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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 15, 1957
Page
3
Street occupant was convicted after police sighted Mr F C P Keane Greer and another man outside Hotel Kingston on January 11. Officers warned them not to drive the vehicle they stood near. They returned to the hotel and later were seen driving erratically along Canberra Avenue before being stopped.
Interior decor plan outlined by a committee in London to set up a bag and training area remains unclear with missing specifics on venue dates or exact designs. Further briefing pending.
United States delegate Lodge signals support for international missile controls. President Eisenhower outlined disarmament aims in a State of the Union preview. Western diplomats note United States, Britain, and France may pursue binding limits on ballistic missiles and on inspections as part of broader talks with the Soviet Union.
Albury rival Roy Scholz stunned top seed Don Melilwain in the second round of the 1957 country tennis carnival men's singles, winning 9-7 6-3 as crowds watched in Sydney. Other results listed include K Searson beating R Rose and J Cooper defeating Ky Resteoss in earlier rounds.
Reports from Warsaw say Nikita Khrushchev narrowly survived a party vote at a five day meeting. Communist sources indicate Molotov, recently named Minister of State Control, lost influence in the discussion and party leadership.
Police in Rabaul search for a knife they say was used to kill 17 year old Carol Wright and her 23 year old Chinese sweetheart Daniel Ne on Saturday. Officers probe five soil and hair samples for scientific tests as harbor ships are checked for clues.
Belfast report of a cross border Mass by James Marron parish priest of Clones in Ghadrumace village calling for removal of the border so Irish people can live in peace and end disturbances caused by England.
GLADWIN Monday A A P A 20 year old bridegroom of less than eight hours was shot to death in his sleep by his former husband age 82. The bride fled through a window and ran to a neighbor’s house. Sheriff Victor Edick said Lidster planned to shoot the former wife too but she escaped unharmed. Lidster expressed little remorse stating he would probably think twice if given another chance, while the sheriff noted she was not sorry.
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