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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 03, 1962
Page
2
The incident occurred near Auden on Lake Nipigon shores as Deborah June Richards left a car outside a school. Police report a Sunday school class cancellation due to New Year’s decoration work and note the girl was attacked while walking home.
Mr. Allen Newman the Australian diesel mechanic at Mawson Antarctic Base is seriously ill after a cerebral haemorrhage. He will be flown to Sydney by Russian IL-18 aircraft via Christchurch and Sydney within about a fortnight under joint Australian and Soviet medical care.
Government sources confirm completed arrangements between Australian and Russian authorities. Mr Newman and Dr Pardoe were moved from Mawson to the Mirny base as part of the exchange or transfer process.
Phoebe the hippopotamus at the Bronx Zoo in New York gave birth to the first New Year baby yesterday. This marks Phoebe and mate Peter the Second's third calf together, continuing the zoo’s line of hippo births.
Acting Captain Neil E. McDonald rises to Captain after serving as Director of Tactics at Navy Office Canberra. Ian M. Burnside becomes Commander, while John O D Stevens and Peter J. Hutson gain Commander ranks and take key posts aboard H M A S Melbourne and H M A S Swan respectively. Aidan F. Lade advances to Commander overseeing Officer Appointments at Navy Office.
Police report a series of high value losses during the holiday period. The New Year Eve heist at a Forbes family jeweller yielded a potential multi million dollar figure, with other strikes on Xavier Cugat's New York flat and Bobby Ryder's Hollywood hotel room. Miami island estate burglaries also feature, with losses described as hundreds of thousands of dollars.
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