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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 17, 1957
Page
1
56 Die In New Guinea Airliner Crash
At Biak Island a KLM Constellation crashed after takeoff for Amsterdam. Sixty-six aboard include 59 passengers and 7 crew. 12 survivors, 11 passengers and a steward. Four survivors suffered severe burns. one child survivor died in hospital. Dutch captain R de Roos led the crew. Rescue efforts by Dutch naval units and Papuan craft. cause not confirmed. Among dead and missing are two families from Victoria, Australia, and Mr and Mrs Newman from Kensington, Melbourne. Aged 45 and 42 with a 20-year-old daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evan
Sentra
An Airlines
Usat
Wito
Ega
Hopital
Biak Island
MacRohert
R. de Roos
Hague
See
Fami Nea
Amsterdam
Hollandia
Bale
Taday
Blak
Manila
KLM
Newman
Melbourne
New Guinea
Kenisington
Vic
Israel Syria clash tensions deepen in Middle East
Reports from Cairo Damascus and Washington describe renewed echoes of war talk amid Israel and Syria posturing. Syria warned of force against any attack while Cairo discussed possible Egyptian fighters in Saudi Arabia and U S efforts to resolve Gulf of Aqaba tensions. In Beirut a U S aid shipment arrived delivering arms and equipment to Lebanon under the Eisenhower Doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sabri el Assall
Damascus
Syria
Washington
U.s.state Department
Cairo
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
U.S
Dulles
Gulf of Aqaba
Beirut
Lebanon
Molotov Name Removed from Merchant Ship
London Tuesday Reuters reports the 7,000 ton Ruslan liner, long known as Vyacheslav, docked in London with a new name Batica. During the voyage the vessel was repainted, lifebelts and fittings removed, and the crew applied a fresh coat of paint to the bow, while the old name faded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Aap-Reuter
Vyachestay
Lon- Nerday
Will
Horror Stretch promises tense chase in Australian rally
In Sarina to Mackay the 148 mile test stage nears, with Car 77 driven by John Gerard losing power while Car 70 driven by Bob Scarlett alleges sabotage after crankcase damage. Forty nine of 51 cars reached Mackay as R F Gudgeon in Peugeot and Sly Townsend in Ford Customline posted high scores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarina
Maryborough
John Gerard
Holden
Bob Scarlett
Scarlett
Cairns
Mackay
R. F. Gudgeon
A.ct
Peugeot
Sly and Townsend
A.C.T
Ford Customline
Harbinger of Early Spring in A C T
A three year old tree in Canberra has flowered early signaling an unusual bloom for apricot trees. The Parks and Gardens Section notes the flowering apricot is rare among ornamental trees, with flowering plum blooming earlier and more popular locally. Cootamundra wattles are also beginning to bloom elsewhere in Canberra.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industry House
Canberra
Parks and Gardens
Acre land sale near Canberra hits top auction price
The 82 acre J Station on the Yass River flats sold for £25,000 after vigorous bidding led by Woodgers and Jalthorpe Limited. Walter Read divested the property after 30 years. buyer A. J. Watson plans a Merino Stud. About 80 buyers attended the Canberra auction with bids starting at £19,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Riel
J Station
Canberra
Yass River
Walter Read
Bywong Station
Myr
Anthony, Hordern
Wat
Pratley
Bathurst
Canberra housing drive to add 4600 homes in five years
Minister Fairhall said private architects and the department will develop new housing types for Canberra's 4600 houses over five years. Construction plans aim to absorb capacity, attract outside contracts, and keep labour steady with no material shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Interior and Works
Fairhall
Canberra
Australian Prime Minister Mengle to Undergo Tonsil Operation
London reports say Prime Minister Harold Mengle will have his tonsils removed for illness. He plans a hospital stay of seven days and will address Cloth Workers' Association lunch before admission. Return to Australia is expected near the end of the first week of August 1957-58 Budget.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ime
Australia
Meraiet
Clot Workers’ Association
America
Caneberra
Monsien
Establishment Of Three New States Urged
The Constitution Tauview committee advocates dividing New South Wales into two states and Queensland into three, with sovereign powers. Proposals include a New England state from Newcastle to the Queensland border with Armidale as capital, plus three Queensland states from Cape York to the NSW border. The committee has gathered evidence and aims to report to Parliament by year end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newcastle
N.S.W
Cape York
Northern
An Ae
Constitution Tauview Committee
Queensland
Commonwealth
New England
Armidale
Mackay
Gladstone
Glatone
N.S.W. Border
Army to streamline Korea division into pentomic force
The U.S. Army will convert one of its two divisions in Korea into a streamlined pentomic organization this month. The change affects the 7th Infantry Brigade and aims to boost capability for modern atomic age warfare according to an Army announcement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Army
Korea
Washington
A.a.p.reuter
Army
Tthis
7Th Infantry
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Pati
Odgaon
Bell
Beondtt
the Hague
United New Games
Barkley
Biak
Teco Australiana
Kensington
Aim
Israel
Sra
Russe Se
Noone
Salle Cairo
A. J
Jalthorpe Limited
New Zealand Loan and Mercantile Agency
O. Woodger
Inelisae
James
Sydney
Menzies
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