Tributes paid to Mr George Gray Labor MP in Capricornia
Federal leaders mourn the death of George Gray Labor MP for Capricornia who died in Rockhampton after a heart attack following weeks of illness. He leaves a wife four children and served since 1932 as ALP member before representing Capricornia for five years. Prime Minister Holt and Opposition Leader Whitlam praised his untiring work and regional impact.
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Rockhampton
George Gray
Labor
Capricornia
Mitteray
ALP
Gray
Queensland
Holt
House of Representatives
Ihe
Journalists vote to extend strike in Sydney
Journalists in Sydney voted to extend their 24 hour strike by 48 hours. The four morning papers produced editions today while other papers faced staff walkouts. Negotiations were set for Friday with unions and editors, as downgrading pay scales sparked the action.
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Sydney
Tim
Spmoon
Sydney Morning Herald
The
Australian
Financial Review
Daily Telegraph
Daily Mirror
Sun
ALA
5. P. Cros
Strike Island
Commonwealth
Adelaide
Leisianion
Commission
Late News This Week Reports Turbulent Philippines Event
The fragment notes a motor incident near central Philippines and mentions a relative of President Marcos in connection with an outcome. The text is garbled but implies a notable political figure tied to a development or reaction following the crash.
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Philippines
Marcos
ANU students vote against party link
About 100 ANU Students Association members debated affiliating with major parties. A motion directing the Students Representative Council to study conditions for affiliation was defeated by 52 votes to. Debate included calls to consider the DLP, Country Party, and Liberal Party while some argued affiliation would dilute student influence on policy.
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Don Mitchell
National University
Dwyer
DLP
Liberal Party
Country Party
Gatha
Students Representative Council
Chris Dwyer
Nsw
ALP
Feelims
Alan i . OK
Brooks
Don Beattie
Laie Students Association
Compulsory conference adjourned in Sydney hearing
A compulsory conference before Mr Justice Sheldon in the State Industrial Commission adjourned after a brief hearing until 9.45 am tomorrow. The meeting in Melbourne involved the Printing and Kin dred Industries Union and representatives of John Fairfax and Sons Ltd amid downgrading discussions in The Age Melbourne and Mer ald and Weekly Times.
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Sydney
Justice Sheldon
State Industrial Commission
Printing and Kindred Industries Union
John Pairfax and Sons Ltd
New leave plan for troops in Australia to be tested
Melbourne reports the government considers a no strike clause tied to a “revolutionary leave” scheme for Australian soldiers in Vietnam. Under the plan soldiers could take five days rest in Sydney or Brisbane with travel paid by the Army, including flights for wives, while the Army funds homeward travel for departing servicemen.
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Melbourne
Portus
Sydney
Australia
Vietnam
Brsbane
Perth
Viet
Lari
Roy McDonvance
Ald
Royal Austrather
New
F. Ebish
Chamberlain
United States
Royal Australian Air Force
Greece
Five hundred thousand Chinese swim Yangtze crossing
Hong Kong dispatch reports about half a million Chinese soldiers and revolutionaries crossing the Yangtze at Wuhan. The report notes they followed the path once taken by Mao Zedong when he swam the river, then 72 years old last July, as the course across a river about twenty miles wide.
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Hong Kong
Reuter
Yangue
Wuhan
Peking Radio
Communist Party
Mao T'se-tung
Isle of Man Moves Toward Independence Action
Douglas Isle of Man residents rally for political independence as Parliament returns from holiday to push for greater autonomy from Britain. The move comes amid discussions on constitutional status and self governance.
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Douglas
Isle of Man
Britain
Two RAR men killed in Vietnam and six wounded
Australian soldiers suffered casualties in Phuoc Tuy Province on Tuesday with two Royal Australian Regiment members killed by a Vietcong booby trap and six wounded. Names and home towns of the deceased and injured are listed, highlighting the impact on NSW and SA communities amid broader Vietnam debate.
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Phuoc Tuy
Vietnam
Army
Canberra
Malcolm Gibson
Newcastle
Nsw
John Freeborn
Holbrook
John Young
Chester Hill
Britain
Isle of Man
Ireland
WEN England
Tynwald
Ise
Rth
Vung Taw
3Nd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Loel Romney
Greelong
Witton
Timothy McCombe
Girraween
Brian Tompson
Calliope Via
Gladstone
Queensland
Defence policy debate echoes over Vietnam and withdrawal
Australian delegates clash over Vietnam policy and Britain's Southeast Asia pullout. Talks stress civil rights protections, open government, and democratic reform while urging a negotiated peace unless nuclear war erupts. Delegates push for constitutional safeguards and economic changes to broaden personal freedoms.
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Labor
Foreign Affairs and Defence
Indonesia
South-east Asia
Ndervestin
Foreign Affairs and Defence Committee
NWSW
Oliver
Five Million Aid Plan Dominates Page One
Aggregated notes show a five million dollar aid plan and a four million Australian aid programme to Indonesia described as radically different from prior schemes. Other items reference American Senate investigators alleging kickbacks to a Vietnamese minister, white-supremacist clashes in U S cities, and a carrier mission involving ships and a refit.
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Indonesia
Senate
Workers Club aims to ease worry through shared sessions
In Manchester Connecticut on Wednesday United Press International reports a new group called The Workers Club. Founder John Stkins says the club welcomes workers over 21 and operates on the idea that worrying together is more effective than worrying alone. Members, now learning sessions, will sit and discuss worries as the club plans to cover related issues.
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Manchester
Connecticut
Workers Club
John Stkins
United Press International
Orgether
Aknis
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Angle
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