Laos Crisis Warns Against Hasty Military Action
The Canberra Times argues that Laos danger lies in quick military intervention and urges peaceful paths. It supports UN arbitration and a revived Supervisor Control Commission to neutralise Laos and withdraw military aid to Laotian rebels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laos
South-East Asia
Pathet Lao
United Nations
SEATO
Australia
Security Council
Supervisor Control Commission
India
Russia
Britain
Year 1960 Africa faces rapid decolonization and upheaval
The article surveys Africa's 1960 independence wave as Britain France and Belgium withdraw, Nigeria Ghana and Sierra Leone gain freedom, and new federations form. It warns of Congo violence and rising Cold War pressures, while Soviet influence grows and South Africa remains entrenched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
France
Belgium
Africa
United States
China
India
Pakistan
Congo
West
Equatorial Africa
Federation of
Nigeria
British Somaliland
Somalia
Kenya
Uganda
Tanganyika
British Cameroons
Zanzibar
Gambia
Sierra Leone
Comet Threat Said To Endanger Earth In Future Hit
New York AP reports Nobel chemist Harold Urey at Scripps Oceanography warned a stray comet could strike Earth with the energy of 100 million A bombs. He described wide possible impact zones and noted potential for six months warning through orbital calculations.
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New York
Associated Press
United States
Canada
Russia
Harold Urey
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
la Jolla
Cahoma
Urey
Moon
Earth
Ito
Dr. Urey
Australian Agricultural Economics Society to hold fifth conference
The Australian Agricultural Economics Society will hold its Fifth Annual Conference in Canberra on February 15 16 and 17. President Professor J N Lewis outlined papers on surpluses for development balance of payments pastoral resource allocation and more with contributors from Commonwealth and international bodies. Secretary C P Dowsett announced Rural Bank of New South Wales as contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australian Agricultural Economics Society
Canberra
J. N. Lewis
Faculty of Agricultural Economics
University of New England
Messrs. E. S. Hoffman
Commonwealth Department of Primary Industry
J. H. Boulware
U.S
A. R. Johnston
Farmers and Settlers’ Association
J. L. Hume
Commonwealth Bureau of Agricultural Economics
J. H. Daley
University of Sydney
K. L. Kinsman
Bankers' Association appoints new chairman in Sydney
Mr. Ernest Farrar the General Manager of the Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited succeeds Mr. R. W. R. Johnston as chair man of the Australian Bankers' Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bankers’ Association
Ernest Farrar
Commercial Banking Company of Sydney Limited
R. W. R. Johnston
Australian Bankers’ Association
Vic and Tas Governors Arrive at Admiralty House Sydney
His Excellency the Governor of Victoria and Lady Brooks and His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania and The Lady Rowallan arrived at Admiralty House Sydney yesterday while the Governor of Queensland and Lady Abel Smith have left Admiralty House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Lady Brooks
Tasmania
Lady Rowallan
Admiralty House
Sydney
Queensland
Abel Smith
Goa and Goa, a clash of rule and longing
A detailed portrait of Goa under Portuguese rule with Governor-General Vassalo e Silva defending colonial authority while Indian leaders push for incorporation into India. The piece contrasts Goan life, local attitudes, and rising agitation led by a Goa National Congress as Nehru signals eventual liberation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goa
Portugal
Manuel Antonio Vassalo Silva
Hawaii
United States
India
Ito India
Vassalo E Silva
Nehru
National Union
Bombay
National Congress
Prosperity In 1960 Across Far East Despite Unrest
A regional overview notes Japan leads growth with a 7.3 percent 1960 expansion and a £697 million foreign-currency reserve. South Korea stabilizes post April revolution with rising industrial output. The Philippines shows modest gains amid unemployment and policy shifts. Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia, Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos each face varied reforms, aid reliance, and political tensions shaping 1960 prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Asia
Laos
Hayato Ikeda
Economic Planning Agency
South Korea
Syngman Rhee
Seoul
Philippines
Singapore
South East Asia
Burma
Thailand
Vietnam
U.S
Cambodia
Prince Sihanouk
Slow Start in Russia's Money Change
Moscow reports a slow start to the Soviet currency reform as the one new rouble replaces ten old ones. Exchange points closed for New Year. scarce kopeks and roubles limit transactions. The new rate sets 90 kopeks per dollar and a heavy rouble worth ten old roubles, signaling internal devaluation even as sterling rates show 2.52 roubles per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
P.reuter
U.S
Soviet Union
Rioters Kill Two in Northern Rhodesia Beer Hall Incident
A riot at a copper mine beer hall left two Africans dead and 17 injured as police opened fire. Police arrested 32 Africans amid the unrest reported Monday by AAP Reuters.
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Luanshya
Northern Rhodesia
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Mali
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