Top Red Spy Defects To West Amid Secrecy
A top Soviet spy defected to the West and is under protection. officials request news agencies not to reveal his name for security. He is believed to hold senior intelligence ties and may have supplied extensive Russian espionage details. He reportedly contacted the American embassy and is possibly in Britain.
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London
Reuter
West
Britain
Washington
American Central Intelligence Agency
C.I.A
Russia
Daily Express
Petrov
Australia
London Daily Telegraph
Penkovsky-Wynne
Tial
Moscow
Penkovsky
House Destroyed by Fire near Yass
A weatherboard house valued at £1300 at Burrunjuck 36 miles from Yass was destroyed by a fire early yesterday. Constable W F Morey of Yass police said an electrical fault likely started the blaze at about 2 am in the unoccupied residence.
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Burrunjuck
Yass
W. F. Morey
Racial warfare fears grip Cambridge Maryland streets
Whites and Negroes fought running gun battles in Cambridge Maryland today. Three Maryland National Guardsmen were wounded in the clashes as state police sought martial law to halt racial warfare amid the violence reported by United Press International.
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Cambridge
Maryland
United Press International
Violence Erupts As Martial Law Talk Rises In Cambridge
Major G E Davidson urged full martial law after nocturnal shootings injuring at least five white men and several guardsmen. State police used tear gas and dogs to separate rioters in the Chesapeake Bay town amid white and Negro clashes and courthouse demonstrations.
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G. E. Davidson
Major Davidson
Negro Area
Chesapeake Bay
Negro Quarter
Associated Press of America
Looting and Race Riot Erupts Outside Segregated Café
Two white men were shot and injured after a fist fight outside a whites only restaurant, a 12-year-old boy was later hurt, and about 2000 Black protesters clashed with police who used teargas to break up the march. Witnesses described bands of youths overturning garbage bins and smashing shopfronts.
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Fronti Lant the
Malaysia Explanation After Talks With Indonesian Ambassador
London report says Malayan Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman spent an hour in discussion with Indonesian Ambassador Burhanudin Mohamed Diah about the Malaysia situation. He said no promise was broken to President Soekarno and offered further clarification if needed to ease any misunderstandings.
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London
A.A.P
Tunku Abdul Rahman
Malaysia
Burhanudin Mohamed Diah
Soekarno
Tunkil
Inquiry to establish Royal Commission on housing leases and costs
In a Monday night advisory council session a motion proposes a Royal Commission with powers to investigate allocation and sale of leases, control of housing and flats, policing lease agreements, and rising costs. Mrs Dalgarno seeks limits on heavy vehicle parking. Mr Peach backs sale of government houses to tenants.
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R. P. Greenish
A.C.T
Housing and Land Administration
Greenish
Interior
Freeth
A. E. Dalgarno
J. Peach
Convicts kill prison chief on Pulau Senang island
Police rushed about 600 officers by sea to Pulau Senang after a riot at the penal institution. D. S. Dutton, the prison chief, was beaten and died later. riots were led by secret society gangsters and guards reportedly released to aid, with arms in the armoury and uncertain control of the island.
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D. S. Dutton
Penal Institution
Secret Society
Dutton
Pulau Bukom
Pulau Senang
South China Sea
Communist Talks Recessed in Moscow
The Sino Soviet ideological talks in Moscow recessed again with Chinese delegates visiting the Chinese Embassy in Lenin Hills and returning in two limousines. No senior delegates appeared at the conference hall, marking a second consecutive day without full session.
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Moscow
A.A. P
Associated Press of America
Lenin Hills
Reuter
Four Men Survive Landslide Traps In Nagano Prefecture
About 14 workers were buried alive when a landslide caused by heavy rain crushed the sleeping quarters of a regional forestry office in Nagano Prefecture. Police said four men escaped the slide.
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Tokyo
A.A
P.reuter
Nagano
Japan
Hunters of the Sky Set for Exercise at Jervis Bay
The Fleet Air Arm prepares a predator class helicopter exercise at Jervis Bay. No. 817 Squadron, Westland Wessex anti-submarine helicopters, will form at Nowra and operate from the carrier H.M.A.S. Melbourne starting next month.
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Fleet Air Arm
Jervis Bay
Naval Air Station
Nowra
H.M.A.S. Melbourne
Aviation agency tests crash rescue with burning surplus planes
The United States Federal Aviation Agency plans to burn five surplus Air Force planes next September to study passenger survival in crashes. Instruments will record heat and toxic fumes effects, while helicopters monitor rotor wash to gauge if escape time improves in a burning aircraft.
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Washington
A.a.p.reuter
United States Federal Aviation Agency
Air Force
City Building Delay Move Supported by Chamber
A Canberra Chamber spokesman said the Canberra Chapter of the Institute of Architects and the Master Builders Association urged the Minister for the Interior, Mr Freeth, to speed up plan approvals. The Attorney-General's Department drafted uniform building regulations after consultations with architects and others. The chamber backed the MBA request and proposed a cross-department approval authority in City to avoid interdepartmental delays.
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Chamber
Canberra
The
Institute of Architects
Master Builders’ Association
Interior
Freeth
Attorney-General's Department
Electric Supply
M.B.A
Royal send-off for Greek royals amid anti Greek protests
During a three day stay Greek demonstrations against detention of political prisoners erupted into clashes with police. Queen Elizabeth and the Duke of Edinburgh waved goodbye at Buckingham Palace as security tightened and officers cleared crowds near the palace gates. Nine arrests were made near Claridges Hotel after a Royal banquet. A House of Commons motion by over ten MPs condemned the demonstrations as misguided.
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Greece
Buckingham Palace
Elizabeth
Duke of Edinburgh
Daily Sketch
Peter Wightman
Frederika
Claridges Hotel
Dare Accepted in Springfield Bar Incident
Leo Mc Laughlin of Springfield, 22, threatened to ram a car through a bar door after a barmaid refused a date. The incident ended with a fine of 100 dollars, tied to a dare statement from the barmaid and Mc Laughlin’s acceptance.
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Dare
Springfield
Missouri
Leo McLaughlin
United Press International
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