24 Dec 1957
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 24, 1957
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text lists names such as Holden, Bingi er, and Jary with odd punctuation and dates like May. The readable items are incomplete. no clear event, place, or outcome emerges for a proper news card.
Fragmented OCR text mentions players and places such as Green Hawes Jamieson Horan Ri vurdan Verney and Hornsby Primrose. It references a 3,298 and 3,228 score context with names like Roberta. The readable bits hint at a local championship or match report.
NATO leaders discuss locating U S missile squadrons across many sites to defend Europe while fearing Soviet retaliation. Britain aims to independently supply H bomb warheads for Thor and Jupiter rockets, with a Christmas Island test planned to enable British warheads if U S limits continue. Yugoslav and Bonn officials push for nuclear disarmament and warn against German arming, as Adenauer cautions against misreading Soviet aims and delaying talks.
In Adelaide a cyanide gas release at D. K. Wiles factory on Waymouth Street killed Gene Horvath 18 of Mile End Carl Beluk 36 of North Adelaide and Joseph Tekse 56 of North Adelaide. Ten others including four firefighters were hospitalised. Fire Chief reports chief and staff assisted but fumes overwhelmed rescuers.
Dr A Praybylski of Australian National University released an approximate schedule for Sputnik I sightings. Expected appearances span December 28 to January 2 with multiple morning times. The satellite was forecast to appear in the northeastern sky traveling south, with a second sighting possible on some mornings toward the zenith.
Dr. Djuanda told Indonesians to face unavoidable difficulties as Dutch influence is expelled from West New Guinea. Dutch nationals have left in large numbers, inter-island shipping halted, and Jakarta seeks aid from Japan as it seizes Dutch firms. Parliament declared a state of war with new authority vested in military chiefs and the Cabinet.
Pilgrims crowd Jerusalem for Christmas as hotels fill with visitors from around the world. Despite border tensions, Jordanian authorities allow celebrations to proceed. About 3,000 Christian Arabs from occupied areas are expected to cross from the Israeli sector to the Old City for midnight services at the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem.
The Narva, a 1991 ton British freighter, sank in a North Sea storm with 28 crew aboard. Rescue efforts by sea and air span Norway, Denmark, Britain and other nations as Bosworth and Leda assist. a Norwegian airman reported a rubber raft and cargo bales drifting.
BBC preparations to air the Queen's Christmas Day message expect a more natural voice. The 25th anniversary broadcast will come from Sandringham's library, chosen for acoustics and space to accommodate audio and television equipment. A practice film featuring Sylvia Peters was sent to Buckingham Palace.
Peking radio quoted AAP saying four Chinese Nationalist jets attacked a British freighter entering the Min River mouth. The broadcast claimed the attack was repulsed by guns and one attacker was hit. The ship’s name and exact timing were not identified.
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