Menzies predicts early UK decision on Common Market entry
Prime Minister Menzies forecasts an early UK move to begin negotiations with the European Common Market but says no decision until Duncan Sandys and other ministers return to London. He warns entry would affect political and trade ties with Commonwealth nations and could alter relations with Australia.
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Sydney
Mr. Menzies
United Kingdom
Menzies
Duncan Sandys
U.K
London
West Germany
Great Britain
Sandys
Australia
Owever
Rome
Kurt
Indian Law Minister and Mrs Sen Attend Canberra Reception
Guests of honour Indian Law Minister A Ik Sen and wife greet Australia’s Sierra Leone national Coleridge Taylor at a Hotel Canberra reception. Acting High Commissioner K R Narayanan and wife are in background. The Sen couple are in Australia for the Australian Law Council Convention and depart Canberra today.
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India
A. Ik. Sen
Australia
Sierra Leone
Coleridge Taylor
Canberra
K. R. Narayanan
Sen
Australian Law Council
United DC-8 Crashes Near Denver Killing Dozens
A United Air Lines DC-8 carrying 120 people crashed near Denver after losing brake fluid. At least 19 dead and 45 hospitalized as the jet slammed into the ground and burned. Two survivors, including one infant, were later reported. The incident marks a major aviation disaster in U.S. history.
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New York
A.A.P
United Airlines
Jek
United States
Space Pioneer Yuri Gagarin Basks in London Welcome
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin returns from his 104B airliner reception to a tumultuous day in London. Crowds of 2 000 well-wishers flood the streets as Princess Margaret awaits at Kensington Palace. He visits the Soviet Embassy and an exhibit, smiling through the throngs and posing for photos. He is due to lunch with the Queen and Duke of Edinburgh and meet Prime Minister Macmillan.
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London
Yuri Gagarin
Gagarin
Margaret
Kensington Palace
Major Gagarin
Spaceman
Queen
Duke of Edinburgh
Mr. Macmillan
Macmillan Rejects Call for Commonwealth Conference
In Parliament Mr Douglas Jay warned of rising resentment in parts of the Commonwealth over the conduct of Commonwealth negotiations. Mr Macmillan rejected calls for an official paper outlining compromises for E F T A and U K agriculture before possible joining of the Common Market.
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Labour
Douglas Jay
Commonwealth
Macmillan
Jay
Marathon Walker Offers Soviet Cosmonaut Services
Russian-born Dr. Barbara Moore a 56 year old marathon walker goes to the Soviet embassy to offer her services as a cosmonaut.
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London
Barbara Moore
Marathon Walker
Ex-General Salan among three sentenced to death in absentia
Paris reports a special military tribunal sentenced ex-generals Raoul Salan Edmond Jouhaud and Paul Gardy to death in absentia for their roles in the April attempted coup in Algiers. The ruling marks a sharp end to the long Algerian crisis with senior officers facing execution.
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Paris
A.A
Czech Plane Crash in Morocco Kills Seventy Seven
A four engine Hyushin jet from Czechoslovakia crashed while landing in Morocco, hitting power lines and killing 77. Bodies located in wreckage over an area of 200 yards, one passenger died later. It was the second Czechoslovakian airliner to crash in four months, following a previous 52 fatality crash near Nuremberg.
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South Africa
Nuremberg
Germany
Teenager Awarded £50,000 in Personal Injury Case
Lys ley Pauline Morey of Gravesend Kent received £50,000 from the High Court for injuries from a car accident. The payout is among the largest personal injury awards in a British court to date.
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London
High Court
Lysley Pauline Morey
Gravesend
Kent
Canberra rental rise rumors stall as officials stay mum
Interior Dept officials declined to comment on reports that Commonwealth owned housing rents would rise up to 2 a week for over 8,000 Canberra homes and flats. The plan, delayed for legal review, faced protests and calls for a moratorium while a new tenancy clause would allow the government to sue for unpaid increments.
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Canberra
Freeth
ACT Advisory Council
Canberra Citizens Housing and Self-Government Committee
L. L. Crossman
Crossman
J. R. Kerr
Sydney
A.C. T. Trades and Labour Council
H. T. Blair
Interior
Blair
Perth
W. A. McLaren
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