Oil discovery strengthens Australia’s refinery prospects
The Canberra Times notes that rising oil import costs push Australia toward self sufficiency as exploration in Queensland shows promise. It argues ongoing drilling is needed to form a viable field, with Roma prospects reconsidered under modern methods, and stresses immediate refinery development would aid Queensland’s economy amid restrictions.
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Australia
Queensland
Turner
New Zealand
Poles Question Role in Nazi Crimes After War
After the war Poles and many Jews who survived Nazi terror question responsibility for crimes in Poland. Debates revive in Warsaw with Eichmann trial coverage and discussions in Krzywe Kolo and cinemas over Samson and Mila 13. Bartoszewski defends underground actions and rejects claims of widespread collaboration.
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Public complaints over Canberra water pollution from pine planting
Letters accuse authorities and pine plantation interests of polluting the Canberra water supply. Critics point to soil erosion, sediment in streams, and the need for heavy chlorination, urging preservation of the catchment and listening to residents. Tadpole signs off.
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Schodde
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Australia
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NSW Doctor Awarded Lederle International Fellowship
Dr James Rankin aged 31 of Concord in New South Wales received a Lederle International Fellowship to study hepatitis for 12 months in the United States. One of 25 physicians worldwide to gain the grant, he has conducted clinical research at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. Rankin, born in Sydney, studied at North Sydney Technical High School and Sydney University, graduating in 1954 and becoming a member of the Australasian College of Physicians. He will study in New York at the Presbyterian Medical Centre.
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Lederle International
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Royal Prince Alfred Hospital
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Australasian College of Physicians
New York
Presbyterian Medical Centre
General Julian Barnes Dies at 72 in North Carolina
Major General Julian Barnes who served as General MacArthur's supply officer in Australia in 1941 died Sunday at Southern Pines North Carolina after a brief illness. He was 72 and had been ill only a short time.
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New York
A. A.P
Julian Barnes
Miss Anne Walker Arrives at Government House
VicERFgal reports Miss Anne Walker arriving at Government House as part of a official visit.
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Anne Walker
Government House
Surrey baker creates cake for Princess Margaret's grandson
Mr Frank Jacobs of Mitcham Surrey completes a single tier 18 inch high christening cake weighing 25 lb for Viscount Linley. Three sugar panels display the baby's names David Albert Charles and a fourth features a Viscount coronet. A sugar cradle with an icing baby sits atop the cake.
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Mitcham
Surrey
Princess Margaret
Viscount Linley
David Albert Charles
Traffic Chief warns on costly Melbourne road expansion
Melbourne faces a future of 11 six lane freeways radiating to suburbs by 1970 as the Traffic Commission warns of heavy off peak traffic growth. The commission's study, using stop watches on arterial roads, found slow speeds on most routes and proposed replacing trams with buses to improve efficiency.
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Traffic Commission
Thorpe
Space exploration tops AP 1961 news list
The AP editors name space achievements led by Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov as the year’s top story, followed by Berlin crisis, Dag Hammarskjold’s death, the ill fated Cuba invasion, Kennedy’s inauguration, Congo turmoil, Hurricane Carla, Eichmann trial, and Sam Rayburn’s death.
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Yuri Gagarin
Gherman Titov
America
Alan Shepard
Gus Grissom
Dag Hammarskjold
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