Burma picks U Thant as UN secretary general
The United States and the Soviet Union have agreed on Burma's U Thant as the next United Nations secretary general. U S ambassador to the UN Adlai Stevenson announced on a bi weekly TV and radio program that Russia had backed down from demanding a three man secretariat, clearing the way for U Thant's leadership.
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New York
United States
Soviet Union
Burma
U Thant
United Nations
America
U.N
Ailat Stevenson
American
Associated Press
Concession and cabinet doubts cloud Congo talks
In a garbled report officials discuss a concession by West on cabinet ideas under a new general. Mentions U Nu and Dag Hammarskjöld, possible UN Security Council chair, and references to undersecretaries, diplomats, and Congo group liaison with the UN.
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Reuter
U Nu
Dag Ham ‘Marahjoeld
Temperature Dip Ends Three-Week Warm Spell
Yesterday's average 60.2 degrees marked a six degree drop from normal, ending a three week run of unusually warm spring weather. The low near 47.8 F followed a high around 48. The report notes a shift in temperatures and references ongoing international talks in a separate context.
Millions in Computers for Defence Services Planned
Canberra will receive about £1 million worth of data processing machines to streamline the Defence Department. Minister Townley said the equipment, ordered from the United States, will boost efficiency across the Air Force Navy and Army with five year deployments and central centres in Canberra. The system can process 67 million numbers and letters per second for record sorting merging and file maintenance.
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Canberra
Defence
Townley
Armed Services
Commonwealth
Webe
United States
DeriMeNcol Defence Electroni
Executive visits Canberra sign large Australian contract
Mr Tom McDonald from Minneapolis Horneywell Regulator Company arrived in Canberra to sign a EL million contract with the Australian Government for electronic processing equipment. He was greeted on arrival by Air Commodore I Roberts Dr John Owenstone of Defence and R Kingsland Assistant Secretary of the Department.
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Tom McDonald
Minneapolis Horneywell Regulator Company
U.S.A
Canberra
McDonald
Set
I. Roberts
Johen Owenstone
Department of Defence
R. Kingsland
Department
Writ Issued in Brisbane Defamation Case
Supreme Court issued a writ against Mirror Newspapers Ltd and Ron Richards alleging damages for defamation by the Director of Posts and Telegraphs Mr FC A Brown. Coorparoo resident Dulcie Ethel Giray of Kangaroo Point Brisbane also filed a writ naming the same newspaper.
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Brisbane
FC. A. Brown
Supreme Court
Brown
Coorpan
Mirror Newspapers Ltd
Ron Richards
Dulcie Ethel Giray
Main Street
Kangaroo Point
France Halts Big Four Berlin Talks
France opposes an immediate Big Four Berlin negotiation in a move that prompted the cancellation of a planned London meeting among senior Foreign Office officials from the United Kingdom France West Germany and the United States. Western steering group talks on Berlin will continue. East German border clashes were reported with shots fired as civilians fled toward West Berlin.
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United Kingdom
France
West Germany
United States
Berlin
Soviet Union
Mare
Tegel
U.K
Foreign Office
Otto
Meanwone
Census figures show ACT population up near sixty thousand
The Australian Capital Territory reports a 1954 to 1964 population rise to 58 807, Canberra at 56 430, with Canberra accounting for most growth. Females rose 98 percent territory wide and 104 percent in Canberra. Campbell is fastest growing suburb. Jervis Bay and several country centres show mixed changes.
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Bureau of Census
Canberra
Capital ‘Territory
Territory
O'Connor
Secon
Narrabundah
Ainslie
Campbell
Lab
Acton
Fyshwick
Hall
Baddy Lanyon
Paddy's River
Rendezvous Creek
Jervis Bay
Mu Clear
Plane Victims Found in Mannington Crash Search
Police located no trace of two men missing after yesterday plane crash. Eight divers searched the water near Hind Row for bodies. Names listed include Gallien, 38, of Whitsty Avenue East Prove lin, and Kenneth George Rapier, 1, of Campeet Street Beaumaris.
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Metbourne
Mannington
Hind Row
Gallien
Whitstiy Avenue
Provelin
Kenneth George Rapier
Campeet Street
Beaumaris
Red Challenge On Liberties Critique Of Soviet Programme
Moscow backed critique by Professor Mikhail Strogovich questions the Communist Party's 20 year plan. He labels the draft vague on freedom of speech and individual rights and calls for concrete guarantees of liberties. The article notes foreign delegates arriving for the party congress.
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London
A.A.P
Communist Party
Moscow
Daily Mail
Mikhail Strogovich
Academy of Sciences
Frotesyor Strogovich
Kommunnist
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