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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Jan 11, 1962

Page

2

Waltons Plans £5 Million Retail Expansion in Australia

Waltons Ltd announces a £5 million expansion creating new Sydney sites at Parramatta and Bankstown and a Melbourne Bourke Street store. The Parramatta 14 acre site costs approximately £3 million, Bankstown center about £4.5 million, and Melbourne project £1.6 million. Financing talks include sale and leasebacks with an Australian financial institution.

Sydney Australia Waltons Ltd Melbourne Sydney Stock Exchange Parramatta Bankstown Bourke Street Waltons Treadways Ltd Treadways Leas

Trident gives Jet Air lead in first three-engine test flight

Test pilot John Cunningham flew the Trident for 60 minutes. The Daily Mail called the plane exceptional, noting its three engines in the tail and 600 mph cruising speed. BAe orders and international interest hailed, with Princess Margaret aboard during a London Airport visit.

John Cunningham Cunningham Britain Philip Scragg 1 Macclesfield Textile Machinery Company Londo West Indies

Playboy Refuses Immunity Waiver in Trujillo Era Case

A 21 year old international Playboy, once Dominican dictator Trujillo's son in law, refused to sign immunity waivers at the Criminal Courts building. He faced a grand jury about the 1956 disappearance of Dr Jesus De Galindez and the 1955 murder of Sergio Bengosme. Galindez body remains unfound. Bengosme was killed in New York after diplomats immunity removed.

Criminal Courts Rafael True Jillo Jesus de Galindes Sergio Bengosme Trujillo Galindez Bengosme New York Rubirosa Jos Dominican Republic

Five Die In Collision At Fort Hood Army Base

An Army tank and a truck collided at Fort Hood Texas killing five soldiers and injuring many more. Eleven of the twenty two reported serious injuries in the blast and subsequent wreckage.

Fort Hood, Texas

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