New U air attacks near China border in Vietnam
United States aircraft returned to the fringe of China's southern border to strike North Vietnamese targets along the main railway to Hanoi. The Constellation and other carriers attacked rail bridges and sidings around Van Son and Lang Son, demolishing spans and scattering tracks in multiple sites north of Haiphong.
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Saigon
United States
China
Hanoi
Coester Navy
Tang
Son
Bombing Debate Mounts Over Vietnam Policy
Senator Pulbright sharply criticizes US raids on North Vietnam calling bombing near the border dangerous and stupid. The Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman hinted a potential vote on policy shifts amid a stalled debate between hawks and doves over broadened or milder bombing campaigns.
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Washington
Aap-Reuter
Pulbright
Johnson
Senate Foreign Relations
Senate
Dover
Nort Vietnam
Arms seized in Canton bound for North Vietnam
Hong Kong papers report anti-Mao forces in Canton seized shiploads of arms bound for Haiphong. Freighters were attacked at Whampoa deep water port as huge quantities of fim and ammunition were carried away amid chaotic conditions.
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Hong Kong
Canton
North Vietnam
Ner Tin Ta
Whampoa
Haiphong
Canberra CES reports July unemployment and vacancies
About 228 men and 80 women registered for employment with the Canberra office of the Commonwealth Employment Service at end of July. The figure is 67 lower than June. Unfilled vacancies at July 28 were IF. The Canberra CES office covers the ACT and Yarrowlumla Shire.
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Canberra Hnffice
Commonwealth Employment Service
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Act
Yarrowlumla
Treasurer presents Budget tonight in Parliament
The 1967-68 Budget is to be presented in the House of Representatives by Ay Veenshen and Mr McMahon this afternoon after the winter recess. The sitting is to adjourn for a mark of respect to the late Mr George Gray. Questions will be held on Wednesday and Thursday with Whitlam to reply. The Deputy PM, ill in Melbourne, will miss early session days as the program runs to mid-October ahead of Senate elections. Debates on budget and arbitration, airline and waterfront legislation are planned, plus talks on a national service callup. The chamber will swear in new MP Mc Gordon Sehisles for the ATP by-election results. Pension demonstrations outside Parliament are expected.
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McMahon
House of Representatives
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Teaume
Fong
Xpm
George Gray
Labor
Queens
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Mr_Whitlam
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Adelaide
Ational
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House of Re
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Universty
Australia
Businew
Conv
Gordon Sehisles
ATP
Huiside Parliament House
Junionings
Parliament House
Dinner with a President Offered for $100 in New York
Americans were offered lunch with the self-proclaimed President of Anguilla in New York today for a donation of 100 dollars or more to the republic. The event was publicized as a fundraiser and drew attention to the small Caribbean entity seeking recognition and support.
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New York
Anguilla
Caribbean
Anguillan Hospital Debate Sparks Constitutional Doubts
The Anguilla island council faces a heated session amid proposals that could trigger a hospital board emergency and push for a constitutional reorganization. Discussions touch on nurse staffing, wages, and potential independence implications for the island.
Complete breakdown figures for local benefits and grant aid
Local benefits will contribute 247,300 and the total grant-in-aid will be 52,962.00. The secretary of the board, Mr A Tozer, was asked to prepare a draft letter for the Nuance committee meeting to be held before the end of the month at the hospital.
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A. Tozer
Hospital Ang A
Police kill man in gunfight near Melbourne
Police killed Keith Eameron Best 40 after a gun battle at a house in the Dandenong Ranges 32 miles east of Melbourne. Best, married with four children, reportedly tried to abduct his wife during a dispute. He and two officers exchanged shots. an officer was wounded and Best was shot and killed.
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Monsay
Dandenong Ranges
Keith Eameron Best
Nes Creek
Best
Newcasle
Pinar
Cooke Hill
Royal ‘New- Ne Hospital
$2m Schools For Pearce $2m Schools For Pearce
A Victorian era style brief reports plans for more than 2 million dollars to build Roman Catholic primary and secondary school complexes at Pearce under a special grant scheme. It notes a monastery site for 34 brothers and mentions Melrose Drive Weston Creek with an aim to fund three new schools and two primary facilities, expected to begin in early 1968.
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Pearce
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Aden
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Mawwane
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Alco Sear
Weston Creek
Hassen
Lim
Choo Ithe
Minister Forbes cuts Canberra Hospital wages and jobs
The Minister for Health Dr Forbes trimmed Canberra Community Hospital’s wages budget by 542000, disallowed 20 new laws and a 75000 wametime position, and deferred 3467. The School of Nursing staff fell from 20 to 14 with four titles, a clerk, and a part time librarians total 20000. New ward clerks 22 were denied 45000, with other cuts to radiology and clinicians. The minister said new staff would be hired only as need proved.
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Robert Webster
Republica
Ian N Eal
Free York Times
Anguilla
Webbe
Island Council
Anguillan National
Anthem Wand
Anguillan Ag
Webster
Workioad
Anguill
Eare
Lebe
New York Times
Abul
G. C. Williams
Manta Ee
Wear Indies
Mainten ‘Vatibbean
Ee Catia Fae Feeg
Federation
St Kitts
J. H. Pead
Forbes
Canberra Community Hospital
School of Nursing
Titorial
Titors
Future of Chowilla Dam debated by Australian leaders
In Canberra the prime minister and state premiers discuss the Chowilla Dam on the Murray near Renmark. Funds and feasibility are under review amid salinity concerns and new cost estimates. Victorian premier Bolte says no extra irrigation land will be brought under dam plans.
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Chowilla
South Australia
Holt
Canberra
Murray
Renmark
Dunstan
Henry
Melbourne
Si Henry Bolte
Victoria
Victori Jin
Mobutu stops embassy protest in Kinshasa blaze
A Congo mob attacked the Belgian Embassy in Kinshasa burning furniture and tiles on the footpath until President Mobutu arrived with associates and appealed for calm. He urged an end to the demonstration and called for work to resume.
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Kinshasa
Congo
Mobutu
Hlimater
Bomboko
Rove
Garly
Saturn
Captain Dun can Stevens Struggled Aboard Voyager Ship
Ordinary Seaman Peter Edward Meade testified to the Voyager Royal Commission that Captain Dun can Stevens had to be helped back aboard during the voyage to the Far East. Meade said the captain appeared visibly affected and seemed to have been drinking before joining the ship in port aboard HMAS Vampire.
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Sydney
Duncan Stevens
Far East
Voyager Royal Commission
Peter Edward Meade
Stevens
Meade
Ann
Setanta
Aid to Vietcong and other scattered notes from a wartime paper
A garbled page lists mentions of aiding the Vietcong through Cambodia and National Liberation Front contacts, with scattered references to announcements from Canberra and a university. Other notes speak of North Vietnam bomb targets, an earthquake near Kokopo, and Commonwealth country-area planning.
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Kouta
National Liberation Front
Cambodia
Canberra
Liberation Front
NUP
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