Australian National University Graduation Drill
Hundreds of ANU students gathered at the School of General Studies Library to learn their results posted after noon. Allan Hawks, 22, of Bruce Street Queans, who earned one unit in his first year in 1965, returned to graduate yesterday in science with first class honours.
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School of General Studies
Yesterdy
Allan Hawks
Bruce Street
Queans
Hawke
Jim Shirley
Cook
Christchurch
Shirley
Forestry Service
Misa Caroyla Furlonger
Tai
Inter
Henry Burmester
ANU
Supreme Court
End of Alsdorf Thalidomide Trial Set with No Verdict
Prosecution agrees to dismiss the Alsdorf thalidomide case next Friday without a formal verdict. The court is expected to dismiss the manufacturer’s case, after evidence suggested thalidomide caused crippling. The report notes trials and related academic accolades in Canberra and New Zealand.
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Alsdorf
Germany
Associated Press
Middies Price Cut At Civic Hotel Bar Drops to 24c
A spokesman said the price reduction from 25c to 24c at the Jungle Bar in the Civic Hotel was approved by management. The assistant manager provided unclear reasoning for the drop, stating the cause was not readily plain.
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Civic
ACT Transport Workers Strike In Canberra From Midnight
Transport workers in Canberra plan a midnight strike affecting all buses and Commonwealth passenger cars. The walkout follows failed pay negotiations with the Public Service Board and ACT Employers Federation. They demand a 124 percent increase retroactive to August 17, with a meeting at Dickson Tradesmen's Club to consider further action. tanker drivers under the Oil Companies Award 1970 exempt, including Shell and BP drivers.
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Commonwealth
Public Service Board
ACT Employers Federation
Transport Workers Union
Doug Carpenter
Dickton Tradesmen’s Club
Sam
Carpenter
Nsw
Shell
Nixon warns Hanoi of intensified bombing and limits on ceasefire
President Nixon warned North Vietnam that US bombers would target micro targets and supply lines if Communist gains threaten US troop withdrawals in the south. He offered limited ceasefires during holidays but rejected a one sided extended truce and said reconnaissance flights would continue. The address stressed disengagement while denying widening the war, with retaliation for attacks on missile sites and military aid to Cambodia.
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Nixon
Hanoi
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Vietnam
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Phnom Fenk
Property worth 23000 sold for 1 at ACT Supreme Court
A property valued at 23000 was auctioned for 1 under a writ of execution in a Sydney judgment. The sale was conducted by the Sheriff of the Supreme Court as counsel sought an injunction against completion. Court reports page 39.
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Supreme Court of the Act
Supreme Court
Sydney
Court
Deakin youth dies in head on collision on Cotter Road
An 18 year old Deakin resident Peter Armstrong died after a head on crash with a Land Rover on Cotter Road yesterday afternoon. The accident raised ACT road toll to 30 for the year and Canberra Hospital treated the Land Rover driver Mr Gregory Percival. Official figures show 285 deaths nationwide in November, with total for nine months reaching 3,459, up 286 from last year.
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Cotter Road
Peter Robert
Armstrong
Kent Street
Deakin
Land-Rover
Gregory Percival
Cotter
Taylor
Canberra
Commonwealth
Bueau
Willy-willy hammers Belconnen area across Canberra region
A willy-willy roared through Belconnen injuring no one yet causing extensive damage. Tiles ripped from about 20 houses and two plate-glass windows smashed. A builders hut was moved into a courtyard while sheets of plywood were blown from a high rise in Woden. Wind gust reached 52 knots. Residents recalled frightening scenes with children and school alarms as the storm passed.
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Sculli
Woden
Lake Burley Grifin
Andrew Spina
Andrew
Aird Street
Vince Craft
Trisha
Ross Smith Crescent
June Tobin
Winds lash Canberra causing widespread damage and power cuts
A severe wind storm swept Canberra area around 2 pm causing damaged homes on Holyman Street and Aird Street. Roof tiles were torn, water entered houses, windows shattered, and power lines were cut in Belconnen and Woden Valley. Police helped two boys from a drifting canoe on Lake Burley Griffin. the Bureau of Meteorology reported 22 inches of rain in 12 hours to 9 pm.
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Phillip Centre
Woden
ACT Electricity Authority
Hindmarsh Dui Mutch
Belconnen
Lake Burley Griffin
Fairbairn
Yarralumla
Act
Bureau of Meteorology
Canberra
Earthquake kills 81 in Peru and Ecuador border region
A strong earthquake struck northern Peru and southern Ecuador killing at least 81 people. Government sources cited remote areas with no rescue reach, while aid aircraft from Peru and Ecuador moved supplies and medical staff toward Piura and the Andean border towns.
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Lima
Peru
Ecuador
Prem
J Velasco
Velasco
Ateast
Sullana
Recolillo
Tumbes
Flood fears hit Queensland towns along border rivers
Inland rivers threaten fresh floods next week or the week after in Queensland and NSW towns including St George Dirranbandi Chinchilla Theodore Talwood and Mungindi near the Balonne Condamine Maranon and Macintyre systems. Goondiwindi neared major flood heights while demand for warnings rose as weather bureau foresees more showers and possible storms across NSW.
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Queensland
St George
Dirranbandi
Chinchilla
Theodore Talwood
Mungindi
Nsw
Goondiwindi
Taroom
Fach
Bribane Weather Bureau
A. J. Shields
George
Balonne
Condamine
Maranon
Doubt on Hughes Opens Nevada Kidnapping Probe
Las Vegas Deputy Sheriff Lloyd Bell said he doubts Howard Hughes is in the Bahamas as previously believed and police have left the kidnapping inquiry open. A letter arriving in Las Vegas from an unknown location allegedly from Hughes claimed he authorized the firing of a top Nevada executive, fueling a battle for control of the gambling business.
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Lloyd Bell
Howard Hughes
Bahamas
Hughes
Nevada
United Press Interational
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