Final oil tests begin near Moonie well plan
Premier Nicklin and Mines Minister Evans visited the Moonie area announcing the start of final oil tests to determine oil volume and the site of the next hole. Tests target temperatures and pressures to guide seismic reconnaissance and drilling plans within five miles, with oil sold from next week at 5 shillings per bottle.
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Nicklin
E. Evans
Union Oil
Doyle T. Graves
Evans
Moonie
Union Oil Today
Tara
Explosion Injures 15 in Virginia Warehouse Blast
In Norton Virginia a dynamite warehouse explosion in Sutherland injures at least 15 people with two children in serious condition. Five of the town’s about 20 houses are destroyed and nearby windows up to five miles away are shattered. No deaths reported.
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Norton
Virginia
Sutherland
American Associated Press
Russians Prepare for Moon Flight
The Evening Standard reports British experts expect a Soviet manned moon landing by 1964, citing a plan centered on four boosters and a launched moon ship. Laboring to perfect orbiting, landing, and reentry with dogs aboard, the program hinges on a multi-rocket system and solar activity timing.
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Mawar
Russia
Pacific
Moon
Space boosters could send dogs to moon by Russian plan
Waiting The Standard notes boosters that sent cosmonauts Gagarin and Titov could launch dogs to the moon and back. British scientists urge Russians to perfect manned flight before using dogs. Most reports say Russian lunar flights will be fully automatic with the crew mainly observing.
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Russia
Dhara
Evening Standard
Inquiry On Dispute At Hospital Fixed
The Hospital Board chair man D G Bond called the doctors decision to treat only emergency cases partial relief and not a solution. The board will not lift the suspension of Dr Frazer Boag as nine doctors resigned in protest claiming no inquiry was held. The hospital lacks a medical staff while officers of the hospital's Commission discuss the matter.
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D. G. Bond
J. Frazer- Boag
Soviet official says air link to Antarctica nearly solved
Moscow reports a top Soviet administrator praised American research help and said Christmas flights from Moscow to Mirny showed Antarctic air communications are nearly solved. An Antonov AN-10 landed at Mirny after a 48 hour 7 minute polar crossing via Europe Asia Australia and Antarctica.
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Moscow
A. A
P.reuter
Soviet Union
Antarctica
Northern Sea Route Administration
Alexandra Afanasyev
Tass
Polar
Val Mirny
Mimy
Europe
Asia
Australia
Reprisals Riot By Peasants Over Train Crash At Catanzaro
Contingents of caracimeri were called to disperse mobs that stormed railway stations in four villages after a train derailed near Catanzaro killing seventy. About 3,000 marchers halted traffic and damaged rolling stock. doors were torn off and lines cut. Driver Ciro Micelli and conductor Luigi Ariatodeno were charged with manslaughter and arrested after an investigation showed the train traveled 35 mph, 13 mph over the local limit.
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Caracimeri
Catanzaro
Severia Mannelli
American Associated Press
B.U.P
Ciro Micelli
Luigi Ariatodeno
Speedboat Cable Collision Injures Four at Revesby
A speedboat struck a submerged cable near Revesby, injuring Lill and family members Robin 9 Barry Miner 30 and Allan John. The craft tipped into the water, a boat shed owner picked up the injured, and all were taken to St George Hospital where condition tonight was satisfactory.
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Lill
Robin
Barry Miner
Turvey Street
Revesby
Allan John
St. George Hospital
Brian Lill
John Miner
Robin Lill
Invisible trade rising faster than total goods trade
Australia sees invisible trade grow faster than merchandise exports and imports. The period 1960-61 shows invisible outlay around £484 million, about 26 percent of total trade. A Rural Bank of NSW report notes averages from 1948-49 at £69 million versus £277 million in 1960-61. The report cites a persistent excess of invisible imports over exports as a key balance of payments feature.
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Sydney
Australia
Ns.w
Mob Attacks Fire Engine in New York
A mob of about 30 attacked a returning fire engine in New York. Four firemen suffered slight cuts and bruises while a civilian sustained serious stab wounds as a bottle was thrown at the engine, causing it to halt.
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New York
Abduction Inquiry Extended in Nine Year Old Case
The C I B extended interstate inquiries into a December abduction and assault of a nine year old girl who swam at the Olympic Pool. The victim said she was forced into a car at Lennog Crossing and assaulted. Detectives have questioned over 50 people in the ACT and expanded probes to other states.
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C.I.B
Olympic Pool
Lennog Crossing
Record Dairy Output Reaches New Highs in Early Year
The Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics reports record first four month batter output at 69 407 tons up 4 889 from 1954. Cheese production hits 91 915 tons, up 3 653 from 1954. Total milk output estimated at 512.3 million gallons, up 58.1 million from 1960. All milk by products rise despite a dip in condensed evaporated skim milk.
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Commonwealth Bureau of Census and Statistics
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