End of Tehi oil search as tests disappoint Papua venture
Key personnel have left the site as an evac team prepares to move in. Workmen will fly to Tehi to dismantle the oil rig after two official APC reports found water at 5 575 feet and dry gas at 4 708 feet, tests deemed negative. APC, led by British Petroleum and Vacuum with 90 percent control, begins retrenchment. speculation grows that withdrawal from Papua oil exploration is near.
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Tehi
Australia
British Petroleum
London
Clegg
Port Moresby
AustralasianPetroleum Company
Papua
A.P.C
Vacuum
Seven Drowned In Week-end Accidents
Sydney reports three girls and two men drowned in New South Wales during the week end. In Victoria two more drownings occurred with victims including Nicila Vitale of Morwell and John Turvey of Neerim Junction. Bodies recovered after each incident with no suspicious circumstances noted.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Victoria
Lismore
North Creek
Ballina
Beth Mryrell Harnett
Mooball
George’s
East Hills
Nicila Vitale
Corman Street
Morwell
Latrob
Tyer's Bridge
Traralgon
John Hillyard
Fisherman killed in air cylinder explosion in Sydney
Trevor Davies aged 34 from Victoria Street New Lambton died when a compressed air cylinder exploded at night. The incident occurred in Sydney on Sunday as a spear fisherman was fatally injured.
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Sydney
Trevor Davies
Victoria Street
New Lambton
Ancient animal bones found in Hackney sewer dig
Workmen tunneling a new sewer in Hackney East London uncovered fossil remains of elephants, bison, and horses dating about 200000 years, buried about 20 feet below the road surface.
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London
A.a.p.reuter
Hackney
Britain
Grenade injures shoppers in Bone Algeria crowd
More than 20 people were wounded, several seriously, when a grenade was thrown into a crowd during New Year shopping in Bone Algeria. One seriously hurt victim is a European woman.
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Algiers
Reuter
Bone
Algeria
Crop Failures In China Disaster Strikes 1960 Harvest
The U.S. State Department cites mismanagement by the Chinese Communists for China's 1960 poor harvest. Beijing reported a year of disaster with floods droughts and insect plagues devastating over half of cultivated lands.
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Washington
Equal Pay Enters U.K. Civil Service Across Nation
Britain begins equal pay for women civil servants with a national cost of 40 million pounds. Nearly 100000 women will receive the same salaries as men from today. Women teachers will gain equal pay in April.
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U.K
London
Missing fishing boat found near Cabe Tribulation reef
A Cairns fishing boat missing since last Friday week with two men aboard was located by a search aircraft. The men appeared well but showed a food request sign while their launch remained trapped on a reef 15 miles northwest of Cabe Tribulation. Rescue arrangements are underway.
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Cairns
Cabe Tribulation
80 Dead in Holiday Road Toll
The Australian Road Safety Council reports 80 fatalities in the nine days to midnight, slightly below last year's figure. Acting Executive Director McLean warns the pattern mirrors previous holidays as thousands of motorists return home and urges strict road safety. State tallies show NSW 19, Victoria 24, Queensland 10, SA 17, WA 8, Tasmania 2 with SA affected by a Mount Gambier collision killing eight.
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Australian Road, Safety Council
Council
McLean
N.S.W
Victoria
Queensland
South Australia
W.A
Tasmania
South Australian
Mount Gambier
Perth Carpenter Charged With Murder Of Girl
A 33 year old married carpenter Mervyn Allan Fallows of Evans Street Shenton Park was charged with the murder of 11 year old Sandra Dorothea Smith. He will appear in Perth Police Court tomorrow morning. The girl was found raped and strangled near North Beach last Thursday by three schoolboys. Police arrested after distributing life sized doll photographs in hopes of locating her movements. A utility truck impounded Thursday is under scientific examination. The three boys reported a man about 30 who saw the body and drove off in a utility. About 300 attended the funeral. the girl’s father Ronald Smith, a Shenton Park truck driver, collapsed at the graveside.
