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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jul 31, 1957
Page
1
A cryptic private memorandum mentions Ray, pals, and teammates in a rough sequence about drills and aims. References to Bight, Hale, Laped, and Hed suggest incomplete names and actions. The text is fragmented with unclear events or outcomes.
Reports from Beirut and Damascus say Syria mulls formal involvement in Oman revolt aiding Imam of Oman against Sultan. Syria calls Red Crescent to aid Oman. UK says alliance under no obligation despite Persian Gulf stakes. Battle near Izki with Venom jets and bombardment damages fort walls, no confirmed casualties.
Sydney reports detectives probe a constable and family killed in a Bega explosion. A theory links possible grudge by a long-serving officer who joined the fish patrol on the coast. Investigators interview town elements as blast details, including a missing detonator, are reviewed. The constable previously bought a fishing launch, later sold.
In Anderson South Carolina a 17 month old girl Delores Beasley fell into a 10 inch well pipe twenty feet deep at about six p.m. Rescue teams worked four hours using a parallel well and a mechanical drill to remove the cement block casing and free the child. The child was reunited with her parents four and a quarter hours after the fall.
Government sources say Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother accepted an invitation to Australia for about two weeks in February. She will open the British Empire Service League conference in Canberra and may visit state capitals. Princess Margaret will not accompany her.
Interior minister Fairhall said Cabinet plans should limit for an additional Canberra office block to meet normal growth. A permanent block is planned, with details still under study and no firm submission. He will review Sir William Iford’s UK town planning report and noted space pressures separate from Defence transfer plans.
Snow blankets a 47 mile front from Katoomba to Lithgow as gale force winds disrupt rail and road traffic in New South Wales. Trains from St Victoria to Sydney canceled. overhead lines fail. Coast sees heavy seas and beach installations damaged. Blue Mountains records heaviest snowfall with 33 cars trapped and later rescued.
Malaya's Chief Minister Prince Abdul Rahman was shaken but uninjured when his car struck a bull on Penang Road Tuesday night.
Stan Munford, a Californian student, wandered into a Moscow factory yard during the World Youth Festival. Factory guards detained him for four hours, seized his camera and film, and warned that leaving the yard violated Soviet law. He said officials apologized and called it a joke.
The private secretary to Dr. Evatt, A Dalziel, sent a telegram to the American Ambassador Sebald protesting comments on the Petrov case and alleged Communist espionage. Dalziel accuses the Sebald speech of political stunt and calls for a fuller examination of officials highlighted by Menzies and associates.
Former Senator Walter George, Eisenhower era ambassador to NATO, was reported gravely ill in Atlanta. He is 70 and suffered a heart attack on June 12 with a recurrence of chest pains last Monday.
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