Algeria Peace Report Sparks Cautious Hope Across Forces
Reports of a peace agreement in Algeria between the National leadership and the OAS were treated cautiously. Officials in Washington welcomed any end to bloodshed but sought clarity on implications for US interests and OSS activities. Aerial and urban violence continued with explosions and casualties as factions split between Oran and Algiers.
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London
Algeria
Cairo
Oran
OAS
France
Algiers
Washington
United States Administration
O.S.S
Deaulle
US Ready For Test Explosion Over Pacific
The United States testing force prepared to fire its largest blast to light the sky brighter than sunshine. The test expected to be visible from Hawaii 750 miles northeast of Johnston Atoll, scheduled between 7 p.m. and 10 p.m. Canberra time Tuesday. Scientists warned Pacific communications could be disrupted for almost days. The shot, 50 to 300 times as powerful as the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, would be exploded 200 miles above the Pacific.
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Honolulu
United States
Pacific
Ark
Hawaii
Johnnston Island Taunch
Ameri Can Associated Press
Pan
Canberra
Koshima
Airmens Reject Kennedy Appeal Over TWA Strike
Flight engineers of Trans World Airlines rejected President Kennedy's appeal to avoid a Wednesday strike. The action targets reduced air crew sizes and will disrupt both domestic and international flights.
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Kennedy
Washington
A.A.P
Trans-World Airlines
Traffic Jam Delays Evacuation From Algiers Harbor
Long lines of private cars clogged the harbor in Algiers as European refugees waited to board two ships bound for Metropolitan France. The city faced rising tension as Algerian independence neared and boats prepared to take evacuees to safety.
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Algiers
France
Full Honours For Menzies In Washington Visit
Australia’s Prime Minister arrived in Washington for talks with President Kennedy on the European Common Market. Welcome party included Under-Secretary of State George Ball and Ambassador Sir Howard Beale. The visit features a guard of honour and salutes as discussions begin. London reports say UK market six proposals improve Britain’s entry prospects into the Common Market with safeguards for trade with Commonwealth nations.
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Washington
Kennedy
George Ball
White House
Ball
Menzies
United States
Diplo
Howard Beale
U.S
Mr. Harriman
U.S. Military Air Transport Services
New York
New Zealand
Gix
Brussels
Two More Saucer Sightings Reported
Sightings of flying saucers were reported, one over a Brisbane suburb and another near the North Coast. Witnesses described a green ball passing overhead and leaving a wide green glow on the ground.
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Bris- Bans
Bris- Ane
Unidentified flying objects sighted in Queensland region
Two unidentified flying objects were seen southeast of Queensland boosting reports to seven since Friday. A Kenilworth farmer reported a greenish flash while driving the Maleny Range and a Brisbane witness described a green ball with a red tail moving from north-west to south-west.
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Queensland
Kenilworth
Maleny Range
Brisbane
Deaths and violence across Australian cities reported
An Italian was shot in North Melbourne and a 26 year old woman battered to death in Chadstone. In Sydney a woman and her daughter were found dead with head injuries, and a man killed himself in Adelaide Court during a carnal knowledge trial. A Brisbane sergeant was shot twice at Tingalpa Hotel. Police pursued a gunman as more violent incidents emerged.
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Civil Aviation Administration
Algiers
Adelaide
Australia
King's Cross
Sydney
Melbourne
Chadstone
Adelaide Court
C. L. Hermes
S.M
Hermes
Ernestine Seisnix
Reinata
Pierre Prosper Bensoussan
Kings Cross
North Melbourne
George Marazita
Vicetoria Street
Marazila
Russell Street
Sutherland Street
Hadstone
Gerharde Magdalena von Aspern
Brisbane
Tingalpa
Wynnum Road
Vincent Cameron
Wooloongabba
Curb on Fireworks Sought After Lethal Claims
Councillors condemn fireworks as dangerous weapons and back a move to curb sales to under 13s under the Explosives Act. They urge police action, restrict sales to a window May 17 to 24, and call for banning plastic tipped sky rockets and lighter explosive content.
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Canberra
H. W. Arndt
R. P. Greenish
H. T. Blair
Blair
J. Pead
J. N. C. Rogers
Department of the Interior
N.S.W
N.S.W. Department of Mines
Gas Leak Threatens Large Sydney Area
Police and fire brigade officials evacuated nearby stores as a gas leak from a basement in Little George Street threatened an explosion. Workmen using oxy acetylene torches in Hamilton Street aided the leak, with firemen in oxygen helmets locating the source and ordering all stoves and fires extinguished.
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Sydney
Slanday
Fire Brigade
Hamilton Street
Little George Street
Baby Clarissa Brown Died in Canberra Hospital
An eight week old girl named Clarissa Viviens Brown died on arrival at Canberra Community Hospital after being transported from Denman Street Yarralumla by ambulance at 12 30 p m. The details indicate a tragic infant death with police notified.
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Canberra Community Hospital
Clarissa Viviens Brown
Denman Street
Yarralumla
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Vlad
Evian
A.5
Phial
Ann Dalgarno
W. J. J.byrne
Dalgarno
Council
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