Australia Rejects Indonesia Java Sea Sovereignty Claim
Australia will not recognize Indonesia’s assertion of sovereignty over the high seas around the archipelago and will not be bound by the declaration. The United States also reportedly rejects Indonesia’s 12 mile territorial claim and will keep ships and aircraft to international three mile waters.
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Australia
Java Sea
Australi
Casey
Djakarta
McIntyre
Indonesia
Indomsién Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Susan Ereereeere
Anpannan
U.S
Reuter
Washington
United States
State Department
Bomarc Ramjet Guided Missile Air Tested By U S Air Force
The U S Air Force test launched a Boeing Bomarc ramjet guided missile from Cape Canaveral. The weapon, about 47 feet long with an 18 foot wingspan, rose vertically and then leveled off as twin ramjet engines ignited.
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U.S
Miami
P.reuter
Air Force
Cape Canaveral Test Centre
Monk Confers With Coal Union Officials
ACTU president A E Monk held talks with coal union leaders on aims to be adopted at the January talks with employers. Monk will return to Britain January 28 to attend a representatives meeting. Coal owners will reply to union claims including wage and automation elements in the cost of the industry.
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ACTU
A. E. Monk
Sclala
Clee
Monke
Bimney
Antony
Scientists say US space effort stuck on V2 path
Australian Communist leaders R. Dixon and L. L. Sharkey return from Moscow and Peking claiming Soviet scientists say the United States must abandon the V2 line and develop a new fuel system to advance space travel. They note the USSR started from scratch and that more and better Sputniks would soon be launched.
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Sydney
Weanesany
United States
Hitler
Australia
Russia
China
Australian Communist Party
R. Dixon
L. L. Sharkey
U.S.S.R
Earl ' Mesgra
Dixon
Sharkey
Moscow
Peking
Spectacular Fire At Rockhampton
A massive daytime blaze at Rockhampton gutted a two storey warehouse owned by the New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co Ltd. Explosions hurled gas cylinders and debris as ammonia cylinders groceries and cattle feed fed the flames. Firemen battled the inferno as onlookers fled the scene.
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Brisbane
Rockhampton
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Co. Ltd
Conral
Outlaws Raid Police Station in Northern Ireland
Raiders of the outlawed Irish Republican Army attacked Swatragh police station in County Londonderry firing Bren and Sten guns and rifles. A special constable was wounded in the leg and hospitalized. The raiders fled after returning heavy fire from the station sergeant and other officers.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
P.reuter
Irish Republican Army
Swatragh
Londonderry
Lr.a
Ireland
Canberra Technical College urged to replace iron buildings
Canberra Technical College faces a push from the Advisory Council to replace its corrugated iron blocks with permanent construction. Enrolments reached 1,700 last year and are expected to rise in 1958. The practical rooms include electrical shops built for 10 students but used by 15, with sections for plumbers painters and welding.
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Canberra Technical College
Advisory Council
SCCN
Search of Lake Continues After Drowning Tragedy
Bungendore, Collector and Goulburn police patrol Lake George foreshore for the three missing bodies from Sunday drowning. RAAF aircraft and other planes monitor the lake while Army ducks withdraw. Victims include John Lestie Lynch and Bren da Lynch of Queanbeyan and Rae Leanel of Numeralla. Christine Lynch and her mother Hope Lynch were buried in Canberra after a service at St. Raph ael's Queanbeyan. Barry Lynch, 13, attended the services as the sole surviving family member.
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Bungendore
Collector
Goulburn
Lake George
RAAF
R.A.P
Fairpainn
John Lestie Lynch
Brenda
Queanbeyan
Rae Leanel
Numeralla
Hope Lynch
Christine
Canberra
St. Raphael's Church
Quean
Lynch
Barry
Father Reynolds
Father Green
Fuchs Reluctant To Reveal Parties Position
Reports from Scott Base indicate disarray over the polar expedition with British, American, and Japanese teams in extended travel. A sledge meter shows 105 miles to the Pole with January 18 target, while Japan weighs cutbacks under the IGY program and funding strains grow in London.
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Fuchs
McKenzie
Hts
Jeter
Japn
South Pole
McMurdo Sound
Tokyo
Japan
Lutzowholm
Labour Council Backs Apprentices Wage Protest
The A C T Trades and Labour Council unanimously endorsed the wage increase drive by apprentices and instructed the disputes committee to aid their battle for wage justice. It called for a meeting of apprentices parents and vowed safety regulation enforcement on ACT jobs through union action.
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A.C.T. Trades and Labour Council
A.C.T
A.C. Or
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Lincoln White
Monk
National Capital's Technical College
Lur
Ross Sea Committee
Douglas McKenzie
Scott Base
Dr. Fuchs
South Ice
Pole
London
The
Star
Antactica
Edmund Hil
Labour Council
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