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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1960

8 stories in Sydney's papers

Stop U.s. From Wrecking Peace of the World

Tribune · Wednesday 18 May 1960 · page 1

U.S. sabotage of the Summit conference of which the spy-plane's flight was only part -- has brought a new and grave danger of world war. Action by the peace-loving peoples of all lands, Australia included, is needed to…

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CPA "will fight on for peace" Sharkey Indicts American Wreckers

Tribune · Wednesday 25 May 1960 · page 1

THE Communist Party of Australia will continue to fight for total disarmament, peaceful…

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Condemnation of American Summit Wrecking

Tribune · Wednesday 25 May 1960 · page 1

SYDNEY: Miners, watersiders and churchmen, an international law expert and a famous test cricketer were among those to express disgust, alarm or, at the least, serious concern at US policies. IN the vanguard of the protest was the Communist Party, whose…

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Spotlight on U-2 clique wreckers of peace

Tribune · Wednesday 15 June 1960 · page 4

MOSCOW: President Eisenhower may publicly claim the dubious credit for ordering the flight of the U-2 spy-plane, which wrecked the summit, but those who in turn…

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RYDALMERE and Ermington Erosion Wrecking Land Wall 'On Road' Brings Flood 'Waterfall'

The Cumberland Argus · Wednesday 20 July 1960 · page 12

A Rydalmere family cannot sell or develop a valuable block of land because of a stone wall erected more than 11 years ago. The family…

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Sack for tug wreck hero

Tribune · Wednesday 10 August 1960 · page 11

AN engineer at Pt. Kembla, who risked his life to try and prevent the tug "Hero" from being sunk, has been given, notice…

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U.S. wrecked peace talks, says Labor MP

Tribune · Wednesday 31 August 1960 · page 10

The United States was to blame for the Summit Talks failure in May, the newly elected member for Hunter (Mr. A. W. James, Lab.) told Federal Parliament in his maiden speech last week…

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Aborigines Evicted: Homes Wrecked

Tribune · Wednesday 21 December 1960 · page 9

Monday, December 5, was a black, shameful day in Cairns: on that day, the Lands Department began to evict and destroy the homes of a number of Aboriginal and part Aboriginal people and the home of one white man, an old-age pensioner. TWENTY-SEVEN children were…

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