Christmas Carols Draw Crowd to Candlelight Service
Warm December night and Christmas carols drew hundreds to Instniphi's Carols by Candlelight at the Australian War Memorial. Canberra Choral Society conducted by Jane Malone performed music from Denmark to England. About half the audience were children in pajamas enjoying the festive event.
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Australian War Memorial
Vicky Cosford
A. Foskett
Ann-Marie Fosket
Judy-Ann
Daniel
Ian Foskett
Reid
Canberra Choral Society
Jane Malone
Denmark
France
Poland
U.S.A
Germany
Ukraine
England
Public Servant Urged Native Takeover Plots Cited
Witnesses testified on the second day of the primary hearing for seditious alterations against Officer Brian Leonard Cooper 24 who allegedly urged natives to form an army with aid from the Soviet Union to overthrow Australian settlers. Soamu Sigov president of the Fin schshafern Native Local Government Council described Cooper urging self-government with Russian and Chinese help and warned of plantations owned by white people.
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Brian Leonard Cooper
Soviet Union
Cooper
Commonwealth Police Force
Adang
Australia
Assia
China
Soamu Sigov
Finschshafern
Papua New Guinea
Soamu
Madang Cooperative Association
Congo
U S Ships Arms to Laos in Response to Request
The United States said it would ship arms to the pro Western Government of Laos in response to a military aid request from Prince Boun Oum. If requested, the State Department would consider US troop use against Laotian Communists. Shipments were ordered though items and amounts were not specified.
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Washington
A.A.P
United States
Laos
Prince Bourn Oam
State Department
U.S
Vientiane
Carrier Constellation Fire Claims Dozens of Lives
Rescuers fought icy pre dawn hours to reach victims trapped in the Constellation after a blaze aboard the aircraft carrier. At least 46 sailors were killed and 154 injured with missing personnel unaccounted for.
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New York
Constellation
Fire Engulfs Carrier Constellation in Brooklyn Naval Yard Inferno
A massive blaze raged for hours in the carrier Constellation at the Brooklyn Naval Yard as oxy acetylene torches cut through reinforced steel. Firefighters fought heat and toxic fumes while hoping for survivors among crew still trapped below decks after dawn.
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Constellation
Naval Yard
Brooklyn
New York
Fire on carrier kills hundreds of workers at East River
About 3,000 civilian construction workers aboard the carrier perished or fled into icy East River waters as a blaze swept through the hangar deck after a forklift ruptured a fuel tank. The incident caused dozens to be found in confined spaces and left damage pegged at roughly 75 million dollars.
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Tate
East River
Naval Yard
Schuyler Pyne
P M Welensky warns force against federation break up
Prime Minister Sir Roy Welensky warned during a London address that his government would use force to quell any violent attempt to break up the Central African Federation. He directed the warning at militant African nationalists attempting to disrupt the federation.
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London
A.A. P
Roy Welensky
Roy
Russia trims arms budget by 317 million pounds
Moscow reports next year’s budget cuts arms expenditure by 317 million pounds, while science spending rises 15.7 percent. The move follows a January demobilisation pledge of about 1.2 million troops. Krushchev returns after illness as applause greets the leadership.
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Moscow
Russia
Supreme Soviet
Krushchev
Lenin
Fema Moscow
Alexei Kirichenko
Nass
Presidium
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William M. Wachier
Kenneth K. Lau
Legislative Reference Bureau
New Delhi
Norodom Sihanouk
Peking
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Associated Press
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Carrier Inferno
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