No extra leave for public servants
The Commonwealth Government rejected the ACTU request to raise annual leave for public servants from three to four weeks. Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies said the extra week would cost £9 million yearly and require about 5,800 new civil service recruits, with broader implications for state local and private employment.
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Commonwealth
ACTU
Robert Menzies
Sir Robert
Robert
Nions
Australian’ Council of Trade Unions
High Council, of
Commonwealth Pabile Service Organisations
Australian Council of Salaried
Roads Toll Prompts ACT Road Safety Campaign
The Canberra Times reports Australia wide road deaths top 1 100 for the year, with 53 554 accidents and 74 250 injuries nationwide. ACT deaths reach seventeen. NSW and other states suffer heavy losses. The Canberra Times and ACT Road Safety Council announce a campaign and a competition offering a Barrier Reef holiday as first prize to boost road safety awareness.
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Australia
Act
Nsw
Ite Net
Ollako
Oo S.roc
Commonwealth
PME
Centra
Department of Primary Industry
Canberra Times
National Building Materials Exhibition Opens at Albert Hall
The Commonwealth will display every type of building material at the Building Materials Exhibition. It opens tonight at the Albert Hall and runs until Sunday week. The Canberra Times covers exhibition details and aspects of Australian aiding industry in a 22 page supplement on page 24.
Gemini mission plan teased with 100 foot tether idea
A late news blurb from Houston cites an unnamed official describing a Gemini era proposal. The plan would tether a crewed spacecraft outside the public craft for a full orbit, lasting about one hour, during the early years of the program.
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Sean Aku
Houstos
Texas
Shay
Johnson
Pokeaman
Yater Yeott
Russia launches second communications satellite
Tas News Agency reports Russia has placed a second communications satellite into a high elliptical orbit. Russia’s first Molniya I satellite carried television and other transmissions, similar to America’s Echo/Intelsat, and was launched on April 23.
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Moscow
Russia
Tas
Molniya I
America
Australian Vietcong casualties and troop losses in Vietnam conflict
The report details Australian casualties in South Vietnam as two killed and 37 wounded in action, with ten dead and 77 wounded overall. Seven new casualties, all stable, include Lieut J D McNamars and five others from New South Wales Queensland and Western Australia. Five hundred national servicemen will soon be eligible for duty in Vietnam after completing training.
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South Vietnam
Ben C
Vietnam
J.D. McNamars
Hammondville
Nsw
E. Dean
Enog-Brera
Queensland
Worthy
Ion
Submarines Collide Off Oahu During Submerged Maneuvers
Two nuclear powered submarines collided near Oahu while on submerged training operations. Details from a US Navy spokesman say both vessels remained seaworthy with no casualties and returned to port under their own power. The incident occurred about 15 miles west of Barber's Point around 6 pm local time.
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Honolulu
Island
Oahu
Sargo
Barber's Point
Dam Ian Structures Stash Totals Six Million Pounds
An unverified report claims 6 million pounds in cash linked to damaged Ian structures was found or moved. Officials have not confirmed details or locations, and investigations continue.
Suharto named Army Chief amid notes circulation concerns
Reports from Canberra indicate President Sukarno consents to Suharto’s appointment as Army Chief as concerns rise over £1000 and other high denomination notes in circulation in Australia. A Reserve Bank inquiry is under way into whether notes linked to the incident in the region are valid or recalled, with substantial sums held or circulated by civilians and institutions.
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Sukarno Synoia
Canberra
Achmad
Suharto
Com Te Reserve Bank
Bein
Nesian
Monwealh Graal
Tne
Australia
Tumut to build first combined non-denominational church
Anglican Rev Hancock Roman Catholic Monsignor Blakeney and Presbyterian Rev Cowperthwaite will join in Tumut to fund and plan a granite 200-seat church at Talbinge Snowy Mountains. Construction uses local quarry stone with a contemporary burnished roof overlooking Tumut Valley. The SMA chaired by Sir William Hudson and architect Mr D C MacLarean discussed final details after flying to Cooma.
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Talbingo
T. Lewis
Snowy Mountains Authority
William Hudson
J. Blakeney
T. Cowperthwaite
R. C. Hancock
D. C. MacLurcan
Tumut
Talbinge
Snowy Mountains
Australia
Hancock
Iiscuse
SMA
D.C. MacLarean
Sydney
Sukarno Depowers Leftist General Pronoto After Coup Attempt
President Sukarno announced that leftist General Pronoto, named armed forces chief after the October 1 coup attempt, has ceased to hold any power.
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Sukarno
Pronoto
Armed Forces
Debate on parliamentary committees and cabinet system
The Leader of the Opposition Mr Calwell warned in Parliament that moving to a committee driven system could force Australia toward an American style presidency. He argued constitutional change and abolition of Cabinet responsibility would be needed, while Lib H B Turner doubted practicality of adopting the American model soon.
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Calwell
House of Representatives
H. B. Turner
Lib
Nsw
Australia
Rhodesia decision awaited on Commonwealth mission lead
Report notes a statement awaited on whether a Commonwealth mission to Rhodesia will be led. The item mentions a Communist Party chairman Mr Aldi allegedly heading rebels in Central Java and reports of new fighting threatening a ceasefire in India and Pakistan.
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Rhodesia
Ngonesia
Communist Party
Mr Aldi
Cetral Java
India
Pakistan
Pare 7
Calwell laments power concentration in Parliament
In a House address, Mr Calwell argues Parliament with 660 members is controlled by about 50 people. He urges larger powers for Commons, more effective committee work, and a shift toward an American style executive and judiciary balance. He contrasts current Governors General with elected systems and calls for constitutional changes to boost parliamentary authority.
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Calwell
Levis
Asia
Yutign Myust
A&t
Usha
Vatican Council endorses document on Jews after clash
The Vatican Ecumenical Council rejected a last minute conservative bid to block the declaration on Jews and approved the first part of the document on the Church's attitude toward non Christians, including Jews, by a wide margin. The Associated Press noted an overwhelming 10 to 1 vote and reported the broader result via UPI.
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Vatican Ecumenical Council
Assembly
Ews
Rear International
UPI
Associated Press
Aden
Lems
Crater
Ehrist
Lwhich
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