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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 08, 1962
Page
8
A fragmented account from the 30 Day Seventh Day Adventist observance describes dedicated participants. It mentions a daily 48 second prayer motif, constant service, and individuals such as a mother, a man, a woman with marital issues, an office girl, and a businessman linked to a 440221 figure. Peter Bivedwald exits the service in a gas plan context.
US rocket expert Dr. Wernher von Braun forecast a new space program with a Sun-surnamed team heading to the Moon aboard a supersonic Satur rocket the -5. He spoke in Sydney after arriving from the United States detailing defence limits against nuclear rockets and the impossibility of defending vast continents.
Four road fatalities were recorded today including Mrs Angelica Antasson, 62, of North Minty, killed after a head on collision at Concord. Jean Radcliffe, 20, of Quirindi, died on Windsor Road near Singleton. Wendy Shutton, 19, of Dungog, perished when a car left the road near Mallin. Tene Corcoran, wife of Bert Corcoran, died in a Pacific Highway crash near Wyong. No further deaths linked to Jenolan Caves crash.
Four people drowned on Victorian beaches over the weekend. A five year old Heatherton boy died in the Feldon Weir raft accident, a 44 year old Armadale man drowned at an unpatrolled Torquay beach, a Torquay skindiver failed to surface from rocks, and an eight year old girl was found drowned in the Anglesea River.
Frank Levine of Hillside Hostel appeared in the Court of Petty Sessions on Saturday facing two counts of stealing and one of being found on property without lawful excuse. Police alleged he was found in a hut at Matwala House early Saturday. He was charged with unlawful possession of goods and stealing petrol and money on January 5. Mr J D Button SM remanded Levine on bail of £35 today.
Sydney reports quote from Neville Langford-Smith reflecting on white settlers in Kenya. He notes some are feudal but may adapt with goodwill, and says fear is of no effective government rather than black rule. He cites numbers of Europeans and land hunger as context for Kenya's unstable politics.
The U.S. Army sharply reduced February and March draft calls to 8,000 and 6,000 despite President Kennedy ordering two more regular divisions. The January summons totaled 15,900. The Army attributed the cut to a stronger volunteer flow.
A weekend crash on the Joulbury Valley Highway north of Numurkah left four young men dead. Police say one car returned from a 21st birthday party and collided with another, two cars badly damaged. Victims include Bran Anthony Mal 160 line road deaths bere 23, James Anthony Bi patrick 23 Tocurywal Street Numurkah, Robert Why Breen 23 Saxton Street Nunarkat, John Frederick Ryan 2 Darlington Polina NSW. One survivor, William Edward Robinson 23 Namurkah, hospitalized with concussion and head injuries. A separate incident near Warrnambool on the Princess Highway killed Patrick Anthony Kelly 24 when his car struck a concrete pylon at Cudgee Creek Bridge. Horst Weinsteller 24 died in a separate collision on the Hume Highway south of Wanearania.
A chaotic report of beaches at Sydney area including Bronig Cronulla Murly where seven rescues occurred, blue bottles stinging many at Manly Dee Why Cronulla Freshwater Coogee and others, with 3000 spectators at Freshwater carnival and a saver noting a poor surfing summer.
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