Terrigal and Lane Cove Bush Fires Threaten Sydney Area
Large fires raged near Terrigal and Lane Cove threatening homes and chemicals stores. Fire brigades, volunteers, and police evacuated residents as flames advanced, with heavy smoke reducing visibility across Sydney and surrounding regions.
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Wouth
Avoes
Buh Fire Brigade
Thrush
Kenmar
Sydney
Lane Cove
Sirena
Lane Cove National Park
Chatswood Rifle Range
Northern Suburbs
Fullers Bridge
View Street
Rover Road
Roto
U S Officials Split Over How To Enter Talks With Russia
A developing split among US officials over how to handle stalled disarmament talks with the Soviet Union may reach President Eisenhower. The U S proposal to enter serious negotiations via the newly created U Disarmament Commission is seen as a move to show peaceful intent. The Soviet seven point peace plan on a moratorium on nuclear tests is being distributed to foreign envoys.
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Washington
P.reuter
Soviet Union
Associated Press
Eisenhower
Russia
Moscow
U.S
U. Disarmament Commission
Sydney Boxing Day Heat Breaks Records Across City
Sydney endured a blistering Boxing Day as temperatures reached 99.6 degrees the hottest on record. Ambulances reported heat exhaustion and neighborhoods including the Blue Mountains suffered rising heat with over 250 000 residents affected. The night before brought the city its hottest night, with parts reaching 110 degrees in Williamtown and 103 in Coffin Harbour and Mascot.
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Sydney
Serena
Blue Mountains
Glenbrook
Williamtown
Coffin Harbour
Mascot
Touler
War Memorial Opens Night Visits for Christmas Rush
More than 1,600 people toured the Australian War Memorial yesterday as a Melbourne family Mr. and Mrs. A. Scott and children Laurie and Anne visited Canberra for the first time. The flood lit memorial operated at night 7 to 9 30 pm, a new opening now planned for Tuesdays and Thursdays through January.
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Australian War Memorial
Melbourne
A. Scott
Laurie
Anne
Canberra
Macmillan Soekarno May Meet in New Delhi
The Times of India reports President Soekarno of Indonesia and UK Prime Minister Harold Macmillan are likely to meet in New Delhi next month to discuss resuming Dutch Indonesian talks on West New Guinea. Macmillan arrives January 8 for an official visit as Soekarno begins a 45 day regional tour.
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New Delhi
Thuradi
A.ap
Reuter
Soekarno
Indonesia
U.K
Harold Macmillan
West New Guinea
Djakarta
Independent Times of India
India
Egypt
Pakistan
Ceylon
Burma
Siam
Japan
Macmillan
Wet Christmas Ice paralyzes Austria roads in Vienna
Austria suffered a black Christmas as rain froze overnight in Vienna and across the country. Streets and roads were coated in a dangerous sheet of ice causing travel disruptions and accidents.
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Austria
Vienna
Weather Day Record of Heat and Storms in Taaman Sea Region
The day saw a high of 198.8 degrees and strong gusts up to 66 mph around 1 55 p.m. after morning thunderstorms. Winds moved east from inland dry areas driven by a deep low in the Taaman Sea. Six points of rain accompanied the storms, with major damage to a car windscreen parked by Jean Val Myichrust on Hunter's Hill.
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Berra
Taaman Sea
Jean
Val Myichrust
Hunter's
Christmas Day Pool Attendance Sets Mixed Records
On Christmas Day in Hast Row and nearby areas more than 2,200 people visited Olympic and Manuka Pools, with about 1,600 at the Olympic Pool and roughly 600 at the Manuka Pool. Winds were strong earlier, but weather improved with a max around 81 degrees and humidity down.
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Olympic
Manuka
Kurrewa Leads In Yacht Race
In a brisk start from Sydney harbor, Kurrewa led the 680 mile race as crews faced 45 mile per hour westerlies and rising seas. Four Winds leaked but planned to port inshore. Anitra, Defiance and Trade Winds chased, while 130000 spectators watched from the harbor fronts.
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Sydney
Th Brothers
Wollongong
Yachtamen
Lauriana
Kurrena
Joan Goddard
Jervig Bay
Defiance
Anitra
Tasuna
Kurrewa
Sydney Harbour
Crewa
Samuel Pepys
Rally winners plan Monte Carlo drive from Rome
Laur ie White head and Kevin Young will drive a Porsche in the Monte Carlo Rally starting from Rome. The Australians set their route for the next fete with Bald as a key sponsor.
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Laurie Whitehead
Kevin Young
Monte Carlo
Rome
Fireworks store explosion kills sixteen in Buenos Aires
On Christmas Eve a blast in a Buenos Aires fireworks shop left sixteen people dead as shoppers filled the store. An AP Reuters report notes a large crowd was inside when the explosion occurred.
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Buenos Aires
P.reuter
Floods in Ceylon Displace Thousands and Halt Communications
Widespread floods in Ceylon cut Colombo to northern and central links and severed overland routes to India. Up to ten inches of rain triggered evacuations as a reservoir overflowed, a thousand train passengers were marooned near Polonnaruwa, helicopters ferried supplies, and police radio transmitters failed in Batticaloa.
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Colombo
Ceylon
India
Six rescued on Christmas Day in North Sea rescue
Ships raced to the aid of six Belgian fishermen in a successful Christmas Day rescue operation in the North Sea. A fishing boat first on the scene after the trawler Eltan de Andre reported distress pulled the Belgian skipper and his five men from the sea.
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Hague
Reuter
North Sea
Eltan de Andre
Ale Hand Nasbat
Rel
Aelpper
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Newcastle
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Pataing
Batticaloa
Province
Acion
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