Queen and Gridiron Queen Visit Washington Pageant
A tumultuous royal visit unfolds in Washington with the Queen touring a supermarket and a football game. Dignitaries at a state dinner include Vice President Nixon, Justice Warren, and Cabinet members as crowds cheer at Byrd Stadium. Protesters march for Ireland and the royal party explores Blake’s works at the National Gallery. Prince Philip tours the National Academy of Sciences amid plans for future earth satellites.
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Washington
Helperiputine
Black Watch
Wd Met
Richard Nixon
Earl Warre
Byrd Starlivin
M4ate
Washingon
Prince Philip
Questoni
National Gallery of
William Blake
Einglish
Windsor Castle
Car Overturns In Collision In Canberra Intersection
A driver escaped serious injury when a car overturned after a collision at Wentworth Avenue and Telopea Park Road on Saturday morning. The other vehicle was Ruth Patricia Kompeon of Lawley Rouse. both cars were badly damaged. In a separate Canberra incident a truck and two cars caused injuries including head lacerations and a bruised back.
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Wentworth Avenue
Telopea Park Road
Graham Nicholls
Bagot Street
O'Connor
Howe
Ruth Patricia Kompeon
Lawley Rouse
Canberra
Margaret Price
Margarita
Robert Bink
Victoria Biet, Hall
Colin Ede Pat Ae
Hobson Lace
Amalie
Raymond
Throsby Crescent
Frome Street
Grifith
Linus Albury Thomas Tarlington
Lefroy Street
Griffith
Harold Thomas Williams
Third Street
Narrabundah
Robert Meech Informs Family Of Wife Departure
The note recalls Robert Meech informing his family about his wife’s departure, citing domestic distress and seeking support from relatives. The fragment hints at unresolved marital tension and potential legal or social steps.
England Needs Queen Says Muggeridge Opinion
Malcolm Muggeridge, former editor of Punch and star writer for The Sunday Dispatch, argues England emphatically needs a queen. He said royalty should not be tied to an obsolete social structure and would answer yes to Does England really need a Queen.
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New York
A.A
Saturday Evening Post
Muggeridge
T.V
England
Lord Carrington Opens Canberra Bowling Season
Official guests at the Canberra Bowling Club season opener included club president Keith Grainger Lord Carrington who performed the opening, along with Gunn Ley Teik High Commissioner for Malaya and MP J. R. Fraser, in attendance Saturday.
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Canberra
Keith Grainger
Lord Carrington
Gunn Ley Teik
Malaya
J. R. Fraser
M.P
Reds Hope To Have Moon Station Soon
Russia announced a lunar physical station may be placed on the moon soon, said by Alexander Aleksandrov of Leningrad University, two weeks after the Sputnik launch. Dr J Allen Hynek, speaking in Cambridge, said reaching the moon would be only modestly harder than launching a satellite, needing higher speed to depart earth.
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Washington
P-Reuter
Russia
Moscow
Alenander Aleksandrov
Leningrad University
Sputnik
J. Allen Hynek
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Archaeologist Vere Gordon Childe Dies In Cliff Fall At Goretts Leap
World famed archaeologist Professor Vere Gordon Childe, 65, died after crashing down Goretts Leap at Bl-Ph-1 wn-tondam while taking compass bearings. He was last seen leaving Carrington Hotel Kataknean to Echo Point. The body was found at the cliff foot after a taxi driver alerted police. Childe, formerly director of the Institute of Archaeology at the University of London, had retired in 1986. He gained fame for a 1928 Orkney Stone Age village discovery.
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Katoomba
Vere Gordon Childe
Gorett’s Leap
Childe
Grand Canyon
Institute of Archaeology
Univerasity of
London
Athe Carringtom Hotel
Kat
acKnean
Comba
Echo Point
Harry Newstead
Mr. Newstead
Blackheath
Orkney Islands
Sydney
Mount Ainslie Burns Burned By Huge Bush Fire
A major fire swept Mount Ainslie burning hundreds of trees and grassland on the slopes. Children were implicated in starting the blaze at the foot of the mountain near a stormwater channel. Firefighters contained most fronts but warned of possible flare ups from dry stumps as winds may fan the rekindling.
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Wooldyardsand
Mount Ainslie
Bush Fire Council
RAAF
Alope
Duntroon
Yallourn youth charged with indecent assault
Melbourne detectives arrested 19 year old Ernest Joseph Palmer of Progress Road Hearnes Oak after an indecent assault on a nine year old girl at Hearnes Oak Yallourn this afternoon. The girl said she was playing near Ear Creek when attacked and dragged into thick bushes.
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Melbourne
Yallourn
Morwell
Hearnes Oak
Ernest Joseph Palmer
Progress Road
Club Plane Crash Claims Canberra Aero Club Pilot
Bruce Johnson of Murray Crescent Griffith, a passenger in the Canberra Aero Club Chipmunk, died after a crash near Pine Island. The pilot’s condition was satisfactory at Canberra Community Hospital after both men were treated by Queanbeyan ambulance. Chief instructor Les Thompson and secretary Allan Pearson traveled to Pine Island to inspect the scene.
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Canberra Aero Club
Bruce Johnson
Murray Crescent
Griffith
Canberra Community Hospital
Canberra
Queanbeyan Ambulance
Les Thompson
Allan Pearson
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Ireland
Queen's Wit
United States
Blake Works
Robert Meech
MR. Muggeridge
Mt. Ainslie
Canberra Fire Brigade
C. P. Holdom
General Bridges
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Chipmunk
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