ACT Vote Falls Nine Percent In Canberra Seat
Labour MP J R Fraser held the ACT seat with a reduced majority as Liberal challenger Mrs E Calvert claimed a record Liberal vote in the ACT. Calvert praised by Fraser for campaign effort, while Calvert noted women candidates fared poorly overall.
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Fraser
Calvert
Manuka
Labour
Liberal Party
Mins. Calvert
E. R. Calvert
A.C.T
Tom
Liberal
R. Rowe
Liberals Claim Safe Senate Win in Queensland
Liberal Party officials predicted government victory as Mr. K Morris led in Queensland’s single Senate vacancy race, with retiring A L P Senator Whiteside holding 313 658 votes to Morris 194 802. Preferences from DL P and others could decide the outcome, potentially giving the government a Senate majority for at least five years.
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Liberal Party
K. Morris
Queensland
Whiteside
A.L.P
D.L.P
Morris
Senate
Polaris submarine launch amid mourning for Kennedy
The nuclear powered submarine Gen Stonewall Jackson launched amid solemn quiet after President Kennedy's assassination. No guns fired or ceremonial salutes as mourners reflected on the tragedy.
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Vallejo
California
Stonewall Jackson
Kenedy
Associated Press of America
Hong Kong
A.a.p.reuter
Australia
Daea
Senegal
A.A.P
Reuter
Dakar
Leopold Senghor
Progressist Union
U.P.S
New York
Nasu
Johnson
United Press International
Nasulion
York
Belgrade
Russia
Election deposits lost as Labor holds multiple wins
In a sweeping outcome, many candidates failed to retain deposits across parties including 10 of 101 DLP contenders and all 20 Communist incumbents. West Australian Forrest saw Mer Oates lose his deposit after urging preferences to ALP. NSW Labor front-bencher Harrison retains seat while Leslie Haylen loses Parkes after two decades, with pension implications noted. Independent Country Party and Social Credit ties also trend toward forfeit.
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Saculiana A
Democratic Labour Party
Communit Party
Credit Party
New Party
Liberal Party
DLP
Forrest
Country Party
Mer. Oates
ALP
Oates
New Guinea
Whit Rence
Social Credit Party
Toren
Nsw
Labour
Blatland
Harrison
Labour Party
Leslie Haylen
Parkes
N.S.W
Haylen
Lessons Start For 1100 at Manuka and Olympic pools
More than 1,100 pupils joined a team to swim campaign opening at Manuka and Olympic pools. Can berra Amateur Swimming Club vice-president C T Colquhoun said numbers may exceed 3,000 by season end and urged adults to apply. Classes run Saturdays at 8:30 am with groups divided by height and led by instructors, while shortages of qualified staff were noted.
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Manuka
Olympic
C. T. Colquhoun
Can Derra
Colquhoun
Goulburn selects firm to design new Olympic pool
The Goulburn City Council has asked engineers and architects to design a new Olympic pool. A representative discussed requirements with aldermen and the Olympic Pool War Memorial Committee. The council named Hine to lead the pool design with seven lanes and specific depth details noted.
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Goulburn
Nrin
Leon Tin
Boys drown at weekend in New South Wales
In separate NSW incidents two schoolboys died while swimming this weekend. Eleven year old Christopher Robert Gordon of Balgownie drowned in Purry Creek at North Wollongong after friends pulled him from the water. resuscitation failed. Later Windsor police recovered 13 year old Donald Carson Smith of Allunga Steel near Taree from a Wilberforce pool after a family picnic. mouth to mouth resuscitation was begun.
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Christopher Robert Gordon
Balgownie
Purry
North Wollongong
Gordon
Windsor
Wilberforce
Donald Carson Smith
Allunga Steel
Keiraville
Taree
Smith
D L P Claims Greatest Win After 1963 Election
Senator Cole of the Democratic Labour Party hailed the 1963 election as the DLP’s greatest victory noting DLP preferences decided the outcome and a left wing Labour Party could not govern The campaign he said saved democratic government and aligned with the United States and South East Asia Secretary Kane echoed the party’s stance while Mr McEwen praised rural support for government policies and strong foreign ties
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Hobart
Democratic Labour Party
Cole
Devonport
D.L.P
DLP
Robert Menzies
A.L.P
Sydney
Kane
United States
South-East Asia
Close Vo Continued on Preferences in Election Tussle
In a tight race the distribution of DLP preferences could swing seats. Harding (Lab) leads but may lose to Pope (Lib) if DLP ballots consolidate for him. Benson trails Skeggs if Little’s preferences transfer, while Opperman seems saved by DLP votes. Hawke trails with 20 746 votes in 1969, and only a small portion of DLP ballots were allocated to Labour.
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Hulme
Herberts
Harding
Lab
D.L.P
Pope
Labour
Benson
Mr. Skeggs
Little
Skeggs
Corin
Oppermin
DAP
Mahoney
Dl.p
Ences
Oppermant
Opper
Lrman
Hawke
Labs
Counts Hropkins Liberal seat under tight election pressure
Readable election tally shows Liberal Falkinder trailing ALP Parsons by about 1 300 votes with 17 039 to 18 338. DLP Defendi at 2.5 percent, Cash a Liberal candidate needing DLP preferences to beat Labour ebb Webb. Cleaver’s majority narrows as 7 000 votes remain to be counted and pattern of preferences could swing outcome.
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Stirlam
Wu Aw
Cash
D.L.P
Labour
Ebb
Webb
DLP
Euch
Cleaver
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J. R. Fraser
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Soviet Union
United Froig International
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Diana Clark
Campbell
Olympic Pool
Canberra Amateur Swimming Club
Canberra Times
Geoff Bissaker
New South Wales
Mr. McEwen
Indication
Melbourne
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