15 Jan 1958
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jan 15, 1958
Page
1
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President Eisenhower sent the budget to Congress with a forecast of a balanced year and defense spending totaling 39.779 billion dollars. Senators Cannon Byrd and others questioned revenue sufficiency and warned the plan could risk deficits while military allocations favored missiles and air power.
A 25 year old woman, Pamela Reade-Watts, thwarted an armed man’s robbery attempt by pushing him down stairs. Her father, David Reade-Watts, theatre manager, rushed from the foyer to grapple with the gunman who fled into the street.
The Permanent Central Opium Board calls for urgent use sites to combat cannabis addiction known as fittuana hashish or weed hemp, stating it is present in every country. The report underscores the global spread of cannabis use and the need for action.
A deadly antibiotic resistant staphylococcal germ linked to the Asian influenza outbreak hits four U K hospitals. Several babies among new victims, with figures not disclosed. The germ can kill within 24 hours and caused many deaths in Australia last year. In Lincoln Eastern England Dr L McWilliam said 118 victims from last year’s epidemic may have died from the germ.
Police in Victoria and New South Wales traced three prisoners who fled Emu Plains Prison Farm after skipping afternoon roll call. The escapees Kevin Johnson 20, serving 21 months for stolen property, Eric Mitchell 19, 18 months for breaking his bond, and another man were believed headed toward Sydney or Melbourne.
Apprentices in the Australian Capital Territory held a mass meeting at the Trades Hall in Canberra to urge wage increases and demand a round-table conference with the Minister for the Interior and the Minister for Labour. They criticized the rejection of the ACT Apprenticeship Board recommendations and urged government intervention, planning a petition to Prime Minister Menzies and possible arbitration hearings.
Rotarian speaker Mr. P. J. Clarey MH.A. urged friendship with neighboring nations to preserve Australia. He discussed his China visit noting centuries of peace, a democratic dictatorship claim he challenges, and significant government reforms spurring social and industrial development toward a large secondary industry nation.
Wind and waves stop the Army and RAAF search for three missing Lynch family members who disappeared after a 6ft surf. The bodies of John Leslie Lynch Brenda Rae Lee Koppmann are sought as rough seas persist. Funeral plans for Mrs Hope and Christine are set in Queanbeyan with burial in Canberra Cemetery. Thirty one drownings have occurred in New South Wales since December.
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