Urgent Call to End Colonialism in Africa Union Plan
President Kwame Nkrumah urged the African heads of state at Addis Ababa to form a union government of African States. He called for urgent steps to unite, create effective machinery for unity, and pursue economic prosperity and full freedom from colonial rule.
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Addis Ababa
Reuter
Kwame Nkrumah
Ghana
Conference of African Heads of States
Nkrumah
Africa
Africa must unite to end colonial rule and exploit resources
Dr Nkrumah urged over 30 African states to form a union government of Africa and a permanent expert committee to end imperial domination. Uganda PM Obote offered Uganda as a guerrilla training base and urged severing ties with Britain if it granted Rhodesia independence. Guinea's Sekou Toure demanded a decolonisation deadline with armed intervention if needed. Kenya’s Odinga pressed a national liberation bureau and possible Commonwealth withdrawal.
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Sekou Toure
Guinea
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya African National Union
Kanu
Oginga Odinga
National Liberation Bureau
British Commonwealth
Britain
Aboriginal Woman Dies in Desert Tragedy
Perth report details the death of an Aboriginal woman in Western Australia amid drought. Her two children, ages six and 12, were found near her body in the Warburton Ranges. A wider rescue tale involves another Aboriginal woman and two children, with a missing man named Willy Who not found. Police and native welfare officials traced the search spanning nearly 2,000 miles from April 25 to May 8.
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Perth
Western Australia
Lewis
Warburton
Willy
N. Hopkins
Native Welfare
African leaders at Addis Ababa conference visit academy
Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia is flanked by Liberia's President William Tubman and Ivory Coast's President Houphouet-Boigny during a visit to the Military Academy near Addis Ababa. They attend a conference of African leaders that began this week.
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Emperor Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
William Tubman
Liberia
Houphouet- Boigny
Ivory Coast
Addis Ababa
Conference of African Leaders
Underground U.S. Nuclear Test At Nevada Proving Ground
The Atomic Energy Commission announced a mid range underground test at the Nevada Desert Proving Ground. The detonation yields between 20 000 and one million tons of TNT and is the 64th underground Nevada test since September 15 1961.
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Washington
A.A.P
Reuter
United States
Nevada Desert Proving Ground
Atomic Energy Commission
Nevada
U.S
Soviet Union
Quiet Cracker Night Ends Smoothly with Minor Injuries
Commonwealth Day festivities ended quietly with police and fire units reporting minimal incidents. A 12 year old girl, Margaret McGlyon of Young NSW, was briefly hospitalized after being struck near the eye by a falling sky rocket but suffered only bruising. Several letter boxes were blown up and two youths faced offensive behaviour charges. Firefighters reported no major bonfire problems.
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Margaret McGlyon
Young
N.S.W
Lyneham
Civic
Department of Interior
Yarralumla
Griffith
Cotter River
Lions Club
Blot. Bann
Russia launches Cosmos 18 satellite mission
Tass reports Russia launched unmanned Cosmos 18 as part of a space research program begun in March last year. The satellite carries scientific apparatus to continue space research.
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Moscow
Reuter
Rusia
Tass
Russia
Climbing Pair Conquer Everest From West Ridge
Four Americans reached 29028 feet on Everest with two pairs climbing by West Ridge and South East Ridge. Unsoeld Hornbein descended via South East Ridge while Bis hop Jarstad joined them on the South Col. They spent a night above 28000 feet without sleeping bags or oxygen and reported all well. Records set include first Everest ascent from two directions in one day and first night spent in the open on the summit.
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Asto Veeny
William Unsoeld
Thomas Hornbein
Barry Bishop
Other Jarstad
Unsoeld
Hornbein
Everest
Pope John Shows Slight Improvement in Health
Vatican reports Pope John XXIII shows slight improvement after a severe illness and clerical circles weigh the fate of the Ecumenical Council. Rome prelates fear a postponement if the 77 year old pontiff cannot continue, as the council would halt upon his death.
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Vatican City
Pope John
Rome
Associated Press of America
John
Death of Dr Clyde Finlay Leaves Canberra Community
Dr Clyde Finlay born 1906 at Goulburn trained Sydney physician who settled in Canberra in 1925. He helped found the Old Collegians Club and was a charter member and president of the Canberra Rotary Club in 1943. He served as medical officer of Canberra Grammar School and supported public life until his death leaving three sisters and a brother.
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Rea Clyde Cecil Finlay
Goulburn
Shore” Grammar School
University of Sydney
Finlay
Canberra
Old Collegians’ Club
Rotary Club
Church of St. John the Baptist
Canberra Grammar School
Mabel
NATO Nuclear Force Plan Outlines Four Point Program
A draft NATO communique sets a four point plan to strengthen alliance nuclear power. It calls for Britain’s V bomber force and three American Polaris submarines under General Lyman Lemnitzer, NATO coordination of nuclear activities, and fuller information exchange, while noting concerns over Soviet forces in Cuba and Laos threats.
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Ottawa
North Atlantic Council of Ministers
Cuba
Laos
West Berlin
Britain
Lyman Lennitze
Europe
Lennitzer
Paris
NATO
Omaha
Nebraska
U.S. Strategic Air Command
Navy responds to distress call in Coral Sea rescue
An Australian minesweeper H.M.A.S. Gull races to aid a Norwegian merchant ship captain with a cerebral hemorrhage. The ship Moss Bale, about 450 miles from Brisbane, reportedly sent distress signals and a doctor was dispatched after no other vessels were found nearby. The captain’s name is not disclosed.
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Coral Sea
H.m.as. Gull
Brisbane
Gull
Bris Jbane
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