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Perth
Sandra Dorothea Smith
Mervyn Allan Fallows
Evans Street
Shenton Park
North Beach
Ronald Smith
Victorian Storm Havoc Rips Maryborough in Severe Downpour
A Saturday storm struck Maryborough at 3 45 pm with 324 points of rain in 29 minutes, gale winds and hail destroying roofs, fences and trees. One death reported and damage estimated over £200 000. Police assess the disaster as the worst the town has known.
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Ballarat
Maryborough
New Year’s Eve Heat Tops December Temperatures
The weather office recorded 88.3 degrees on New Year’s Eve, the hottest December day yet, though still below the month’s extreme highs. The day was hot and humid with temperatures slipping from 79 degrees between 11 am and 3 pm. A Canberra rainstorm brought 10 points at 2 pm.
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Canberra
Soviet Premier Offers to Bury Hatchet Over U-2 Incident
London report cites Moscow radio as Khrushchev proposes burying the U-2 spat with the United States and suggests no UN General Assembly discussion, hoping for a good future after the old President departs.
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London
Rashchev
United States
Moscow
Associated Press
United Nations General Assembly
Father Rescues Son From River Drowning
In Canberra a family outing ends with a father swimming roughly 200 yards to reach his son Terry after a strong current pulled him under. The father and bystanders performed resuscitation, reviving Terry within 30 minutes before he was hospitalised in satisfactory condition.
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Ibank
Terry
Canberra
Man Killed When Bus Capsizes in Queensland Road Crash
A bus carrying 19 people to a Highland gathering capsized on Mackay Proserpine Road, killing James Alexander Ewen of Maclay and injuring 10 others. Margaret Ann Everett, pinned by the arm, was rushed to hospital in serious condition after rescuers used a torch to free passengers. The bus overturned three times and rested against a tree.
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Brisbane
Mackay-Proserpine
James Alexander Ewen
Maclay
Margaret Ann Everett
Stampede Kills Ten Children in Matsuo School Crush
In Matsuo village near Tokyo a stampede during a film viewing event kills ten children and injures many as about 2,000 pupils crowd a stairway at the school. Authorities investigate causes while mourning the tragedy.
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Tokyo
Matsuo
Seven Hurt In Traffic Accidents In Canberra
Seven people were injured in traffic incidents over the weekend in Canberra three seriously. A collision at Wentworth and Telopea Park Avenue left four hurt with two admitted for chest and head injuries while others suffered cuts and shock. A blowout on the Federal Highway near Collister sent a mother and daughter to hospital and home. Noeleen Byrne fell from a bicycle at Quandong and Miller streets and was taken to hospital with a broken pelvis and shock. All reported in satisfactory condition later.
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Canberra
Wentworth
Telopea Park Avenue
Helena Immonen
Bonney Street
Ainslie
Canberra Community Hospital
Canberra Ambulance
Immonen
Collester
C. Slocum
M. Slocum
Wise Street
Braddon
Goulburn Hospital
Noeleen Anne Byrne
Todd Street
O'Connor
Quandong and
Miller Streets
Road death toll rises in New South Wales
A man died at Dorrigo District Hospital last night, bringing New South Wales road toll for the year to 977. Frank Sidney Heaghney, 5, of West Dorrigo, suffered severe head injuries when his track overturned on Friday after climbing an embankment. His children Colleen 20 and Phillip 13 escaped injury.
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Sydney
Dorrigo District Hospital
N.S.W
Frank Sidney Heaghney
West Dorrigo
Heaghney
Colleen
Phillip
All Bran Ad Claims Regularity Benefits
A vintage print ad touts All Bran as tasty and helps regularity. It promises freedom from headaches and discomfort through natural health. The copy emphasizes daily routines and natural benefits.
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Havana
Voice
Pia Hd
Charm Charvasira
Duang Dardarananda
Melbourne
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Mr. T. Bennett
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Kellogg (Aust) Pty. Ltd
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