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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 30, 1961
Page
16
Mr O Regan notes slower absorption of young people into work but no major alarm. Canberra influx raises school leavers seeking aid, with more girls entering the job hunt. Many youths have found positions or been placed, while others face selectivity and over ambition. Employers seek staff and most youths will be absorbed into suitable roles without tailor made jobs.
The Canberra Times announces higher rates effective January 1 1962 for casual and classified ads. Casual ads rise to 12 shillings per single column inch and classified ads to 1 shilling 6 pence per single column line. Circulation exceeds 15 000 expected in 1962. Provincial rivals remain higher per thousand sales.
Three youngsters died in the Wai to River near Port Waikato last night. Victims are Anthony Moki seven and cousins Josephine McMurray twelve and Phillip McMurray eight. Anthony Moki's body was recovered today in an eighty yard fishing net across the channel. The McMurrays, from Auckland, were visiting their grandfather.
A new cancer therapy uses a pressurized oxygen atmosphere and high speed X rays from a linear accelerator. Dr H A S Van Den Brenk and associates developed a compact, flexible device built by Commonwealth Aircraft Nation costing £22,000. The system treats about eight patients daily with precise positioning reducing radiation exposure to healthy tissue. An immediate benefit cuts required visits to three per week for certain growth types.
Britain Europe and the United States faced a severe cold spell with temperatures plunging to 24 degrees below zero in parts of Britain. Freezing impacts included locked doors on London Underground, frozen traffic lights, iced Thames locks, dangerous icicles, and snowstorms across Michigan and other states.
A blast at a crowded army barracks in Buga followed a Christmas Eve bombing at a religious profession site. Fifty or more killed and over a hundred injured. A boy died and three were hurt. Families fled the area as firemen described the fireworks vendor as absent during the incident. Children were in an adjoining room.
Newman a Merrylands mechanic in Sydney is seriously ill at Mawson Base Antarctic after a cerebral haemorrhage on November 2. He has had two operations and radio talks with a Melbourne neurosurgeon. An Antarctic Division officer met Russian airmen en route to Antarctica. they were ready to fly him to Australia, but no arrangements were made due to no substantial change in his condition.
The acting Executive Director of Safety Council, Mr. P. H. He, reported totals of 2,508 fatalities and 61,927 injuries, down from 2,617 deaths and 61,800 injuries in 1960. Vehicle registrations topped 3,001,663, with motor spirit and diesel oil use at a record 1.494 billion gallons.
Police attended five road crashes in Canberra between 4 30 and 7 yesterday. No injuries were reported and all events were non serious. Authorities blamed frayed tempers during the last minute shopping rush for the incidents.
Police seized large quantities of hypnotics sedatives and stimulants in a raid on a southern Melbourne house. Drug Bureau detectives said the house appeared operated as a private home for aged people. A woman faces 20 charges of drug possession.
An Italian F86 jet crashed into a house in Padua, exploding and killing two children aged one and three. Nineteen others were injured as bystanders watched. The pilot bailed out minutes before impact and landed on a busy street near the scene.
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