Roadside crash injures motorist near State Circle
Ambulance crews attend an injury case after a car veered off and struck a tree at State Circle and Commonwealth Avenue intersection. Edward Gravel of Northbourne Avenue, Whats, suffers extensive injuries and is admitted to Canberra Community Hospital. The vehicle is badly damaged.
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Trio Arrested After Policeman Thrown From Window
In Brussels a 61 year old man his wife and their son were arrested after a family brawl. A policeman intervening was hurled through a second door window to his death. Police say the father threw furniture through the window and the mother joined in as the trio fired on the officer from the window.
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Brussels
NSW Road Toll Rises to 970 for Year
Four road deaths today lifted the New South Wales toll over the Christmas weekend to 15 and the state total for the year to 970. The article lists several fatal incidents near Wellington, Cooma, Collaroy, Brookvale, Enfield and Canberra Road, with victims including a 16 month old baby and two adults. Police report additional hospital admissions and ongoing investigations into the crashes.
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Tito to Reply to Slashing Attack on Yugoslav Revisionism
Belgrade reports President Tito is expected to reply to the slashing attack on Yugoslav revisionism made at Moscow summit talks. He will address Yugoslavia's Parliament today.
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Lebanese Dakota freed after escort by French air force
Oran authorities released a Lebanese Dakota aircraft that had landed after being forced to land by French forces. The plane reportedly carried five tons of arms from Sweden to Argentina when seized near the Berian Coast, according to the American Associated Press. Two Italian youths died and three were wounded in a cafe explosion in Mugano near Naples, believed to be caused by a large firework bomb.
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Police Capture Three After Tulsa Assistant Chief Slaying
In New York a police roundup followed the Tulsa murder of an assistant police chief who tried to stop an attempted robbery by three jail escapees. The suspects were arrested hours later and found with 16 weapons including the slain chief’s pistol.
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Tulsa
Bombs In Havana Hotel Kill Several. Cuban Attack Probe Opens
Scattered reports say bombs exploded at a Havana hotel injuring some and triggering a wider search by Cuban authorities for additional devices on the premises. In the U K a separate tally notes a high death toll from holiday incidents with numerous casualties reported in London and elsewhere.
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Havana
Atomic Power Appeal By American
New York report says publisher Robert McIlhenny may become U S Atomic Energy Commission chairman and urged closer international cooperation in atomic energy development.
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Atomic Power Appeal
New York
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U.S. Atomic Energy Commission
U.S
UPL
Violence Flares Again In French Africa
In Oran Arab quarter late at night shots hit French army patrols. troops fired on cars and stations with no casualties. A French farmer was shot as protests near Algiers centers grew. Security forces swept Algiers while mobs burned shops a villa and two European cars.
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Man Stole Tram After Public Transit Shutdown
In Gothenburg a man walking home in the early hours yesterday seized a tram when no buses or trains were operating. Police recovered the uninjured vehicle later, according to British United Press.
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British United Press
Women Drivers Less Deadly in France Insurance Study
A French insurance survey cited by AAP says women drivers may irritate others but kill fewer people. It notes women often drive on the wrong side or signal left when turning right, with only about five percent of court convictions and civil suits involving women.
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