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Canberra Times

Location

Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia

Date

Aug 03, 1968

Page

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Students topple police car at Sydney University rally

Angry students occupy Parramatta Road after surrounding Detective Sergeant Longbottom and his car outside Sydney University. They erase a tape, carry the vehicle away, build barricades, and stage an antiwar demo at the Regent Theatre. Five students are arrested and remanded.

Sydney Sydney University CIB Fred Longbottom Sergeantbottom Parramatta Road Green Berets Sergeant Longbottom Longbottom Metropolitan Police Metropolitan FP. I. Hanson Regent Theatre George Street John Wayne David Janssen Vietnam Central Court B. Riley

Calwell to stand again in federal election

Arthur Calwell 71, former Labor leader, announced in Brisbane he will seek re election to the Federal Parliament at the next poll. He urged ending the Vietnam War and said he heard rivals want him retired as electoral boundaries shift. In Melbourne, Victorian ALP likely to accept redistribution and meet with State officials.

Brisbane Arthur Calwell Vietnam Melbourne ALP Eral Trades Hall

Australian tribusy in Magia quake closes offices

Manila reports an earthquake that damaged seven offices including plaster ceilings, floors, and windows. There were no casualties at the embassy. Derbyshire 336 all out Australia won by eight runs. Earlier report.

Manila Magia Fevaca Ral Abit Ales Derbyshire Australia Mexico City Associated Press Bayo TV

Manila quake toll nears four hundred in collapse

A major quake in Manila caused near four hundred feared dead as a five storey block in the central Chinese quarter collapsed. Rescuers worked through rubble as beds and furniture tumbled, with at least 82 confirmed dead and hundreds more feared trapped or dead.

Manila

Manila quake toll rising as rescue efforts proceed

Amid a devastating Manila apartment collapse after a major quake, about 70 percent of those dug out were dead, with 100 survivors rescued earlier. Rescue teams faced debris as cranes moved wreckage, while President Marcos pledged aid and schools closed. The epicenter was Isabella Province, and aftershocks were expected.

Manila Enriques Morales Red Cross Isabella Province Weather Bureau Tokyo Tapan Coral Meteorological Agency Aap Reuter Ferdinand Marcos Manila International Airport Manila Pier 15 Pier 9 United States Europe

Woden Valley to get new Melrose High School in Pearce

The Woden Valley gains a second government high school, Melrose High, planned for Pearce with first intake in 1976. Tenders called by the National Capital Development Commission today, work to start next month. First stage to house 800 pupils. Woden Valley High at Phillip already opened earlier this year.

Woden Valley Melrose High School Pearce National Capital Development Commission Woden Woden Valley High Phillip

Dubcek Signals Stronger Soviet Czechoslovak Ties

Prague reports that Czechoslovak Communist leader Dubcek said reformist leadership agreed to strengthen economic and military cooperation with the Soviet Union and other Communist states. He stressed sovereignty remains intact and ruled out stationing Soviet troops, citing a strong Czechoslovak army. Delegations head to Bratislava for six party talks with the USSR Bulgaria East Germany Hungary and Poland.

Prague Dubcek Soviet Union Czechoslovakia Dubcck Bratislava Bulgaria East Germany Hungary Poland Warsaw National Assembly Smrkovsky Kremlin Cierna Nad Tiescu Communist Party Cierna Nad Tison

Fox hunt on Taliesin near Queanbeyan deemed primitive

Mr John Gorman explained yesterday that a planned fox hunt on his two properties near Queanbeyan tomorrow would be bloodless, using a phantom fox scent and hounds would be stopped if a real fox scent was found. The event has been described as primitive and barbaric by critics.

John Gorman Queanbeyan Mr Gorman Taliesin

Drag hounds debate scents in fox hunt tradition

A resident of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals discussed the use of a scented sack as a drag in fox hunts in Melbourne and Sydney. The British High Commission defence liaison head called the drag a paper chase, while General Gill noted drags use an aniseed-scented sack towed before hounds.

Society For the Revention of Cruelty To Animals J. M. Hay Gorman Melbourne Sydney Aes Seeran The British High Commission General Gill England

Size of papers reduced by strike MELBOURNE

Melbourne daily newspapers will be smaller tomorrow due to a strike by nine unions affecting 4500 workers. Trades Hall disputes committee rejected a pay rise offer of 8 dollars a week while unions sought 9 dollars. The committee to reconvene at 9 30 am on Monday to review the situation.

Melbourne Melbourne Dailyewspapers Trades Hall Council Disputes Committee Melbourne Newspapers Association Keith Macpherson THC M. C. Jordan

Encyclical Pill Dispute Breaks Conscience Judgment

A Canberra letter to the editor quotes four Roman Catholic priests arguing that a Catholic’s conscience in adopting contraceptives does not entail sin. The piece appears in Page 2 with other notices and theatre items.

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