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Courts & crime, 1962

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Parramatta Police-Citizens Boys' Club An 'Argus' Feature WANTED: £15,000 to Wipe Out Debt

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 7 March 1962 · page 5

The Mayor (Ald. J. P. Flaherty) this week launched an appeal for £15,000 to clear the debt on Parramatta's new Police-Citizens Boys' Club before its official opening on Wednesday, March 28…

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Eichmann appeal Court Members announced

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 9 March 1962 · page 3

Jerusalem (JCNS).—The composition of the Supreme Court which is to sit as the Appeal Court for the case of Adolf Eichmann has now been decided…

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Lumumba Murder Was Organised by Cia

Tribune · Wednesday 14 March 1962 · page 10

United Nations-Allen Dulles' plot against Patrice Lumumba, the murdered Congo patriot, is dealt with in a sensational book that UN correspondents are reading. The book is "CIA-The Inside Story", by Andrew Tully, a supporter of the spy…

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On Trial in a Comrades' Court

Tribune · Wednesday 14 March 1962 · page 7

MOSCOW: Amid the hush familiar to all courtrooms, Court President Alexei Kosarev took his place and his…

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Driver leaves wheel Police in race to halt car

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 14 March 1962 · page 1

A screaming man with a cocked and loaded rifle between his knees sat in a driverless car as it careered for 500 yards along traffic-choked Woodville…

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Governor to open police Boys' club

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 21 March 1962 · page 3

The Governor (Sir Eric Woodward) will officially open the new £60,000 Police-Citizens Boys' Club in Hassall Street, Parrdmatta, at 8 o'clock on Thursday night, March 29. Secretary-Superintendent…

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T.v. Program Exposes Police State Methods

Tribune · Wednesday 21 March 1962 · page 9

MELBOURNE: Facts on the Menzies Government's police state methods of hounding progressive movements burst through on to the television screen during a women's TV program here last week…

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Hangman to Be Appointed Eichmann appeal before Supreme Court

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 23 March 1962 · page 3

Jerusalem (JCNS). — The session of the Israel Supreme Court to decide on the appeal of Adolf Eichmann against his death sentence commenced this week. The session is expected to last only…

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Tharunka Raided By Police

Tharunka · Thursday 29 March 1962 · page 1

The Tharunka Editorial office was raided last week by a squad of fully-armed police. The raid took…

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Fascist Murder

Tribune · Wednesday 4 April 1962 · page 4

A Communist watchman at party offices in Montmatre, Paris, 24-year-old Georges Bazoche, was stabbed to death by a gang of four…

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Police, youth can be 'friendlier'

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 4 April 1962 · page 1

There was still "plenty of room" in Australia for more friendship and co-operation between Police, youth and parents. NEW BOYS' CLUB OPENING…

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Arab people battle black police terror

Tribune · Wednesday 4 April 1962 · page 8

Reports from the Jordan and USA this week tell of mass campaigns of police murder and torture, frame-ups and attacks on civil liberties by the reactionary governments, against Communists and other patriots in both…

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Eichmann appeal Court adjoined for judgement

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 6 April 1962 · page 1

Jerusalem (JCNS). — The Court of Appeal rejected the defence’s demand for calling further witnesses to give evidence and adjourned to prepare its judgment…

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Metal workers pack arbitration court

Tribune · Wednesday 11 April 1962 · page 12

Metal trades workers, many of them still wearing their overalls, came from their jobs to fill the Arbitration Court in Melbourne on Tuesday morning when the Commonwealth Arbitration Commission began hearing the metal trades…

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Daylight' Theft of Car from Parking Area

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 April 1962 · page 5

A car was stolen from a Fenrith parking area on Tuesday during normal business hours…

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Police Catch Youth After Vandalism

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 April 1962 · page 1

Penrith police arrested a youth at 2 a.m. last Saturday morning immediately he had smashed two large plate-glass windows in the cricket pavilion at Howell Oval, Penrith…

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200 Driving Tickets Issued by Police

Nepean Times · Thursday 12 April 1962 · page 1

Penrith police issued 211 on-the-spot tickets for traffic and parking offences within the division during the first eight days of the new driving charge procedure…

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Police chief at luncheon

The Australian Jewish Times · Friday 13 April 1962 · page 12

The Police Commissioner of N.S.W., Mr. N. Allen, will be guest speaker at the June…

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Tow-bars Blitz Police Warn Motorists

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 18 April 1962 · page 3

A blitz is now being launched against owners of cars on which rear…

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What's Going On In Old Hay Gaol

Tribune · Wednesday 25 April 1962 · page 8

SYDNEY: Reports indicate that brutal methods may be in use behind the walls of the old Hay gaol where a…

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