Five Presumed Drowned In Boat Fatality On Lake George
A Canberra alarm reported at 8.30 p m signaled a fatal boating accident on Lake George. Police from four districts and Royal Military College sailors searched the choppy waters through the night for five people including Fr L Reynolds and Mr Lynch. Despite two Army ducks and shore volunteers using searchlights, no sign of the boat or missing occupants was found by 2 a m. The inquiry noted a possible aerial search by the R A A F if sunrise failed to reveal progress.
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Father Reynolds
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Drownings Claim Four Lives Across Harden Bendigo
Four people drowned in separate incidents across Harden and Bendigo regions. Edgell, 28, of Murrumburrah, slipped from an inflated tube in eight feet of water near Harden station during a bath at a dam. Kevin Apps tried to help. John Brian Bartlett, 22, of Albury, vanished while swimming with brothers at Bowna pool. his body recovered in 12 feet of water about 50 yards from the bank. Sydney Smith, 63, of Stockton, drowned when a dinghy capsized at Lake Macquarie. other occupants were rescued after an hour in the water. In Eaglehawk, a nine-year-old boy Robert John Smith of Burnside Street drowned in the Eaglehawk baths after his brother reported the accident on returning home.
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Kevin Apps
Harden
John Brian Bartlett
Garden Street
Albury
Bowna
Hume Weir
Robert
Peter Bartlett
John
Lake Macquarie
Sydney Smith
Stockton
Smith
Erly
Bendigo
Eaglehawk
Robert John Smith
Burnside Street
Fatal Highway Collision in Bear Goulburn
Sydney reported a fatal highway crash at the Hume and Federal Highways junction in Bear Goulburn. A panel van struck a semi-trailer, killing Mrs Whitelaw of Caringbah and injuring her husband Charles Whitelaw, who is in hospital for observation. The semi-trailer driver Michael Gagsiero of Enworthville was unhurt.
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Whitelaw
Ca Warra Road
Caringbah
Charles Edward Whitelaw
Goulburn Base Hospital
Michael Gagsiero
Antworthville Road
Entworthville
Four Killed On Victorian Roads
Melbourne reports four deaths on Victorian roads over the weekend. A three car crash at Wellington and Springvale Roads in Mulgrave left a 54 year old Norma May ersman of Oakdale Road Caulfield dead and five others hospitalized. A fatality at Calder Highway near Macedon killed George Johnson, 8, of Abbotsford when a car struck a tree.
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Victorian
Wellington
Springvale
Mul- Brive
Norma Mayersman
Oakdale
Caulfield
Alfred Spital
Calder Highway
Macedon
George Johnson
Abbotsford
Two R.A.A.F. Men In Air Crash Near Darwin
Two R.A.A.F. personnel escaped serious injury when a Tiger Moth crashed nose first into the ground at the R.A.A.F. quarry 45 miles from Darwin. Pilot Leslie Raymond Roberts, 23, of Caringbah Sydney, fractured spine without complications and facial lacerations. Lac Donald Karnatz, of Kergunyah via Wodonga, sustained facial lacerations and a left ankle injury.
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R.A.A.F
Leslie Raymond Roberts
Caringbah
Sydney
Lac
Donald Karnatz
Kergunyah
Wodonga
Roberts
Karnatz
Reception for Women Graduates in Canberra Dinner
Guests at a Canberra Association of Women Graduates buffet for Australian Federation Conference delegates include Mrs R M Wardell, president. Miss Masters, head mistress. Mrs A Mackenzie, national treasurer. Miss K T Baddams, national secretary. and Dr L Lloyd-Green, national president, photographed left to right.
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Canberra Association of Women
R. M. Wardell
Canberra Association
Masters
Girls’ Grammar School
A. Mackenzie
K. T. Baddams
L. Lloyd- Green
Macmillan Pushes Talks Before Heads Of State
Prime Minister Macmillan backs foreign ministers talks ahead of a wider summit. He cites Marshal Bulganin's offer of a conference within months to discuss specific proposals easing tensions. Bulganin also welcomes a non aggression pact, while Macmillan favors a small summit with a clear agenda and notes past Geneva conferences lacked one.
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Eisenhower
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Russia
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Geneva
Eisenhower Seeks Disarmament Talks With Soviets
Administration officials said the president would respond to Premier Bulganin within 48 hours, aligning with NATO replies that keep a door open to an East West summit. Former Canadian minister Pearson urged thorough diplomacy rather than an immediate summit, while NATO sources said Western replies outlining counter proposals would go to Bulganin next week from Britain the U S France and Belgium with no firm talks timetable.
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Eisenhower
Russia
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Kremlin
NATO
New York
Pearson
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NATO Council
Paris
Marshal Bulganin
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U.S.A
France
Belgium
Atlantic
Burgess Hints Return From Moscow to England
Guy Burgess, the former British diplomat who defected with Donald Maclean, reportedly wishes to return to England. Michael Ingrams, a TV commentator, said Burgess hopes to meet British visitors and asks if he would be accepted. Burgess works as a translator and lives comfortably while Maclean has cut ties, now speaking only Russian as he uses the name Fraser.
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A.A.P
Guy Burgess
Moscow
Donald Maclean
Michael Ingrams
Russia
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People
Ingrams
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Ensiana
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Maclean
Fraser
Macmillan Arrives in Karachi on Commonwealth Tour
British Prime Minister Mr. Macmillan arrived in Karachi today from New Delhi on the second leg of his five country Commonwealth tour.
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Karachi
A.a.p.reuter
Mr. Macmillan
New Delhi
Big Cut in U K Arms Reported
London reports a cabinet approved a 100 million pound cut in Britain arms programme. The Sunday Express notes it is the largest single reduction in cold war defence budgets. Defence Minister Duncan Sandys led the slash including some nuclear savings while conventional forces bear the brunt. Chancellor of the Exchequer Derick Heathcoat Amory began planning a Budget to curb inflation and lift sterling.
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Britain
Sunday Express
Defence
Duncan Sandys
Derick Heathcoat Amory
Soviet Aid to Yemen Discussed by Egyptian Talks
The Soviet Ambassador to Egypt Evgeny Kisselev left Cairo by air with 11 Soviet experts to Yemen for talks with Yemeni officials. The group will study extending Soviet aid to Yemen along the lines of aid given to Syria and Egypt, covering economy and industry sectors.
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Egypt
Evgeny Kisselev
Yemen
Yermient
Syria
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