Eichmann Hanged and Ashes Cast Into Sea
Adolf Eichmann was hanged last night in Israel and cremated today. His ashes were scattered at sea aboard an Israeli police boat after a government announce ment. The former Nazi official, who oversaw the final solution, declined mercy and made defiant statements.
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Tel Aviv
Reuter
Adolf Eichmann
Eichmann
Nuremberg International Tribunal
Yitzhac Ben-Zvi
Hichmann
William Hull
Germany
Argentina
Austria
Baltic
Arabian Sea
Tance
Ukraine
Queen Grants 12 New Knights In Birthday Honours
The Queen named 12 Australians to new knighthoods and elevated a Victorian cabinet minister in the birthday honours. Across the nation honours recognize services to Australia at home and abroad. The Governor of South Australia, Sir Eric Bastyan, and British High Commissioner Sir William Oliver receive higher knighthood orders.
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South Australia
Eric Montague Bastyan
Australia
William Oliver
Australians receive imperial honours in Commonwealth Relations list
The Commonwealth Relations list includes multiple Australians promoted to KCMG KBE and other orders. Frederick White becomes KBE, Air Marshal Walston Hancock rises to KBE, Bar den Pattinson and Arthur Warner receive honours, plus four more Australians gain K or CBE. Three sports figures also noted with OBEs and CMGs among business and public service appointees.
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Order of St. Michael and St. George
K.C.M.G
Commonwealth Relations Office
Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation
Frederick White
Order of the British Empire
K.B.E
Thhe Air Staf
Walston Hancock
Imade
Education
Barden Pattinson
Transport
Arthur Warner
Tragic Eichmann Trial Shocks Israeli Faith Leader
The Rev H Harrison in Israel on the trial's opening day described the case as profoundly tragic noting the central figure as a human being. He observed national tension as citizens watched on TV and hoped hanging would not redeem the deaths of millions. The minister said the trial drew the nation’s deepest revulsion and reflection.
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H. Harrison
Harrison
Israel
Omebody
SaaSee
Eichmann
Anyather
Canberran honours include two knighthoods in 1960 list
The Canberra honours list promotes Air Marshal V E Hancock to Knight Commander and James Plimsoll to Knight Bachelor. Also recognized are Rear Admiral Morrison, Colonel Austin, Flight Lieutenant Thorpe, and civil recipients Wheeler, H L White, R B H C Loof. Former Canberrans Wilton and Miss Frances Myrtle O Rorke are honored.
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V. E. Hancock
James Plimsoll
United Nations
Canberra
Air Marshal
Hancock
Plimsoll
T. K. Morrison
Order of the British Empire
Maurice Austin
T. H Thorpe
Air Force Cross
Public Service Board
F. H. Wheeler
National Library of Australia
Commonwealth
H. L. White
Senate
RB. H. C. Loof
J. G. N. Wilton
Frances Myrtle O’rorke
Wilton
Royal Military College
Duntroon
Seato
Order of the Bath
U.N
Depapansi of
International Feld
Morrison
Naval Service
C.B.E
Maurice _ Austin
R.M.C. Duntroon
Middle East
Papua
New Guinea
Korea
Eastern Command
T. H. Thorpe
Department of Air
Amberley
Queensland
Honours list salutes British Empire awards and new titles
The honours list names cartoonist Low as Knight Bachelor and John Reid as OBE. Queen elevates Lord Radcliffe to Viscount and Sir William Mabane to Baron. Other appointments include baronets Sir Frederic Hooper Emlyn Williams Le Roy de Maistre Stephen Spender and several CBE recipients for public service.
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Low
The
Guardian
Colonel Blimp
Dunedin
England
Perio
Bulletin
Sydney
Lord Radcliffe
William Mabane
British Travel and Holidays Association
Britain
United Kingdom
Sir Frederic Collins Hooper
Schweppes
Emlyn Williams
le Roy de Maistre
Stephen Spender
Order of the British Empire
Australian cook earns British Empire Medal in Birthday Honours
Sergeant Arthur Leslie Puckeridge from Baulkham Hills Sydney received the British Empire Medal for valuable services as a cook. He rose through Catering Corps to Warrant Officer Caterer and cooked tirelessly at annual camps, ensuring good meals regardless of time or weather.
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W.C
Arthur Leslie Puckeridge
Baulkham Hills
Sydney
Catering Corps
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Charles McDonald
Darling Point
N.S.W
New York
Adolph Basser
Edgecliff
Louis Loder
Commonwealth Works Department
Canterbury
Vic
Henry Colville
Australian Medical Association
Upper Hawthorn
Commonwealth Relations
Nakes
William Ian Potter
Melbourne
Reginald Richard Sholl
Supreme Court of Victoria
Fred Joyce Schonell
University of Queensland
Harey Graham Alderman
Davies Brothers Ltd
Tasmania
Hobart Mercury
George Francis Davies
Colonial Sugar Refining Company
James Vernon
Commonwealth Public Service Board
Frederick Henry Wheeler
Law Council of Australia
John Bruce Piggott
Hobart
Eleanor Mary Hopman
Hawthorn
Victoria
Paris
O.B.E
William Joseph Dowling
North Balwyn
Mr. R. H. C. Loof
Walston Eldridge Hancock
Prarian
O'marke
Civic Baby Health Centre
Ra.a.f
Austtralian
New Zealand
John Reid
George Jake
Foreign Office
Wheeler
International Labour Organisation
Geneva
White
C.be
R. H. C. Loof
Joint House Department
Loof
Duke of York
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