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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 07, 1957
Page
1
Fragmentary OCR text missing clear names, dates, and details. It hints at a sports event with players and scores but fails to provide coherent facts or outcomes.
Svante Sant Son and four aid teams secured a win in a close contest. The event featured strong showings from competing groups as officials recorded the final score and key plays that sealed the outcome.
Washington reports a large US military aid airlift to Jordan next week. About £3,600,000 in weapons and equipment to reach Amman for an official ceremony aiding King Hussein against Communism. The plan includes tanks and larger arms, underscoring Washington’s Middle East strategy. (Reuters)
Government announces a 11 gallon tax on diesel oil but delays implementation until new stock with duty paid arrives. Customs chief F Meere says no tax migration, distributors told to suspend charges, some credits issued to customers as retailers await stock clearances.
Tom Dougherty was selected to fill a Legislative Council seat by a narrow margin after a ballot conducted by the Australian Labor Party executive. He leads the union with holdings including radio stations and newspapers valued at millions of pounds and has urged abolishing the Legislative Council describing it as the most exclusive clique in Sydney. He will receive £500 annually as an Upper House member.
An annual report by the Minister General Mr WC Nevenian, tabled in Parliament, notes higher bus fares reduced patronage by about £10,000 and an estimated impact on revenue. It cites one man Mises affecting a £50 loss.
The United Nations Secretary General Hammarskjold suggested at a press conference that the council should act by pressing a hut to address a feasible crisis. He stated this in response to a reporter's question.
A Cerro Negro volcanic eruption near Leon Nicaragua, the country’s second largest city, sent boulders and lava flows across surrounding areas. People reported ash and heat as emergency services organized evacuations and monitored lava jets.
President Eisenhower plans to cut vacation short for a Washington conference with the Attorney General after Faubus mobilizes National Guards at Little Rock High School. A telegram claimed plans to seize the head of a sovereign state, which White House denies. National Guardsmen and police keep order as federal authorities probe the situation.
Dr Stanner discovered a large rock with mauve carvings unseen before and nearby unearthed a concentration of spear heads. He noted paintings resembled spearheads seen in 30 years of Aboriginal studies and reported local natives feared the images as possibly not man made, suggesting the site may be a weapon base.
Otto Locke, a former concentration camp guard, was sentenced in Berlin to life imprisonment at hard labor for seven counts of murdering prisoners at Auschwitz during World War II. He was also ordered to forfeit civil rights for life.
India's Upper House yesterday approved the Health Tax Bill taxing net assets of individuals and firms. The measure, already cleared by the Lower House, now awaits Presidential assent to become law.
The Minister for External Affairs Mr Casey sent a congratulatory message to SEATO Secretary General Nai Pote Sarasin on the organization’s third anniversary, noting the milestone observed on Sunday.
In Maebashi, a U.S. Army Offer to Sekia Sakai, widower of a fatal shooting victim, was announced by Colonel Joseph L. Haexelé. Sakai reportedly seeks 300,000 yen. officials say the offer does not admit fault. The sum is approved by Japanese and U.S. authorities and may be refused.
Sydney Friday. Bail for two men charged with stealing jewels valued at £12,000 was reduced by Mr. Avery, SM in Central Court after gems were found in the Sydney Domain last night. The haul included 43 diamond rings, two diamond brooches, and wristlet watches. the jewelry is alleged to have been stolen from Prouds Hotel Australia store on Tuesday. The defendants are Arthur William Delaney and Kevin Conway. Bail reduced from £2,000 to £500 each and remanded to September 13.
Havana government says it crushed a South Central Cuba uprising led by about 400 rebels who seized police headquarters in Clem Tuegos. Daylong fighting involved naval and maritime police dissidents. many killed or wounded as planes tanks and troops moved in near Cienfuegos, 150 miles southeast of Havana.
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