 to 30 feet. Evans warns of a potential gold rush if the site is exposed.
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John
England
J. Halt
Nottingham University
W. Od. Evans
Department of Geology
Evans
King’s Lynn
Wisbech
Norfolk
Holt
Royal Chapel
Auction Of $8 Leases Today In Australia
The Department of the Interior will offer 88 residential leases at open auction in Albert Hall today starting at 1. Most leases are in Hughes and Watson with some in Kin Red Hill and Yarralumla. The minister announced 452 more leases to be auctioned in March including 260 residential leases and 192 blocks for singled development with staggered start dates.
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Department of the Interior
Albert Hall
Hughes
Watson,Kin Red Hill
Yarralumla
Watson and
Hackett, Watson and O'Connor
Freeth
Bus Crash Near Manisa Kills Seventeen
Seventeen people were killed when a train struck a small bus at a level crossing near Yilmaz in West Turkey, reports from Istanbul. Police and rescue teams investigated the collision and transport authorities reviewed safety measures at the crossing.
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Istanbul
Reuter
Yilmaz
Manisa
Turkey
Final Lake Gate Tests Tomorrow Likely Pending Weather
Weather permitting the final tests on the lake gates will decide if hinges on flap gates function correctly. If tests prove satisfactory, gates will be raised soon, triggering the second stage of lake filling while one quarter of the lake's water is currently stored.
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Overall
Leaving Cert results dates announced for ACT and NSW
The Leaving Certificate results for ACT and NSW will be published across dates in January, with metropolitan boys, country areas, metropolitan girls and other groups receiving the results on specific days. The merit list for the first 200 will appear January 13, and 23,000 to 75,000 students sat the exam between November 4 and 29. The education minister Mr Wetherell noted about 648,500 students in 1963 with a projected 652,500 in 1964.
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Wetherell
N.S.W
A.C.T
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Canberra Times
Ulmer
Clarence
Marland
Helen Warner
Glasgow
Delaware
Warner
Jerry Gheenwald
Adis
Mau Mau
Jomo Kenyatts
Mwariama
Kenyatta
P.reuter
Uhuru
Australian Council of Salaried and Professional Associations
High Council of Commonwealth Public Service
A.C T.U
Wash
London
A.a.p.reuter
Credi
Mosman
Sydney
New
ACT
Queanbeyan
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