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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Jun 30, 1962
Page
6
Flight Lieutenant Doug Johnston from Sydney, an RAAF Sabre jet fighter pilot with SEATO forces in Thailand, buys an armadillo skin on an off duty errand.
Mr and Mrs Peter Bowen Smith occupy Oldfield's Cottage at Scotts Crossing Road after a honeymoon as the Commonwealth through the National Capital Development Commission plans restoration. The 100 plus year old building, once Blundell's Dairy, will be rebuilt as a historical monument and renamed Blundell's Farmhouse.
A 19 year old New Zealand girl, Margaret Anne Crothers, converted to Islam yesterday by the Mufti of Beykoz. She became Muslim as she married 26 year old Hassan Hussein Nadir, an Afghan born American cameraman living in Texas. The couple met in Paris.
The National Heart Foundation invites research and overseas study grant and fellowship applications closing today. Sir Patrick McGovern said a strong response is expected with 1962 grants totalling £232,481 across 1963 1964 and 1965. Dr Ralph Reader returns August 15 after three months abroad studying advances in heart disease research.
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