Fifth Astronaut Heads For Landing In Pacific
Navy Commander Walter Schirra, America's fifth astronaut, entered his fourth orbit around 3 a.m. Canberra time signaling the go for a six orbit, 160000 mile mission. He is set to land in the Pacific Ocean about 270 miles northeast of Midway Island and be picked up around 7 30 a.m. Canberra time.
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America
Navy
Walter Schirra
Canberra
Schirra
Earth
Pacific Ocean
Midway Island
Russia
Alan Shephard
Sigma 7 completes six orbit Mercury flight
Astronaut Wally Schirra piloted Sigma 7 into orbit aboard an Atlas rocket, reporting the capsule’s systems “in the green” and flying beautifully. He spun the capsule, reached 100 miles up, and guided a six orbit nine hour mission designed to pave the way for 24 hour flights and future Gemini Apollo programs.
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Schirra
Atlantic
Pacific
America
Project Mercury
Cape Canaveral
Sigma 7
Lorbit
Mercury Control
Earth
Tait hangs over execution as Privy Council refuses appeal
No indication Cabinet will reconsider after Privy Council refused leave to appeal Tait, 38, condemned for murder of Ada Hall at Hawthorn. He has been in death cell at Pentridge since December 8 after court appeals failed. Public solicitor seeks new steps to stave off gallows.
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Cabinet
Privy Council
Tait
Ada Ethel Hall
Hawthorn
Grascom Tait
Pentridge
No Wheels City At Standstill In Nationwide Rail Strike
Hundreds of office workers slept at their desks as a 24 hour railway strike by the National Union of Railways halted London’s underground, ground, and suburban lines. Buses ran but schedules collapsed and thousands chose to walk to work amid disruption across the capital. Transport Minister Marples observed the day.
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London
National Union of Railwaymen
Tranport
Marples
Indonesian Navy Secures Russian Missiles and Fleet
Commodore Ali Sadikin announced Indonesia's Navy now fields surface to surface and surface to air missiles after training in Russia. He said hundreds of naval personnel trained there, a Sverdlov class heavy cruiser, 20 submarines, and a planned Russian built helicopter squadron.
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Ali Sadikin
Naval Staff
Russia
Sadikin
Indonesia
Hemi
Karel Doorman
West New Guinea
Railway Transfer in Year for Canberra Line
An interim report tabled in Parliament shows negotiations continue on transferring control of the Commonwealth railway in the ACT to NSW Railways. The five mile line again operated at a loss of £12,962 with rising goods traffic not offset by costs, while Canberra’s 60,000 population grows but passenger traffic lags due to air and road competition.
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Commonwealth Railway
A.C.T
Ns.w. Railways
House of Representatives
Opperman
Five Mile
Canberra
Goodwins Move to Evade Law Draws Attention
Mr Daly accused the television trading firm Goodwins Ltd of relocating its headquarters to Canberra to hinder objections to a purchase deal. He cited an elderly couple who paid £386 for a set marketed at £198 cash and alleged misleading advertising offering a free mixer. Daly urged action against the firm and its high rate charges.
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Goodwins Ltd
Canberra
Daly
Lab
Grayndler
Goodwins
Collision during Navy Week stunt shocks Canberra crowds
Lt Roberts of the Checkmate team piloting a Sea Venom collided during the bomb burst over Sydney while Lt Albert Riley, injured but recovering in hospital, was in another jet. Canberra demonstrations resumed as investigators seek cause warnings and aircraft fate.
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Roberts
Venom
Het Nowra Naval Base
Sydney
Har
Albert Riley
Canberra
Ban Stunts Over Cities Sparks House Debate
M P Kearney called for bans on aerobatic displays by service planes over cities citing danger to pilots and civilians after a Sea Venom crash over Sydney Harbour. Minister Fairbairn said he would refer the question to the Navy Minister Senator Gorton.
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Kearney
Lab. N.S.W
House of Representative
Air
Fairbairn
Sydney Harbour
Navy
Senator Gorton
Fleet Air Arm
R.A.A.F
33 000 Volt Line Completed in New South Wales
The N S W Electricity Commission finished a new 33 000 volt transmission line linking Darlington Point and Hay. The line will enter service tomorrow and connect Hay with the New South Wales bulk electricity supply system.
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Sydney
N.S.W. Electricity Commission
Darlington Point
Hay
N.S.W
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Outer Space
Indian Ocean
Europe
Oo Communications Satelite
Telstar
East
Muchea
Western Australia
Woomera
Bolte
Melbourne
Robert Peter Tait
Orney
Rylah
Douglas
Barry Roberts
R. A. Waddell-Wood
D. A. Innes
B. Orr
Dutch West New Guinea
Sadi[kin
Sorong
Manokwari
Fak Fak
Hollandia
Riley
Nowra
M.P
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