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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 18, 1957
Page
1
The June quarter shows overall living costs up across six capitals with wage adjustments in NSW Queensland WA and Tasmania. Prices rose in milk jams canned goods and groceries while rent and clothing costs climbed and fuel and light charges increased.
Australian authorities pursue salvage work after a KLM Super Constellation crash near Bink. Nine bodies recovered. rescue teams search for survivors and the treasure ship rumoured to carry tin ingots worth large sums. A KLM spokesman denies emergency landing rumors as investigators fly to the scene.
Australian Council of Trade Unions acting secretary H Souter told Melbourne adjustments to quarterly COS wages were justified as prices rose and workers’ wages depreciated. He said 175000 workers in New South Wales Queensland and Western Australia would get the rise while Victoria and others faced impacts. The wage bill since 1917 rose to May 1957 and the commissioner McCusker warned budgeting basic wage fluctuations remains uncertain.
Khrushchev hailed colossal unity of the Czech Communist Party amid tension with revisionist currents. Soviet and Vietnamese leaders greeted the arriving Czech delegation with flowers as Bulganin and Ivachenko accompanied Khrushchev.
Mr Khrushchev told a cheering throng of workers that the Czechoslovaks were marching confidently and that the United States should watch their progress closely. He spoke during a visit likely to underscore Moscow support amid growing tensions in Eastern Europe.
In Chatham Ontario on a Wednesday Mr. Char lie Dobson, 76, lives beyond the collection area and puts a small box of garbage on the roadside each day. He says four cars stop, lift the box, and drive away with it, yet none have returned a box.
Edward Polakowski admitted to police and a judge that he killed an alleged loan shark who was shot and then placed in a trunk. He described the slaying as an ancient crime.
Secretary of Defense Charles Wilson ordered cuts totaling 100000 in U S armed forces by year end to save about 200 million dollars 89 million pounds The Army Navy Air Force and Marine Corps will bear reductions including 50000 in the Army and 25000 in the Air Force The action follows Eisenhower approval and targets a total force of about 2700000 down from 2800000 with further reductions planned as the 1959 budget is prepared
An icy half inch coating on Commonwealth Bridge caused a three car collision at 7:15 am. The bridge was shut for 90 minutes while a cyclist swerved and motorists failed to avoid the pileup. Drivers named were Walter Magutin, William Birmingham, and Tadeuse Sobierajshi.
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