Fighting erupts around Tripoli as rebels press siege
Rebels led by a former prime minister Rashid Karami raid Government forces around the northern Tripoli port using heavy mortars and grenade launchers. Government artillery replies as rebels claim about 140 killed and 100 houses in Medina Moslem city demolished. An Traq refinery operations continue with no immediate danger to 70 50 foreigners, mostly British. Skirmishes occur northward while Beirut experiences relative calm. UN Secretary General Hammarskjold cites internal differences as core issue and opposes immediate Western intervention. Lebanese Premier Solh says UN observers failed to halt infiltration and urges a UN police force to stop smuggling.
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Wil Leon Wyenue
Rashid Karami
Accidents on Wet Roads Near ACT Border
Three accidents occurred outside the ACT border between Brook's Creek and Lake George on the federal Highway. Maxwell Francis Lilley of Boolimbah Crescent Narrabundah was hospitalized with a broken shoulder after his car overturned. Other crashes near Ile Kambah Lane involved Joseph Rachaeel Aseiak and Daniel Siond Ross, with one vehicle sustaining major damage. In additions, five noninjury incidents were noted mainly at intersections due to poor visibility.
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Act
Brook's Creek
Lake George
Maxwell Francis Lilley
Boolimbah Crescent
Narrabundah
Canberra
Onorma
Asciak
Nfother
Daniel Siond Ross
Broughton Place
Queanbeyan
Commonwich Motor
Canberra Ambulance
Japanese May Buy More Australian Coal
The Chairman of the Joint Coal Board predicted higher Japanese demand for Australian coking coal. A seven person Japanese delegation will visit Sydney to seek more supplies, with an initial purchase of about 500000 tons of Bulli seam coal for coke making. Reports in Tokyo suggested Japanese steel mills may buy large quantities to replace imports suspended from Communist China.
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Sydney
Joint Coal Board
S. F. Cochran
Tokyo
Australia
China
Morton Urges Decentralisation of Population
Mr Morton, NSW Opposition Leader, spoke at the Western Regional Liberal Conference urging a decentralised state. He proposed a ministry of decentralisation that would delegate coordination of activities rather than create a costly department, calling it essential to defend against nuclear warfare.
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Orange
Liberal - Country Party
Morton
Liberal Party
Liberal-Country Party
Reds Hold U S Airmen After Soviet Frontier Incident
The Soviet Tass reported a four engine U S Air Force plane penetrated the Soviet frontier near Erevan Armenia. The plane landed after fighters ordered it down and burned up. Nine crew members were detained. The note urged the United States to take measures to prevent further violations.
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Avguuer
Tass
Erevan
Armenia
Moscow
Llewellyn Thompson
Andrei Gromyko
United States Air Force
Soviet Union
U.S
Victorian Fog Disrupts Transport and Fatal Crash
A dense fog swept the state shutting Melbourne aerodrome for 80 hours and forcing multiple plane landings. Police reported a fatal accident on Doncaster Road near Bruthen when a pedestrian was struck by a truck amid the fog. Names include George Curtis and Graham Hamill.
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Melbourne
Manoalore
Doncaster Road
George Curtis
Omeo
Bruthen
Russian captain calls Estonian fugitive a wanted man
A Russian trawler captain says Estonian Erich Teagn, fleeing the Soviet fishing fleet near the Shetlands, is wanted for a fair trial and accuses him of damaging the ship. Three hundred Soviet trawlers gathered off Scotland as embassies dispatched officials to investigate the escape. British fishery protection vessels move to the area.
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London
A.a.p.reuter
Erich Teagn
Shetlands
Tengn
Daily Herald
Shetland Islands
Heavy Rain Closes 7 Airports in New South Wales
Sydney and coastal areas were soaked as heavy rain and a potential cyclone led to road accidents and local flooding. Seven NSW airports including Condobolin Gundagai Burren Junction and Banixstown were closed amid rising water and weather warnings.
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Sydney
N.S.W
Central
Snowy Mountains
Happy Jack
Jindabyne
Kosciusko
Mt. Kosciusko
Condobolin Gundagai
Burren Junction
Banixstown
Weather Bureau
INSW
Queensland
WNSAW
Calder Hall Turbine Disintegrates
A turbine at Calder Hall atomic power station overspeeded and disintegrated scattering wreckage through the hall. No injuries occurred and manager H. G. Davey said the nuclear reactor was not affected and there is no public alarm. The reactor would be closed temporarily until the cause is found.
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Calder Hall
Cumberland
Japanese Bears Ordered Away From Test Area
More than 300 Japanese fishing boats near the nuclear testing ground off Eniwetok Island were ordered to move by the Maritime Safety Board. The move is described as precautionary due to the excessive nature of the latest American test. A 1954 incident saw a Japanese boat discover radioactive ash and its radio operator die from injuries then believed to be caused by the tests.
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Tokyo
Reuter
Eniwetolk Island
Maritime Safety Board
Six Hungarians Face Secret Trial in Budapest
Six more Hungarian revolt leaders are being tried in secret by a military tribunal in Budapest. Names include Julia Rajk, Sandor Haras vy Gabor Tancos, Gyver Fazekas, Szilard Pinelyi and Peter Brdoes. The International Commission of Jurists urged Hungarian authorities for more information.
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The
Hague
Rajk
Laszlo Rajk
Hungary
Harnszti
Imre Nagy
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Prince Philip
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Castlebar Road
Oakleigh
Newcastle
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Wheat Belt
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Mansila
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Fazekas
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