Huge university expansion proposal doubles government grants
A government commission urges a major expansion of Australian universities to meet rising enrolments. It calls for a total £3,902,000 for Australian National University plus £1,952,000 for the Institute of Advanced Studies and related works. The plan envisions 8,000 new students every two years and stresses improved facilities, staffing, and a central administration building.
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University of Melbourne
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Australian National University
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Former top soldier visits Canberra for four days
Field Marshal Sir Gerald Templer and Lady Templer arrive at Canberra Airport for a private four day visit. They are welcomed by United Kingdom High Commissioner Sir William Oliver. The visit includes Remembrance Day ceremonies, dinners at Government House and the Swedish Legation, and tours of development plans and Ryrie property before leaving for Melbourne.
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War Memorial
Lady Templer
National Capital Development
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Butchery at U.N. Patrol Stirs Katanga Tension
An Il-man patrol of 33rd Irish Battalion in Katanga near Albertville was ambushed by about 100 Baluba tribesmen. Four bodies recovered. another survivor reported torture of prisoners. Train sent to Miemba to recover the dead. Officials fear this could trigger a wider flare-up amid UN pacification efforts. In New York, the UN General Assembly paused Congo debate after a row over Belgium and Soviet bloc delegates.
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U.N
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Leopoldville
New York
United Nations General Assembly
Congo
Ghana
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National Library Plan Introduces Australia Senate Bill
The Prime Minister Mr Menzies introduced a bill to establish a National Library run by a nine member council with parliamentary staff under the Public Service Act. The library will serve Parliament with joint governance and transfer of many services from the Parliamentary Library while confidential government archives stay under departmental control.
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Senate
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M.P
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Justice Crisp
Tasmania
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
L. G. Huxley
E. J. B. Foxcroft
Kennedy to name liaison group head as transition nears
Kennedy will name his choice for leader of a liaison group to work with Eisenhower officials to ease the January 20 handover. Krushchev congratulated Kennedy and urged continued Soviet-U.S. peace efforts, noting world peace hinges on their relations. The Nixon victory figures show Kennedy with 300 electoral votes and 33.34 million popular votes to Nixon's 185 electoral votes and 33.02 million votes.
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Canberra
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Congress
U.S
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Soviet Union
Nixon
Washington
Reuter
Labour Move to Block Crimes Bill Defeated
The second reading of the crimes bill faced bitter Labour opposition with divisions on procedural points. Sir Garfield Barwick gagged the debate at 11.35 p.m. and the vote carried 58 to 35. Amendments defeated 60 to 36. second reading passed 60 to 36. government accepts opposition changes for debated committee stages next Tuesday.
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Garfield Barwick
House of Representatives
Shanghai import ban debate in Legislative Assembly
Sydney reports a Canterbury member Mr. A. Tonge urges action in the Legislative Assembly today over a Shanghai import from America. He warns the item would "kill every bird and animal in the country."
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