Spectators Witness Unclear Incomplete Event
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 23, 1958
Page
1
Pinay to Ask De Gaulle to Give Service
Reports say Pinay urged Premier Pillet and Deputy Moliet to contact De Gaulle for guidance as Algeria tensions rise. In Oran, Algerians protest abandonment policy while French ministers seek constitutional reform to heal splits with army settlers. De Gaulle remains a pivotal figure as calls for recall intensify. An airfield bombing near the Tunisian border sparks cross border clashes and Tunisian firings as French jets attempted takeoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oran
French Council of Ministers
Algeria
Piltmith
de Gaulle
Trial Organisers Check Against Undue Hazards
Ampol trial organisers inspect routes and required times to prevent undue hazards as police in eastern States assist testing of trial sections for manageable speeds. Two drivers died yesterday in Wan Gardens. Mechanical failures raise withdrawals to 31 as field rests at Tamworth before continuing to Orange via cea and Lithgow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Widney
Ampol Petroleum Ltd
Tamworth
Cea
Lithgow
Orange
Histe Tg
Dorothy
Cooma
E. Gudgeon
Canberra
Peugeot
Jack Byrne
Simea
Reuans
Holden
Troops Close in on Grivas Hideout Near Limassol
Thousands of British troops moved into a five square mile mountainous zone north of Limassol pursuing rumors that EOKA leader Colonel George Grivas is hiding there. The operation, the largest since the cease-fire, began Friday with helicopter drops and rapid troop buildup sealing the area within an hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nicosia
A. A.p.reuter
Limassol
George Grivas
Airlines Granted Permission To Buy Electras
The government approved Qantas to buy four Electras and TAA to place six more Fokker aircraft, with Ansett ANA and TEAL also likely to purchase Electras. Total cost exceeds £20 million, plus a Viscount order, as part of a Commonwealth airline re equipment program aimed at modernizing jet and propeller fleets and boosting regional air services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ansett-Atra
T.A.A
Ansett- Ana
Paltridge
Qantas
T A.A. To
Fokker
Totel
Atl Ajactory
Ory
Ing
Nipire Airways Ltd
Onder
Dstivery
Con and
T.A.A. Sidering
Benator Parnage
Iity
Decta
T.A. Soa Teal
Ansett-Ana
Ansett
ANA
Paltric
Good Rains Boost Western Australia Wheat Belt Prospects
Good rains in the Perth region lift wheat belt totals to over an inch in the past fortnight. Prospects of further useful rain suggest a satisfactory season opening for the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Australia
Perth
Nixon urges US to avoid unduly aiding Latin nations
Vice President Richard Nixon said the United States must avoid foreign policies that keep an elite in power or make the rich richer in Latin American countries. He urged coordinated diplomatic and economic efforts to curb Communist influence and win student and labor loyalty in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
P.reuter
Richard Nixon
U.S
South America
Latin America
National Press Club
Orhead
United States
Man Charged With Breach Of Oaths Act
Ronald William Henry Freeburn, 47, labourer of Canterbury Road Canterbury faced charges under the Breach Of Oaths Act for a false death certificate declaration. Police say he claimed Ronald Lambert’s death identified him as Ronald William Freeburn, and also charged with related offences and betting crimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronald William Henry Freeburn
Labour. Ar
Canterbury Road
Canterbury
Freeburn
Burwood
Ronald Ore Lambert
Lambert
Ronald Wiliam Freeburn
Erebetting
Bank Rate Drops in U K amid Uncertain Markets
The Bank of England cut the bank rate for the second time in nine weeks to six percent. Officials cited rising reserves and a downward trend in world money rates amid internal and external uncertainties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K Exchange
Routar
Early Returns Favor Kishi as Japanese Elections Pose
Initial returns in Japan's general elections show the Liberal Democratic Party ahead by a wide margin and Prime Minister Nobusuka Kishi expected to be reelected. Finance Minister Hisato Ichimada and several cabinet members are also reinstated with the party leading 60 to 25 seats at midnight. The voter total rises to 62,031,843.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Reuter
Nobutsuka Kishi
Hisato Ichimada
Kliehi Aichi
Mme
Shigestbuka Muea
Oxford Students Charged With Secrets Offence
Two Oxford University students faced charges under the Official Secrets Act after a university magazine article claimed to reveal British espionage methods at the Russian frontier. The piece alleged that planes were sent across the border to provoke Russia into exchanging military code signals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
A. AP
Oxford University
Bee Oaline
Taig
Aaid
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Tunisia
Boueguibe
Tunis
Djakarta
Foreign Ministry
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Iaat
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Rebela
Dyatearig
Fat Raent Soar Temier Djuanda
Djakatta
Morotai Island
Gorottow
Menado
Somal
Nijor Hursano
Sting
Halmahera
Morotai
Celebes
Hex
Radio Djakarta
Galatea
United Press Btate Demas
Amali Atmost
Bockarno
Indonesia
Tuloeneca
Artee
Djskarta
Malcolm Brooks
Gosford
Harry Firth
Melbourne
Wangarde
Grivas
Benocal
Trench Forling
Corommander City
Bost Land Forest
Great Act
R.a.af
U.K
Lord Carrington
Fasting
Setordey
Steff
Airlines
Electras
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Ould
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Nixon
Kishi
Oxford
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