Deaths on roads rise across Australia during Easter
NSW reports 4 more road deaths bringing yearly toll to 224 with three victims unnamed two women and a man. One woman killed on Narooma coast path, another on Monaro Highway Mishelago. A fatal crash near Peak Hill claims three young men. Queensland toll reaches 120, Victoria notes six deaths, South Australia records a single highest Easter day toll, Tasmania reports five, Western Australia toll hits 70.
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Canberra man dies in Macquarie crash with car
Canberra man Stanley Walter Sealey 20 of Blackman Crescent Macquarie was killed Saturday morning when his motorcycle collided with a car at Lachlan and Fulton Streets Macquarie. Police said 17 others were injured over the weekend, seven charged with blood alcohol above 0.108. Thirteen people including 10 children were hurt in a Thar ka Road crash near Trelee Speedway. MeKelton Creamer of Duke Fetate treated at Canberra Hospital. One road death in ACT Easter last year.
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Large Murray crayfish caught in Lake Burley Griffin
Mr and Mrs Gerald Gokson of Weetangera caught a suspected Murray crayfish near Sullivans Creek in Lake Burley Griffin yesterday. Weighing nearly 2 lb, they released it, noting it looked sad, after initially mistaking it for a yabby. The Canberra Times’ Hec Horsburgh suggests it is likely a Murray crayfish given its size and shelf features.
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Canberra Times
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Man charged after Tailem Bend double shooting
A 21 year old man was charged with two counts of attempted murder after a Tailem Bend shooting that injured Gustav Wolfgang Zeitz and Leonie Ann Hutson, both 42 and 22 respectively, from Tailem Bend. Police say the incident began as a domestic dispute and another man was clubbed with a rifle. Homicide detectives questioned the arrested suspect as the two victims remained in satisfactory condition in hospital.
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Leonie Ann Hutson
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Base camps fall as communists seize Mai Loc and Carrol
South Vietnamese and US forces report North Vietnamese troops captured base Camp Carrol near Quang Tri and pressed Mai Loc under heavy shelling. Quang Tri city endures shelling as Dong Ha remains the remaining lowland base with a surrounding ring of 13. Earlier, ten government camps in the mountains fell to the onslaught.
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Thousands killed sweep threatens Quang Tri and Hanoi frontline
North Vietnamese divisions spearhead a major advance into Quang Tri with tanks and artillery. Civilian refugees flee Highway 1 toward Hue as fighting intensifies, American and South Vietnamese losses rise, and US air strikes loom in retaliation.
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Police hunt drug ring at Mulwala pop festival
Police believe an organised drug network operates at the Mulwala pop festival near Albury where about 30 000 fans camped. NSW drug squad detectives comb the square mile site for LSD sellers as six arrests occur since the three day event began. A 21 year old Sydney man was remanded for possession of LSD worth 16000 and selling LSD to a 15 year old Narrabeen girl. four other youths face LSD possession charges. Two drowned youths were recovered from the Murray River adjoining the site. Meanwhile Ravenswood WA hosted about 8 000 attendees and 25 bands over the weekend.
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Seamen Missing After Japanese Coast Shipwrecks
Maritime authorities say little hope remains for the survival of about 10 seamen, mostly fishermen, missing in a string of shipwrecks along a storm battered Japanese coast.
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Hazy Remark at IRA and Soldier Week Sparks Debate
A fragmented report mentions an aunt, a Stee Marisa, and a reference to IRA involvement with a soldier named Jae week. Details are unclear, but the note hints at tensions or questioning around an IRA matter and a local figure.
Trimarans overturn as cyclone Emily hits near Bus tard Head
One man drowns and another is missing after cyclone Emily drives the trimaran Australian Maid ashore near Bus tard Head. Three survived as 34 ft waves lash the vessel, diamasted and overturned 500 yd from Jenny Lind Creek at noon. The drowned man is Charles Stuart of The Gap Brisbane, another missing man from Ryde Sydney. Survivors were rescued and flown to Gladstone.
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Cyclone Emily hits coast near Gladstone causes yacht race danger
Cyclone Emily battered the Queensland coast as the Brisbane to Gladstone yacht race faced disaster with seven keelboats struggling toward the finish. Bob Brown of Clovelly and Ken Mackay recalled seas turning the Australian Maid, others washed overboard. A trawler sighted aground near Lady Musgrave Island while two yachts remain unaccounted for between Brisbane and Rockhampton. Miss Julie Booth, zoologist, feared stranded on Fairfax Island 65 miles east of Gladstone, with 16 Queensland University students to be evacuated by helicopter. Rain and floods threaten southern coast as Emily weakens but remains a major storm, prompting flood warnings for several valleys and coasts.
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Mild Canberra Weather Ahead for Easter Day
Canberra expects mild weather with cloudy skies and a chance of showers. The forecast peak reaches 69 degrees, one degree below yesterday’s 70, as conditions trend toward a gentle Easter day.
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Inquiry into Rhodesia Centre opens debate on land prices
ABORIGINES A seenersto ae its new seedingle fare to Europe is BUILDING The Master Builders Federation has called on the Government to act on land prices and the urban sprawl. JETS SALE nest two years. LR.A. WARNED Catholic women in Bel fast have wormed the IRA to cease its cam paign of violence. CANFL in the CANFL opening round to defeat ANU. LEAGUE There is only one sur- Group 8 rushy teamee venge saace Group 16 next Sunday. World news at Figure It Out Conte strips TV.
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