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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 18, 1957
Page
11
A jumble of weather data and notices from Canberra lists temperatures, wind, frost forecasts and regional alerts. It also notes engagements, obituaries, court notices, and a local meeting schedule with names such as Fiore Adrian and James Scanlan. The page mixes weather, society updates, and official notices with scattered ads and rental requests.
Left to right foreground shows Soviet Premier Khrushchev, Martti M. Bulganin, and Finnish Prime Minister Urho Kekkonen receiving a guard of honour at Hebinki railway station. Behind Khrushchev is General Heitmannen saluting as uniformed guards stand by.
A 1957 commodity year book argues oil shortages loom in the U S. Nuclear energy is not a direct petroleum rival but a supplementary source. By 1965 U S needs reach 3 2 billion barrels yearly with domestic output around 2 billion. It notes potential shale and synthetic reserves to meet future demand.
The ACT Trades and Labour Council disputes committee will investigate a parking dispute at Canberra Community Hospital. Secretary HE Curan said Dr Lane told boiler men they could not park near the boiler house, prompting the workers to seek adjudication and the matter to be raised with the Heaplin Board.
Londua Munuay reports that safe cigarettes with negligible cancer risk may go on sale soon. Dr Wynder, a leading smoking cancer expert, cites three findings: natural wax in tobacco coats creates many cancer agents, reducing these could halve risk, and a new filter type is under study.
A cockatoo in a bag inside a car led to a crash on a roadside ditch. Seven people aboard, two men and five children, escaped serious injury as the vehicle veered off the road after the bird fluttered and startled the driver, Michael O Borona. Police reported no critical injuries among the occupants and the incident is being investigated.
A Dartmoor escapee, a 24 year old man, was recaptured in the town of Flimby near Workington after 170 days on the run. He had used an alias and traveled about 300 miles, with followers and acquaintances spotting him while on the move. The incident recalls wartime upheaval and the ongoing pursuit by authorities.
Unclear dispatch notes alleged sniper activity near Routers Darnall Army HQ and claims of an engineer killed south of Jake Hutch. Message fragments reference various places, dates, and miscellany from multiple entities, with no cohesive corroborated details.
Firemen fought a blaze near the American Embassy burning several acres of foliage and vines. Engines worked along the river to control spreading flames and prevent the fire from reaching the embassy area. The fire threatened Westlake College and nearby trees but the embassy itself was not endangered. local firefighters remained on duty to guard the scene.
The Alpine Club reports improvements to the Snow Chalet at Mt Franklin. Twelve members replaced broken paper nail linings in the top four areas due to enclosures. The crew cleared part of the nursery sum used for instruction in skiing. Two nets of poles for a portable gp tow were positioned at Mr. Pratin and Litve Se. Mr Hin Bensher, in charge of Mawson station Antarctic work last year, will address members on experiences. He was a bush walker before joining the Antarctic Division.
A ceremony marked the 15th anniversary of Lidice's razing by the Nazis in 1942 in reprisal for Heydrich's assassination. The article notes the destruction of the Czech village, the execution of men over 16, the deportation and deaths of women and children, and a British initiated Lidice remembrance garden and settlement built on the site.
Londoners headed for the coast as heat reached 79 degrees. Motorcycles and cars left the city to record numbers, with traffic building along major routes toward beaches as similar crowds formed at road junctions in other regions.
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