Bomb blast at Mitsubishi Heavy Industries kills seven
A massive time bomb exploded outside Mitsubishi Heavy Industries in Tokyo injuring over 130 and killing seven. Police found a second unexploded device. a bloodstained man fled. A taped warning preceded the blast and a similar threat targeted Mitsubishi Osaka, with calls claiming North Korean involvement toward Seoul's failures.
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Sir John Kerr Named NSW Father of the Year
Sydney report states Sir John Kerr, Australia new Governor General, is the NSW Father of the Year. He is 60, has two daughters, eight sons and three grandchildren. He praised today the young as both aggressive and creative, urging fathers to pursue tolerance.
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Australia
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Sir John
Ford links wage gains to productivity rise
President Ford told Americans productivity growth is essential to raise wages without inflation. He cited China's economic growth as a challenge and urged steps to boost output across the nation.
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Colonial
Ohio
Reuter
Ford
Chins
Troops urged to build emergency bridge in Queanbeyan
Queanbeyan City Council urged the Government to call in defence forces to construct an emergency bridge linking city sides after flood damage. Estimates put overall damage at about 150000 pounds as engineers warned light-traffic structures would be needed. Cemetery damage was described as nearly complete, with coffins afloat and graves washed away, prompting talk of a memorial park.
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Queanbeyan
Gordon Pike
Pike
Lake Burley Griffin hit by bacterial pollution warnings
ACT Health Services officials warned against swimming boating or any water contact as tests showed bacterial pollution levels in Lake Burley Griffin exceed safe limits. The lake was deemed unusable over the weekend with testing to resume next week and mineral pollution tests already started on Thursday.
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Lake Burley Griffin
ACT Health Services
Car park project to rise in Civic Centre area
The National Capital Development Commission plans a public car parking station in Civic Centre, aiming to start this year or next, depending on federal budget revisions. Construction would take two to three years, with existing spaces removed for new commercial development and a pedestrian overpass link to the plaza complex.
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Weetangera
A.V. Jennings
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Pearce
Fetta
Best Buy
Worries on steel hit as demand falls in Australia
The Broken Hill Proprietary Co Ltd warns of softer steel demand in Australia in its annual report released in Melbourne. Chairman Sir Ian McLennan notes BHP absorbed over 40 million in annual cost increases after three applications to the Prices Justification Tribunal, as reported on page 16.
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Broken Hill
BHP
Ian McLennan
Pyramid link claimed as low cost stone casting method
A French businessman, Joseph Davidovits, reports a new process mixing clay water sand and reactive materials to hard stone at low temperatures. Industry sources say it could replace oil based thermosetting plastics and clay products, with potential use in the 1980s. He suggests ancient monuments like pyramids and Stonehenge may have been cast rather than moved on rollers.
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Criminal tag dropped from court listings in Canberra
Canberra Court of Petty Sessions changes case labels to Civil and Non-Civil to spare defendants embarrassment. Previously all defendants appeared under Criminal or Civil, with bold red “Criminal case” markings. Now civil files use yellow corners and criminal non civil use red corners to avoid stigma.
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Move for leave credit in annual holidays
Brisbane reporters say heads of Commonwealth and State labor departments will seek ministerial approval for compensating leave credits when illness interrupts annual holidays. Federal Labor Minister McCameron and state counterparts attended the conference. Mr Campbell noted a proposal to credit leave for illness during annual leave upon medical certification.
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Mc Cameron
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Federal action on Mainline saves projects amid AMP contract cut
The receiver-manager of Mainline Corporation Ltd, J. H. Jamison, secured Federal Government intervention to keep the company afloat and finish ongoing construction. The AMP Society, citing liquidation risks, terminated contracts worth over 100 million dollars to protect subcontractors and workers, while Jamison sought to continue works next Wednesday under government support.
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Government action unclear on aid for Mainline in crisis
In Sydney, a three way link-up between Prime Minister Whitlam Housing Minister Johnson and Deputy PM Cairns was arranged to discuss aid for Mainline. Mainline executives and union leaders warned of thousands facing unemployment if liquidation occurs. Contracts total about 294.1 million with AMP including Collins Place Melbourne and AMP Centre Sydney. Leighton Holdings reported a 1973-74 profit swing to the red amid tough conditions.
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Mr Johnson
Sydney
Mr Whitlam
Queensland
Dr Cairns
Melbourne
Mainline
AMP
Collins Place
Leighton Holdings Ltd
Margarine quotas lifted in South Australia plan
South Australia moves to end table margarine quotas from February 1 allowing unlimited local production and exports under constitutional free trade provisions. Federal and state officials comment on broader nationwide quota policy, with debate over dairy sector impact and a possible butter margarine blend plan.
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Farber
Agriculture
Wired
Victoria
South Australia
Unilever
Casey
Smith
Australia
Uren Sees Aero-Train Potential For Australia
Australia should consider joint aero-train development with France says Federal Urban and Regional Development Minister Mr Uren in London. He notes after French nuclear tests clear, Australia could join such a project and even ride the train in France to gauge its potential for Sydney to Melbourne travel.
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Uren
Sydney
Melbourne
Whitlam
Forrest Primary School to Remain Open in 1975
The Forrest Primary School will stay open in 1975. Interim ACT Schools Authority chair Phillip Hughes announced that Education Minister Beazley accepted the authority’s recommendation to maintain current arrangements for the next school year. The decision eases uncertainty for teachers and parents after notices that the site might be closed to provide office space for the new authority.
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ACT Schools Authority
Phillip Hughes
Hughes
Beazley
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Tribunal Refuses Price Rise and Ford Remarks Featured
The Prices Justification Tribunal rejects a company’s price rise for the first time. The US President, Ford, responds to criticism from France’s Giscard d Estaing. Australian poet Judith Wright returns home to Tamborina Mountain after an arts fellowship. Croatia Deakin faces Queanbeyan City in the OR Fraser Memorial Trophy final.
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Tamborina Mountain
Queensland
Australian National University
Peter Simpson
Canberra
Croatia
Deakin
Queanbeyan City
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