Canberra Denial on Espionage Report
London sourced notes claim spys posing as migrants may target Australia and other Commonwealth nations. An Immigration Department spokesman said no such reports or evidence exist and screening has tightened since the 1950s. there is acknowledgment of imperfect screening and possible deportations without publicity. Scotland Yard detectives also probed private accounts in a high profile spy case.
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Australia
Britain
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Special Branch
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Daily Mirror
Portrait Plaque Vandalism Alarm at Parliament House
Parliament House attendants tightened security after discovery of an attempted removal of a portrait nameplate in King’s Hall gallery. Three of four screws securing the brass plate were found missing on the frame. The plate was taken to Housekeep for secure replacement this week. the portrait honors late Senator Thomas Givens of Western Australia, former Senate President.
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King's Hall Gallery
Esterday
Thomas Givens
Western Australia
Senate
Riot in Liege Pauses Citywide Austerity Clash
Demonstrators clash with police in Liege as stones and cobblestones are used as missiles in a violent confrontation tied to a government austerity bill. Tear gas dispersals follow as roughly sixty people are reported injured, most of them police.
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Liege
Belgium
Nixon Named Goodwill Man of 1960
Cardinal Richard Cushing of Boston named Richard Nixon as the Goodwill Man of 1960 at a Baltimore Advertising Club event. Cushing praised Nixon for his conduct after the close national election, calling his performance in defeat magnificent.
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Boston
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Century-old Orkney Herald prints its last issue
London reporters note the Orkney Herald, which marked a century of publication last year, issued its final edition yesterday, ending a long-running local newspaper run. The paper's closure closes a chapter in Orkney’s press history.
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London
Orkney Herald
Dangerous Year of Childhood Report Highlights 4 to 5
The British Home Office report cited by the Daily Sketch says the danger year for a child is between four and five. Socially disturbed children at this age may manipulate social situations and could turn to crime later. Children born 1935 through 1942 showed the worst record over seven years.
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London
Home Office
Daily Sketch
Secret Talks Fail To End Belgian Strike
A new conference of public safety may be called as government opposition and unions seek a settlement. Scuffles at Mons and a rise in returns to work were reported. In Liege trade union leaders urged party solidarity and a total general strike despite negotiations. Parliament adopted a socialist premier’s austerity bill amendment with one dissenting Communist. Government employment committee backed Van Acker’s compromise on unemployment benefits.
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M. Achille ‘van Acker
M. van Acker
London Talks On Australasian Petroleum Plans
Talks among Australian American and British partners in the Australasian Petroleum Company in London were adjourned until tomorrow to discuss future development in Papua New Guinea. A British Petroleum spokesman declined to comment on the lines the discussions were taking. The company was formed to explore oil possibilities in Papua New Guinea.
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London
A.a.p.reuter
Australasian Petroleum Company
Papua
British Petroleum
Australasian Petroleum
Papua New Guinea
Laos Air Raids Spur Western Warning and Contested Plan
The AP reports Laos saw its first air raid in six years as pro Western Premier Boun Oum’s forces used U.S. supplied T6 planes armed with rockets and bombs. Laotian officials warned Russia to halt airlifts supplying pro-Communist rebels, while leaders discussed a 14 nation Laos conference with Krushchev De Gaulle and Ho Chi Minh cited as accepting.
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Hanoi
Hong Kong
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Norodom Sihanouk
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Ho Chi Ninh
Washington
Al-phan
France
United Press
Herter
Britain
London
New Delhi
Grateful Clients A Faxes A Grateful Client’s Rise
Happy built a diverse international clientele with Australians, New Zealanders, Hong Kongers, Canadians, and Britons before he started his taxi business in 1953. He earned fame for taking special care of his clients and earned a reputation for reliability and personal service.
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Australia
New Zealand
Hong Kong
Canada
Great Britain
Death Clothes Inquiry Opens Inquest Details
The inquest into Dr. Yeatess death at his Vaucluse home resumes next Tuesday after examinations of clothing and documents. Barristers for Dr. Hedberg, a coroner, and police witnesses described forensic steps and upcoming testimony by nine witnesses including Dr. Hedberg and Dr. Yeatess widow Mrs Diana Yeates. The coroner noted evidence suggesting murder with a puncture wound and abnormally high adrenaline found in the doctors heart.
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Central Court
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P. L. Kenny
D. G. Stewart
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Allen Clarke
Central Police Station
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Rodgers
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