Board unable to determine cause of Mackay air crash
A government inquiry released by Minister Paltridge found no evidence of fire or explosion before or after the June 10 crash of the TAA Fokker Friendship VII-TFB near Mackay. Four crew and 25 aboard died as the plane approached landing amid fog. The board exonerated the Mackay air controller and urged flight recorders, better altimeter readings, and revised visual descent procedures. The report notes possible water in the static as a non-excluded factor and that the Fokker company plans modifications. Senator Paltridge promised swift action on the recommendations.
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Ion
Accidis
Civil Aviation
Paltridge
TAA
Mackay
Francis Charles Pollard
Gordon Lloyd Davis
Eugene William Anthony Miskell
Airyent
Chaip
Justice Spicer
J. Murray
R. J. Ritchie
F. S. Shaw
Giant jib crane capsizes at physics school building
A large jib crane toppled at a physics school building after a reported structural fault. Kennedy and Pty. Ltd. on site blamed the incident on a fault in the structure. A second crane was to be brought from Sydney to assist assessment and cleanup.
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Physics School
Murdered girl Veron ica Brooks shot at home. escapee pursued
Police and residents searched Opal Field after Veronica Brooks was killed by a close range shot at her home between 12 30 and 1 am. A man who fled from Woomera police after a disturbance involving Aborigines and others is being sought, with Edgar Hudson and Bob Austin witnessing the chase.
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Veronica Brooks
Woomera
Andamooka
Edgar Hudson
Bob Austin
Brooks
Wheat sales prospect boosts Australia in Europe
Australia faces a timely prospect of greater wheat sales this season as Western European demand weakens, with the Economist noting Australian wheat of similar quality finds a wider European market. NATO may receive German troops for a planned mobile atomic force, while a U S space capsule recovery team retrieves a nose cone from a polar satellite, and Europe moves toward a new OECD style economic organization.
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A.p.reuter
Australia
Economist
Europe
Ten Killed on N S W Roads This Weekend
Sydney reports the state road toll reaching 922 after ten fatalities on New South Wales roads. Three victims died on country roads including a 16 month old girl. Parramatta detectives question a man over the hit and run death of four year old Patrick Calvert from Dundas, hit while crossing with a Christmas toy.
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N.S.W
Parramatta
Patrick Calvert
Sophie Street
Dundas
Four Drownings Reported in Victoria Weekend
Four drowning deaths are reported in Victoria over the weekend including a four year old girl at Orbost a nine year old boy at South Buchan and two adults. A son saved his father at Boort making a tragic scene. A girl four years old drowned near Orbost yesterday.
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Victoria
Orbost
South Buchan
Boort
Osbost
Four Injured In Road Accidents In Canberra Weekend
Two men injured in Canberra road crashes over the weekend. On Constitution Avenue Brian Kane and Elaine Doig were pulled from a sports car after a collision with Edwin Payne driving a Wells Road vehicle. Payne uninjured. Elaine Doig suffered severe head and internal injuries. A pedestrian, Allan Gregory, was seriously cut after a collision at Kennedy and Giles Streets. he was a passenger in a car driven by his wife Shirley Greaney, who and Thomas McKernan were uninjured. Learance Frank of Capital Hill Hostel was treated for a pierced arm after a fall from his cycle on Commonwealth Bridge.
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Constitution Avenue
Brian Kane
Elaine Doig
Reid House
Edwin Alfred Payne
Wells Road
Duntroon
Payne
Olympic Pool
Doig
Kennedy
Giles
Kingston
Allan Wilfred Gregory
Causeway
Gregory
Shirley Joan Greaney
Thomas J. McKernan
Lawley House
McKernan
Commonwealth Bridge
Learance Frank
Capital Hill
Frank
Stolen Cars Recovered in Canberra Weeknight Thefts
Canberra police recovered three cars stolen over the weekend. Two were taken from Gorman House and one from outside the Northbourne Avenue Flats. The thefts occurred Friday night and Saturday morning.
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Canberra
Gorman House
Northbourne Avenue
Princess Quest for Canberra Day 1961 Details Announced
A National Princess Quest for Canberra Day 1961 was launched by the Canberra Day committee. Twelve finalists will be chosen at a ball with the winner receiving a week at Hayman Island plus air travel. Entries close February and cost £1 1s. The event culminates in a parade and Canberra Day ovation on March 12 with various festivities across the capital.
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K. V. Newman
Hayman Island
Ball
Interior
Freeth
National
Canberra
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