History page fragment hints at a 110 by 14 date plan
Fragmentary OCR mentions Histon and a high case vision, with men moulding and a potential date of 110 by 14. Details are unclear, but the piece references a historical setting and a lay audience.
15 Feb 1957
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Feb 15, 1957
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR mentions Histon and a high case vision, with men moulding and a potential date of 110 by 14. Details are unclear, but the piece references a historical setting and a lay audience.
report from Washington reflects United States push for free Gulf navigation. Abba Eban met with Dulles who urged Egypt to permit Israeli shipping while troops withdraw. Egyptian spokesmen criticized the plan amid doubts Tsreet would back the proposal.
MP Fraser escaped injury in a crash on Currong Street Braddon when his southbound car collided with a motorcycle driven by Joseph Brazowski of Duffy Street Ainslie. Brazowski was taken to Canberra Community Hospital with probable broken nose and facial cuts. The motorcycle was badly damaged and the car left side marked.
Sydney reports that over 90 migrants received funds to reach Australia and start anew, with loans from the Inter-Governmental European Migration fund. John Dedman, director of the Re settlement Department, told a World Council of Churches conference that loans are interest free and forgiven if the breadwinner dies or is incapacitated.
United Nations salvage chief General Raymond Wheeler said the canal clearance deadline might be changed after Egyptian authorities reported mines and explosives aboard the sunken vessels Edgar Bonnet Aboukir. He indicated three weeks would be needed for salvage and said further plans included moving the sunken dockship Akka with no wrong moves in the operation.
Fire swept through a three storey rest home in Council Bluffs Iowa killing 13 people and wounding 14 of 30 patients. Firefighters recovered the 13th body from the rubble more than three hours after the alarm.
The United States Navy announced the first firing in the Mediterranean of a guided missile from an American warship. The missile launched Tuesday from the cruiser Boston during its first exercise in a NATO maneuver with five nations.
London reports quote Defence Minister Duncan Sandys denying any offer to the United States to use the Woomera Range. He states no truth to Australian press rumours and notes Britain’s interest in its own guided rocket facilities.
The English Electric Company secured a 10 million dollar contract with the Venezuela Government to supply Canberra twin jet bombers.
A 41 year old Ashton woman Mrs Holly Rebecca Makins died trapped in a bush fire near Adelaide Hills as fires swept across the region. Four homes were destroyed and stock and fowl were lost amid widespread property damage. Police sealed off the Hills roadways as fires spread toward Victoria from Pinnaroo with a smoke pall rising to 5000 feet.
BROOME Western Australia Thursday Two married women were killed and four injured as cyclonic winds up to 100 mph battered Broome for four hours causing about £100 000 damage. Philipina Dolby 58 and Lucy Albert 30 died as the town lost light and power and a second period of fury was anticipated. boats, bank and hotel suffered severe damage while pearling crews and stores were hit.
The United Nations political committee urged France and Algerian representatives to pursue appropriate negotiations to end the Algerian conflict. The 80 nation body approved the resolution by a 37 to 27 vote with 13 abstentions, marking a first action by the committee as debate concluded.
Navy Vampire jet fighters from Nowra disrupted a sea clash near Merimula between Eden and Ulladulla fishermen accused of poaching. Boats approached, stones flew, planes buzzed low over the water, and the Eden group returned to base.
A tremor shook Melbourne for about three seconds causing rattling windows and trembling furniture as residents reported the light quake.
The first upper atmosphere rocket to be fired in Australia was launched from Woomera Rocket Range. It was an experimental flight with no instruments aboard. The rocket rose to about 50 000 feet and traveled 29 miles before landing. Further tests planned to include vertical launches with instruments up to 100 miles.
A baby daughter of a non-striker was shot in the head yesterday amid renewed violence in Prince area as strikers' homes face dynamite and rifle fire since the November 5 strike began.
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