25 Sep 1957
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Sep 25, 1957
Page
1
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Debates over reorganizing the ACTU executive into six industrial classifications and six state councils, with one delegate from each, dominated the session. Critics urge broader representation while supporters argue for implementational clarity and alignment with congress decisions.
Coast Guard picks up five Pamir survivors after a battered lifeboat is found 620 miles southwest of the Azores. A prior boat carried 25 crew members who escaped before the ship sank. A second lifeboat vanished in the hurricane with four sailors lost. An American plane reported three floating objects and signals as other ships head to the scene.
President Eisenhower pledged to use federal force to enforce court orders on integration if needed as Governor Faubus resisted federal intervention. The crisis centered on Central High School with mobs clashing, arrests, and two Life magazine representatives assaulted amid violent confrontations.
A group of 43 Italian communists announced their resignation in a joint letter published today. They cited ideological instability of communism and the subordination of Italian party actions to the needs of the Russian state.
Dr. Evatt announced at a Barton Electorate Council meeting that he would seek pre selection for the Hunter seat in the upcoming Federal elections. Labour MP Rowley James has held Hunter since 1929 and offered to resign if Evatt secures the seat, with Barton’s odds seen as likely to fall by about 2000 votes.
The Wodonga Melbourne rail line may be completed in two and a half years. A Commonwealth transport official stated four years as the Victorian estimate, with Senator Partridge noting the Commonwealth reserves funds to accelerate the programme if needed. The aim is to begin and finish the line as soon as possible.
A small atomic blast code named Whitney was set off from a tower at the Nevada test site. The detonation yielded over 10 000 tons of TNT with a red orange fireball visible about 40 miles away and lasting two seconds.
Zabinaki 22, a Croydon Park wharf labourer, faced court charged with attempting to murder Heinz Berg and William Bowring in separate early morning shootings near a bus stop. Police say he fired three times with a .82 rifle at Berg after an argument over money. Bowring attempted to intervene.
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