Australia to send 150000 tons wheat to India in $9m aid
Australia will provide 150000 tons of wheat and flour worth about 9 million dollars to India. External Affairs Minister Hasluck said cabinet gave urgent consideration to India's food crisis and arrangements to ship as soon as possible were made. He noted severe shortages in Bihar and Uttar Pradesh and warned India may not meet the crisis from its own reserves. The next Indian harvest is due March-April 1967, with peak crisis expected late January. India’s grain purchases are limited by foreign exchange balances.
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Australia
India
Canberra
Hashick
Hasluck
Bihar
Uttar Pradesh
Walt Disney Dies at 65 in California Obituary
Walt Disney founder of a global entertainment empire died yesterday at St Joseph’s Hospital after lung surgery. Roy Disney announced plans for cinema TV expansions and two new parks. He leaves wife Lillian and two married daughters.
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Hollywond
Walt Disney
Roy Disney
Disneyland Amusement Park
Disney
St Joseph's Hospital
Pilots push for public inquiry into Qantas dispute
In Sydney, 430 striking pilots demand a public inquiry into Qantas to investigate management behavior, strike causes, and future relations. They call for an independent arbitrator and a contract alignment with domestic terms, while government and minister propose arbitration scope.
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TAA
Federation
Australia
Qantas
North America
Holt
Mias
Sydney
Canberra parking inspectors issue warnings rather than tickets
Canberra's first day of operation by parking inspectors yielded only one ticket for a blatant infringement while warning notices were used in off street and loading zones. An inspector warned youths about tampering with cars in a Civic Car park as staff focus on compliance over penalties. In Port Melbourne an 83-year-old woman confronted an armed bandit during a hold up at the Gas and Fuel offices, the robber escaping with 420 after firing five shots.
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Canberra
Department of the Interior
Royal Women’s Hospital Auxiliary
Jennings
Anderson
We Qeemereeeneengy
North Vietnam
Misa Lesley Coy
America
Hanoi stirs over soft words or hard bombs in Vietnam
The piece weighs whether a New Year armistice hinges on White House talk or renewed US bombing. Bombers press Hanoi as Sir Bill Owens signals openness to Pope plan discussions, while Hanoi faces pressure to make the first move amid war risks and political tension.
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Vietnam
Hanoi
White House
Bill Owens
America
Movers
United States
North Vietnam
Berwick Marks End of War with Feasting and Quiet Hope
Berwick on Tweed, a town of about 2 000, reads the peace declaration amid ceremonial pageantry. Observers weigh whether North and Soviet positions in Vietnam might shift as a bilateral truce efforts falter, with mutual suspicion hindering a formal ceasefire.
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Tion
Ritain
France
Turkey
Sardinia
Wna Wien Ae
Victoria
Saint of Great
Sia
Donnon
England
ick-on-Tweed
Scotland
Berwick
Pine type matter triggers limited States inquiry near Flanot
Fragmentary text notes a cartel report and limited States inquiry near Flanot involving Pine type matters. Names and clear details are unreadable, but the item references a legal or regulatory action and a nearby location.
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Chetan
Flanot
Johnson warns peace still distant as advisers meet
President Johnson said peace would be “some time” away as he prepared for a White House briefing with senior advisers to review the Vietnam war. Reports noted possible talks on extending a Christmas ceasefire, while U Thant and British Labour MPs urged restraint amid mounting bombing near Hanoi.
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North Vietnam
Johnson
White House
Hanoi
Mand
Vietnam
Li Thant
Nietnam
Viet- United Nations
U Thant Nam
London
Labour Party
Vatican
Valin
Observatore Romana
Eday
Henry Cubit Lodge
McNamara
Goldberg
Calwell
Anzac's VC Sold by Wife and Civic Notes
A compact page notes Anzac's Victoria Cross being sold by his wife and mentions political figures in the ACT, including Mr J B Fraser. It highlights a two page feature on outstanding books for 1966 available in Canberra, and references Masada relics unearthed near the Dead Sea with sections on Pap Cult and TV Arts.
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Camberra
Dead Sea
Masada
Canberra Weather Forecast Says Cool and Mild Day
Canberra is expected to have a cool and mild day with a maximum near 61 degrees. The sky will be mainly cloudy with cooler southeast winds, and brief showers are possible in the southern ranges despite no rain in the city.
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Canberra
Bureau of Meteorology
War drives Canberra enlistment and education drives rise
War in the Pacific spurs Canberra enlistment fears and drives. Mr W Dr Woodger notes the week’s quota, while Canon W. J. Fidwards cites 310 Canberra Grammar School alumni in active service. Senator Collings warns against holiday relaxations and calls for emergency medical readiness. Canberra preparations include first aid, ambulance, hospital plans, and fund replacements as public life continues. Repertory Society names leaders, and a church treasurer jokes about safe break-ins as archival notes conclude.
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Pacific
Canberra
W Dr. Woodger
Marley
Canon W. J. Fidwards
Canberra Grammar School
Interian
Collings
ACL
Posse
Critcal
Econ Anherrs
Coserament
Canberma Ph Ray
Canherm Fund
H.mlas
Sydney
Ford
Moodie
WN. J. Parkes
L. Williams
W. Willoughby
St Paul's Church
Weale
Futre
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International Federation of Airline Pilots Associations
Swartz
Australian Federation
International Federation of Airline Pilots’ Associations
Myrtle Anderson
Miss Coy
Creighton Burns
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South Vietnam
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Reuter
Scot
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Knox
Oleg Crestov
Union
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ACT
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Peking
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