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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
May 30, 1960
Page
10
Turkish army crews a coup ousts Premier Menderes as General Gursel announces a new 18 member cabinet. Bayar pledges continuity of international commitments while arrests are ordered and streets show mixed reactions. Citizens celebrate briefly as security orders calm.
Mrs Stella Martin 66 of Church Street West Tamworth perished after returning to a burning flat to aid neighbour Mrs Marshall. Police believe a cigarette butt sparked the blaze in the rear flat and Tamworth firemen later found her body partly in a kitchen window.
The report summarizes diverse brief items including Nepal mosque funding in Canberra, a grave medical condition of Pasternak’s brother, Turkey's deposed leader's suicide attempt, Soviet reactions to Kurdish priests, and Dutch military posture in New Guinea with cautious statements from authorities.
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko denounced the United States as an enemy of peace and warned of consequences for nations aiding or hosting spy flights. Henry Cabot Lodge rejected the charges, framing U S actions as defensive against surprise attacks and stressing ongoing U N debates.
The Papal Delegate arrived in Canberra to a guard of honour and a long ovation. Archbishop O'Brien welcomed him and spoke of the universality of the Catholic Church. The delegate will visit Catholic schools and attend a lunch for clergy before meeting officials and remaining in Canberra until Friday.
The Full Bench of the Industrial Commission fined NSW Fire Brigades Employer Union £500 for the strike in protest at the 28 percent full medical increase. ACT trades council notes firefighters still perform duties but with limited inspections and alarm work._FIRE brigade strike in ACT continues with equipment kept for firefighting but no alarms or sprinkler inspections.
A weekend road toll in New South Wales rose to four hundred with multiple fatalities reported. Victims include Herbert Henry Tolley near Tamworth after a collision with a semi trailer, Barbara Turner in Sydney when her car overturned on the Midwestern Highway, and Anglia Ferrari who died after being hit by a vehicle while crossing Victoria Road Rozelle. Additional fatalities involved Barry Hodson in Newtown, a man struck on Broadway near Balfour Street, and Cliff, a 47 year old killed on the Pacific Highway at Mt Col. Police noted the high number of injuries and deaths from the spate of weekend crashes.
A report notes a week of alleged spy concerns in the U S Senate as electronic tests were conducted in the chambers to guard against Russian bug devices. The focus was on security measures during a period of heightened alert.
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