Sydney bush fires devastate suburbs and Engadine home
A massive bush fire siege around Sydney burns 15 homes and a church near Engadine and threatens parts of Oxford Falls and Frenchs Forest. More than 650 emergency personnel, including police and soldiers, battle fires across Menai, Belrose, and surrounding areas as residents flee. A 82 year old woman is critically burned trying to save her Engadine home.
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Oxford
Picton
Paddington
Ted Fletcher
Witherland
Menai
Boon
Belrose
Laird
Kemen R
Mestre
Sutherland
Woronora
Vera Palmer
Palmer
Heathcote
Woronora River
Goulburn
Damien
R. J. Croker
Wattle Vale
Sydney Road
Bush Fire Brigade
Postal Stoppage Advocated in Federal Union Plan
Sydney reports the Federal Executive of the Postal Workers Union will seek a 14 day nationwide regulation strike followed by a 24 hour stoppage. The protest targets the Public Service Arbitrator J. Galvin over a requested £2 weekly wage increase. The N.3.W. Branch committee aims to have branches refloat relations for a two week period starting in January.
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Sydney
Postal Workers’ Union
Public Service
J. Galvin
N.3.w
P.W.U
Federal
Allies Lay Down Salvage Terms
Reported terms approved by President Nasser include U N troops protecting the salvage fleet and British and French personnel gaining U N identity, free access to the canal, and dismounted heavy weapons. Evacuation fleets build up as Israeli leaders insist Egyptians cannot return to the Gaza Strip.
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Nasser
U.N
Canal
Soviet Troops Move to Hungarian Provinces Amid unrest
The report notes Red forces moving to Pecs and Miskoic near the Yugoslav border as Hungary tightens control and prepares to strike guerrilla pockets before winter. It cites mass arrests, claims of weapon seizures, and allegations of Pravda accusing Nixon’s Austria trip of stirring Hungary’s troubles.
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Misskoic
Kadar
U.S
Hungary
Communist Party
Pravda
Nixon
Austria
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