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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 02, 1964
Page
1
Extensive air and land searches on the Birdsville Track failed to locate an English migrant family Inet. A Dakota aircraft will resume the search as authorities fear for the family in the waterless, extreme heat area.
Adelaide police report Grave fears for the Page family and their helper Robert believed missing since Christmas Eve after abandoning a 1958 sedan near Pandie Pandie Station. Four wheel drive search parties from Maree and Birdsville scoured the arid stretch, with trackers noting deteriorating conditions along the Birdsville Track and Goyders Lagoon area.
A derailment yesterday damaged forty yards of track on the Ananderrs Mass Vale line near Unanderra and blocked service to Sydney. Repair gangs work under light conditions with ten men today. line expected to reopen by tomorrow.
A cooler spell followed a week of high temperatures with yesterday’s maximum around 78 and the average near 56.6. The forecast calls for today’s conditions to include west winds and a cooler high with a low under 60.
A Wick truck plunged 45 ft crashing into Bailes Creek near Queanbeyan at 8 pm injuring the driver who was trapped. Queanbeyan ambulance treated him then volunteers freed him for transfer to Canberra Hospital at 9:45 pm. He remained in serious condition with hip dislocation and multiple lacerations. Hewitt operated. Driver’s name and relatives notified.
Australian National University scientists abandoned liquid sodium potassium brushes on the homopolar generator used for thermo-nuclear research after a July 1962 incident left a worker injured. Sir Mark Oliphant led the move to solid metal brushes citing safety and morale concerns while noting the project remains valued at over £600,000 and expected to be ready by year’s end.
A chaotic New Year Day saw multiple fatal incidents on state roads. A semi-trailer crashed at Boxers Creek, trapping two in flames. Eagleton street cleaner Hilian Lovell Russell died after being struck on the Hume Highway at Yugoona. Peter Barns, 2, perished in a collision on the Pacific Highway near Grafton. A 24 year old farmer, David Luss, died when his tractor rolled on Gundagai road. Mary Brown, 12, died when her car overturned at West Wallsend.
British moves to Cyprus follow defence chiefs meeting in London. Aldershot alerted, 16th Parachute Brigade HQ noted. Pummps airlift from Colchester to Lynnham to begin. Greek and Turkish Cypriots exchange prisoners amid fires in Nicosia. Duncan Sandys leads brief response. Continued on Page S.
The combined armed services chiefs pledge to tighten defense against Malaysia as tension rises. General Abdul Hiavis Nasulion warns any weakness could invite colonialist attack while Naval Chief Eddy Mariad insta urges vigilance. Air Chief Owuz Dani accuses the US of imperialist aims and tighter control in Southeast Asia. May 3 report.
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