Simmonds Charged With Murder Of Warder
Recaptured fugitive Simmonds was seized by Detective Sergeant Ray Kelly and three officers at Stanford Merthyr near Kurri Kurri after a five week hunt. He faced Wyong police for questioning, ate sandwiches, received medical care, and described plans to hijack a transport to flee to New Zealand. Police noted a large crowds gathered to glimpse the capture and a subsequent break in at a Stanford Merthyr store was reported.
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Simmonds
Starvin
Ray Kelly
Stanford Merthyr
Kurri Kurri
Wyong
Cessnock
New Zealand
N.S.W
Supt
Allen
Elly
Kelly
Gaull
Newcastle
Hirst
Consable Gulliver
Maitland
Cental Park
Gulliver
Kurri
Australia
Nine Soldiers Wounded by Mortar Blast at Holsworthy Range
At a Greenhills firing range near Sydney 4300 troops were on a live practice shoot when a mortar bomb misfired and exploded. Nine soldiers injured including Pind L Burt and M R Carpentier with leg injuries and Lt B H Donnelley with shrapnel wounds. Most injuries not serious.
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Sydney
Holsworthy
Pind L. Burt
Kogarah
M. R. Carpentier
Blakehurst
Concord Repatriation Hospital
Lieut
B. H. Donnelley
Brighton
Ingleburn
Army
45Th Infantry
Greenhills
Eight Killed On N S W Roads
A string of deadly crashes on New South Wales roads left eight people dead and several injured. Victims include Harold Thomas of Carlingford and Heather Harris and her son Geoffrey of Muswellbrook, with other fatalities across Newcastle and surrounding areas.
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Bringelly Road
Kingswood
Harold Thomas
Pennant Hills Road
Carlingford
Thomas
New England
Muswellbrook
Contact Lost With Lunik Satellite In Moon Mission
Moscow reports radio contact with the Soviet lunar orbiter Lunik III, launched October 4, has been lost. Professor Sedov cited in Pravda and Tass notes a possible meteorite collision causing hull puncture. Lunik III had already sent principal data to Earth and photographed the far side of the Moon.
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Moscow
A.a.p.reuter
Professor Sedov
Sedov
Communist Party
Lunik
Moon
Price Control In Queensland May End Soon
The Queensland Government plans to lift price controls next year after amendments to the Prices Act were introduced in Parliament. Since the Country-Liberal government took power, controls cover 11 items including bread butter cream flour kerosene margarine meat milk petrol power alcohol and wheat.
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Brisbane
Queensland
Country-Liberal Party
Queries Rise Over Lord Dunrossil Posting in U K
Australian readers decry Lord Dunrossil as a candidate while noting his political background. Reports claim he learned of the Governor Generalship only in late October, with Menzies maintaining he chose him. London gossip cites financial motives and pension details ahead of a Commons debate on his pension and the post.
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Australia
Lord Dumonsil
Labour
Trade Union
Menzies
London
Viscount Dunrossil
London Daily Mail
Lord Dunrossil
the Mirror
Commons
House of Commons
Lord Dunrossie
Coastal rivers fall as NSW coast braces for more rain
River levels on the New South Wales North Coast rise as residents return to cleanup. The Weather Bureau predicts more rain but not enough to alter river levels. The Pacific Highway remains flood blocked near Frederickton, with two days anticipated for reopening. Long-range forecast warns of further widespread flooding later this month, especially on the south coast. The Shoalhaven Flood marks its worst in 25 years with debris stacked eight feet high and sand and ash covering low-lying areas.
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Sydney
New South Wales
Weather Bureau
Frederickton
Kempsey
N.R.M.A
Macksville
Greenhill
Queensland
Lennox Walker
N.S.W
Walker
Ns.w
Gadsby
Shoalhaven
Delay in Antarctic Treaty Affects Peace Pact Talks
Washington reports a delay in finalizing the two nation Antarctic pact to preserve peaceful use and ban military weapons. Diplomatic sources cite lingering minor differences among Australia New Zealand and other delegations causing postponement beyond this week. The talks began October 15 and would introduce inspections to guard against militarization of the continent.
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Washington
A.A.P
Antarctic
Australia
New Zealand
Earl Attlee Criticizes Eisenhower in Denver Stopover
Earl Attlee, en route to Greeley for a speaking engagement, dismissed Eisenhower as a first ranking soldier and questioned his status as a top statesman. He criticized John Foster Dulles, praised Christian Herter, and urged recognizing Communist China amid a thaw in the cold war. Attlee addressed 4,500 at Creeley, urging a world order to avert nuclear catastrophe.
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Earl Attlee
Denver
Greeley
Eienhower
Mrr. Eisenhower
Attlee
John
U.S
China
Creeley
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Warder
Judith McTiernan
Queanbeyan
N.S.W. Roads
Kim Tull
Powell Street
Adamstown
Shane Tull
Brett Tull
Royal Newcastle Hospital
James O 'Hall
Gosford Road
Broadmeadow
Mervyn John Blake
Nambucca Heads
Pacific Highway
Nambucca
Forst Road
Penshurst
Ivy Stella Brown
Gungah Bay Road
Oatley
Veronica Williams
Myall Street
St. George Hospital
U.K
Eisenhower
Foster Dulles
Christian Herter
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