Christmas Road Toll Surges Across New South Wales
A NSW Road Safe Council warning of a deadly Christmas toll cites 767 deaths for the year and details multiple fatal crashes across NSW. Victims include Joseph Butten of Gympie Bay Daisie Mary Aniey of Dover Heights and Walter Bohmil of St Marys. Police rostered officers for holidays as travel surges by road rail and air with thousands leaving Sydney for country trips.
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St. Marys
Walter Bohmil
Victoria Street
St. Mary's
Maude Lowe
Sans Souci
Princes Highway
Albion Park
Patna
William Carker
Oak Flat
Frederick Pollard
Eastwood
Speera Point
Bonjoi Junction
Jacob Lie Henrickson
Barton Place
Gribble
Fica
Australia Airlines
Transuition
Great Western
Stawell
Athletes Leave Melbourne for U S Games
Forty Olympic athletes from behind the Iron Curtain depart Melbourne for the United States aboard the Pan AmericanClipper bound for San Francisco on Christmas Eve. The group includes 35 Hungarians, Romanians, one Czech, and will enter under special immigration provisions.
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Melbourne
Minst
Smendon
San Francisco
América
PAA
Battle Still Rages After Anglo-French Withdrawal From Egypt
Cairo reports say the Anglo-French forces have withdrawn from Egypt but Israelis remain. Colonel Kamal Henawi says the battle continues on Egyptian soil as plans are drawn to mobilize 35 000 students at Cairo University for future defense. General Keightley notes phased evacuation and Suez Canal operations to start after Port Said’s evacuation.
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Henawi Ald
Mohamed Kamel Morsi
Cairo University
Rgypt
Cairo
A.a.p.-Reuter
Egypt
Kamal Henawi
Nasser
Nicosia
Charles Keightley
Aalvaca Anerationa
The
Calwell predicts further price rises ahead
Melbourne report quotes Federal Opposition leader Calwell warning petrol could rise up to 6d a gallon by end of 1957 and tea prices may lift by 6d per lb while shipping and freight rates already burden households. He pins blame on the government for the scope of cost increases.
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Melbourne
Calwell
Angio
Effort To Lighten Hungarys Black Christmas
Harassed Budapest housewives search for gifts amid cold rain as they crowd fish markets and stores for carp pork and apples. Despite shortages and unemployment, purchases glow with small holiday hope while Soviet officers and police patrol streets and shops. Churches plan services but Communist authorities mark Sunday as a half day.
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Budapest
Hungary
Adelaide Woman Dies From Burns After Fire
Adelaide paper reports a woman burned in a Wednesday night fire died later. Evelyn Irving is named as the victim. A man charged in relation to the case appeared in court on Thursday and was remanded in custody until January 9.
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Adelaide
Royal Hunt
Evelyn Irving
Chariae
Haves
Kidnapped Army Lieutenant Reported Alive
Port Said reports say Lieut Anthony Moorhouse of the West Yorkshire Regiment was kidnapped in Port Said 12 days ago. Egyptian and British forces search, with a bloodstained car found. captors debate releasing him.
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Moorhouse
Bt Lant Tusaday
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Indonesian Minister On Bribe Charge
Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Abdulgani faced bribery charges after police questioned officials at a printing house regarding large sums in orders. The Nationalist Party, which Abdulgani leads, had recently denied all charges and urged dropping the case. In London the BUP reportedly faced similar bribery allegations exceeding £20,000.
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New York
Sunosy
London
B UP
Aald
Christmas thief scares Canberra police during early hours
A frightened thief disrupted a Canberra police operation in the early hours of Saturday. Officers pursued the intruder as he attempted to break in, but fled before entry was possible.
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Canberra
Brea
Italian airliner missing near Mount Omor crash sight
An Italian airliner with 17 passengers is reported missing on a flight from Rome to Milan. Sightings by mountain authorities describe a large plane in flames near a glacier on Mount Omor in the Alpine foothills near Trento in north east Italy.
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Neers
Agnes Reuter
Baur
Rome
Milan
Derellots
Omor
Trento
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