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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 26, 1960
Page
1
A massive Chilean earthquake and volcanic activity devastate the Lake Rinihue district. Tidal waves batter ports while villages are destroyed and thousands evacuated. Authorities report hundreds dead or missing and long reconstruction ahead as Hawaii records dozens more deaths.
Melbourne report says H C Sleigh directors unanimously declined Ampol Petroleum Ltd takeover, deeming it not in shareholders' interests. Public details released. stock trading and company history noted, including past bids and recent joint Lubricating oils refinery plans with Caltex and Ampol.
A Polish survivor who sought vengeance for Jewish deaths supplied evidence leading to Eichmann in Vienna. Israeli agents captured the former SS colonel. charges await as a trial timeline extends for months. Reports say he may have been abducted from a neighboring Arab country.
Italy told the Security Council that the new Midas spy satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral, made the U-2 debate obsolete as it began infrared tracking of missiles. U.S. officials said the system would extend space surveillance and aid future arms control while defending against surprise attack.
At the University of New South Wales a conference on radiation heard textile physics lecturer Peter Kenny report two years of experiments on cobalt 60 radiation effects on wool. He noted overseas work shows direct radiation degrades wool and described attempts to graft plastic to improve strength, though texture may harden. Kenny aims to publish findings within a year.
About 800 station assistants and shunters at three Sydney goods yards resumed work at midnight after accepting a pay rise offer from Railways Commissioner McCusker. The strike began a week ago over a pay dispute, disrupting interstate and country shipments. The offer followed a compulsory conference with the Conciliation Commissioner.
The first contract for Canberra Community Hospital additions was awarded for a £297,485 boilerhouse and laundry to Concrete Constructions Ltd. The project is due for completion by April 1961, with approval from Parliament’s Public Works Committee to proceed without further referral.
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