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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 14, 1964
Page
1
He announced revisions of maximum rebates for medical benefits funds projecting higher rebates while benefits rates increase. The changes would take effect in April next year.
State Cabinet will discuss the Mt Isa vote of defiance as Swarte outlines revenue and medical benefit reforms. Proposals include adjusting medical benefits and contributions from April next year plus new benefit tables to balance costs with doctor fees and service demand.
Police investigated a blast near the United Nations headquarters after three sticks of dynamite with blasting caps were found on the Queens side of the East River. A rocket linked to the bazooka blast rattled U.N. windows while Cuban exiles were questioned and Army clues sought.
Vietcong launched five daylight actions in Chuenge Phienven province ambushing relief convoys and luring columns into ambushes. Two Americans were killed and five wounded. one American missing. Communist attack climaxed with a raid on the provincial capital as U S and ground forces fought at five points along Highway 42.
A Sydney report details combat actions in Vietnam with casualty tallies and a separate Cooma scene where locals discuss a machine betting scheme. The article notes U.S. Army top brass meetings in Saigon and a hunger strike by Buddhist leaders seeking the government’s downfall.
The 37 Mil in Jer Street O'Connor incident started by an electric water heater in a kitchen area. George Kucinskas woke to flames, carried his injured father outside, and alerted firefighters after smoke filled the room. The refrigerator was destroyed and the house suffered extensive damage.
Canberra’s Kvthera Motel near Civic Centre will be opened tomorrow by Bishop Dionysius Naz- Ingo on behalf of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of Australia and New Zealand. The £75,000 two-storey motel on Northbourne Avenue can sleep 80 guests and marks the first residential block redeveloped as a motel site.
Dr Brian Reddie of the Australian National University told a Sydney seminar that any threat to Papua New Guinea exists from Indonesia and urged serious consideration of naming a date for New Guinea independence. His comments appear alongside remarks by Dr T B Millar from the School of Pacific Administration.
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