No loopholes for Catholics says Archbishop Cahill
The Archbishop of Canberra Goulburn Most Reverend T W Cahill declared there is no loophole allowing Catholics to disobey the popes encyclical on artificial birth control He told a Catholic Women's Guild conference that allegiance to church teaching is firm and no priest may teach contrary to the Pope and bishops Cahill's reply to priests challenging a good faith use of contraception warned such opinions harm souls and stressed obedience to church authority across the archdiocese.
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Canberra - Goulburn
T. W. Cahill
Catholic Women's Guild of
Canberra Times
Canberra
Deen Cahill
London
Sunday Times
Opinion Research Centre
Paul Weir
St Celiba's Church
South London
Heenan urges Catholics to seek sacraments despite birth ban
Cardinal Heenan urged British Catholics to attend church and receive the sacraments even if they cannot obey the Pope's birth control ban. He denied that a majority carried the commission's view, noting the final decision rested with the Pope after weighing evidence.
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London
John Cardinal Heenan
Cardinal Heenan
Julius Cardinal Boepiner
Munich
Bloodless fox hunt planned for Queanbeyan district
Angry protests greeted a bloodless fox hunt in the Queanbeyan district yesterday as organisers did not sight or scent a fox. The event drew about 70 riders, including teens from pony clubs in Hall Queanbeyan and Canberra, and featured a scent spray drop rather than live quarry. Major General Ian Gill led the riders, with hunting attire and a historic horn as a link to old times. No hunt club was formed in the district, and the event extended beyond the planned course.
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Queanbeyan
Hall
Canberra
Googong
Taliesin
Ian Gill
British High Commission
M Arnold Martin
Sydney Hunt Club
Gorman
Clamorgan Leads With Spin in Late Innings
Clamorgan stands out as top bowler in a tight late innings showing. Jones, Sheahan, and Davis contribute modestly while RB Deck delivers decisive overs. Psiras claims total wicket in a brief, unclear update.
Pope Defends Ban on Birth Control Encyclical Support
Castel Gandolfo Italy Sunday Pope defends ban on artificial birth control amid criticism and asserts it aligns with life love and human dignity. He acknowledged misunderstanding and opposition to Humanae Vitae while reaffirming the teaching as rooted in God's law and duty of office.
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Daramalan College
J. M. McCowage
Ch Cage
Daramalan
Sacred Heart Seminary
Father K. M. Douglas
Father Hanrahan
Father Douglas
McCowage
Pope
Castel Gandolfo
Italy
Republicans Adopt Vietnam Peace Plank At Platform Drafting
Miami Beach dispatch reports the 1968 Republican platform committee voted a compromise Vietnam plank aiming for a peaceful settlement. A key quote frames ending the war as a shared goal, while tensions over the issue dominated an 18 hour drafting session.
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Miami Beach
Florida
Vietnam
Peter Frelinghuysen
Reblican
Communists Rift Could Be Healed at Bratislava Talks
The Bratislava summit between Soviet leaders and reformist Czechoslovak officials yielded a tentative display of unity. The declaration praised alliance duties while allowing parties to adapt policies locally. The meeting, seen as ceremonial, paves new talks on bloc relations and economic ties, with Czechoslovakia heavily linked to the USSR.
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Charles New York
Sener Rocke
Moscow
Soviet Union
Bratislava
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Communist Bloc
Cierna Nad Tisou
Bratislava Summit Tests Czech Reform, Soviet Claims
Bratislava talks leave Czech liberalisation intact while Moscow factions push for concessions. Prague insists its reform programme remains unchanged though allied powers seek closer fraternal alignment. Czech leaders defend press freedoms as Soviet troops withdraw from Czech territory following Warsaw Pact exercises. Mass student sit-in at Prague Radio protests what they call a sellout to Moscow.
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Soviet Union
Poland
East Germany
Hungary
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Prague
Defence Ministry
Masa
Radio Today
Eight Million Woden Mall Plan Revealed
A headmaster corroborates a New Zealand MP's claim that some children search rubbish bins for food and attempt to steal school lunches. The report notes this as a page five item in other pages.
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New Zealand
Cyclist Fatality at Glenalla Beach Becomes Tragic Incident
A 17 year old youth was killed when a motorcycle on Glenalla Beach at Bate haven somersaulted after swerving to avoid a wave. The pillion passenger died en route to Goulburn Base Hospital while the driver suffered minor bruises. Names are being withheld.
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Bega
Glenalla Beach
Batehaven
Goulburn Base Hospital
Nickel Intersections Hit With High Nickel Readings
Directors of Great Boulder Gold Mines Ltd and North Kalguru Ltd reported promising nickel intersections at their Scotia lease. Drill core averaged 3.54 percent nickel over 100.75 feet with a four foot intersection yielding 17.7 percent nickel between depths of 1 039 ft 3 in and 1 043 ft 1 in.
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Kalgoorlie
Great Boulder Gold Mines Ltd
North Kalguru (1912) Ltd
Scotia
Aboriginal conference in Sydney deplores living conditions
In Sydney yesterday an Aboriginal conference criticized deplorable living conditions for Aboriginal workers at Bega during the harvest and Narrabri at cotton picking times. It adopted a resolution to amend the conditions and urged unions to take a stand to ensure reasonable housing. The Federal Council for the Advancement of Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders called the meeting and criticized several politicians for not attending.
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Sydney
Bega
Narrabri
Federal Council For the Advancement of Aborigines
Missing man search fails at Lake George coast guard joins
Police from Canberra Goulburn and Queanbeyan civil defence and civilians failed to locate 30 year old Peter Buddee after he waded ashore at Lake George Saturday. Buddee and companion John Weir were fishing when their motor boat sank and Buddee disappeared while wading to shore. An RAAF helicopter and police boats scoured the lake but found only the boat as of yesterday with searches to continue for three days mornings.
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Queanbeyan
Civil Defence
Lake George
Peter Buddee
Amundsen Street
Tregera
Mt Druitt
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Buddee
John Weir
Phillip Street
Dundas
Syd
Bungendore
RAAP
Jack Murphy
Lake Bathurst
Pabaty
David Hadlow
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