12 Dec 1972
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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 12, 1972
Page
1
In Laiagam, Western Highlands, a 14 year old schoolboy was beheaded during a tribal clash. About 60 people were wounded as 400 warriors from Tsambe and Ipal clans fought, with police firing shotguns over their heads to restore order.
Adelaide Monday report states the Liberal-Country League Executive did not endorse Peter D. Adamson for Norwood against Premier Dunstan. Adamson, ex Young Liberal director and Torrens Young Liberals president, had won Norwood District Committee pre selection over H. J. Steele. The Executive views the committee’s internal ballot as sufficient recommendation.
The readable text hints at a SEP report with references to earlier timing. It remains unclear, but shows fragmentary phrases about sequence and alignment. Further context is needed to extract a coherent headline and summary.
Apollo 17 astronauts Eugene Cernan and Jack Schmitt prepared to touchdown on the lunar surface after a 75 hour moon stay. They will rejoin the command ship under Commander Ronald Evans as the mission continues near the Camelot crater.
Wellington AAP reports the Labour Government announced a Christmas bonus for New Zealand pensioners. An extra week of benefit will be paid before December 25 to pensioners and those receiving war, age, widows and sickness benefits, at an estimated cost of 3.8 million dollars. Also noted: Melbourne reports Liberal MP Alan Jarman urged Prime Minister Whitlam to honor a 100-dollar Christmas promise for pensioners, suggesting a one-day Parliament session to approve it. A NASA Apollo 17 update describes moon missions and a lunar event, and news of Mrs Jean Gilruth’s death in Texas.
Prime Minister Kirk announced in Wellington that New Zealand will provide 10 million dollars over five years to support rehabilitation in war torn South East Asia. Funds will target South and North Vietnam Cambodia and Laos as part of the Indo China region recovery effort.
Brisbane report states Mr J Harding, branch secretary for the Australian Labor Party at Rockhampton, has been expelled from the party amid alleged associations with the League of Rights. The move highlights internal tensions within Labor over far right links.
A move to censure Professor Arthur Burns ALP member and former Independent Labor candidate was defeated at the Canberra South branch meeting. The discussion aimed at possible referral to the Federal Executive also failed, while Burns indicated he would appeal if expelled and noted disappointment with the ACT result but satisfaction with the overall election.
In Tokyo voters delivered a rebuff to Prime Minister Tanaka’s five month old Liberal Democrats, reducing their majority to 271 seats in a 491 seat lower house while anti government sentiment surged. The Socialists gained seats and the Communists rose to a record 38, signaling a harsher path for reform plans and a likely cabinet reshuffle on Christmas Day.
Report suggests the new Government may transfer Qantas general sales agency from An sett to Trans Australia Airlines. The agency carries a 3 percent overriding commission on business within its held regions. In other ports the agency holder gains no extra 3 percent. Aviation observers debate the move and its implications.
Observers predict early action on a 1969 Treasury directive to divide Public Service travel equally between airlines. Labor’s Civil Aviation Minister says both Ansett and TAA must have equal market access, arguing Ansett dominates feeder traffic in Western Australia worth over five million dollars yearly. Sir Reginald Ansett is accused of trying to take the whole cake.
South Australia and Western Australia win federal grants up to 13 million for unemployment relief programs. SA to get 7 million, WA up to 6 million, with expanded works in Melbourne and talks between Premier Dunstan and Prime Minister Whitlam. WA to gain 6 million for sewerage, housing, transport. Pilbara feasibility study funded. Perth railway works and potential land handover planned.
The report notes a federal funding push for arts with large new grants. It highlights government plans and potential implications for Australian cultural institutions and artists nationwide.
A bushfire driven by southerly winds threatened Jervis Bay Village and the Royal Australian Naval College. Four groups were evacuated from Green Patch Camping Area as flames burned near the village. wind shifts later eased danger. Firefighters from ACT Bushfire Council and Naval personnel fought the blaze from 2:30 pm, with Canberra relief crews arriving. Conditions included high temperatures and strong westerlies. Perth records 40C as heat persists in other regions.
The Canberra Times expands coverage with Asia focused reports supplied by the Asian News Service. Reports aim to present Asia through Asian eyes with correspondents closely connected to subjects. Pages 5 6 and 25 will feature these reports to complement existing world news coverage.
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