Katanga Rejects U.N. Probe Over Lumumba Jail Escape
Katanga leader Tshombe calls the Lumumba escape a purely Katanga matter while observers doubt the report and allege a cover up for his death. The U.N. debates a Security Council meeting on Lumumba’s fate as Congo tensions rise and clashes erupt near Elisabethville.
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Katanga
Tshombe
United Press
Lumumba
Elisabethville
New York
Security Council
Moise Tshombe
Khrushchev and Mao Trade War Tone at Communist Talks
Western government documents reveal bitter private exchanges between Krushchev and Mao Tse-Tung over the past 18 months. The two leaders accused each other of revisionism and warmongering during Bucharest and Moscow conferences and accused one another of selling out interests to the United States.
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T Wo
Moscow
Krushchev
Russia
Peking
Labour MP outlines possible Australian Governor General picks
Labour MP Alan Fraser broadcast lists 3 Calwell and Mr Menzies as possible Governors General while noting Menzies has no desire for the role. He suggests E J Ward and Aitlam but excluding Casey, and discusses Princess Margaret and Armstrong-Jones possibilities. Fraser cites Labour preference for an Australian appointee and mentions Isaacs and McKell. He proposes Lord Casey yet questions suitability, and mentions Arthur Calwell and Gough Whitlam as potential successors. Harold Blair is offered as an ideal Old Australian option.
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Alan Fraser
Calwell
Menzies
Fraser
E. J. Ward
Aitlam
Wd Casey
Kennedy
Ei. Ward
Princess Margaret
Antony Armstrong - Jones
Yasralumla
Labour Party
Isaac Isaacs
William McKell
Lord
Ten Australians Named By Mr Calwell For Governor General Post
Melbourne report says Opposition Leader Mr Calwell named ten prominent Australians as candidates for the next Governor-General. The list includes Nobel laureate Sir Macfarlane Burnet, Sir Marcus Oliphant, Sir Douglas Copland, H V Evatt, Sir Thomas Playford, Sir Owen Dixon, Sir Edward McTiernan, Sir William Owen, Sir Edmund Herring, and Sir Eric Woodward. The Prime Minister will discuss the appointment with the Queen in London.
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Melbourne
Calwell
Macfarlane Burnet
Alter
Eliza Hall
Marcus Oliphant
Douglas Copland
H. V. Evatt
N.S.W
Thomas Playford
S.A
Owen Dixon
High Court
Edward McTiernan
William Qwen
Supreme Court of Nsw
Edmund Herring
Victoria
Eric Woodward
Nsw
Lord Dunrossil
London
World Health Programme Budget Talks In New Delhi
igya Bhavan in New Delhi hosts discussions on the World Health Programme and budget G2. Agenda items include medical aid to the Congo smallpox and malaria eradication efforts. Prime Minister Nehru is pictured arriving at Bhavan amid the gathering and related events.
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Igya Bhavan
New Delhi
Congo
Nehru
Bhayan Stoner
United Ki
Moscow Says Peking Has a Reactor
A Moscow English language broadcast said Communist China has an atomic reactor and cyclotron. The adcast claimed China can now solve difficult modern science problems and use atomic energy peacefully. No further details were provided.
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Moscow
China
British
United Press
Adcast
Moon Bounce Signals a New Era in Space Communication
Moon bounce experiment links Woomera Australia and Goldstone California using a 85 ft radio telescope to send voices to the moon and back. Scientists from NASA and the Australian Department of Supply describe future satellites, weather forecasting, and global communications potential with cost estimates and timelines.
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Woomera
Sund
Goldstone
California
Mr Hume
Hugh Dryden
American National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Hulme
Australia
Dr. Bute
United States
Butement
Munchea
N.W
Island Lagoon
America
Malaya Orders FN Rifles From Australia Under Global Contract
The government announced a world wide competiton contract worth £500,000 for FN-30 rifles to Australia. Minister Hulme said Malaya inquired globally before awarding the deal, with Australia already supplying Ghana and ready to meet rockets and similar weapons orders. An Army spokesman noted rifle sales won’t affect Australian forces, and about 1,200 Australian troops in Malaya are equipped with FN-30 rifles.
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Malaya
F.N
Vhe
Australia
Hulme
Adelaide
Ghana
Zealand
Canberra
Royal Military
College
Duntroon
Castro Warns Church as He Denounces Catholic Plots
Cuban Prime Minister Fidel Castro warning against the Catholic Church says the regime will act against those who exploit religious feeling. He signals possible confiscation of burial plots used by churches as a revenue source and vows to stamp out counter revolution efforts.
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Havana
A.A. P
Fidel Castro
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U.N
Mukulakula
Balabakat Party
Kamina
Mao Warmonger
Labour
Arthur Culwell
Gough — Whitlam
Harold Blair
MR. Nehru
World Health Assembly
Castro
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