Five Believed Lost In Bass Strait Ketch
Five seamen are believed drowned when the 91 ton ketch Willwatch foundered in Bass Strait off King Island. Details describe a life jacket and wreckage seen by search aircraft, while the crew’s last message spoke of taking on water and inability to launch a lifeboat. Names include George McCarthy and others from Spreyton Devonport Currie and King Island. Air searches resumed at first light.
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Melbourne
Baxe Strait
Tasmania
Wass
R.A.A
Dakota
Air Force
Blackwell
N.S.W
King Island
Bang Strait
Ulverstone
Will‘watch
Ald
George McCarthy
Spreyton
Tas
Pretty Hanson
Anthony Dirk
John Leslie Mercer
Devonport
Nevilie Chitts
Currie
Willwatch
Diay
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McCarthy
Basa Strait
Rawlings
Elmore
Australian Shipping Board
Newland
U.S
Pacific Islands
New South Wales
Launceston
A. Kimberley
Kaa
Laverton
East Sale
Canberra
Lincoln
Mao to Not Stand for Re election in China
A. A. P king Radio reports Mao Tse tung will step down from the presidency of the Chinese Communist Party in January. The central committee has agreed Mao will not run in the upcoming election as Chief of State.
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New York
A.A. P
King Radio Today
Mao Tse- Tung
Communist China
Central Committee
Chinese Communist Party
Mao
Body Found Near Labuan Deepens Sea Mystery
A body in a shallow grave was found by crew from the New Zealand frigate Rotoiti about 300 leagues north of Labuan. The mutilated remains wore a Royal Air Force officer's cap and lay in a coffin with two worn identity tags. No signs of war were reported by either the rescue party or the schooner involved.
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Aingarure
Rotoiti
Labuan
Achooner
Petty
Fallout not major risk in nuclear war says expert
Professor E W Titterton told the Australasian Conference in Melbourne that radioactive fallout would not by itself prevent a global nuclear war. He warned the issue is blast rather than fallout and argued fear of radioactivity would not deter a dictator from using nuclear weapons.
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E. W. Titterton
Profesor Titterton
Great Britain
America
Titterton
Melbourne
Christmas Island
Iton
NATO Council
Sydney
Profesor Tillerton
Australia
Testa
Garden City Homes debuts in The Canberra Times Friday
The Canberra Times, with the National Capital Development Commission, launches a weekly feature Garden City Homes. Each Friday will publish home plans and sketches by leading architects for Canberra conditions with explanatory notes. The Homes Advisory Service offers guidance at 33 Ainslie Avenue Civic Centre and on weekdays.
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Canberra Times
National Capital Development Commission
Canberra
Garden City Homes
Homes Advisory Service
Homes Advisory
Ainslie, Avenue, Just
London Circuit
Civic Centre
Vernon
Uni
Indonesia Arms Deals Bring Regional Tension to Fore
Indonesia ordered 18 Gannet anti submerged aircraft with British backing while Britain seeks assurances Jakarta has no aggressive aims toward Dutch New Guinea. Australia, while noting the sale as commercial, urges restraint and highlights concerns over potential use of force in the region.
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Sup Ou
Ocmns
Indonesia
Britain
Dutch New Guinea
Holland
Djakarta
Casey
Australia
Brit
The
Hague
Djakarts
Fina
Netherlands New Guinea
Bogota Christmas Fire Kills 82 Shoppers
A Bogota department store fire last night killed 82 shoppers, mostly women and children, as hundreds crowded the building for holiday purchases. Firefighters faced looting delays, with many victims rushed to San Juan De Dios Hospital and blood donations urged to aid the injured.
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Bogota
Colombia
A.p.keuler
San Juan de Dios Hospital
Nomere
Ea High
United Press International
Alore
Santa Claus mobbed at Civic Centre event
Hundreds of children blocked traffic at Civic Centre yesterday awaiting Santa Claus on a colorful sleigh. Police assisted as the crowd halted the parade route while balloons and toys were handed out, some tickets tucked inside balloons. Parents retrieved unclaimed gifts at the Canberra Police Station, and Santa plans a return visit.
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Santa Claus
East Row
CIVIC
Civic Centra
Santa
Canberra
Santa Clara
Civia Centro
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