Smith guilty in criminal libel trial
Smith was found guilty yesterday in the ACT Court of all charges of criminal libel against the public motif. Mr Justice Eggleston remanded him until this morning for sentence. He was taken into custody and held at Cam Herry police station overnight.
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Sonmecville Smith Wan
Guily
A.C.T
Justice Eggleston
Cam Herry
Canberra
Melbourne
Sommerville Smith
John Sommerville Smith
ACT
Supreme Court
D. Johstone
R. Prigs
Trial verdict on Somerville Smith over libel newsletter
Somerville Smith, director aged 40, faced six charges of viciously publishing libellous matter about Minister for Civil Aviation Senator Partice and others in the Top Secret news letter. The jury found him guilty after a two hour trial, with the judge stating responsibility lies with publication regardless of authorship.
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Ti Wat
Sommesville Smith
Somerville Smith
Smith
Frank Brownes
Fawkes
Hubert Smallman
Abbot's Secretarial Service
Melbourne
Colum Five
Stop Arms To Congo U N Told Amid Katanga Row
The UN Security Council was urged to stop arming Congo and to deploy more troops as Katanga airports were closed to non UN traffic. Hammarskjöld called for a $100 million international aid fund to restore Congo’s economy, while Congo Parliament blocked efforts by Lumumba and Kasavubu to dismiss each other. Leaders in Leopolds ville faced speaking bans as tensions rose over external influence and constitutional battles.
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U.N
Eleabethville
L. Berendsen
Katanga
Hammarskjeel
Security Council
Hammarskjoeld
U.N. Core
Miniter Lumumbi
Joseph Kasavubu
Me. Hammarsk-jveld
Soviet Union
Bremier Tshesmbe
Hammarsk H
Congo
Leopardeville
Lemamba
Belgium
Delvaux
Bomboko
Kusavubi
Lumumba
Waite Fy
Lummimba
Okito
Bamboke
Lumuimba
Bomnoxo
Woman Cleared Of Child Murder In Melbourne Trial
Twelve jurymen in the Criminal Court acquitted 21 year old Mrs Barbara Ying of murder and of the alternative charge of manslaughter. The Crown asserted she killed her three month old son by suffocation with a pillow at her mother and stepfather’s Devon Meadows property near Cranbourne on April 2.
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Melbourne
Criminal Court
Barbara Ying
Tho ‘Crown
Michael Pang Ying
Devon Meadows
Cranbourne
Bomb Fear On Crashed Plane
Witnesses describe a sudden shock near the crash site as the airliner tore apart in midair. Police say the plane flew normally before the disaster and bodies were scattered over a wide area. Airlines president Miguel Morigues ruled out an onboard explosion as the engines were cited.
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Allmyeoune
Joose Sind
Airlines
Miguel Morigues
Voloka
New Laws Target Treason and Sabotage in Australia
Australia moves to curb treachery and sabotage with two new offences under a bill proposed by Attorney-General Sir Garfield Barwick. The act expands beyond domestic threats to cover actions abroad and against proclaimed friendly powers, with a maximum sabotage penalty of fifteen years.
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Hall
Australia
Garfield Barwick
House of Representatives
Commuunist
Dangeer
Garfield
Petrov
Garfeld
Australis
Commonwealth
Neady Dicans
Garfield Sai
Garfield Sid
Florida braces as hurricane Donna threatens coast
Florida faces a potential direct hit as Donna races toward the state with 30 to 42 hours to landfall. The storm already caused casualties and widespread homelessness while insurers and emergency agencies mobilize. firms extend coverage briefly amid official forecasts and coast guard preparations.
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Miami
Coast Guard
Gia Defences
Red
Stag Rierney Patol
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