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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 02, 1957
Page
7
Ingrid Bergman denies romance between her daughter Jennie Ann Lindstrom and Franco Rossellini nephew of Roberto Rossellini. Gossip linked the pair during a visit to the Rosselini home with Bergman.
An Ecumenical Youth Rally at St Andrews Hall featured Rev Harv Perkins explaining unity as a Christian duty beyond power. He urged personal ecumenism and discussed World Council goals to foster cooperation while avoiding sectarian pressure. Organisers plan bulletins and further council actions in Canberra.
A 13 year old girl from Uranquinty near Wagga was flown to Sydney after collapsing in Canberra. No seats were removed from a DC3 airliner to enable the trip. Sylvia Smith was with friends in Canberra and a Canberra doctor arranged transfer to Royal Prince Alfred Hospital for special testing.
Twenty five thousand building workers in the metropolitan area will cease work at midnight tomorrow. The stoppage, backed by the Labour Council, will last 24 hours to protest the Master Builders' Association refusal to meet unions in conference on higher wages and better conditions. The Tuesday stoppage covers Builders Labourers Federation operatives, decorators, plasterers, plumbers, and carpenters.
Mr L G Roth remains exhibit manager and President of the Southern Districts Exh. E Alp convenes a general meeting in Courburn for September 21 to discuss the rate. Telegram received by Mr Ej Beaver, member of the Southern Districts committee. At a July Goulburn meeting Alp was reappointed as agent despite objections. Alp vowed to deal with the big boys but the visit failed.
The body of Benito Mussolini was handed to Donna Rachele Mussolini, widow of the former Italian dictator, at a Capuchin monastery near Cerro Maggiore. Monastery friars learned the secret of the wooden case only Friday, after a high prelate delivered it to police inspectors who then gave it to the widow. The monastery lies near Mussolini landings and related events in 1945.
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