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Newspaper
Canberra Times
Location
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Date
Dec 14, 1970
Page
1
Sydney report shows sixteen people died on New South Wales roads over the weekend. The toll for the year reached 1,234, surpassing last year’s total and the previous record, with several fatal crashes recorded across the state.
Government urged to grant an additional five dollars to pensioners at Christmas as an emergency measure. Senator Gair argues the grant would ease financial strain amid rising costs while noting Australia’s recent eighty million payment to states. Also reports tragic weekend road tolls and multiple fatal crashes across New South Wales including Wagga and Lane Cove incidents.
The Font Bench of the Conciliation and Arbitration Commission will deliver a judgment on the national wage case at 10.30am today. ACTS seeks 9.4 pounds per week more, white collar unions seek 46 percent, while employers ask for 2 percent. The decision is issued simultaneously in all State capitals and Canberra.
Australia seemed saved in the second Perth Test after Greg Chappell and Redpath steadied a faltering innings. Chappell, in his first Test, hit 159 and became one of eight Australians to score a century on debut against England. Redpath remained 159 not out as Australia reached 6 355 with 43 minutes to lead. Play to resume Tuesday.
The British Government rejected Alec Smiths application for a short term United Kingdom passport. The Rhodesian Prime Ministers son sought the passport at Port Elizabeth, South Africa, but was refused because he is not a British citizen and does not meet the criteria for Rhodesians seeking such travel documents.
A weather bulletin notes a cool change yesterday with a high around ten degrees hotter than Saturday. Expect another cool change today with the temperature dipping five degrees later in the afternoon, aligning with monthly averages. This forecast highlights a warmer Saturday followed by easing conditions this afternoon.
Canberra's public transport shuts down as Transport Workers Union strike begins at midnight. Buses and other Commonwealth passenger services halted as pay talks fail, with 124 percent offer rejected and workers urged to be punctual. NSW sympathy actions noted. clarity expected after TWU meeting.
Police in Port Moresby investigate a five figure loss from a government department discovered during Treasury inspection. An administration spokesman confirmed the probe but gave few details.
A car plowed into a house on Atkinson Street near the T junction with Heary Street yesterday afternoon. The vehicle caused shattered windows and damaged walls, moving the house two inches off its foundations. The driver escaped with four cuts to a leg. Mr Alick Trounson, occupant of the government house, reported his family were in the backyard when the crash occurred. an Interior Department officer said half the house might need demolition and future accommodation would be arranged, though Trounson resisted relocation. He had spent about 4500 pounds on the home in three years.
Cambodian forces in Prey Totung beat back several LooO-strong assaults aimed at seizing the supply route to Kompong Cham. A hill near Batheay village was recaptured by Cambodian forces. In Laos a US bomber was shot down along the Ho Chi Minh trail with no recovered equipment. In Saigon, student free-bounty attacks on US vehicles spread amid growing concern.
Communist troops renew heavy assaults on Prey Tolung and Key north front near Phnom Penh. Government positions 8 miles northeast face shelling while Kompong Cham reports food shortages and a downed US fighter bomber. Cambodian marines and Mekong river units sustain fire as casualties rise on both sides.
In Milan, violence erupts between demonstrators and police, resulting in a youth’s death as authorities attempt to quell the unrest. The report notes tension in a city wrestling with political demonstrations.
US sources cite North Vietnamese gun fire at Ho Chi Minh trail area near southern Laos as an American bomber is shot down. AP notes war in Indo China begins, with combatants and media crews tied to cross border actions. A separate case in Qu Nhon sees a US Army truck driver charged with negligent homicide after a 12 year old student is killed. War correspondents from many nations report Communist use of truce signals and a rising casualty toll amid ongoing operations in Laos and Cambodia.
Ambiguous report notes calm reactions from American officials to student firebombings on US vehicles in Saigon and references an upcoming Senate election, party seat counts, and a fatal shooting involving a schoolboy. Details are fragmented and uncertain.
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