09 Jan 1957
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 09, 1957
Page
1
A garbled OCR fragment mentions an ALG related incident and an alleged attack case. Names, places, and dates are unreadable, but the brief suggests a legal or security matter tied to an event described in sparse, unclear text. No clear outcomes or involved entities can be confirmed.
Mobilisation orders issued as Yemen reports state of war with British units in Aden. Air raids claimed by Yemen on towns and British troops reportedly engaged near Aden port area amid rising tensions and uncertain fronts.
A long stand off between Britain’s protectorate and the Arab Kingdom of Yemen resurfaces over border disputes. Yemen accuses Britain of crossing its frontiers and destroying British vessels and tanks, while Britain and allied observers say Yemeni reports exaggerate losses. The Yemen claims UK aims to occupy frontier regions amid tensions in the Aden area and southern Arabian peninsula.
Hungarian rebel partisans have intensified actions following the Russian imposed regime of Janos Kadar. Clashes with Red Army troops rose mainly around Pecs near the Yugoslav border and in the Buda countryside. Refugees report hundreds of people fleeing toward Austria amid mounting unrest.
Mr Bol Smith, chairman of Ao Ei Goodwins Ltd, states replacement of steam locomotives with diesel electric units by Australian Railways is inevitable in the next few years. He adds the government cannot endure annual railway deficits and diesel locomotion would end them.
A fishing trawler ran aground near Newport Besch on Thursday and remains wedged on a reef. Heavy seas pushed the vessel about ten yards off the head, with the crew scrambling to safety as rescuers attend the scene and assess salvage prospects.
The State Department said it urged Hungary to free immediately a United States woman photographer who disappeared last month and was said to be held in a Hungarian prison.
In a hearing before a Foreign Affairs subcommittee Mr Dulles argued rapid congressional approval of the presidents Middle East aid plan would signal the uS will deploy economic and military power to defend allied states against Communist aggression He warned delays could embolden Communist tactics and undermine Western resolve James Richards a former South Carolina congressman was named Eisenhowers special assistant on Middle Eastern affairs to lead a mission to urge Arab states to back the proposals.
A major bush fire in western New South Wales burns along a 130 mile front. Strong southerly winds push the blaze toward the Queensland border near Wanaaring. About 150 men, aided by three graders from Bourke, battle the flames as authorities estimate millions of acres burned and several outbreaks controlled around Brewarrina and the Daring River area near Mildura.
French security troops backed by aircraft and helicopters struck an insurgent band at Ely Arrongt in Constantine province, sustaining heavy casualties. In Tablat near Algiers, troops seized 20 prisoners after clashes. An Algiers Oran passenger train derailment near Miliana caused no casualties.
Scientists at the French Atomic Energy Commission report a partial antidote to radiation effects using certain resins. A study cited dosing rats with strontium 90 and showed a high degree of protection from radiation.
Sydney reports 8000 ton freighter San Antonio aground on a New Caledonia reef and breaking up. Captain and crew rescued by French naval vessel Vi cin. Water pours through a hull hole as the ship, once Glenroy Curonia and Eve, now San Antonio, drifts to destruction.
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