Eyes On Ike: Australia Watches US Economy
In the Guyra Argus January 7 1964 a menacing link is drawn between US economic trends and Australian finance. The piece cites President Eisenhower’s resolve to sustain prosperity and questions defence spending cuts, urging solid peace planning to avert global recession impacts on Australia. It stresses that tax and prudent policy could shield nations if defense expenditures are redirected to public facilities.
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Eisenhower
American farmer visits Guyra on youth movement tour
Lester Miche of Pearl City Illinois visits Guyra district as part of the International Farm Youth Movement. He tours sites in New South Wales with fellow Americans, staying a week at each stop and planning further visits to Quandialla Bribbaree Tomingley West Peak Hill Condobbie Pacte and Orange districts before returning via Suez.
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Ehangerom
International Firm Youth Movement
Guyra
Lester
Australia
Mr. Miche
Quandialla
Bribbaree
International Farm Youth Movement
Jana Hebrink
N.S.W
Erry Morel
Victoria
Audrey Mooy
South Australia
New Zealand
Philippines
Suez Canal
Italy
France
England
Miche
America
Aneers
Belief In The Unknown Man Speech by Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart
Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart said on a BBC programme that belief in the unknown persists and that science cannot prove a personal Creator. He argued faith rests on the unseen and that science will always have unknowns.
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Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart
First 3D MGM Film Debuts At Arcadia Theatre
Arcadia Theatre announces the first three dimensional MGM production screens Friday and Saturday January 15 and 16. The program features the 3D showcase with special glasses. Associate feature on January 15 and 16 offers The Clown starring Red Skelton Jane Greer and Tim Considine. Two Girls and a Sailor with Van Johnson June Allyson Gloria De Haven appears Saturday with Jimmy Durante Jose Iturbi and bands Harry James Xavier Cugat. Second feature Nothing but Trouble with Laurel and Hardy. Also shown are a Carruthers Gault newsreel Lost in Alaska and Mutiny with Angela Lansbury Patric Knowles. The 3D film emphasizes optical illusions and marks a new screen era by MGM.
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Red Skelton
Jane Greer
Tim Considine
the Arcadia
van Johnson
June Allison
Gloria de Haven
Jimmy Durante
Jose Iturbi
Harry James
Xavier Cugat
Laurel and Hardy
Alaska
Bud Abbott
Lou Costello
Mark Stevens
Angela Lansbury
Patric Knowles
Dingo Kills 300 Sheep On Walcha Property
On the Winterbourne property near Walcha a dingo has killed hundreds of sheep in eight months. Owner D W Brien reports the marauder has struck other nearby properties as well. Traps and drives failed. hunts continue as pups were seen and the dog’s entry point remains a mystery.
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Walcha
D. W. Brien
Winterbourne
Armidale Express
Guyra rainfall totals and 1953 weather notes
Weather roundup shows twenty eight inches of rain at Guyra Post Office for the year with rainfall 14 inches below 1952’s total. The hottest day was November 20 at 90 degrees. Early summer was mild to cool with December bringing heavy winds cool days and cold nights. Over an inch of rain on December 28 hurt pea and bean crops before Christmas in the Guyra area.
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Guyra
New England
Guyra Post O Amx
TENTERDEN RAINFALL BELOW YEARLY AVERAGE
In 1953 Tenterden recorded rainfall about six and a half inches below the average with 27 inches of rain versus 33.56 inches typical. February was very wet with 733 points in a week, while June was a dry month with 20 points. Snow fell in August and December saw maxima near 99 degrees with an average of 91. Overall dry spells aside, the year showed varied weather patterns in the district.
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Tenterden
Sheen
Christmas Day Attendance Law in Parishes
In olden times Christmas Day attendance at parish churches was compulsory by law to test loyalty to the Crown. Absentees must explain their default before ecclesiastical courts, with fines as the common penalty.
Rodent Diversity Listed by Australian Officials
Rodents include about twenty families and several thousand species such as mice rats squirrels beevers agouts rabbits and lemmings. The price of Australian products is too high and Australians are not doing enough to right the situation. Mr J H Neeson president Victorian Employers Federation.
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Sydney
Lester Miche
Pearl City, Ilinois, America
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Elwyn C. Ferris
Bellevue Hill
Bundarra
Wapenen
Queensland
Sole
Neilson
Tomerica
Inverell
Big Empire
Butter
Britain
Canberra
MGM
Arcadia Theatre
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Beria
Lavrenti Beria
Russia
Supreme Court
Ger
Rostrum
Dwight D. Eisenhower
United Nations General Assembly
New York City
Berlei
Dorset
Berle
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