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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Jan 19, 1961

Page

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Closure of NSW BHP steelworks faces weekend shutdown

Newcastle workers’ strike over 14 union delegates halts BHP steelmaking. 6500 workers may be laid off with full production to resume after about six weeks. Industrial Commission hearings set for Monday. unions plan compulsory conference in open court.

Newcastle State Industrial Commission B.h.p’s Sydney Buelp Eelp Allied Steelworks General Steel Justice Kelleher Ald Purdue Federated Lianworkers’ Union Industrial Commission Iney Commission

Laos Conflict Escalates as USA Denies Luftlift Weapons

Western officials warned of grave consequences over supplied American planes to the Laotian government against Communist forces. The State Department demanded Moscow halt airlift of arms to Pathet Lao, while Laos reports say government troops face defeats in Xieng Khouang and lost Vang Vieng airport but remain entrenched in the town itself.

Bot State and Defense Departments Aee U.S State Department Soviet Union Laos Taos Lincoln White Ravat Lave Traversimen Sauvinna Phouma I Laos Xieng Khouang B.U.P Plain of Jars Pathet Lay Vang Vieng

The Last Man Davidson Dismissed After Show

Report notes Davidson was dismissed after the show with references to a West Ine death and an offer image and spry phrase, as listed in page 2h.

Davidson

Questioning Of Wife Doctor Challenged At Yeates Inquest

Barristers clashed over police probing private lives at the Yeates inquest into the death of Dr James Macrae Yeates. Sgt Waining urged questioning Mrs Yeates to counter rumours, while Mr Rodgers claimed strong evidence of murder or manslaughter exists and the hearing adjourned after Mrs Yeates and Dr Hedberg gave testimony.

Yeates Heaperg Sgt. Waining Macquarie Short Rodgers PB. J. Barry Hedberg Mr. Rodgers Murdyr

Eisenhower Warns US Faces Difficult Future

Washington Wednesday President Eisenhower warned Americans about crises ahead and urged caution against costly military and arms industry solutions. He cautioned against a powerful military–industrial complex and warned against bureaucratic and political domination by money and federal employment. The Times reports Clinton’s Congo worries and Kennedy advisers urging quick action to address the situation there.

Washington U.S Eisenhower T.V Eisenhowerer Congo United Nations New York Times Kennedy Unite Nations Xasavubu Toross Lumumba

War Leader Joseph Bradley Dies at 60 in Washington

Major-General Joseph Bradley, a top U.S. commander in the New Guinea Campaign of World War I, died yesterday at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington after a long illness. He was 60.

U.S. New Guinea Washington Joseph Bradley New Guinea Wailer Reeds Hospital Élqess

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