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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 02, 1957
Page
6
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Five people died on New South Wales roads with Wollongong village areas most affected. Victims included a Cabramatta man killed from a wallow truck crash on Prince's Highway and a 38 year old found dead in Wollongong after a possible truck strike or car collision. A two year old was injured in a separate wagon overturn on Cordeaux Road Mt. Kembla. Police report ongoing investigations and hospital treatment for several passengers.
Sydney water police recovered the body of Joseph Dixon sixty seven? seventy, of Gibb Street Town, after he fell from The Gap at Watsons Bay on Thursday night. Three Geelong sightseers watched as Dixon removed his hat and coat and shouted he was going over before plunging. The rough sea delayed recovery until today when the body was found floating near Nielsen Park in the harbour.
The 29 734 ton Arcadia berthed at Tilbury after a fierce Bay of Biscay storm. Gale gusts up to 70 miles an hour forced the liner off course and to slow to safety. A sequence of three huge waves caused the ship to heel and passengers were jostled from beds with galley fires doused as food ran scarce.
Lavencey George peers, a 24 year old miner, was in a bus queue after a court appearance and pleaded for his beauty. He rested in Yew Castle Court yesterday where Akenhead was fined £1 for being drunk and disorderly.
Eleven Yugoslav refugees spent 26 hours crossing the Adriatic in four sailing boats to seek political asylum at Ancona. Three Hungarian refugee chefs from near Aldershot arrived in London to present a New Year cake to England’s youths at Buckingham Palace. A smallpox epidemic spread from Beirut to the Joann area with three deaths in 113 Beirut cases. An electrician found £9,500 sterling in hotel under a stairs, believed to belong to a previous occupant. A British store in Malta reports continued British government presence. hoax bomb scare at Empire State Building and Radio City Music Hall prompted searches. no bombs found.
Several hundred Canberra residents fought New Year fires around the AGT district. A boy confessed starting a fire that burned about 250,000 dollars in property near Walldozer, with 400 acres burned overall. Firefighters held lines as winds remained a risk and authorities warned fires could flare toward Bungendore or Canberra if winds rise.
A disjointed report describes an impersonator at a railway men’s canteen in Caen being arrested after attempting to eat soup. Inspectors report the suspect claimed to be paying for meals while others noted he did not know the pay structure. The fragment hints at a mix of events including a lake and a day’s meals.
Syrian Ambassador Farid Zeineddine said Syria and the Arab world oppose unilateral U S action in the Middle East. He relayed discussions with Assistant Secretary William Rountree at the State Department about U S plans to enable use of U S forces in the region.
Four arms Armidale girls aged 15 to 17 ran away from home to spend Christmas in Queensland and then New Year at Toowoomba? Police say they were reported missing in Armidale at night. A patrol traced the youth to Toowoo? station. Continuous investigation expected.
A launch blast tore the lower deck of the cruiser Portsea injuring eight crewmen. Rescue boats reached the scene as flames spread low on the vessel. Police officer Morris Rice attempted to restart the engine to head home around 5 36 p m, but the lower deck was soon fully engulfed.
No one was injured in yesterday’s attack while bus driver Fullilove, same man involved when a Black woman was shot in an earlier incident, reported hearing a bullet strike the left side of the vehicle. Police said a billet fired from a pistol or revolver caused the damage as two more buses were shot at last week with no injuries. In Tallahassee, Florida, desegregation of buses resumed with Black riders allowed up front as a few drivers resisted. In Virginia, the Federal Court of Appeals ordered immediate desegregation of Charlottesville and Arlington County schools.
Three Lancashire boys aged 17 14 and 13 were fined £2 each in Wigan Juvenile Court for ringing their headmaster. The judge noted the repeated annoyance over three years, the issue being the mode of address “Hello Bighead” and up to 17 calls weekly, with the headmaster calling the matter a joke.
ADELAIDE Tuesday reports a man died from heat while walking in 111 degree heat after a car breakdown near Oodnadatta. The deceased is identified as W. H. Fierz, a meteorological officer at Oodnadatta aerodrome.
Canberra police report a quiet New Year with no arrests for drunkenness on New Year Eve. Residents behaved well during Christmas as well, with few arrests noted. Extra patrols were deployed, but overall the holiday period was uneventful from the police perspective.
In the early hours vandals painted the 20 ft plaster crucifix outside the Church of Christ the King at Bass Hill and a fire damaged a pile of furniture on the footpath near Paddington. Father Corrigan urged police investigation and condemned the act as a sacred symbol desecration.
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