Australians Love Their Beer and American Ties Shaping Australia
A descriptive feature paints Australia as sun baked and tough with a lust for living. It contrasts rugged Western town imagery with modern cities like Sydney and Melbourne. Americans praise Australia’s growth, trade ties, and cultural blend while noting lingering British influence and strong Yankee admiration.
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Sydney
Australia
Fred Kovaleski
Hamtramck
Mich
William Crook
Corpus Christi
Tex
U.S
Canberra
Lyndon B. Johnson
Arthur Phillip
New York
King's Cross
America
Castlereigh
Pitt
Melbourne
Brisbane
Adelaide
Perth
Hobart
Allied Forces Ignore Tet Stand-Down Initiation
Allied forces continued air strikes and about 60 battalion-size operations even as the Viet Cong prepared a Tet cease-fire starting Monday. U S intelligence placed major North Vietnamese divisions near Cambodia but not ready to strike Saigon. A monk’s self immolation occurred near Bien Hoa. no motive was determined. Limited Viet Cong terrorism reported with no major ground fighting.
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Saigon
Bien Hoa
Taxpayers Face Surcharge While Filing Federal Taxes
Washington AP report notes Americans prepare 1968 income tax returns with a 7 2 percent surcharge on certain filers. IRS provides 1040 and 1040A guidance, with rules on who must file and deadlines, plus tips to minimize tax through using the longer form if it saves money.
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Washington
Ember
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Cngry
U.S
Vietnam
Chuckle Line Sparks Golf Lesson Mockery
A witty quip crowns a golf lesson where a pretty young learner asks which club to use for a hole in one. The remark plays on golf lore and playful misdirection, capturing a light moment in sporting humor.
Peru releases American tuna boat after gunboat attack
The US vessel Mariner was seized by a Peruvian gunboat and released at Talara after a disputed altercation off Peru. No injuries were reported though the attack drew strong condemnation from Secretary of State Rogers. Peru cites licensing violations while the US maintains international waters rules. This incident risks jeopardizing US aid to Peru amid long standing tensions over fishing rights.
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Lima
Peru
Pacific
Washington
U.S
Mariner
William P. Rogers
United States
Fernando Berckemeyer
Talara
Joseph Lewis
San Diego
Calif
John Verissimo
San Juan
Verissimo
Ed Gann O
State Department
Princeton coeducation week described as one big stage show
Holly Sims of Wheaton College reports on Princeton University coeducation week, with about 700 participating women and male spectators, noting the week felt like a weekend longer and drier than usual as the Ivy League experiment concluded.
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Princeton
Holly Sims
Wheaton College
Princeton University
Associated Press
Princeton, NJ
Barnard College
Clement
Ida
Wrinkle in Atlas Rocket Threatens Mars Probe Launch
A California team assessed a wrinkle in the Atlas Centaur rocket on Cape Kennedy after a Friday depressurization during a pad test. NASA aims to launch Mariner 6 toward Mars on February 2, with Mariner 7 scheduled for March 24. repairs or rocket reassignment may preserve the schedule as Mars remains a once every 25 months opportunity ending April 10.
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Cape Kennedy
Fla
California
Mars
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
General Dynamics Convair Division
San Diego
Calif
Space Agency
Atlas
Mari
Protests Rock Wisconsin Campus as Police Break Up March
Police dispersed a 2000 student protest march at the University of Wisconsin amid campus unrest. Four arrests followed as marchers sat in a street intersection while Negro athletes supported demands including a black studies center. Nationwide tensions also touched Duke University and San Francisco State College with disruptions and confrontations reported.
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Associated Press
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin
H. Edwin Young
State Capitol
Duke University
Durham
N. C
Douglas M. Knight
State Adjutant General
Shaw Trial Screening Sparks Protest At Kennedy Assassination Case
In New Orleans, during Shaw's conspiracy trial, a 20 second Zapruder film clip of President Kennedy's head injury provoked angry protests from defense and assertions from prosecutors. The frame showing a bloody halo drew a halt by prosecutors while Judge Haggerty overruled the defense. Witnesses including FBI expert Lyn dall Shanerfelt and Dallas resident Mrs Willis testified on film interpretation as proceedings continued with Billy Joe Martin among the latest witnesses.
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New Orleans
John F. Kennedy
Clay Shaw
William Wegmann
Edward A. Haggerty
Abraham Zapruder
Dallas
Warren Commission
Jim Garrison
Garrison
FBI
Lyndal L. Shanerfelt
Alexandria
Asst. Dist
Alvin Oser
Mrs. Willis
Billy Joe Martin
Defense Admits Sirhan Fired Fatal Shot
AP reports Sirhan Bishara Sirhan admitted firing the fatal shot that killed Sen. Robert F. Kennedy during the 1968 California primary. Defense contends the shooting was impulsive and from a disturbed, trance-like state, while witnesses describe chaos in the Ambassador Hotel pantry and Kennedy's final moments.
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Sirhan
Los Angeles
Int
Robert F. Kennedy
Bushoy
Juan Romero
Sirhan Bishara Sirhan
Kennedy
Emile Zola Berman
Sen. Kennedy
Berman
Michael McCowan
Mike
Ambassador Hotel
California
Romero
Russell E. Parsons
Karl Uecker
Embassy
A.l
Ambassador Ballroom
Edward Minasian
Uecker
Vincent Thomas Dipierre
Dipierre
Schrade
Paul Schrade
Rms
Ira Goldstein
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Eastland Motor Hotel
Portland
Diane Ford
Flushing
N. Y
Gregory Braithwaite
McShane
Richard Sutor
Dennis “Arey
Will Grimsley
Sweetser
Thornton Academy
William F. Farrington
Robert Fenderson
Christine Hewes
Lester M. Black
James Charest
Thornton Gym
Alex Haley
By Tom Stewart
Biddeford
Stlve
Amvets Post
Alfred Street
Mariner Rocket
San Francisco State College
Nearo
S.J. Hayakawa
Nathan Hare
Hayakawa
Hayakawaa
Hare
Shaw
Willis
Shaney
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