Soekarno Seizes Control Amid Cabinet Shakeup in Indonesia
Dr Soekarno assumed authority from the Djuanda Cabinet in a brief Merdeka Palace ceremony. The army is expected to guide the new cabinet, with Nasution possibly joining. An order to preserve law and order and suppress political activity across Indonesia was reinforced.
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Iverse
Soekarno
Djnanda
Djuanda
Iyan
Sockarno
Merdeka
Freedom
Suu
Genera Nusution
Nasution
Indonesia
Antara
Hariong
No Embassy Changes Expected for Indonesian Representation
Indonesian representation overseas will not be affected by Indonesia's return to the 1945 revolutionary constitution. The Press Watcher for the Indonesian Embassy in Canberra said changes in embassy staff size would be routine with no changes whatsoever.
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Indonesia
Canberra
T. Aumadi
Move To Block N G Tax Bills Dismissed
The Supreme Court rejected an application to block two Papuan New Guinea taxation bills from passing by a majority decision. It held the Legislative Council could validly proceed and that costs should be taxed. The ruling cited valid council formation and questioned power to set up a taxation regime under Commonwealth laws.
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Port Moresby
Supreme Court
Justice Kelly
Commonwealth
Papua and
New Guinea
Israeli Premier Resigns Over Rebel Ministers Crisis
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion resigns after four coalition ministers vote against his policy to sell £1 million in arms to West Germany. Critics within his party disrupted the cabinet as he heads to a desert retreat, with an acting premier to lead a caretaker government until November elections.
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Ben Gurion
West Germany
Mordecai Rentov
Esrael Barzilay
Mealth
Traut Bar Yehuda
Moshe Carmel
Har Yehuda
Carmel
Ahdut Avoda
Unity of Labour
Parlliamentary
Soeh Boker
Negev
Mapai
Vevi Bahkol
Yemen accuses RAF of attacks in Daida and El Daleh
Yemen yesterday alleged that Royal Air Force planes bombed the Daida area and that British land forces mounted a heavy attack on El Daleh to assist three nationalist leaders. Nationalist forces reportedly repulsed the land assault after a seven hour battle.
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Yemen
R.A.F
Cairo
Reuter
Rayal
Daida
el Daleh
Small Nuclear War Seen as Most Likely
Former Atomic Energy Commission official Thomas Murray warned in a vision audience that America lacks a stockpile of small nuclear weapons for a coming atomic war. He said a limited nuclear war is possible and most likely, beyond which an all out holocaust is not inevitable though danger remains.
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New York
America
Us, Atomic Energy Commission
Joine
Congressional Committee On Atomic Energy
Thomas Murray
Wivision
Flood Death Toll Rises to About 50 in Pakistan
In West Pakistan and Kashmir the death toll nears fifty as rescue workers pull bodies from floodwaters. The army evacuates residents from Sialkot and Helum in the northeast Punjab while Chenab and Jhelum rivers overflow over two feet.
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Karachi
Pakistan
Kashmir
Punjah
Sialkot
Helum
Chenub
Jhelum
Menzies Arrives in Singapore Ten Hours Early
Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies landed in Singapore ahead of schedule after transferring from a smaller aircraft to a British Overseas Airways Corporation jet. The surprise arrival shortened travel time and was reported by AP and Reuters.
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A.ap.-Reuter
Menzies
Singapore
British Overseas Airways
Menzies Arrives Early in Singapore to Meet Lee Kuan Yew
An Australian and Singaporean press report that Menzies will maintain his programme after landing early in Singapore. He will rest today and meet with Premier Lee Kuan Yew tomorrow to discuss postwar plans.
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Lee Kuan Yew
Singapore
Menzies Meets Singapore Officials on Visit
Mr. Menzies was met at Singapore airport by Singapore’s Deputy Premier Dr Toh Chim Chye and Australian Commissioner Mr David Meicall. He is due to leave Singapore for Darwin on March 10.
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Islind
Menzies
Singapore
Toh Chim Chye
David Meicall
Darwin
Marrow Anil
Canberra Home Building Rate Almost Doubled
The Minister for Works Mr Freeth announced a surge in Canberra building during the year with 916 houses and 354 flats completed, almost double prior records. Major projects by the Department of Works for the National Capital Development Commission included Lyneham High School and Red Hill Primary School extensions, plus a new dam on the Upper Cotter River with an estimated 900,000 pound cost and completion targeted for April 1961.
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Department and Housing
Mr. Freeth
Lyneham High School
Red Hill
Telopea Park High School
Noth Ainslie
Lyneham Prixary
Forest
Freeth
Australia
National Capital Development Commission
Mouses
Braddon
Turner
Grifffith
Campbell
Dickson
Lyneham
Mugea
Breeth
Commission Tightens Control on Canberra Service Stations
The Commission controls new service stations in Fyshwick and Braddon amid industrial leases. A Canberra Times report spurred claims small businesses are edged out by big operators. Mr. S P Dwyer says 13 stations exist within a quarter mile of his Lonsdale Street shop.
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Fyshwick
Braddon
Canberra Times
Sat
S. P. Dwyer
Onder
Lonsdale Street
Wér
Dwyer
Tonsdale Street
Atlantic Union Oil Co. Ltd
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Department of Works
Dr. Soekarno
Soekarna
Pratelil
Dydanda
Dysanty
Hainchy
Prosifaut
Ald
Vishal
Sovhirna
Aenean Associated Press
N.G
Matutory
Tel Aviv
Monnay
P.reuter
David Ben Gurion
Israel
MR. Menzo
Calcutta
Campbell, Dickson and
Braddon, Turner and
Griffith
Commission
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