Cyclone queenland coast battered by massive storm
Weather officials warn of gale force winds and heavy seas from Bundaberg to northern NSW as Cyclone Clara nears Queensland. Brisk 80 mph winds and 40 ft waves lash coast at Kirra, Coolangatta, and Burleigh Heads causing widespread damage to beach properties and port disruptions near Brisbane. Ships sheltered offshore as John Oxley and two freighters waited outside Moreton Bay.
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Bundaberg
Nsw
Clara
Bloreton Bay
Toda
John Oxley
Brisbane
Moreton Island
Smoking seen as prescription for early death say doctors
An international medical expert, Dr. Alan Ochsner of Tulane University and the Ochsner Clinic, warned that smoking is a prescription for an early death. He urged quitting to avoid serious health risks.
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New York
Alan Ostarne
Ochsner
Tulane University
Zhukov Proposes Six Point Peace Plan Across Nations
Zhukov unveils a six point peace plan urging peaceful settlement of conflicts. He calls for non interference in Middle Eastern affairs, renunciation of military action, and liquidation of foreign military bases. Shepilov’s replacement by Gromyko prompts Western analysis of Soviet policy shifts.
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Radio Vidas
China
India
Russia
Anu
BMW
Soviet Union
Fos Shepilov
Middle East
Arma
Shepilov
Andrei Gromyko
Paris
Gromyko
Mrr. Shepilov
Queen and Duke Plan Autumn Visit to Washington
A Reuters report states the Queen and the Duke will visit Washington in the autumn with a formal announcement due in April after talks between President Eisenhower and Prime Minister Macmillan in Bermuda. They will meet the President in Washington before touring Canada. The invitation followed by Britain and the Suez crisis aims to ease Anglo American tensions.
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A. A.P
Reuter
Eisenhower
Macmillan
Bermuda
Canada
Jungle Girl Bertha Hertogh Gives Birth to Son
Dutch jungle girl Bertha Hertogh, 20, wife of an upholsterer, has given birth to a seven month old son in Bergen Holland. Her marriage to a Malayan schoolteacher began when she was 13 after an Indonesian nurse arranged to place the girl in hiding in the jungle for eight years following the Japanese invasion.
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Bergen
Holland
P. Reuter
Bertha Hertogh
Bertha
Dutch East Indies
Soviet Accused Of Giving Aid To Yemen
A UN Security Council memorandum accuses the Soviet Union and Egypt of arming Yemen on the Yemen Aden frontier. Britain cites a Soviet freighter delivering arms from Czechoslovakia and Egyptian instructors training Yemeni forces near Sana and Hodeida. Britain plans to circulate the memo and send an artillery unit and a parachute field regiment sub-unit to Aden as a precaution.
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New York
A.a.p.reuter
Britain
Egypt
United Nations Security Council
Yemen-Aden
Sana
Hodeida
Qataba
Randum
Security Council
United Nations
Council
Middle East
Nicosia
Aden
Feld Regiment
Royal Artillery
Tragic Fire Claims Two Babies Near Mildura Trotting Track
At a trotting meeting in Mildura two toddlers Dixie Gay Lyons aged two and her six month old brother Terrance died in a car fire outside the venue. Parents Terrance and Dixie Lyons of Koornlong had left three other children inside the track as flames engulfed the vehicle. Police and emergency crews battled to reach the burning car before the bodies were recovered. Terrance suffered extensive burns, while Dixie may have succumbed to smoke before the blaze reached her.
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Sun
Dixie Gay Lyons
Terrence
Terrance Francis Lyons
Koorlong
Mra. Lyons
Lyons
Garry
Peter
Wayne
Mr. Lyons
Second Russian Appeal For Closer UK Soviet Ties
Moscow Radio says Britain and the Soviet Union should deepen co operation for world peace in a second appeal issued within 24 hours. It states no differences cannot be straightened out and warns no nation can win a war. If these views endure, full understanding between the countries is possible.
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London
A.A.P
Reuter
Britain
Soviet Union
Moscow Radio
Great Britain
Ladio
Democrats Attack Suez Policy in Middle East Row
Democratic leaders Truman and Stevenson condemn Eisenhower Middle East policy at San Francisco meeting, urging action even at the risk of war to reopen the Suez Canal and secure peace between Israel and its Arab neighbors. They fault the adminstration's diplomacy and warn Hungary and Soviet influence have grown.
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A.A.P
Democratic Party
Harry Truman
Adlai Stevenson
Eisenhower
Middle East
National Committee
San Francisco
Stevenson
Truman
Suez Canal
Ssrael
United States
Hungary
Israel
Dulles
Eban
Exgypt
Gunman dies after police gun battle in Stockton
Newcastle reports a 88 year old gunman Ronald Hallard of Sydney died in Newcastle Hospital after a head wound from a gun battle with police at Stockton last night. Ballard robbed Bruce Foster, fled by taxi, fired on officers near the Gladstony Hotel breakwater before being shot and found unconscious with a pistol beneath him.
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Stockton
Willam Ronald Hallard
Sydney
Baird
Reis
Solect
Biert
Ballard
Gladstony
Bruce John Foster
Clyde Street
Foster
N. Beale
A. Livingston
Breakwater
Youth Surfer Rescues Himself After 23-Hour Struggle
Kempsey onlookers watched 19 year old John Westaway of East Kempsey endure a harrowing undertow and 30 ft waves at Crescent Beach. Westaway, along with teammates Robert Landrigan and Garry Gillies, battled the sea while rescuers and an aircraft searched for him after he vanished beneath boiling surf. He finally reemerged and was saved, stunning crowds who feared a drowning.
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Kempsey
John Westaway
East Kempsey
Westaway
Robert Landrigan
Garry Gillies
Crescent Beach
Gillies
Landrigan
Williamtown
Eshaisted
Missing seaman reported off River Burdekin on voyage
Sydney a Sunday report says two coastal ships searched for seaman J Mann of Carrington missing after going overboard in heavy seas yesterday afternoon near Swansea on a River Burdekin voyage from Newcastle to Geelong Victoria. Newcastle police organized land searches for his body today.
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Burdekin
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Carrington
Mann
Swansea
Newcastle
Geelong
Victoria
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