Barwick warns Australia to face China in Cold War era
Australian External Affairs Minister Sir Garfield Barwick told a public meeting in Wellington that Australia could and would act if faced with a showdown with an expanding Communist China. He said awareness of the Chinese threat would shape Australian New Zealand thinking over the next decade.
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China
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New Zealand Institute of International Affairs
Victoria University
New Zealand
Song
Pacific
Indonesia
New Guinea
Sir Garfield
Australia and Asia ties under Chinese rise warns Sir Garfield
Sir Garfield urged Europe to engage in Asia arguing Australia and neighbours cannot shoulder their fate alone. He warned of Chinese ambitions and potential nuclear power, emphasized Indonesia's importance as near neighbour, and noted regional shifts from European control to independent states shaping the northern area.
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Australia
Garfield
Asia
Europe
Indonesia
Garfeld
Canberra TV Viewers Satisfied With Station Offerings
Canberra residents show satisfaction with local stations according to an Australian Broadcasting Commission survey. The report notes 69 percent own television sets and criticizes American Westerns and crime movies while highlighting C-7 programs like Bonanza Perry Mason and Rawhide as top choices.
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Canberra
Shells
Australian
Flash Mystery Baffles Mt Stromlo Observers
Mt Stromlo astronomers Professor Bart Bok and Dr H Gollnow along with assistant Miss M Mowat observed a bright orange red object flash across the sky for one minute at 6 58 pm. They deem it not a meteor and found no aircraft in the vicinity per Civil Aviation. They seek witnesses for details.
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Bart Bok
H. Gollnow
Dr. Gollnow
Miss M. Mowat
LNG
Department of Civil Aviation
Fairbairn
Gollnow
Navy Pilot Earns Wings In Canberra
Lieut. David Farthing became the first Navy flier trained for the RAN anti submarine helicopters after air crew training was restarted. He had delayed his dream since 1959 due to fleet reductions, later serving as a seaman specialist before volunteering for flight training and receiving his wings with Senator Gorton presenting the congratulations.
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RAN
Farthing
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Senator Gorton
Lieut
Sydney Fluoridation Plan Rejected by Water Board
The Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board rejected fluoridation of Sydney water in a 4 2 vote. Aldermen argued mass fluoridation risks, favors individual choice with fluoride tablets, and noted overseas pilots show potential harm at one part per million. Opponents cited unknown long term effects. proponents noted broad medical support and possible government action.
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Metropolitan Water, Sewerage and Drainage Board
North America
Overseas
de Burgh
Walter Yates
Water Board
G. E. Maunder
Sydney
A. P. Doherty
United States
Ald. de Burgh
Ald. Doherty
World Wealth Organisation
State to fund half of floriculture machinery costs
The State Government offered to pay half of the £19000 required for equipment and installation of floriculture machinery. Alderman D Sutherland, representing near western councils, said he could not hold Continued on Page 6.
Taxi Driver Killed in Brutal Footscray Attack
Norman Victor Jones a taxi driver from East Keilor was killed after a savage assault in his taxi on Newell Street Footscray. He was found near Newell Street with a seven shilling sixpence fare on the meter and no money missing. His employer’s party had kept his wife away at the time.
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Melbourne
Newell Street
Footscray
Norman Victor Jones
Barlous Drive
East Keilor
Jones
Footscray Technical College
Sir Owen Dixon Honoured With Order of Merit
The Queen conferred the Order of Merit on Sir Owen Dixon chief justice of the High Court of Australia at 77. The announcement came from the Governor General and Buckingham Palace noting Dixon’s status among world jurists and marking him the third Australian to receive the honour.
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Owen Dixon
Viscount de Lissle
Buckingham Palace
Sir Owen Dixon
Macfarlane Burnet
Waleer and Eliza Hall Institute
Melbourne
John Masefield
Winston Churchill
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T. Eliot
Earl Russell
General ‘Eisenhower
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Supreme Court of Victoria
Owen
Melbourne University
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Privy Council
United Nations
India
Pakistan
Omiaieglaa
Hawlthorg
Pope John XXIII Official Vatican Update Amid Mixed Reports
Vatican officials said the Pope spent a tranquil night and showed slight morning improvement. A.A.P. and Reuters cited Vatican sources noting blood transfusions and grave concern earlier, with the Pope engaging in prayer and quiet conversation.
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