Brakes Fail As Bluebird Fails To Complete 200 mph Run
The Bluebird electrical braking system failed during a 200 mph test on the Lake Eyre track. Campbell’s world land speed attempt halted. engineers plan a thorough check. An Otter aircraft observed the run with officials aboard.
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Lake Eyre
Bluebirds
Dipaldarn
Bert
David Wynner Morgan
Campbell
Bluebird
Campbell Air Service
RAAF
Doclane
Clift Siebner
Police
Army
Pro
Malcorina
Melbourne
Ansett Ana
Wide
Lake Fyve
Feink Hasene
Adelaide
Protest Parade on Segregation in Alabama Arrests Reported
United Press International quoted police as saying more than 750 demonstrators were arrested during a segregation protest parade in Alabama. By late night over 650 were charged with parading without a permit, and about 400 of those detained were children.
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United Press International
Massive Negro Demonstration Sweeps City Streets
Thousands of Negro protesters filled the streets as police blocked routes and moved marchers to detention centers and the city jail. Schoolchildren joined later, chanting slogans against segregation while authorities deployed fire engines with hoses but restraint kept violence at bay.
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Bessemen
Sheriff's
Nepro
Brennan of Wain Sydney Brisbane Search For Man
Brennan is sought over the discovery of a badly decomposed body under his shop. Police cordoned the area after a witness reported a man resembling Brennan in Che shorn. Despite road blocks and searches of restaurants milk bars and buses eight carloads of detectives and search flights failed to locate him.
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Brennan
Aen
Tom
Congord
Cheshorn
Sal
Brisbane
Executions Halted In U S At San Quentin
Three men scheduled for the gas chamber at San Quentin were granted stays within hours of their planned deaths. One inmate received a reprieve and a sentence commuted to life in prison.
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San Quentin
California
American Associated Press
Police foil Saigon plot by communist terrorists
Police discovered in Saigon a planned wave of terrorism by 14 communists led by Prigiy AAP Reuters. Four grenades and copper tubes filled with poison were seized, showing the guerrillas had brought a large number of grenades into the city.
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Saigon
Prigiy Aap Reuter
Sai“gon Cily
Clairvoyant fined for false prophecies in Oldham case
A London clairvoyant who predicted sudden deaths in two families was fined £2 yesterday under Britain's Beggars' Act. Mrs Gladys Newton, 58, of Oldham Lancashire, claimed her fortune telling was entertainment when questioned by police.
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London
P Reuter
Gladys Newton
Oldham
Lancashire
Britain
Carmelina Cernalo’s Narrow Survival After Choking Incident
Carmelina Cernalo, 23 months, from Narra Bundahy, nearly died when a boiled sweet lodged in her throat. Police and officers Lucked to Community Hospital where a doctor removed the sweet after rescue attempts failed. She recovered by yesterday and was described as bright.
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Narrabundah
Carmelina
Constipaton
Wene
Congo Police Mutiny Crushed in Leopoldville
Mutiny by Leopoldville police over pay forced entry into the town hall and hostage takings. About 20 mutineers fought paratroopers and gendarmerie as General Mohusta persuaded them to surrender. 2,000 officers serve in the force with 30 hostages released or detained.
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Congo
Leopoldville
A.a.p.reuter
Wyman
Zona
Bowrgemestre
Hurgemestre
Lufungula
Joseph Mohusta
Ares
Leopardville
Airlift Rescue Flees Flood Path in Canadian Towns
In western Canada two thousand residents were evacuated by air as rivers Hay, Mackenzie, and Liard overflowed. Hay River and Fort Simpson faced extensive flooding with towns submerged and patients moved by helicopter to safety amid 10 to 20 degree temperatures and strong wind.
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Hay River
Canada
Hay
Mackenzie
Liard
Fort Smith
Fort Simpson
Yellowknife
Helicomers
Teen Pleads Not Guilty in Slaying of Skier Sonja McCaskie
Thomas Lee Bean 18 of Reno pleaded not guilty to the mutilation murder of Sonja McCaskie, former British champion skier, whose body was found in her Reno home. Bean’s attorney said he will argue insanity as a trial date is set for June 24.
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Reno
Nevada
Priday
AAS
Thomas Lee Bean
Sonja McCaskie
Bean
Miss McCaskie
Beauty
Rial
West Irian tensions rise as envoy denied
Australia’s ambassador Keith Shana denied Indonesia pressed for reciprocal status in Port Moresby and disputed West Irian consulate closures. Russian built bombers deployed to Biak Island. West Irian currency begins circulation yet faces resistance from local firms. Indonesian troop numbers debated as Timor conflict looms.
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P-Reuter
Australia
Indonesia
Keith Shana
West Irian
Shahn
Port Mores
Biak Island
Netherlands “Gibraltar
South Pacific
Biak
State Bank of Indonesia
C. V. Narasimhan
New York
Baltimore Sun
West New Guinea
Timor
Communists Demand Role in Indonesia Nasakom Cabinet Call
At a mass rally marking Tabour Day Mr Niono urged President Soekarno to dissolve the Cabinet and form Nasakom a union of Nationalist Religious and Communist parties to tackle economic hardship. He warned American influence aimed to block this move and urged labor to push for food and cloth.
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Niono
Econo Iic
Soekarno
Gotong Royong
Nasakon Ay
Nasakom
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