Navy life jackets questioned at Voyager inquiry
The Royal Commission into the Voyager disaster heard Cmdr. Watkins discuss life jacket deterioration and storage measures. Sailors may receive better access via compartments. inflatable rafts remain central to life saving gear while hazy wartime use informs current policy. Helicopter rescue details described efforts to pluck survivors from the water near Melbourne. The hearing resumes at 9:30 tomorrow.
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Cmdr
Smyth
Mr. Smyth
Cmdr. Watkins
Voyager
Melbourne
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Royal Navy
Last Royal Navy Warship Quiberon to Enter Sydney Heads
The HMA S Quiberon, the Royal Australian Navy destroyer with World War II service, enters Sydney Heads for the last time as a commissioned warship. Commissioned in 1942 it earned Mediterranean Atlantic North Africa and Okinawa battle honours and has logged over 500000 miles. It will be paid off in Sydney and join the navy reserve fleet.
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Sydney Heads
Quiberon
Sydney
Navy
Mediterranean
Atlantic
North Africa
Okinawa
Vatican hint may loosen birth control church stance
A Vatican publication and a leading Cardinal suggested the Roman Catholic Church may re examine its position on birth control pills in light of new medical discoveries. The AP noted drug company stocks rose on the New York Stock Exchange as investors anticipated possible changes.
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New York
A.A.P
Vatican
Associated Press of America
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