Balloonists reach shore after 1800 mile sea drift in gondola
Britons aboard the balloon Small World landed at Crane Beach near Bridgetown after drifting about 1800 miles at sea following a failed radio, towing by a Barbados fishing boat. The crew 51-year-old skipper A B Biloart and son Timothy 22 and navigator Colin Mudie 32 with wife Rosemary 30 were greeted by thousands. They left Tenerife December 12 heading to the wind propelled cross Atlantic.
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Port OF Spain
Atlantic
Barbadoa
British United Press
West Indies
Hy Sea
Barbadow
Tenerife
A. B. Biloart
Timoothy
Colin Mudie
Rosemary
Crane Beach
Bridgetown
Rosemary Mudie
American Associated Press
Etloart
Mudie
Tim Biloart
Walt Ip
Crane Hotel
Canary
Venezuela
Ig Giameier
Plantic Gonfola
Reus
Yosta’ Brathwaite
Barbados
Brathwaite
Tasid
Elloart
Consolidation of Road Taxes Sought
A NSW government move aims to merge all road taxes into one federal managed levy. Premier Cahill and Transport Minister Enticknap tell a deputation from the Combined Transport Committee that petrol oil registration and other duties would form a single levy. The funds would be distributed by the Commonwealth Government, with a likely federal premiers' conference on February 10.
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Ayoney
Tuowway
Cahill
Wall
Men Des
Trans- Pon
Enticknap
Labour Lound
ALP
Ten Injured In Car Collision At Frenchs Forest
SYDNEY Tuesday ten people including five children were injured when a utility collided at the intersection of Lady Wakehurst Drive and Stonesville Road. George Alfrea Stephenson 37 of Hargreave Park was admitted to Manly Hospital with a probable fractured skull and shock in serious condition. The five children in the back and the driver were thrown to the road as the vehicle overturned. A motorist and another occupant were dragged from the wrecked cabin. Bennett 54 and June 47 of West Richmond Victoria were uninjured.
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George Alfrea Stephenson
Hargreave Park
Manly Hospital
Lady Wakeharat Drive
Stone- Ville Road
Motorteta Fan Ta Sin Tine
Jared
Bennett
June
Weat
Richmond
Victoria
Ave
Soviet Indoesian economic pact builds steel and farming capacity
Antara said the Soviet Union will help set up two steel plants with a capacity of 600000 tons annually and a 100000 ton superphosphate plant under a broad Indo Soviet agreement signed by Indonesian Premier Djuanda and Soviet Ambassador Volkov. The deal also plans 661 km of highways and mechanised rice farming units of 100000 hectares each, with Soviet equipment for the sulphur mine dressing.
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Diakarta
A.A.P
Reuter
Soviet Union
Antara
Djuando
Volkov
Anisra
Giant WWII Bomb Defused Near German Town
The 10 ft bomb found before Christmas near a dam, believed to be the largest in Germany since the war, was defused by two women experts with RAF and Duesseldorf ties. About 120 people evacuated as roads opened for access, with remote control fusing and police lines to the inn headquarters.
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James
RAF
Mutzke
Duesseldorf
Germany
Herr Mitzke
Filight
Waters
Dulles and Mikoyan Meet in Washington for Useful Talks
Soviet First Deputy Premier Anastas Mikoyan and U.S. Secretary of State John Foster Dulles held a 95 minute meeting at the State Department on Berlin and world issues. Both called the exchange friendly and useful as Mikoyan planned further talks with President Eisenhower.
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Washington
A.A.P
Anastas Mikoyan
U.S
Dulles
Berlin
State Department
Mikoyan
Fee
Eisenhower
Herald
United States
Moscow
Menshikov
Porands
Explosion Kills 20 In Istanbul News Building Collapse
An explosion in Istanbul killed 20 people during a lead melting operation at a newspaper office. The blast shattered windows across Babiala Street and collapsed a four story building, injuring many aboard a nearby crowded bus. Rescue teams work amid debris two hours after the event.
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Babiala Street
Intanbul
Fleet Street
American Associated Preay
In Dered
Trawler Hunter Fails to Locate Tug Amid Sea Rescue Efforts
The Eden trawler Hunter reported trouble off the New South Wales coast as a towline snapped from a 40 ton Fremantle tug bound for New Zealand. The unmanned tug drifted helplessly while the Inglis, towing a harbour barge, could not recover the tow. Coastal radio stations monitored the situation as the Hunter searched the area.
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Eden
N.S.W
Ingola
Fremantle
New Zealand
Inglis
Cosatal
Hunter
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Itio
Bearched Reuter
the West Indies
Sir Grantley Adams
Sydney
Const
A. Allmond
G. Grove
Iberra
Olympic Pool
Olympic
Manuka
Indonesia
Mr. Dulles
Mr. Mikoyan
Mr. Menshikov
Istanbul
A.a.p.reuter
Tatanbul
Thea
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